Bloodlust (Vampire Beach Series #1) »

THE A-LIST BITES.

Jason Freeman is stoked when his family relocates to exclusive DeVere Heights, Malibu. The in-crowd at his posh new high school is surprisingly friendly -- soon Jason's hitting all the best parties. He even meets the token hot-but-unattainable girl.

Determined to enjoy his almost postcard-perfect new life, Jason tries hard to ignore the many strange things going down in DeVere Heights. But then a girl washes up dead the morning after one off-the-hook party -- and with no explanation but a suspicious-looking bite mark. Now Jason has to admit that what you don't want to know can hurt you.

Alan Review

This is a well-written tale of school life in Malibu, and this book is only one in a series of books about Jason and his sister, Dani, and their "friends" in the high school where they have come to live. The vampires stay hidden for fully half of the book, allowing the reader to become familiar with the teens who inhabit the country's most elite high school. The parties, the obnoxious spending, and the cliques are largely glossed over as one of the vampires turns rogue and kills someone. In this haven for vampirism, the condition has existed for more than a century, and though some scenes come from films like Fright Night and The Lost Boys, Jason does seem to have something of a normal life. The vampire he lusts after—sexually—explains that vampires only take enough blood to stay relatively young. Only rogue vampires kill and, of course, Jason must confront both the rogue and his competition at school, in a tale that is meant to flow into other stories.