New YA to look for 2022
I don't often read YA but two showed up on my Netgalley list this week, how lucky! They couldn't be more different, but they were both terrific! The first one is called Mere Mortals written by Erin Jade Lange. It's about two vampires, Charlie (Charlotte) and Reg, sister and brother, who have been expelled from being vampires because of an unfortunate incident. They are dropped off at a halfway house of sorts, where they can learn to be human again. Charlie and Reg are very unhappy about this, particularly since the town where they've landed is a small town in Iowa that seems completely empty of culture or shopping or any of the things that Charlie and Reg think are fun. They are staying with a man named Sal, who is meant to help them with the transition and they have been registered to attend the local high school. They send out appeals to different groups of vampires to try to get their punishment cancelled but either get a negative response or...