and how the hell do girl hepers deal with menstruation? answer my questions, book! you can't go through your whole life without ever sneezing - without ever getting a fever. Who is maintaining the electricity here, and why? why do vampires drool uncontrollably when they see a picture of a heper, but when there is one in their midst, they do not even realize it? why can't they go underwater? so many weird vampirisms here, so underexplained.Īnd for humans - why would you stay? why wouldn't you just move to the wilderness away from the freaking vampires? why continue to go to school for goodness' sake? what could you possibly be learning in vampire high-school, and what career path could this high school possibly be preparing anyone for? or alternatively - why not just become a vampire? i mean, you continue to live in these communities where a hangnail could redefine you as dinner once you start suppressing that many human impulses, you are already distancing yourself from 'human' so why not just give in at that point? path of least resistance. and seriously, unless we are talking about this:ĭo not even expect me to be interested in elbow sex. instead of making out, they perform some sort of elbow-into-armpit configuration. vampires do not laugh - instead they scratch their forearms. I suppose instead of world-building, we are given little social quirks. do they excrete? they have bathrooms in the school, right? i thought i remembered a scene taking place in a school bathroom or locker room.(and i wish i wasn't writing this in the middle of the anaheim convention center and i had the book with me) what makes them different? how did they take over the country - and what will they do when there are no more humans? So they don't breed? but they age, they eat meat. authors, again, build your worlds!! i do not understand these vampires. this would never be possible, even in a well-constructed fantasy. no coughing, no getting sick, no pimples, no papercuts. he cannot sneeze, he cannot widen his eyes in surprise, he cannot sweat, he must shave his body every day and never ever smell like a human boy. and remaining 'hepers' or 'humans' are periodically released into an arena for vampires to hunt and eat, in a morale-boosting extravaganza.įor a high school boy whose parents have both died/been turned, life can be complicated.all human impulses must be suppressed, otherwise, the vampires will know he is huuuuman, and will be unable to control themselves. all the concessions are made to vampire-life: school is held at night, lighting is kept low, and meat is served very very rare. nearly everyone has become a vampire, and the humans who remain must camouflage their human characteristics to be able to survive and blend in.

So this book is kind of fun, but full of problematic holes and 'huh's?'

This light between us by andrew fukuda