I'm several books behind at t6he moment. the reason for this might be apparent in the backgrounds of the pictures in the next few posts.
This is the sequel to Peter Crombie Teenaged Zombie. Peter is still a member of the undead, resurrected by his father who is still the leading mad scientist in town.
His best friend is still a vampire ghost and the really-not-his-type girl next door still has a major crush on him.
What is new is that the monkey can talk and Count Dracula has moved into the local old folk's home and is creating an army of elderly vampires.
The scene is set for as epic a showdown as is possible in this sleepy little town. Luckily, there's another stranger in town who might be able to help- if he can persuade people his name isn't Vannel Singh.
This is typical Adam Millard in younger readers mode, fast paced, funny and self referential.
He doesn't care about being politically incorrect, even in a book aimed at children. This is packed full of the sort of comments that we read are being removed from Roald Dahl's children's books- particularly when referring to the attractiveness, or otherwise- of the neighbour girl, and her lithp. And it's all the funnier for it.
It's a quick easy read- as you'd expect from a children's book. It's probably not a future classic of children's literature, but it's good fun with plenty of laughs to be found in the surrealist world he's created here.
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