Depending on the edition, the book cover can be a BIG LOSER…but the story is very good… not great literature, but it reads well. The characters are well thought out and very believable; Thirteen year old Zoe looks like she is keeping it together but is overwhelmed by issues that no teen should have to deal with alone; her mother is dying of cancer; her father is distracted and distant and shutting her out; he is emotionally unable to comfort her. Her best (and only) friend is moving across the country when she meets a young, handsome and hip vampire who loves her (or is he putting her under a spell) and asks for help to kill his evil brother. As a vampire, Simon has powers, including the power to force people to act according to his will, and several times I wondered if he was really the evil one. Like Cut the story involves an emotionally arrested father who is distant and unable to help a daughter who feels alone and needs him. And like Cut, the story ends with signs that father and daughter will rebuild their relationship. Fast paced and well crafted this is a good and chilling read.
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