A review by trgrze20
Eighth Grade Bites by Z Brewer

4.0

3.5. This was a fun quick read to get me out of my book slump. I’m a sucker for a good vampire book. Pun intended. I believe this series could have potential on being a classic. What I found to be lacking, or lazy writing, is that Henry always seemed to be asleep or Nelly always needed to leave the room for odd reasons whenever Vlad talked about vampire issues. Personally, I find dealing with the human to campus relationship to be a big character building point and instead this book just skipped over them. I also felt Vlad and Otis relationship was very insta family and the trip to Elysia was underwhelming. In the face off between Vlad and Diablo I was telling through the pages for Vlad to grab the garlic squirt gun from Henry, but Henry was probably asleep through that scene too on top of it never being discussed. Last complaint is that a lot of the book was predictable.
With all these statements, it probably seems like I did not enjoy the book, but I really did. It is considered a middle grade book series and need to remember that middle grade tends to stay a little more light and happy. More than likely will continue especially if I need help getting out of another book slump.