Still Sucks to Be Me

Still Sucks to Be Me: More All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton Smith, Teen Vampire

Coming on May 11, 2010!

Here’s a little sneak peek for you from the back copy of the book… WARNING! If you haven’t finished the first book yet, I highly advise you to NOT read any of the following!! You *can* read the second book without having read the first one, but hey, why not read both?

Why It Still Sucks to Be Me

1. My parents and the stupid Vampire Council are still ruining my life unlife? death (ugh, whatever).
2. Not only did they make me fake my death and funeral (I didn’t even get to go!), but I had to leave behind my BFF Serena and move. Really far away.
3. Meanwhile my boyfriend George is off “reconnecting with his parents” in Brazil. Land of beaches, bikini babes, and the biggest party in the world. He’s probably going “Mina, who?”
4. Grady asked me to Homecoming and won’t take no for an answer.
5. Did I mention cute but oh-so-complicated Cameron, the only other bloodsucking teen in town? That’s because I’m trying not to think about him, thank you very much.
6. And ugh, Raven. Is she seriously stalking Serena?
7. But the absolute worst thing is that here I am, some all-powerful (ha), all-knowing (yeah, right), in-control (totally not) vampire and my parents still get to dictate everything I do.

Myth: Vampires Never Die
Truth: Generally true. But they sure can fake it.

I, Mina Hamilton, am officially dead. Officially, officially. You name it, I’ve got it: death certificate (which I’m not allowed to keep in a scrapbook, per the Vampire Relocation Agency rules), obituary in the paper (depressingly short, if I do say so myself, and ditto on the scrapbooking), and a funeral. A funeral which, incidentally, my family’s personal VRA goon, Josh, would not let me attend.

What’s the point in having a funeral if you can’t go and see who cared enough to show up? I had an excellent disguise picked out and everything, but the Josh-erator put me under total house arrest….read more.

“Of all the Vampire novels I have read, Sucks to be Me was my absolute favorite.  It was smart, original, with a lovely, honest heroine, and it was laugh-out-loud funny. I almost fell out of bed laughing at one point. I couldn’t wait to get a hold of the sequel, Still Sucks to be Me. When it came out, I devoured every page. For those who love the genre, yet are tired of tragic, Byronic lugubrious vampires, this is truly a unique and hilarious read.”
—Margot Adler, author of Drawing Down the Moon

“A real treat for those who are already fans, STILL SUCKS TO BE ME is a perfectly good starting point as well. The basics of the first book are distilled painlessly, leaving the reader an opportunity to get to know the new, more vampiric Mina in her brand new home town. I thoroughly enjoyed this!” … read the rest of Saundra’s review.
—Saundra Mitchell, author of Shadowed Summer and The Vespertine

The Still Sucks to Be Me Cover!!