Anyway, at this point, the book is not really worth reading. So many actions seem to lack logic, much more than the first volume. And you're just sitting there like WELL NO SHIT. The whole story is kind of frustrating honestly, because there are so many '.if only I had done this.'s or 'I never should have.'s. At the very least, I sort of hoped that 'Reggie Veggie' would come to the realization of his own hypocrisy and stupidity, but in the end he stupidly blames Darren for what happens and runs off so you don't even feel satisfied with how his role in the story ended.

Too bad the moment was ruined later though. Throughout this whole book the only moment I actually started feeling good about Darren was when he dealt with that obnoxious vegetarian or vegan whatever. At some point in the book I was just thinking to myself 'Alright, just shut up and die then, jeez'. Seriously, I get the transition from human the vampire can't be easy, especially for a kid, but Darren just takes it to a whole new level of stupid and annoying. If I didn't know better I would think I hallucinated that whole thing, but it was the moment that officially gave his secret away to his friend Steve that he was a vampire. Then, for whatever reason, he makes the biggest fuss about not wanting to be blooded but he literally sucked the blood from a kid's knee in the first book, which at the time the blood seemed so delicious to him, and is never mentioned again in this book. Crepsley really could have done what Vampires were known for and really hurt him) Darren still acts as if his mentor is pure evil in spite simply by nature of being a vampire. The funny part about this is that in spite of his mentor showing him so much leniency (because Mr. He's constantly screaming like a rotten little shit about how much he doesn't deserve this and hates his mentor when his mentor could have easily killed him for stealing his spider and left Steve to die. He CHOSE to sneak out of his house with Steve to see the damn circus, he CHOSE to steal that spider, he CHOSE to sacrifice himself to become a vampire's apprentice to save his friend Steve.

The kid has the biggest victim complex ever as if he didn't wind up in this situation because of his own stupidity and is now faces the consequences of said stupidity. The way he's constantly rude to and blames his mentor for turning him into a vampire literally has me wanting to tear my hair out. for starters, he lacks so much self awareness it's almost PAINFUL. It's a struggle to like these characters.įor starters, I get Darren is a kid, and therefore it's natural for him to be so immature, but honestly I spent majority of this book still wanting to punt him across the room with my foot.

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