Uninvited by Amanda Marrone

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When rejection comes back to bite you...

Jordan's life sucks. Her boyfriend, Michael, dumped her, slept his way through half the student body, and then killed himself. But now, somehow, he appears at her window every night, begging her to let him in.

Jordan can't understand why he wants her, but she feels her resistance wearing down. After all, her life — once a broken record of boring parties, meaningless hookups, and friends she couldn't relate to — now consists of her drinking alone in her room as she waits for the sun to go down.

Michael needs to be invited in before he can enter. All Jordan has to do is say the words....

Children's Literature

Vampire romance turned to horror with each turn of the page. Jordan's life bites, literally. Jordan dumps Michael and then watches him rebound by sleeping his way through half the student body while she rebounds by drinking herself into a stupor, doing drugs, and sleeping with the other half of the student body. Then to make matters worse, Michael kills himself, but then somehow appears at her bedroom window after dark begging her to invite him in. Afraid of leaving her house after dark, Jordan turns to drinking alone and ignoring pleas from her friends to rejoin them at parties. As the months pass and the alcohol and drugs consume her nights, Jordan believes that inviting Michael into her bedroom will ease her pain and suffering. Little does she know that inviting Michael into her bedroom destines her to a life far worse than alcohol and drugs. In most contemporary vampire novels, the author allows the reader to "like" the vampire but not Ms. Marrone. This vampire is the one that plagues our nightmares. While the ending of the novel has redemptive qualities, the heavy use of alcohol, drugs, and premarital sex in this novel should prohibit this novel from appearing in the collection of middle school and conservative high school libraries. Reviewer: Karen Galenis

School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up Jordan is a wreck. Toying with the need for rehab, she is coming to terms with the fact that she is becoming known as the school slut when under the influence. To make matters worse, she spends her nights awake in her bedroom, terrified because her dead ex-boyfriend-now a vampire-is outside begging to be invited in. Her self-esteem drops low enough that she actually weighs the merits of joining the ranks of the undead. Vampire novels have timeless appeal for teens, and, without being heavy-handed or didactic, Marrone raises the bar by creating a protagonist who has an effective self-realization of moral issues. Uninvited is a fast-paced vampire novel with soul.-Leah Krippner, Harlem High School, Machesney Park, IL

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