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Whoso sheddeth man's blood,
by man shall his blood be shed
- Genesis 9:6

Ahh, my 1st book review. In honor of 'belated Halloween', I've decided to inform you all about a truly fantabulous novel. I just finished reading this on one of my fam's road trips last weekend and I could not put it down (yeah everyone needs a good cliché every once and a while). I picked this one up at my local library in the 'Halloween picks' section. I had already read the 'twilight' series by Stephanie Meyer (which is also about vampires) and loved it and this one looked a bit similar, so I decided to try it out.

Chris is in his freshman year at highschool (like me) and already kinda feels like an outsider, but things get even worse when he starts to turn into a vampire. The first signs come when he can't sleep at night, he's always so hungry and always feels empty, and eventually he can't see his reflection in the mirror. His parents begin to think he's a drug addict while his friends just think he's a whack job. Chris has no idea what to do so he just denies it, tries to hide it, and does whatever he can to curb his ever growing blood lust without actually killing a human being. It becomes more and more difficult for him to hold himself back when he starts hearing the pulses of his sleeping family at night while lying in bed. His parent grow even more suspicious when his braces are reduced to a metal mass when his fangs 'slide out' (he tells his orthodontist that he was in a terrible skateboarding accident). With nowhere to turn, Chris puts his fate into the hands of a mysterious celestial being named Chet, who claims if he does him a little favor, he'd cure him of his vampirism. Who can Chris trust? He can only hide for so long...

The concept is just soooo creepy and Anderson's descriptions sent shivers down my spine. I could really understand Chris, no not in the sense of morphing into a vampire, but just feeling really alone and having absolutely no one to help him. I mean, in his town, vampires are put to death if they're found out (yes in this book people know for a fact that vampires exist). This book had a bit of humor but certainly not humor intended to lighten the mood. What's awesome is that Anderson left the end open so there's a possibility of a sequel. There were some parts where I just couldn't even bear to keep reading because it was so painful, and some where I was like "OH MY GOD CHRIS DON'T!!!" but man, it was such a good book.