Not Another Vampire Story
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He was mouth-wateringly handsome and suave, sweet and thoughtful, every bit perfect with dark hair and grinning eyes—but none of it fooled eighth-grade Sylvia. It didn't take a pint of blood for her to know that her sister Julia's new boyfriend Terry was a vampire...
Of course, a trail of sparkling would have helped, but there was none. Full sunlight, garlic bread and functional in all the usual boyfriend-material capacities, it was difficult to detect at first, but yes, Terry was a vampire.
Sylvia knew Julia was in deep trouble. Worse yet, Julia didn't seem to mind.
Reviewed by Kathryn Bennett for Readers' Favorite: 4 Stars
"...engaging, witty, and not afraid to poke a little fun here and there at its own genre..."
PG13. Tween, humor, middle school, angst, vampires, summer. #ReadFree
It was a nice town. Small. Well-preserved, mostly with single family homes in styles from the 1970s and '80s, updated as needed, some newer with retro décor.
Children played in front yards of tri-level homes. Young kids in swimsuits, laughing and screaming as they played in sprinklers raining water. Jump-roping tweens, some chanting rhymes. Games of catch and soccer. Clusters of kids playing tag.
He maneuvered the new model Mustang down the next street, enjoying the shade passing over the sleek black car.
A nice little town with nice, unassuming people.
A town he could live in comfortably.
With the perfect girl. The perfect life. The perfect everything.
It was everything he’d longer for, and he’d give up a lot to keep that dream intact.
If possible. . . When possible. . .
He turned the car onto her street. Her. He smiled, nodding to several kids waving frantically as he passed. One was missing a front tooth. They were throwing a Frisbee around, stopping to wave at the few cars passing by their double lot.
He was hoping to find a lemonade stand on the way over, in the neighborhood if possible. Make nice with the locals. Get more friendly waves, maybe buy a round at an ice cream truck.
Help set the stage for what he hoped was public approval, or at least local approval.
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