Victoria Setian

High school is hard enough for Mina Murray -- a bit of an outsider who'd prefer to view the world through a camera lens instead of head on -- and now she has to deal with vampires?

Bram Stoker's novel gets retold with a teenage cast in the modern day. The friendship dynamics of the first half are solid, so it's almost a shame the vampires have to distract with their antics in the wobblier second half. It would have helped if the villains had been a little more developed and the finale not show more quite so rushed, but I still had fun throughout and would certainly check out the second book whenever it appears.

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