Review: Entertaining and amusing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2012
Thirteen year old Jess, a problem child for her mom and step-dad, runs away yet again and goes looking for the real father she never knew. She finds Craig Lockman, an ex-employee of a secret government agency that fights supernatural creatures from other dimensions. Jess and her newly discovered dad are immediately attacked by creepy vampires. Dad fights them off with crosses and silver bullets, no less.The characters are great. The interaction between daughter and father is amusing. Jess is flippant, rude, and irritating in the worst teenage fashion. Craig Lockman is rude, flippant, and irritates her right back.It could have been a wonderful young adult paranormal novel if the language, sex, and torture were toned down. The characters, dialog, and writing style would have fit right in that genre. I felt like it was written for teens, but aimed at adults. Considering the good ratings the book has gotten, I guess I am in the minority. That is the only reason I gave the novel 4 stars instead of 5.