Rules for Vampires: Ghosts Bite Back

By Author / Illustrator

Alex Foulkes

Genre

Supernatural

Age range(s)

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Ltd

ISBN

9781471199578

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

29-09-2022

Synopsis

Straighten your cape and ready your fangs . . . the ghosts are biting back. The spookiest story you'll read this year is the ghoulish follow-up to Alex Foulkes's highly acclaimed Rules for Vampires.

A vampire and a ghost being friends is unheard of. It makes no sense. The two factions have despised one another for all eternity. But . . . Leo the vampire and Minna the ghost have battled together side-by-side, they're sisters-in-arms, they're best friends, and they'll have to work together to vanquish a new, deadly threat. Summoned to the Ghostly Realm for the murder of the Orphanmaster, Leo must complete three tasks to prove herself worthy of her unlife, each more treacherous than the last. Can Leo convince the Ghostly Realm of her innocence and earn her freedom, or will she be trapped there forever?

A monstrously funny and devilishly dark new adventure in Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires series, illustrated throughout by the award-winning Sara Ogilvie, Ghosts Bite Back is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Skulduggery Pleasant to sink their claws into.

Praise for Rules for Vampires: 'A wickedly fun debut, with a wonderfully strong girl hero.' Cressida Cowell, Children's Laureate. 'Deliciously dark, fangtastically feisty and gloriously gothic!' Laura Ellen Anderson, author of Amelia Fang.

Reviews

Alex Foulkes’s second book in the Rules for Vampires: Ghosts Bite Back, is yet another spookily funny adventure story. The story begins with Leo's eight vampiric laws and how vampires have always been sworn enemies of ghosts. Well, that was until Leo stalked the town of Otto's End on her first human hunt and managed to burn down an orphanage on accident. The 'incident' ended with Leo befriending Minna, a ghost - and murdering the ghostly Orphanmaster.

Leo is summoned to the ghostly-realm for the murder of the Orphanmaster. The court decides to give her the ultimate quest of completing three tasks to prove that she deserves to live her vampire life. This is where the adventure begins as each tasks is more deadlier that the last and Leo must complete them all, in order to live.

I really enjoyed the witty dialogue between Leo and Mina and the gruesome cast of characters in this sequel. Children in KS2, who like reading this genre, will be unable to put this book down. They will also love how Sara Ogilvie's illustrations complete this scary, thrilling adventure story and bring the characters to life.

352 pages / Reviewed by Hayley Summerfield, teacher