“Suburban Sweden in the 1980s turns out to be a natural setting for some supernatural events in this genre–defying pageturner. Yes, there are vampires, but this is definitely not Twilight. Like all good literary horror, the supernatural elements only serve to emphasize the human elements. Oskar, the protagonist, is one of the most realistically imagined 14 year-olds I’ve encountered in a novel. This is a story about what it’s like to be an alienated, weird kid in a town full of lonely, hopeless people. But it’s totally entertaining!”—Seija, University Bookstore, Seattle