My Boyfriend Is a Monster 3: My Boyfriend Bites

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My Boyfriend Bites aims its wooden stake/silver bullet/pitchfork at the heart of the paranormal romance YA readers love, with the insight into real-world relationships everyone could use, and with True Love for its horror-story roots.

Vanessa Shingle thought life in her little New Mexico town was boring until she met Jean-Paul McClellan. Tall, cool, good-looking Jean-Paul. The only problem with him is his unglamorous job as a janitor. Oh, wait. That's not the only problem. Turns out he may also be a vampire. And it turns out that he and Vanessa meeting was no accident. Vanessa learns that she is a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the legendary monster-hunter. But if Jean-Paul is a vampire, why was he sent to help her fight the coven of obnoxious--but nonetheless deadly--vampires trying to kill her

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"A small-town teen fond of taking on difficult boyfriends as 'projects' acquires a taste for tougher challenges when her newest one turns into a giant bat. 'Vampires are like cockroaches. If you see one, you've got a few. If you see a few, you've got a lot." So explains Vanessa's mysterious but hunky new squeeze Jean-Paul after blowing his cover as a janitor by driving off an attacking band of preppy bloodsuckers-and then revealing that Vanessa herself is descended from a line of monster hunters, and he has been appointed her protector. Rescuing a beloved teacher from exsanguination (armed with industrial quantities of garlic powder and a shop-vac) not only proves the truth of Jean-Paul's observation but firms up Vanessa's vague career plans, too. Presented in graphic panels done in suitably gothic black and white and featuring both sharply drawn characters and plenty of snarky dialogue, this spirited standalone episode joins both its predecessors (I Love Him to Pieces and Made for Each Other) and the simultaneously publishing Under His Spell, by Marie P. Croall and illustrated by Hyeondo Park, as fine fare for Buffy fans of all...types. Hip, steamy fun." --Kirkus Reviews

"Vanessa loves to date boys she can 'fix, ' but with her newest project--a handsome and mysterious janitor named Jean-Paul--she may have bitten off more than she can chew. The My Boyfriend Is a Monster paranormal romance series features a different author, illustrator, monster, and setting for each volume, and this third book is as enjoyable as the first two. Jolley's story has just the right blend of humor and girl power, and Martinez's art combines horror thrills with cute boys, while staying firmly middle-school appropriate. And observant readers should now be able to spot what ties the different volumes together." --Booklist

Author Bio

Comic book author and video game writer Dan Jolley has created work for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and TokyoPop and for game developers including Activision and Ubisoft. He is also the author of several Graphic Myths and Legends titles including Odysseus, Pig ling (a Korean
Cinderella story), and The Hero Twins: Against the Lords of Death (a Mayan myth). Among his Twisted Journeys(r) titles are Vampire Hunt, Escape from Pyramid X, and Agent Mongoose and the Hypno-Beam Scheme. Dan wrote My Boyfriend Bites, the third book in the My Boyfriend Is a Monster series, and also scripts storylines and dialogue for video games such as Transformers: War for Cybertron and Prototype 2. He lives in Georgia with his wife Tracy and four cats.

Alitha Martinez is a veteran in the world of mainstream American superhero comics who has recently ventured into manga as well. Her exquisite attention to detail is a wonder to behold. Her work can be found in issues of Black Panther, Iron Man, Spider-Girl Battlebook: Streets of Fire, Shi, X-Men: Black Sun, Marvel Age: Fantastic Four, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, and NBC's
Heroes. She is also the illustrator of Twisted Journeys #12: Kung Fu Masters. She lives in New York City.