Vampire Kisses, by Ellen Schreiber,

is a book about a teenage goth girl named Raven. She wears black everything, loves scary movies, and is obsessed with vampires. All her life Raven has lived in a town she calls Dulls-ville, for being so dull. Up the hill, at the very top, from her house, is an abandoned mansion with the story of it being haunted. Almost one-hundred years the house has been abandoned until one day a new family moves in. They turn out to be descendants of the old house's owner. They are rich, have a butler, only go outside at night, and have a goth son, the same age as Raven.

One of the main themes in this story is the ability to keep a secret, secrecy. Raven ends up snooping around the new house with its new residents. She ends up getting caught by the butler and bolts out the door. She then ends up meeting the teenager boy. His name turns out to be Alexander! She instantly falls into a trance with his deep dark eyes and his wearing of black combat boots. He asks her for her to come over for a nice dinner. He eats a raw, very bloody, steak. While she has more edible food. Then she figures it out... he, and the rest of his family are vampires.

I wouldn't recommend this book for any of you who have read the Twilight saga, and are used to the non fairytale characteristics of it. Unlike Twilight, in this book garlic is a poison to vampires, mirrors can't catch the reflection of one, and the sunlight is so painful they cannot come out during the day. Only if you're into that kind of stuff, goth, garlic, and goth love, then would I actually recommend this book to you. Realize that I am not saying it is a bad book but it's different than what I am used to. However it is a good book if you like old fashion vampires.