I stayed up until midnight finishing this book- I couldn't put it down. I enjoyed it so much that I was caught laughing on the bus! If you were a fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series- and you know you were!- you will love Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey.Jessica seems like a normal girl starting her senior year at a rural Pennsylvania high school, but looks can be decieving. Although she knows she's adopted, Jessica knows nothing of her family's past. She soon discovers, with the help of one tall and gorgeous vampire named Lucius Vladescu, that her real name is Antanasia and that she is a vampire princess bethrothed to Lucius and in-line to save her vampire clan in Romania. WOW- that's alot to take in!
Lucius is part noramal teen and large-part terrifying vampire, but it's his correspondence with his Uncle Vasile back in Romania that begins to show the real Lucius and how he struggles with his responsibilities while trying to understand American teenage life. Lucisu is incredibly witty, loveable and troubled- poor vampire!
Can Jessica embrace her inner Antanasia and can Lucius survive his demons? I highly recommend this fun yet thoughtful read. AND if you're really into the Vampire-thing (which I will tell you I WAS NOT- never read any Anne Rice, but I've been intrigued since Twilight) I also recommend The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and the original- Dracula by Bram Stoker.
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