It is interesting how many different types of vampire books there are. This book is about a family of abstainers, vampires who are non-practicing. Peter and Helen decided to give up their wild vampire life and settle down in a quiet English village when she became pregnant. Their children Rowan and Clara grow up into teenagers never knowing that they are vampires (you can either be born vampires or be converted.) One night Clara is consumed by bloodlust and attacks a fellow teen. The family is forced to face the secrets that they have been hiding, and not just the ones about being vampires.
This book combined vampires with a story about marriage (some people would say both are life-sucking monsters) and accepting what makes us different. This was very British, stiff upper lip, and all that. I'm still trying to decide if I liked it or not, this was very different.
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