My first "vampire book" ever! :) On that note and perhaps thankfully so, I have no comparison at all that I can make. Having seen many books in this genre and the apparent blood lust going on, I can say this one may be a bit different.
Primarily a story about a family of abstainers, well at least the mother and father. The two teenage children have no idea they even are vampires, until the sister crosses path with an unsavory young man who has other plans in a darkened field.
What kind of tickled me was the fact that in the story all mention of vampires seems a quite normal happening. Police are aware and have made deals with certain members in that society, people have seen killings, and there is even mention of Neckbook (a play on Facebook) for those that partake. It all seems a perfectly normal part of society.
Even though this is a book about a family of abstainers, there is still quite a bit of tasting and thirst going around, towards the end of the book I felt I was reading the word "blood" at least every sentence and I was getting a bit worn out by reading it over and over. Despite that, it was an interesting read and quite fun for my first introduction into this sort of story. Now all other vamp books will be compared to The Radleys.
This book was a gift through Goodreads.com, to read more about the author and his works visit www.matthaig.com
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