Imagine…A blood sucking demon arrives at your house, casting a demonic shadow across your clean cut lawn. It slashes though the door with its razor sharp claws, then slowly slithers and slinks, dressed in dark and silky black. It tries to silence your screams by sinking its teeth into your neck, letting the sweet blood flow from your veins. And then it pulls back, fangs glistening with your blood.

This is how we view vampires, judging by the modern world. We make movies like Dracula, but are vampires really as bad as we make them out to be? What if they blend in without us seeing them, allowing us to know them and talk to them and befriend them? Do they hide out, pretending to be human, and get blood from some other unknown place in town? This is how lonely teenager Vladimir Tod lives his life, pasty-faced misfit human by day, kid who just happens to suck blood at night. Lately, he’s been a little creeped out by the happenings around town. With a missing teacher, a substitute who seems to question him a little too closely, and strange symbols appearing everywhere, who wouldn’t be?

As Vladimir Tod investigates he finds out what it means to be human. He learns about himself, the nature of vampires, and makes an arch nemesis.

If you like humor, vampires, gore and suspense, this book is a great pick for you. Action packed sequences will make you gasp in horror and surprise and the suspense will make your heart pound. The touching moments will make your heart soar and the humor will make you laugh out loud. All in a day of a vampire’s work.

In the end, this story will grab you in its grip and never let you go from its tight grasp and earth-shattering conclusion. But Vladimir’s story doesn’t end here. You can keep on reading about him in the rest of the Vladimir Tod series with the hilarious, laugh-out-loud Ninth Grade Slays, the painfully funny and horrific Tenth Grade Bleeds, and the satisfyingly ripping taste of Eleventh Grade Burns.

Who is trying to get a hold of Vladimir, and why? Will he survive being a high school vampire, on top of having pimples and being shy around girls? Read the books to find out in this great series about high school and problems worse than being a teenager.

If this book intrigues you, you might also like:
The Cirque Du Freak series by Darren Shan
The Vampire Diaries by L. J. Smith
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer