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I was so excited about reading this book when it came out. I wanted to love this book, I really did. I mean I have a huge obsession with all things Sarah Rees Brennan and vampires, so what was the problem?

Still unsure at this point if I enjoyed this book or not.

The humor was alright, storyline was great, the characters eh, I do love the cover though.

Kit was my favorite character. He was so cute, and so funny. I think he had the most personal growth.

No love triangles so if you have an obsession with love triangles I would not suggest this book.

Mel as a character was just not likeable to me. I mean I completely understood why she would be protective over her best friend Cathy, but after a while her personality became annoying to me.

My favorite character was definitely Kit. I loved his personality, and how funny he was. I kind of wish he had been the main character.

Team Humans take on vampires was very true to origin. The can't eat, they're cold, sounds like they don't reproduce or have...the sex, can't go out in sunlight, etc. They aren't blood sucking fiends, but you get the idea. Oh and I just love how this book mocks vampire human relationships. It's so very true that in most books the character who falls in live with the vampire, ditches her friends, and wants to become a creature of the night right away.

However, despite all this I really loved the story line, and plot. There was so much going on with trying to get Cathy to stop seeing her vampire boyfriend, to reading about zombies. The mystery surrounding the characters lives was absolutely amazing, and kept me reading until all hours of the night. I also loved how all the characters were different for the most part. The main character wasn't white for once (I have nothing against white people just most books are set in a white world). And there was even an African- American in the book which was very exciting. Like I said nothing wrong with white people: half of my family is white, my boyfriend is white, many of my friends are white, you get the picture. I just enjoyed the change up!

Favorite Quote: So true, except it would be peanut butter for me!
"Also, vampires don't eat food. You never get to eat chocolate again. Ever. I'd rather die.

Many many many people loved this book, it just wasn't one of my personal favorites. I hope you do pick up a copy for yourselves so you can decide for yourselves whether you like it or not.


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Team Human Justine Larbalestier Sarah Rees Brennan Books Reviews

My sister recommended this book as we are both huge fans of Sarah Rees Brennan's The Demon Lexicon trilogy. I read the first chapter on Justine Larbalestier's blog and was hooked.

Team Human co-written by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan is a very unique vampire book. It pokes fun at all the books and movies that have come before, but in an endearing way (somewhat like Enchanted the movie did for fairy tales). We are introduced to a fun protagonist, Mel, whose best friend, Cathy, falls in love with a vampire. Mel is completely against this union, but other sinister happenings come to light with their other friend Anna and her missing father. While this book pays homage to all things vampire, it is not only that-- it is a complete novel in its own right.

I laughed so hard through the first few chapters-- and I don't normally do that. Mel is such a fun character-- and yet, she is also flawed, and has to come to an understanding by the end. This makes it a good YA book. I loved the character of Kit, and that of the police vampire woman Camilla. Some of the plot lines were obvious, but I welcomed these twists and enjoyed reading every page.

Terrifically funny, moving, and enlightening YA novel. A must read for vampire lover and hater alike.
Like many reviewers here, I bought this book after reading the first chapter from Justine Larbalestier's blog. True confessions time I'm a writer and a reader, and the multiple vampire-story references hooked me, as well as the fact that Larbalestier and her co-author Sarah Rees Brennan stood on opposite sides of the Vampire Question. I wanted to see how all of this would play out, especially I'd just finished writing a story with a similar premise. In short skeptical best friend of vampire-obsessed girl tries to do something about her friend's apparently unhealthy relationship.

Take the same premise and two writers, and you'll get fifteen variations. I adored this novel, and as a snarky sort myself, I felt like Mel was my long-lost baby sister. One thing I should note about Larbalestier (having since read a number of her other stories) is that she writes multicultural characters, and not in a token way either. For once, the publisher didn't white-wash a main character who isn't European-descended, and the choice of models really worked well; I actually pictured these folks in the movie that unrolled in my head as I read.

(Oh yeah, and I'd totally pay money to go see the movie, if they didn't butcher the casting by making everybody white.)

Hilarious dialogue, and really skillful interweaving of the dark, the comedic, and the heart-breaking. One thing I particularly liked in the world-building here was the subjective experience of vampires, who live in a sort of half-world (yes, I'm trying to avoid the word 'twilight,' even though that's what first comes to mind). The transition to vampire is not risk-free either, so even though vampires have become part of mainstream society, there are very strict discussions of the consent involved. One either becomes a vampire or goes zombie; this cranks the horror aspect a notch higher. It's unconstitutional to write vampires without reference to horror, and this story does not disappoint.

Reader-self had a marvelous time, did not regret buying the hardback edition, and has been word-of-mouth recommending this one to anybody who likes vampires, comedy, vampire comedy, stories with snarky hilarious romance, or well, just good stories.

Writer-self walked away with a whole pile of shiny new ideas, including what sort of people would enjoy 'life' ('unlife'? 'undeath'?) as a vampire.

Twilight was a game-changer for the vampire genre, and this novel stands out as an example of how to deal with the aftermath of The Sparkly Ones, while tipping the hat to all the vamps that went before and what makes the undead so freaking scary.
I was so excited about reading this book when it came out. I wanted to love this book, I really did. I mean I have a huge obsession with all things Sarah Rees Brennan and vampires, so what was the problem?

Still unsure at this point if I enjoyed this book or not.

The humor was alright, storyline was great, the characters eh, I do love the cover though.

Kit was my favorite character. He was so cute, and so funny. I think he had the most personal growth.

No love triangles so if you have an obsession with love triangles I would not suggest this book.

Mel as a character was just not likeable to me. I mean I completely understood why she would be protective over her best friend Cathy, but after a while her personality became annoying to me.

My favorite character was definitely Kit. I loved his personality, and how funny he was. I kind of wish he had been the main character.

Team Humans take on vampires was very true to origin. The can't eat, they're cold, sounds like they don't reproduce or have...the sex, can't go out in sunlight, etc. They aren't blood sucking fiends, but you get the idea. Oh and I just love how this book mocks vampire human relationships. It's so very true that in most books the character who falls in live with the vampire, ditches her friends, and wants to become a creature of the night right away.

However, despite all this I really loved the story line, and plot. There was so much going on with trying to get Cathy to stop seeing her vampire boyfriend, to reading about zombies. The mystery surrounding the characters lives was absolutely amazing, and kept me reading until all hours of the night. I also loved how all the characters were different for the most part. The main character wasn't white for once (I have nothing against white people just most books are set in a white world). And there was even an African- American in the book which was very exciting. Like I said nothing wrong with white people half of my family is white, my boyfriend is white, many of my friends are white, you get the picture. I just enjoyed the change up!

Favorite Quote So true, except it would be peanut butter for me!
"Also, vampires don't eat food. You never get to eat chocolate again. Ever. I'd rather die.

Many many many people loved this book, it just wasn't one of my personal favorites. I hope you do pick up a copy for yourselves so you can decide for yourselves whether you like it or not.