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protoman21's review against another edition
4.0
The concept for this book was very strong, and while the story and characters were fairly entertaining and engaging, the novel tended to get a little bogged down in the details. Listening to characters discuss who should wear which pair of sunglasses does nothing for the story or the characters, and yet we spent several moments during a tense trip discussing this. I'm hoping this book doesn't turn into a series, so I don't have to feel guilty for stopping with this one.
abaugher's review against another edition
4.0
start: by the author of Evil Genius, read by an Aussie, setting is down under. no kangaroos or dingos so far, but an interesting version of vamps as not so strong and superhero-like.
end: ok, excellent! vampirism is an infection! it doesn't make you stronger, it makes you SICK! (all this is established early on). and the hilariously muddled situations that the whole group keeps getting into is great reading, even while you're wincing along with the characters.
i've gotta get the second book!
end: ok, excellent! vampirism is an infection! it doesn't make you stronger, it makes you SICK! (all this is established early on). and the hilariously muddled situations that the whole group keeps getting into is great reading, even while you're wincing along with the characters.
i've gotta get the second book!
kimlynn77's review against another edition
I tried. I really did. I just couldn't get past the neurotic, constantly complaining vampires. I may give it a go again later, but it was just not holding my interest.
maddie_wecker's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty good. Best part is the fact it's based in Australia
jcousins's review against another edition
4.0
A new voice in the vampire genre. Very funny and a good read.
korra_oh's review against another edition
5.0
I read this book, what feels like, a decade ago and LOVED it. Coming from the classic YA theme with vampires and zombies and romance and "forget who you are for love," I thought this book was a creative and well done reimagining of what real life as a vampire might be like. The characters are colorful in their joint sickliness and the writer does a great job of showing us that the world created has more to it without taking away from the story.
stacyschuttler's review against another edition
3.0
Good book...It became a bit slow towards the end and then there were so many things going on at once that you really needed to stay alert. I don't think that the characters were introduced all that well at the beginning. There were many vampires who were introduced...the next few chapters focused on three characters and then then it was hard to remember who was who.
vikingwolf's review against another edition
3.0
Nina was 15 when she became a vampire and is part of the Reformed Vampire Support Group that meet every week. They are not strong, they are always sick and watching TV, they have no fun and they breed guinea pigs to eat. So when one of their group is murdered by a vampire slayer, everyone panics that their addresses are now known to the killer. Can the most useless group of vampire wimps find a way to track down the killer and save themselves? Add in illegal werewolf fights and bad guys with guns and you get an idea why these vampires should never be allowed to go out without a chaperone...
This was a good, light, fun read with a new take on vampires. They are not superhuman, not cool, have no real clue about the world they live in and everything they do gets messed up-cue all kinds of chaos. I liked the mix of characters as well-nice guy Dave, Nina's cranky human mother, the hapless vampire slayer, the Bela Lugosi wannabe, their all knowing pompous leader...It was amusing to see the group dynamics and I would hate to spend eternity going to support meetings with this bunch!
This was a good, light, fun read with a new take on vampires. They are not superhuman, not cool, have no real clue about the world they live in and everything they do gets messed up-cue all kinds of chaos. I liked the mix of characters as well-nice guy Dave, Nina's cranky human mother, the hapless vampire slayer, the Bela Lugosi wannabe, their all knowing pompous leader...It was amusing to see the group dynamics and I would hate to spend eternity going to support meetings with this bunch!