A review by kba76
Secret Vampire, by L.J. Smith
3.0
When we first meet Poppy she’s struggling with something she’s been ignoring for a while. No beating around the bush here; within a short time she’s having all manner of tests and we learn she has pancreatic cancer. It’s incurable and within weeks she is likely to die.
Given that we’ve only just met her there has to be another purpose to this revelation. There is, and it concerns Poppy’s best friend, James. They are unnaturally close, and when James says he may have a way of helping Poppy we wonder what’s going on.
Before we know it we’re told James is a vampire, and he’s prepared to take a huge risk with those around him and turn Poppy. There’s some resistance from her brother but, ultimately, a half-life seems better than no life so they concoct a plan to turn Poppy and leave everyone human convinced she’s dead.
For such a risky situation, things go pretty smoothly. Minor inconvenience of James’s cousin turning up to try and betray him, but this actually works in their favour because Ash works out something about Poppy and her family that will come in very useful.
This felt young, but it was a quick read that was entertaining in its own way.
Given that we’ve only just met her there has to be another purpose to this revelation. There is, and it concerns Poppy’s best friend, James. They are unnaturally close, and when James says he may have a way of helping Poppy we wonder what’s going on.
Before we know it we’re told James is a vampire, and he’s prepared to take a huge risk with those around him and turn Poppy. There’s some resistance from her brother but, ultimately, a half-life seems better than no life so they concoct a plan to turn Poppy and leave everyone human convinced she’s dead.
For such a risky situation, things go pretty smoothly. Minor inconvenience of James’s cousin turning up to try and betray him, but this actually works in their favour because Ash works out something about Poppy and her family that will come in very useful.
This felt young, but it was a quick read that was entertaining in its own way.