At sixteen, Morning McCobb is a recent graduate of the IVL. No, Morning isn’t a genius. He is a sixteen-year-old vampire just graduating from the International Vampire League. But this League of Vampires isn’t what you would expect, their motto is to "drink culture, not life." They exist peacefully by blending in with humanity that is until now.Morning McCobb is going to be the first to "come out of the closet." Morning is the kind of vampire the League has been waiting for. Young, nonthreatening, the kid is a sangv! Sangv translation: blood virgin, he’s never drunk human blood. In fact Morning has never drank blood belonging to a living organism, human or animal. He drinks Blood-lite, a soy-based blood substitute!To help with his coming out process, Morning is teamed up with Penny Dredful, the owner of PR Agency. It is her responsibility to turn Morning’s fifteen minutes of fame into 24/7. Credibility is the least of their worries, once Morning pulls a couple of CD’s (cell differentiation) and turns from a boy into a dolphin, back into a boy and then into a tree and back again, most people are believers. But not everyone is a Morning McCobb fan, there is a group of vampires called Loners that haven’t conformed to the Leaguer way and still feed on humans. They want Morning eliminated before he reveals all of their secrets. Is the world ready for Morning McCobb, a real vampire?Suck It Up is another rendition, to the growing array of young adult vampire novels. Meehl’s take on the vampire lore is interesting, refreshing and humorous! Debunking the myth of vampires and sun as "solar phobia" as well as their fear of garlic, hello bad breath! I also enjoyed the references to super heroes and comic characters’ being a fan of the genre myself! Morning wants to be a super-hero as well as a firefighter, after his experience from 9/11. The characters are original, although I didn’t hold a strong liking to any one of them. Overall, Suck It Up was funny and original, and it is a book that I think boys as well as girls would like. I would especially recommend this book to readers who enjoy the vampire sub genre! ( )

Loved the cover, the story is pretty good so far too. ( )

Morning is the ultimate outsider. Not only is he a member of a secret group, he wasn't even meant to become a vampire! He's a SangFU, vamp lingo for a blood...um..."mess" up, and to top it off, he's also a blood virgin, as he's never drunk real blood, human or animal. This, plus his scrawny, somewhat pimply, forever-sixteen build, makes him the perfect, non-threatening poster boy for the new, harmless vampire image that the International Vampire League needs to create before they "come out." All Morning has to do is resist his PR rep's sarcastic, smart, cute, wanna-be documentarian teenage daughter's blood... Suck It Up is a funny take on the dangers of vampire and human love, and on finding the hero inside of yourself. Enjoy! ( )

Morning is the ultimate outsider. Not only is he a member of a secret group, he wasn't even meant to become a vampire! He's a SangFU, vamp lingo for a blood...um..."mess" up, and to top it off, he's also a blood virgin, as he's never drunk real blood, human or animal. This, plus his scrawny, somewhat pimply, forever-sixteen build, makes him the perfect, non-threatening poster boy for the new, harmless vampire image that the International Vampire League needs to create before they "come out." All Morning has to do is resist his PR rep's sarcastic, smart, cute, wanna-be documentarian teenage daughter's blood... Suck It Up is a funny take on the dangers of vampire and human love, and on finding the hero inside of yourself. Enjoy! ( )

Humorous. A different way to look at vampires. Morning is a 16-year old vampire who has been recruited to be the first Leaguer Vampire to "come out of the casket" so to speak. He's a vegan vampire and the poster boy of restraint. But will he be up to the task and will he be able to live out his pre-vampire dream of being a fire fighter. ( )