terriaminute 's review for:

Showers, Flowers, and Fangs by Aidan Wayne

4.0

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With the important caveat that I am hardly the demographic for a YA novel, I still enjoyed this, particularly the second half. For me, the first half was three stars (average YA though eloquently inclusive, which is wonderful) and the second half was five stars (yay action). Four stars overall. There is a lot to love about this story, from the casually accepted Trans character Darren, to how delightfully that compares with the acceptance of Vlad when we've been taught for decades that vampires are always scary. There is an easy gentleness to everything leading up to the confrontations, neatly leading us to accept everything else.

If you enjoy fantasy and love and young adult lit, this story is for you.

My online library had it in Kindle digital format, and that edition is very well edited. I spied three typos, which is very good. Plus, the author is great at prose and dialogue!