A review by leilanitaneza
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks

2.0

I read this for book club, and I was excited to start it. However, this excitement lasted five minutes. I tried to like it, but I finally gave up around page 220. Catherine Jink’s new take on vampires is really new and refreshing, but nothing much happens. (I would like to note that I was reading The Mortal Instruments at the same time, so this review will be slightly biased.) The book feels like it wants to be the next Twilight. The main character is in a love triangle with a vampire and a werewolf, which isn’t new at all. The relationships themselves feel forced and awkward. There are so many characters introduced at one time that we never get to see any one character shine through. What does Horace look like? When did George get turned? Even if these questions were answered, they were answered very fast and kept on moving on. I felt like I was reading a children’s book most of the time, but then sometimes they would drop a cuss word, and I was flung back into reality. The murder plot was intriguing, and I could have really enjoyed it, but I couldn’t get into it just because of the main character and narrator, Nina. She was always trying to show everyone that she wasn’t like a 15 year old, but then she just seemed more childish. All in all, I didn’t enjoy this book at all, and I wouldn’t recommend reading it if you like romance or comedy because the book fails to do either. The mystery was great and it was the only part about the book I liked.