Friday, September 24, 2010

Suck it Up by Brian Meehl

Suck it Up by Brian Meehl is about Morning McCobb, a 16 year old vampire. Morning is what's known as a "Leaguer," meaning a new style of vampires who never dine on human blood. They are formally educated at a special school on ways to blend in with human society and to curb their natural cravings. "Loners" are rogue vampires who still live by the old rules. There aren't many loners left, but they are dangerous. Morning was not at the top of his vampire class. He had a hard time memorizing the rules and a harder time CDing, or changing physical form. As a result, Morning is puzzled when the head of the school asks a special favor from him - to be the first vampire to "come out" to human society. Together, they select a public relations expert (Penny Dredful) to represent him through the experience. Things don't work out as planned, however, when Penny's daughter Portia and Morning fall for each other. Little do they know, a very dangerous loner is not pleased with Morning's decision to "out" himself, and is stalking them in hopes of destroying Morning forever. Things come to an exciting peak when Morning, Penny and Portia attend a festival announcing IVLeague.com at the very vampire school where Morning was educated.

This was an exciting, adventurous and humorous read! The author uses witty and hilarious similes and metaphors throughout to describe the action. This was a nice change of pace from the vampire romances that are so popular right now. I'd recommend it to both boys and girls who need a good read!

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