Reality Bites, Tales of a Half-Vampire Book Review and Giveaway

Growing up in a family of vampires, witches, werewolves, and other assorted embarrassments can be tough on a girl who is just trying to be normal and fit in. When the school plans a Halloween ball, dressing up proves to be a lot harder than it should. Mackenzie has high hopes to at least talk with the boy she likes, but first she has to make it out of the house ALIVE, or at least looking like she's not Half-Dead. What is a "good" girl to do? When reality bites, it may take more than a little bit of family magic to see her through.



Shaunda Kennedy Wenger is a talented writer. This book had a lot of imagination put into it. The people were definately fun to read about. The main character, Mackenzie, faced a lot of things that most teens face just in a colorful way. Her best friend seemed how most of our friends are. I know my friends loved being around my family, no matter how odd, I felt, they were.
Mackenzie did face things that kids do not. Her mom was a vampire and her dad was a human. She had relatives that were flies, mummies, skeletons, and a grandma who was a witch. I loved the way that Shaunda showed the true day to day of teens. It is hard to be a teenager with a normal life and family let alone a family of oddities. I truly look forward to reading more from this author. My 12 year old and I read this together. Victorea is all about the strange new things, vampires, werewolves and mummies. This was right up her alley. Reality Bites, Tales of a Half-Vampire was definately written for ages 9-14. It was a quick and fun read at only 199 pages. The end will really suprise you. A great lesson for all teen girls.

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Shaunda Kennedy Wenger is author of 8 books for children and co-author of The Book Lover's Cookbook, Recipes of Celebrated Works of Literature and the Passages That Feature Them, which was featured as a 2003 Holiday Gift Pick on National Public Radio. Her newest release is From Rivets and Rails, Recipes of a Railroad Boarding House Cookbook, which is based on her great grandmother's 1900s cookery journal. Her middle grade novels include The Ghost in Me and Reality Bites, Tales of a Half-Vampire. Her chapter book, Little Red Riding Hood: Into the Forest Again earned the 2011 KART Kids Book List Award and the 2012 Purple Dragonfly Honorable Mention Award. Her five other titles are published for the educational market. Her poems, short stories, and articles have been published with Babybug, Cricket, The Mailbox Company, The Writer, and Spirit Goat. When she is not writing, she is teaching, spending time with her family and friends, or chasing after the latest escapades of extreme donuts. She can be visited online at her blog,

www.shaundawenger.blogspot.com

https://twitter.com/Wenger13

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/78073.Shaunda_Kennedy_Wenger
http://www.amazon.com/Shaunda-Kennedy-Wenger/e/B001HMT13C/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 (my author page)

http://www.amazon.com/Reality-Bites-Tales-Half-Vampire-ebook/dp/B0085Q6QMC/ref=tmm_kin_title_0 (for reality bites)

http://www.amazon.com/The-Ghost-in-Me-ebook/dp/B004GUS88Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1360348683&sr=1-1&keywords=the+ghost+in+me (for the ghost in me)

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Five Lil Bass In Tow was not monetarily compensated for this review. I was sent this book in kindle form to read and post my honest opinion. All opinions and comments are my own and that of my daughter. Thank you for reading.