Not
for the faint of heart…or young ears for that matter, Elizabeth J. M. Walker’s
newest book made me shoot coffee out of my nostrils (painful) with this
laugh-out-loud young adult vampire read. Too funny and too short, with a dash
of ‘Did she just drop the F-Bomb again?’ Filled with diverse characters and a
different take on those shiny and oh-so-sexy vampires, it was a refreshing read
and a great escape from the real world, which lately has been filled with bad
news, chaos, and tragedies.
So
what’s my take on a story that’s all about the horrors of high school and
surviving vampire attacks? This is what I posted on Amazon and Goodreads…
4 Star Fangs and Fun! Elizabeth J.
M. Walker had me at the first bite!
“This
Night Sucks” is a gut-splitting, laugh-out-loud YA vampire read, sans the
shiny, sexy ones. And that’s so refreshing. Walker’s tough-in-cheek dialogue
and cast of eclectic characters made for one hilarious story. From the dynamics
of high school cliques to what you think you know about vampires (and what you
don’t), the reader is led on a merry chase to hunt down, and hopefully kill any
bloodsucker that dares enter Lana and her high school friends’ world.
If
you’re ready for something completely different in the vampire literary circuit,
then “This Night Sucks” is a too funny, too short book that will keep you
reading till the wee hours of the morning. Just don’t forget to pack your
wooden stake and garlic spray…
About the Book:
Lana is a high school
senior enrolled in Vampire Education – a class to teach students about the very
real presence of vampires in the world. Lana and her classmates don’t really
expect to meet up with any undead bloodsuckers. Vampires are a lot like other
scary things that supposedly exist but you hope you’ll never come across:
nudist colonies, mad cow disease, and your parents’ sex life.
What is part of Lana’s
everyday reality is navigating through one last year of high school while
desperately trying to be less nerdy. She still loves spaceships, fantasy
novels, and cat stickers, but she also recently got her braces removed, grew boobs,
and is working on the makeup thing. She never expected her crush-of-a-lifetime
Pete to even notice her – let alone ask her out on a date.
The date is going great
until Pete’s ex-girlfriend Katy shows up, all bloody and pissed off. Lana
quickly realizes that Katy is not just her ordinary bitchy self – she has been
turned into a vampire. After a near death experience, Lana learns that she is
changing into a vampire too.
Lana needs answers, and
the only way to get them is to find the vampire who started the chain of events
– and to find him before sunrise...
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Elizabeth J. M. Walker
lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She has always loved books and writing. As a
teen she discovered zines, which inspired her to publish her own litzine of odd
fairy tales for over a decade.
She Dreamed of Dragons is her first novel.
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J.M. Walker:
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www.elizabethjmwalker.com
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