Such a cute book. I absolutely loved the ending and Finn was so funny. ( )

Quick, witty and funny. with believable characters and an cute premise. LOVE THIS BOOK.
I had my Mom buy this book for me somewhere around the tenth grade. I read it, I liked it… and then I donated to my school library because I didn’t think I’d ever read it again.
After Christmas, I had plenty of amazon giftcards, and when I saw that this book was on bargain price, I thought about it and thought to myself “You know what? I wanna read that again.” So I bought it. And I read it again. And I loved it.
This book is so humorous and real and it feels like the inside of an awkward teenage boy’s head. It does. (I have three brothers, so I consider myself somewhat of an expert on awkward teenage boys)
This book pokes fun at Twilight and the whole vampire craze, but not in a mean way, and that’s beautiful.
It’s short, it’s funny, it’s believable, and I highly recommend this book.
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YA,(3.5) It was funny, hitting on all the current trends in our supernatural pop culture. The main character is a teen boy that has to try to fit in in a world that seems to value everything he is not. He notices that the girls are all reading vampire stories and decides he will become a vampire. he does all the research, watches all the shows and goes out into the world, tripping and stumbling. There where quite a few LOL moments, great for the teen. ( )

Finbar Flame and his family have just moved to New York from Indiana, and he’s attending the public high school instead of a private Catholic all-boys school. While his fraternal twin, Luke, is a football hero, tan and muscled, and always gets plenty of girls, Finn never gets the girl. The opposite of Luke,
He is awkward and very pale – he’s actually allergic to the sun. So Finn spends a lot of time brooding about his situation, until a girl on the subway whispers that she “knows” what he is … a vampire. Suddenly he’s aware that every teenage girl is obsessed with vampires, and thinks they’re “hot.” So, he figures he can use that to his advantage.

This is a very enjoyable YA novel of one teen’s efforts to make himself into the man he wants to be. Along the way he learns some important lessons about being true to yourself. I like how Meaney structures the story. I really liked Finn and most of the other teens (minus the obligatory bully, of course). Not all of Finn’s plans work out the way he thinks they will, but some happy coincidences help him adjust and find his place in the social whirl that is high school. The adult characters are pretty one-dimensional, but most teens will recognize such people in their own lives. My only complaint was the cover – a white “smiley-face” heart with fangs and a drop of blood against a black background. I was afraid to be caught reading it in public!
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This was a fun, silly read about trying to fit in and learning who you really are. Finbar and his twin brother Luke are polar opposites. Luke is an athlete that suffers from a.d.d. Finbar is brain allergic to the sun. Finbar's sun allergy and the current vampire craze give him an idea, after they move to New York he decides to reinvent himself as a vampire. Finbar kind of grows into himself as the rumor that he's a vampire spreads. The lengths Finbar will sometimes go to are pretty funny and it's a cute read that tries to establish the concept of being yourself.

I want to make a note that it was nice to see a teen in a teen book reading teen fiction and not just classics or poetry. Yes, Finbar likes poetry, but he's also read the Harry Potter books and goes through the entire Stephanie Myers series in a weekend to study up on the vampire craze. ( )