Member Reviews
Kayla T, Librarian
I love vampires and this middle grade vampire book was perfect (though a bit darker than I originally expected). I can't wait to get a copy for my own shelves at home.
Come read about Eleonora ,who, after 100 years of being a vampire, is about to finally have her birthnight. Its the night where she tracks down and kills her first prey. Sounds easy. But, as it often does, nothing goes according to Leo's plan and she creates a bigger mess than she bargained for. Now she is faced with facing down a powerful Spector, the Orphanmaster. Not only that, but she still has to prove herself as a full fledged vampire.
Can she do it? Will she have to face her mess alone or will other ghosts rally to help her stop him? And will she finally prove herself to her mother? Or will she remain family failure forever?
I really love the cover of this one! It just screams spooky.
Lorryn W, Reviewer
This was a fun and cute middle grade. Just the right amount of spooky for anyone who gets easily afraid in my opinion. I would like to read more about Leo and any other cooky adventures she gets up too, she is only 111. She has a long undead life ahead of her. I'm not sure what I was expecting when I started this but I was pleasantly surprised.
Leo is off to finally have her birthnight otherwise known as the night of her first kill. She has it all planned out which quickly does not work out for her. She ends up teaming up with a very unlikely friend to help stop the evil orphanmaster before he gets his full power and hurts any of the towns people. All in hopes of keeping her mess she has created from her parents and her nanny.
Jessica W, Reviewer
Honestly I considered DNFing this a few times while reading.
While it had the great components of a spooky middle-grade it just didn't FEEL right. I know that's a weird thing to base a book off of but I expect a certain excitement with spooky mid-grades and this just didn't deliver.
The pacing was a little all over the place. There was not enough world building for me and far too many things that just didn't make sense. I feel like this needed another good editing pass to really shine.
Audra V, Librarian
I really wanted to love this book and can see where some middle grade readers would enjoy it… There’s a nice balance of fun and quirky moments with the overall spooky atmosphere and story. I had some difficulty with the pacing of the story, as well as finding most of the characters unlikeable (but perhaps this is deliberate?) Leo, though, was great — charming and whimsical and determined all at the same time.
