The Undead Next Door

by Kerrelyn Sparks
Review by Amber Morehouse, grade 11

This is a vampire love story.  It's about the vampire fashion designer Jean-Luc, who is being stalked by a vampire serial killer, and Heather, a mortal.  They meet in an event in which Jean-Luc thinks Heather is stealing his designs.  She isn't, but Lui, the serial killer, sees them together and wants to kill Heather, who he thinks is Jean-Luc's girlfriend.

For her protection, Jean-Luc convinces her to temporarily move in with him.  When Heather finds out Jean-Luc is a vampire she freaks out momentarily and then still stays with him because he is safer than Lui.  In the end, Lui is destroyed and Jean-Luc convinces Heather to marry him.