suck it up by brian meehl

not recommended: this is one of the books that is so close to being good. the author has previously written children's stories, and it is evident in this book because there are definite cheesy moments that i could do without. this is a story of a vampire who is the guinea pig of his kind to be the first to come out and reveal himself to the 'lifers.' the story is not without creativity, but the character development could use some work. i also thought the author was trying to hard to be 'relevant' among today's teens. he would use teen lingo a little too much, and it just felt forced. i did laugh out loud a couple of times, but it just wasn't good enough to keep on the shelf.