Vampalicious!

Vampalicious!
by Sienna Mercer
Recommended Ages: 11+

In this fourth installment in the 18-book "My Sister the Vampire" series, separated-as-infants twins Ivy and Olivia – a vampire and a cheerleader, respectively – have just learned that their biological father is actually Ivy's supposedly adoptive dad, and that somehow they are the offspring of a forbidden vampire-human love story. But immediately, they're faced with a new problem. Charles, their father, has decided to move to, like, Luxembourg with Ivy, separating the girls as swiftly as they found each other. They can't let this happen. But how can they stop it?

Well, that's what this book is about. Of course, hilarity ensues. Like when the girls set Charles up on a blind date with a completely incompatible woman. But this story also runs a little deeper than the previous installments, as you might guess from its slightly thicker page count. Olivia wants to know why her vampire father rejected his human daughter. Didn't he love her? Does he blame her for her mother's death? Desperate to spend time with him, she swaps places with Ivy (again), leading to more hijinks but also introducing her (and us) to some of vampire society's Christmas traditions, like decorating the tree with Christmas Bites (kind of like Hershey's Kisses, but filled with blood) and whispering your wishes to the Christmas Bat.

So, it's family drama and middle school adventure blended with a little ghoulish magic, some attempted romance and a lot of light-hearted fun. I'm already headed into the fifth book in the series, Take Two, and I've made an investment in Sienna Mercer's other series, the "My Brother the Werewolf" quartet.