It’s definitely the type of horror book I would read as a kid (but it doesn’t scare me at all now – adult me has worse things to be afraid of…like politics and bills…ick). There’s some really creepy bad guys, Evra (the snake boy), a wolf man, and some awesome parental-yet-not-so-parental adults hanging around. This book is quick – it moves fast and keeps you interested at every turn. I hadn’t read the first book in this series, but jumping right in was super easy! This book was fun, full of silly frights and awesome character development, and made me remember why I loved vampire novels in my youth! Luckily for me, I walked into a bargain bookstore and found an old, extremely damaged version of this book for clearance – so of course I bought it! A little water never hurt anybody! Unfortunately for me, the bookstore is big and full of millions of books so I’d forget what I was looking for the minute I walked in. I watched the movie adaption of this series YEARS ago, and I had been dying to pick up this series. The Vampire’s Assistant was an excellent young adult novel that is full of thrills and chills!
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