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Reader reviewed by Sarah D

I was excited to read this book because I am very familiar with the setting and it is always fun to read about your home town. I am very disappointed in the content though. Throughout the book the authors frequently mention teen drug use and premarital sex. The main character seems to be shocked that these things are going on and wants to reassure the readerconstantlythat she doesnt do these things and neither should you. The references are totally irrelevant to the plot and after awhile you feel like the authors should have just peppered the text with the phrases, Dont do drugs!, Wait to have sex! instead of making us read these irrelevant passages. The authors seem to get lazy on character development by comparing each character to a different celebrity and leaving descriptions at that. The language also seems to be dumbed down. The main character refers to her, cute little black ballet flats several times. This book tryst very hard, too hard, to be a teen novel. It comes across as the authors felt that teens couldnt handle grown-up words, so they make the language as simple as possible. The only redeeming quality the book has is the concept, think Hogwarts for vampires; the plot line is what got me through to the end.