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Transformed into a vampire at the awkward age of fifteen, Nigel Mullet will remain this age forever, and must spend eternity struggling through adolescence.
In his latest hilarious diary, Nigel starts the new term as one of the most popular pupils in school, and he’s finally got a girlfriend after more than eighty years of being single. But his life soon unravels when a new pupil, Jason, joins his school …
When Jason steals his girlfriend, Nigel vows to get revenge. But the more he discovers about Jason the more confused he gets. Who exactly is this mysterious new classmate? And how can Nigel win his true love back?
Nigel Mullet’s life is finally going well. Transformed into a vampire at the age of 15 and doomed to remain the same age for eternity, he’s now got a girlfriend in the form of the sensitive Chloe, has obtained his vampire powers and some of the girls in his class actually fancy him. But the new term brings a new pupil in the form of the stocky, grunty Jason who’s better at P.E. than Nigel (even with Nigel’s powers) and who, despite teaming up with the school bullies, seems to be attracting considerable female attention, including from Chloe.
Things start going wrong when Chloe pressures Nigel to turn her into a vampire and a new selfish vampire grandfather moves in with Nigel and his family and provokes havoc. When Nigel objects to Chloe’s tactics to get him to change her, she unbelievably dumps him for Jason and he suffers a sudden and embarrassing disappearance of his vampire powers. To win back his girlfriend (and his powers), Nigel must work out what’s really going on with Jason. Why does he have a monobrow? How come he’s so good at P.E.? And why does he like eating corned beef straight from a can?
Tim Collins’s sequel to DIARY OF A WIMPY VAMPIRE is an amusing continuation of the TWILIGHT parody with a shot of ADRIAN MOLE and a knowing wink at the paranormal romance phenomenon.
I sniggered throughout the whole book, especially at an excruciating scene when Nigel loses his vampire powers during a school talent show and his horror at one of Chloe’s sneakier attempts to get him to change her. The humour’s well-served by Andrew Pinder’s illustrations.
Although it’s a parody of TWILIGHT, there’s no real malice here and even Nigel’s outrage at the misleading paranormal romance genre is played for laughs as he tries to write his own accurate novel. I particularly liked the depiction of werewolves as big dogs with monobrows.
Although Nigel’s a curious mix of pompous self-importance and genuine ignorance, you can’t help but root for him during his misadventures and feel bad when things don’t turn out as he planned. His frustration at his parents’ old-fashioned vampire attitudes and suspicions about his grandfather are easy to relate to and although the book has an open-ending, I sincerely hope that this isn’t the end of his [mis]adventures.
The Verdict:
This sequel to Diary Of A Wimpy Vampire is as funny as the first and takes the hapless Nigel Mullet through more triumphs and disasters. I really hope that this isn’t the last we see of him or his family.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the free copy of this book.
Transformed into a vampire at the awkward age of fifteen, Nigel Mullet will remain this age forever, and must spend eternity struggling through adolescence.
In his latest hilarious diary, Nigel starts the new term as one of the most popular pupils in school, and he’s finally got a girlfriend after more than eighty years of being single. But his life soon unravels when a new pupil, Jason, joins his school …
When Jason steals his girlfriend, Nigel vows to get revenge. But the more he discovers about Jason the more confused he gets. Who exactly is this mysterious new classmate? And how can Nigel win his true love back?
Nigel Mullet’s life is finally going well. Transformed into a vampire at the age of 15 and doomed to remain the same age for eternity, he’s now got a girlfriend in the form of the sensitive Chloe, has obtained his vampire powers and some of the girls in his class actually fancy him. But the new term brings a new pupil in the form of the stocky, grunty Jason who’s better at P.E. than Nigel (even with Nigel’s powers) and who, despite teaming up with the school bullies, seems to be attracting considerable female attention, including from Chloe.
Things start going wrong when Chloe pressures Nigel to turn her into a vampire and a new selfish vampire grandfather moves in with Nigel and his family and provokes havoc. When Nigel objects to Chloe’s tactics to get him to change her, she unbelievably dumps him for Jason and he suffers a sudden and embarrassing disappearance of his vampire powers. To win back his girlfriend (and his powers), Nigel must work out what’s really going on with Jason. Why does he have a monobrow? How come he’s so good at P.E.? And why does he like eating corned beef straight from a can?
Tim Collins’s sequel to DIARY OF A WIMPY VAMPIRE is an amusing continuation of the TWILIGHT parody with a shot of ADRIAN MOLE and a knowing wink at the paranormal romance phenomenon.
I sniggered throughout the whole book, especially at an excruciating scene when Nigel loses his vampire powers during a school talent show and his horror at one of Chloe’s sneakier attempts to get him to change her. The humour’s well-served by Andrew Pinder’s illustrations.
Although it’s a parody of TWILIGHT, there’s no real malice here and even Nigel’s outrage at the misleading paranormal romance genre is played for laughs as he tries to write his own accurate novel. I particularly liked the depiction of werewolves as big dogs with monobrows.
Although Nigel’s a curious mix of pompous self-importance and genuine ignorance, you can’t help but root for him during his misadventures and feel bad when things don’t turn out as he planned. His frustration at his parents’ old-fashioned vampire attitudes and suspicions about his grandfather are easy to relate to and although the book has an open-ending, I sincerely hope that this isn’t the end of his [mis]adventures.
The Verdict:
This sequel to Diary Of A Wimpy Vampire is as funny as the first and takes the hapless Nigel Mullet through more triumphs and disasters. I really hope that this isn’t the last we see of him or his family.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the free copy of this book.
