The unfortunately named Finbar is 16 and fairly used to getting picked on at school. He’s pale and awkward and really shy. But when his family moves to New York, he has an epiphany. He doesn’t have to be seen as a freak who’s allergic to the sun. (Yes, he’s literally allergic to the sun.) He can cash in on the popularity of vampires by subtly leading people to believe that he IS one.

I realize that teenage girls are completely ridiculous sometimes (which I say with love, seeing as how I used to be a teenager myself), but how he manages to get a bunch of them to really believe he’s a vampire is beyond me. :)

But this is a really funny book and I would like to see more from Finbar. Finbar takes self-deprecation to an art form. He’s incredibly smart and funny (at his own expense, as well as at the expense of others) and this book was a really fun way to spend a few hours.