High school is hard enough for most kids, but for half vampire Vlad, it really bites. First there's his blood cravings and how exactly do you sneak a pint of Blood into your lunchbox? Then there's his big fangs, his ever developing powers that Vlad doesn't how capacity of and the fact that his crush seems to have a thing for his best friend.
Add to the mix a strange substitute teacher who makes myths and urban legends the focus of their English lessons, forcing Vlad to confront his dark side in a rather public area, and eighth grade school year pretty much couldn't get any worse. Then the substitute starts asking some rather prying questions and Vlad starts to worry his cover has been blown.
Could the new substitute have something to do with the disappearance of Vlad's old English teacher? Vlad needs to find some answers and fast or he might be the next to disappear.
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He is a teenage boy in a very realistic way. struggling with bullies, girls and school and his vampirism doesn't help that.His fangs pop out in embarrassing situations, and when he discovers he can read minds he uses it to humiliate the school bully. Come on, we all know we wouldn't use these super powers for good.
The story has its weaker elements – the whole 'whose side is the substitute teacher on?' thing got pretty old pretty fast, and I felt Vlad's relationship with Henry, his best friend, was a bit underexplored how did he take the discovery of Vlad's vampirism, and how does he feel about having a vampire for a best friend? But that's what the rest of the series is for, I suppose. There wouldn't be much left for the rest of books to explore if all the questions were answered here.
Overall, this was a really fun, quick read, and a welcome change of scenery to the typical teen vampire books that I think will be equally enjoyed by boys and