Synopsis:Enter a bizarre new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu who claims Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth and he's her long-lost fiance. He's arrogant, officious, embarrassingly overprotective, and well, incredibly hot.
Armed with a copy of "Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire's Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions," Jessica tries to imagine the transition from an average American teenager to a glam European vampire princess.
My Review:
This story was much more serious than I had expected for a couple of reasons, one in particular which would be the look of the cover. I am not a fan of the cover because it is not very fitting to the tone of the story and evokes a much lighter storyline. Also the description on the back cover makes it sound like Jessica’s biggest problem is having a boyfriend as opposed to marrying a dark, damaged, and dangerous vampire to save her people in Romania from an all-out war (two very different scenarios, don’t you think?). But I think I liked this story better because it was not light and cheesy and took me back to when I first read Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” with the descriptions of the Carpathian Mountains and the dangerous vampires that lived there. However that portion was more towards the end and in my opinion was not long enough. I wanted an Epilogue or something so as to have a little more detail about what happened with Jessica and Lucius. But as it is we are left with our imaginations.
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