Genre : Horror/YA Published : 2003 Format : Paperback Pages : 292

The pine needles smells so fresh , and I love the way the lake glows under the moonlight . Let’s pretend we’re not going home tomorrow , Destiny . Let’s pretend we’re going to stay here in the woods forever . ”

Summary : Destiny and Livvy come back from summer camp with a taste for blood . You see , at this summer camp there was a European male counselor , and like all European men in fiction , turns out he is a vampire . Now Destiny and Livvy are looking around town for someone known as the Restorer whom can supposedly cure early stage vampirism . Can the girls find the Restorer while avoiding the local vampire hunters as well as other vampires ? Come on in and find out .

Don’t be scared , darling . I know you have waited for this moment as I have . It won’t hurt for long . I promise it won’t hurt for long . And then we will be together once more , together forever . “

Review : R.L. Stine is pretty much the master of pacing . Every page seems designed to get you through as quickly and clearly as possible . For me , this was a pleasant jog through the local park . Get it folks !

He still wants me near him . But … I … can’t … stand this life . Asleep all day … no light … never seeing the light . Forced to prowl … and to feed . “

Recommendations : Books 1. The Little White Trip: A Night in the pines by Peter Joseph Gallagher 2. Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz 3. Final Girls by Riley Sager 4. The Long Walk by Stephen King 5. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Songs : 1. Teenage Frankenstein – Alice Cooper 2. Save Me – Remy Zero 3. Don’t Stand So Close To Me – The Police 4. Magic Man – Heart 5. Little Sister – Elvis Presley

Movies : 1. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) 2. Friday the 13th (1980) 3. Ginger Snaps (2000) 4. Dark Shadows (2012) 5. Dracula’s Daughter (1936)