Sorry, I suffer from hyper-fixation. It’s part of the autism.

Anyway…

Talk about a breath of fresh air after 62 Goosebumps books! In this one we have stakes (pardon the pun) because there’s actual violence! There’s also talk of sex, cigarettes and not one but TWO curse words!

And, honestly, I think this is where Stine shines. This is the sweet spot for his writing. A little violent, a little mature, but even with the increased violence, still fine for kids to read.

Maybe it was because I just got done reading all the Goosebumps books, but the twist was pretty obvious and, frankly, I loved it.

It’s really tough to talk about these books without ruining them and I haven’t decided how spoiler-ish I want to be.

No spoilers today, I guess.

Sisters go to camp where a counselor who happens to be a vampire (no word on how a counselor could not be around all day) seduces and bites a girl but can’t complete the ceremony to turn her into a full-fledged vampire. So now there’s a ticking clock for him to finish the job or for her and her sister to find the cure. But as bodies begin to pile up around them, the sisters turn to each other for support and try to survive. But will they succeed?

It’s a good book. Absolutely dreadful cover art, but a really good book. The characters felt a little more fleshed-out than normal and everything had way more gravity than… oh man, ANY of the Goosebumps books.

It is a longer book, so maybe it was because Stine could stretch out, but I honestly think that Goosebumps became a weird weight to Stine where he couldn’t write what he really wanted and excelled at but it was also the thing that had made him a ton of money. Why else would he keep trying to recapture the glory days?

Sorry, I got sidetracked. This book was a fun time. I genuinely enjoyed it and, if you’re looking for a teenage vampire book, you could certainly do a lot worse. ;-)

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