Vampire Doll: Guilt-na-Zan, Vol. 1
Grade 10 Up–More than 100 years ago, an exorcist sealed Guilt-na-Zan into a cross. Kyoji, a descendant of the exorcist, brings the aristocratic vampire back as a female doll who must now act as his maid and serve him and his sister, Tonae. If Guilt-na-Zan imbibes a small amount of Tonae's blood, he can then become his true male form. When he is reunited with his servant, Vincent (now also a servant of Kyoji), the two are ordered by Kyoji to go to school with Tonae to protect her from an enigmatic demon named Dune who is sucking the wickedness out of her male classmates and quickly turning her school into a setting of a boys' love manga. This plot, with its twists and turns, offers little resolution or development. Moving at a frenetic pace, the story is disorienting and unorganized; comic strips that have little relevance to the story appear between many of the chapters and interrupt the flow of the narrative. Still, the goth-styled characters and vampire themes have appeal, and teens with interest in these areas will naturally gravitate toward this book.–Jennifer Feigelman, Goshen Public Library and Historical Society, NYCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.