Larbalestier ( Liar, BCCB 11/09) and Brennan ( The Demon's Surrender, BCCB 9/11) gleefully skewer the contemporary vampire romance with everything from a "Say Not Tonight to a Bite" PSA campaign to a never-ending flow of zingy one-liners, balancing the zany satire with some heartfelt friendship drama and an awkward romance between Mel and Kit, a human boy who was raised by Francis' family and who challenges Mel's stereotypes of vampires. When Mel's best friend Cathy falls for Francis, a gentlemanly but rather self-important vamp teen new to their school, Mel's determined to stop the ill-fated romance. In this authorial dream duo's alternative world, vampires' existence is common but not welcome knowledge.
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