(I sent her home with Thirsty
Waitaminute, I haven't heard of this one. Is it good? Should I track it down?
Jilli, definitely! I thought I had mentioned it here before, but maybe not. I think you'd really like it. It's one of the best variations on the teenage vampire theme I've read; it's very darkly funny and doesn't pull its punches. This is the opening paragraph:
"In the spring, there are vampires in the wind. People see them scuffling along by the side of country roads. At night, they move through the empty forests. They do not wear black, of course, but things they have taken off bodies or bought on sale. The news says that they are mostly in the western part of the state, where it is lonely and rural. My father claims we have them this year because it was a mild winter, but he may be thinking of tent caterpillars."