Identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth are super excited about Halloween, again. This time, the new girl Piper leads them to a mysterious new store that has all the coolest costumes. As Elizabeth gets to know Piper, spooky things happen to her. She sees the moon turn blood red. Meanwhile, Jessica falls in love with a cute boy at the store, who has a terrible secret. Soon Jessica starts to act strangely and Elizabeth is worried that something awful is happening to her. Can Elizabeth stop her twin from turning into a vampire, or will that just make Jessica more interesting?

Part One in a two part miniseries.

Are you thirsty for more vampires? If so, what’s wrong with you? Vampires are too sexy to be in a book for “intermediate readers,” as we learned in Book 3. Yet here we are again, rehashing the same idea much like the ghostwriters of the series I’m parodying (Sweet Valley Twins). The Vampires continues to combine elements of satire and (mostly tame) horror. As always, please note that this isn’t really a kid’s book. The two original series were aimed at preteen girls, and this book is based on the particular series where the twins are twelve. So there’s no blatant sexuality or violence, because it follows the rules of the that series. But there may be adult language, some dark humor, and “magical” violence, as with previous books.