‘The Reformed Vampire Support Group’- Jinks, Catherine

Cover for the book 'The Reformed Vampire Support Group' by Catherine Jinks. The author's name is written at the top in red caps. The title is written at the bottom in very large, light brown caps. The cover art shows a group of varied people with grey skin standing on a dark grass bank. The person in the centre resembles a young girl, with a yellow jumper, pink skirt, pink knee high socks and pink flat shows. To her left there's an old woman with a cane, in a green jumper and pink dress. Behind her, a man wearing a dark suit and brown neckerchief. In the centre behind the young girl is a taller man, with dark, wild hair and a long dark coat. A man in a bowler hat and brown suit is to his right. In front of them, crouched on all fours, a person with long, wild dark hair, a brown long sleeved shirt and brown pants. /end

Title: The Reformed Vampire Support Group

Author: Catherine Jinks

Book Type: Novel

Series: Paranormal Support Groups

Series Number: #1

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery

Age: Young Adult

Disability: Fictional Chronic Illness; Fatigue, Nausea

LGBTQ+: N/A

Published: 2009

Setting: Australia

[ID: Cover for the book ‘The Reformed Vampire Support Group’ by Catherine Jinks. The author’s name is written at the top in red caps. The title is written at the bottom in very large, light brown caps. The cover art shows a group of varied people with grey skin standing on a dark grass bank. The person in the centre resembles a young girl, with a yellow jumper, pink skirt, pink knee high socks and pink flat shows. To her left there’s an old woman with a cane, in a green jumper and pink dress. Behind her, a man wearing a dark suit and brown neckerchief. In the centre behind the young girl is a taller man, with dark, wild hair and a long dark coat. A man in a bowler hat and brown suit is to his right. In front of them, crouched on all fours, a person with long, wild dark hair, a brown long sleeved shirt and brown pants. /end]


Content Warning:

  • Consumption of Animal Blood
  • Animal Death
  • Animal Cruelty
  • Death
  • Vomit
  • Swearing
  • Kidnapping
  • Minor Violence
  • Guns

Summary:

Think vampires are romantic, sexy, and powerful? Think again. Vampires are dead. And unless they want to end up staked, they have to give up fanging people, admit their addiction, join a support group, and reform themselves.

Nina Harrison, fanged at fifteen and still living with her mother, hates the Reformed Vampire Support Group meetings every Tuesday night. Even if she does appreciate Dave, who was in a punk band when he was alive, nothing exciting ever happens. That is, until one of group members is mysteriously destroyed by a silver bullet. With Nina (determined to prove that vamps aren’t useless or weak) and Dave (secretly in love with Nina) at the helm, the misfit vampires soon band together to track down the hunter, save a werewolf, and keep the world safe from the likes of themselves.

The perfect anecdote to slick vampire novels, this murder-mystery comedy of errors will thrill fans of Evil Genius.


Notes:

This is the first book in the Paranormal Support Groups series.

Here is a link to the author’s website.

There is a kindle edition. There is an audiobook.


Archivist Comments:

I love the range of Australian books I have on here.

I don’t have much to say on this one. I’ve done a bit of research into it. Apparently, David (the vampire in love with the MC) was also bitten in his late teens so physically they’re both teens.

Content warning/Spoiler for animal cruelty: to survive without drinking blood from humans, the vampires raise and feed from guinea pigs to survive.


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