Reformed Vampire Support Group
By Catherine Jinks

Reformed Vampire Support Group

By (author) Catherine Jinks

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Nina became a vampire in 1973, when she was fifteen, and she hasn't aged a day since then. But she hasn't had any fun either, because her life is so sickly and boring. It becomes even worse when one of the other vampires in her therapy group is stalked by a mysterious slayer. Threatened with extinction, she and her fellow vampires decide to hunt down the culprit. Trouble is, they soon find themselves up against some gun-toting werewolf traffickers who'll stop at nothing. Can a bunch of feeble couch potatoes win a fight like this? Or is there more to your average vampire than meets the eye?

ISBN: 9781741756722
Classification: Fantasy & magical realism (Children's/YA)
Format: Paperback (233mm x 154mm x mm)
Pages: 336
Publish Date: 4-May-2009
Country of Publication: Australia

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US Kirkus Review » Narrator Nina, "fanged" 35 years ago at age 15, supports herself by writing sexy vampire novels, but in fact she and her fellow Australian vampires (all seven of them) suffer from chronic nausea and extreme light sensitivity (which results in frequent eye hemorrhages), and subsist on animal blood and supplements devised by the 19th-century doctor in the group. When the barely reformed vampire who infected Nina is killed, she, rocker-vamp Dave (the liveliest of the bunch) and their human priest set off to find the killer but instead find a captive werewolf, a nerdy vampire slayer and - for Nina and Dave - a chance at love. Nina's whininess may be off-putting but her growth rings true for a stunted adolescent, and Jinks's quirky sense of humor will appeal to fans of her Evil Genius series. Those tired of torrid bloodsucker stories or looking for a comic riff on the trend will feel refreshed by the vomitous, guinea-pig - drinking accidental heroics of Nina and her pals. (Fantasy. 12 & up) (Kirkus Reviews)

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0 star rating by Boomert - The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks 18 Jan 2010
Teenage vampires are all the rage thanks to Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally successful ‘Twilight’ series. Respected author Catherine Jinks jumps on the bandwagon with her latest book, centred on Nina, a 15-year-old vampire who cannot deal with the anticlimatic realities of her ‘condition’. Nina is a member of a small rag-tag group of Sydney vampires who strive to retain their anonymity, even if it means turning their backs on traditional vampiric activities such as drinking the blood of humans and dressing in gothic attire. After the eldest of the group is exposed and then executed, Nina and her friends must find the vampire slayer without blowing their own cover before anyone else is murdered. Matters get worse when they rescue and befriend a werewolf with some very ruthless and persistent enemies. The Reformed Vampire Support Group has a cast of well-defined characters and never loses its sense of humour. The book has genuine suspense at times, but lacks the simmering tension that most readers associate with the genre, as these modern urban vampires are not particularly captivating. Like Nina, teenage readers may find these vampires unexciting and not entirely convincing. The book does not equal the high standard of Jinks’ earlier and superior efforts.

This review from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine (April 2009, Vol 88, No 6.) is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.

Author Biography: Catherine Jinks
Catherine Jinks is the author of many award-winning, popular books for children and adults. Her most recent books include Evil Genius, Genius Squad and the much-awaited Pagan's Daughter.

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