Tenth Grade Bleeds; The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod By: Heather Brewer
Eric Magaw
For my quarter three choice book report I chose the book Tenth Grade Bleeds. It is the fourth book in the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. In this story like most books there are tales of love, friendship, and something like the pursuit of happiness.
In the beginning of the book everything seems to be going perfectly for Vlad. He is dating the girl of his dreams and his new vampire skills are improving. Over the summer he has been working with his uncle Otis trying to improve his telepathy over a long distance.
There are the pros but there are also the cons. Vlad acquired a new “stalker” the year before. His name is Eddie Poe. In Vlad’s ninth grade year Eddie came upon the truth that Vlad is a vampire. To Eddie, Vlad is a “monster” and he is totally set to expose Vlad.
Vlad has other problems too though. His friend/drudge, Henry MacMillan, has been going through a lot of mood swings. Constantly changing what he thought or what he was going to do. Vlad was annoyed with Henry, but he was more worried with his ever growing hunger for blood.
But this is a new thirst. Not from the bagged blood that his Aunt brings him from downers at the hospital. He has been craving blood from the source. Even though Vlad is revolted by the idea of feeding from humans he can barely resist the urge to feed. Vlad ends up breaking up with Meredith because he is worried that he will feed from her. But Vlad has been having other problems with him being a vampire. He is supposedly the “Pravus”. A Vampire born with one vampire parent, the other being human and is supposed to rule of vampire kind and enslave the human race. The main reason why this is also a problem is because there is a group of vampires who want to steal the power of the Pravus and use it to rule over vampire kind.
Review:
I personally loved the book. I love the author Heather Brewer. She is an amazing author. As I said before this is the fourth book in the series. The book was hard to put down. It was full of suspenseful moments but was also full of humor.
I would suggest this book to anyone that loves vampire, suspense, or love stories. Even though I am not the biggest fan of love stories I found myself falling head over heels in love with this book. I would give it 5/5 stars. It is an amazing installment to the series. Deepening the mystery of the famed Pravus. As the series goes on Vlad begins to talk more and more about his dead father. This also adds to the book series mystery.
I thought that this book series was possibly the best I have ever read. It is never endingly suspenseful. Heather Brewer always had you finding yourself at the edge of your seat. This book is not like any of the Twilight books or anything like that. It is never endingly funny, almost like a satire on anything that you thought about vampire stories
