Life with the Radleys: Radio 4, dinner parties with the Bishopthorpe neighbours and self-denial. Loads of self-denial. But all hell is about to break loose. When teenage daughter Clara gets attacked on the way home from a party, she and her brother Rowan finally discover why they can't sleep, can't eat a Thai salad without fear of asphyxiation and can't go outside unless they're smothered in Factor 50. With a visit from their lethally louche uncle Will and an increasingly suspicious police force, life in Bishopthorpe is about to change. Drastically.....


A very enjoyable read - certainly a different take to the usual vampire tales! I loved the style & humour of the book, & the short chapters (I like spotting the chapter heading in the actual chapter - sad aren't I?! -didn't find When Someone Fell off a Bicycle in 1983 though!!) with extracts from "The Abstainer's Handbook" popping up here & there...& there's even an Abstainer's Glossary if you need to check the difference between OBT & OVA!

Added to my "Read It, Swap It, Leave It" Bookring game for Group 2.

Picked this out as my book to keep from the Read it Swap it Leave it game - just my type of book, so will look forward to a good read!

Really enjoyed this, loved the mundane details of daily life that you would never normally see in a book about vampires! And then the slow unravelling of the 'normal' life that the Radleys have worked so hard to create.

On the bookshelf by the ticket window

Had not idea what this book was about until I picked it up, but was drawn to the title as I live near a place called Radley!
It drew me in from the first page and was a completely new experience as not read anything quite like it before. However, I really enjoyed the story and the pace at which it was told.