A diabetic teenâs obsession with vampires leads her down a dark path and leaves her vulnerable to real predators in this âtantalizingâ (Publishers Weekly) coming of age story with bite.
Lucy Szaboâs childhood diabetes diagnosis came only a few months after an encounter with an injured bat and the subsequent rabies shots. Those first injections were only the beginning of years of insulin dependence and blood monitoring. Sheâs one of the modern Undeadâonly kept alive by medical intervention.
As a spiritual successor of the first vampiresâwho, with their pale skin, long teeth, and uncontrollable thirst, must have been diabetics, tooâLucy dyes her hair black, reads Anne Rice, and trawls vampire chat rooms. The more her parents and teachers worry about her, the further Lucy withdraws into her online haven, where people really understand her.
But silver-tongued wannabe-vampires and late-night parties begin to consume Lucyâs life, causing her gradesâand her healthâto sharply decline. Can Lucy reclaim her life, or has she doomed herself to be one of the shambling Undead forever?