Review: A Refreshing Angle
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 23, 2012
When I first began reading Night School, the first thing I noticed was the format. I judge my reviews based on the story and characters and whether or not I enjoy it, but I have to say I absolutely LOVE the idea of the novella being a series of blog posts.The idea's been used before in one manner or another, the most famous one (that I read) is Dracula by Bram Stoker. Written in the form of journal entries and letters, the similarities between the two helped to draw me into the story.For the story, we're introduced to a young woman/girl about fourteen years of age dealing with a constantly shifting world around her. Her mother went missing and after a while her father and step-mother disappear as well. In the aftermath, she and her brother are sent to Ame Academy overseen by a principal whose voice tends to sound as it multiple people are speaking at once and a group of girls that are extraordinarily pretty and are the envy many of Dasheen's classmates.As the story unfolds, we're introduced to a new twist on the age old story of the vampire hunter as well as the history of the world of the night stalkers. Night School is a definite refreshing take on the world on the undead.