I wanted to like this. I loved the premise, a vampire who finds being a vampire to be rather awful. However the execution fell rather flat. It was like there was supposed to be conflict so she created it and it was all done rather fast. ( )

Perhaps I shouldn't go for vampire YA when I want "light-hearted", but I was a little surprised at the action-pack-iness of this book. ( )

Guest review at Midnight Reads:
http://themidnightreaders.blogspot.com/2011/12/winter-warmers-event-shelly-worki...

Jane Jones Worst Vampire Ever book is about a girl and her family they are all vampires. Jane is the one of the main character and she is also the narator in this book. Her real name is Josephine. They have to change there name every time they move so no one will know that she is a vampire. Jane (Josephine) has a mom, dad, and a little brother. Also the other main people in the book is Eli a nerdy boy, Timothy the handsom vampire, Msr. Smithburg the vampire that changed Jane's family, and Astrid the girl who likes Timothy and is a vamire. Jane is trying to figure out a way to become human and she finds a website that a professor has created a mixured of ingredinents to become a human again. Well Jane comes back to the school and she shows it to Timothy who later on buys two of them and one is for him and the other one is for her. Eli is her partner in history class where Mrs. Smithburg comes in she has to get Janes brother to her husband because he drunk the blood of someone with a bad disease and now need to drink the blood of someone that he turned to become healthy again. When the professor comes to bring the alixer to them and when they are about to drink it Jane gets a call and Astrid tells her to come and still come and she won't give her brother to Mrs. Smithburg.

You should read this book if you like romantic, comedy, and a little bit of horror. It is a good and funny book to read because there is somewhat of a love square. Eli is in love with Jane. Jane likes Eli and Timothy. Timothy loves Jane. Astrid liked Timothy. This is why you should read this book.

How do I begin to write about how funny and clever this little novel was? I'm going to have to do my best. Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever. sounded like a hilarious title, and, although not a raucous knee-slapper ever other line, it was still overall witty and full of comedic, lovable characters that shaped it into a fun, fast read. I found myself enjoying this title so much, I wanted the judge at the hearing I had to attend in support of my sister to be quiet so I could concentrate on it!

This story's true strength was its characters. Jane was sarcastic in order to deal with living life as a perpetually rejected teenager with no hope of ever growing out of her eternal awkward phase. Her mother was hysterical and overprotective, and I found myself feeling sorry for Jane for being bound to her as her child, and treated like one, forever. That is not fun, especially when you've been around for 90-some-odd years, but it was easy to laugh about it here. Even her little genius, perpetually 10-year-old brother, Zachary, was adorable while still irritating her all the time.

Astrid filled the role of the high school mean girl, but in this case, she happened to be a vampire, too, and she loved to make Jane's life miserable. She came off as more hilarious than cliché, which was a nice surprise.

But, my favorite character had to be Timothy, the old calligraphy-writing vampire who looked like a 17-year-old pin-up with a “perfect pouty pout”. At first, he just talked like any other funny guy his apparent age, but when he started talking like a centuries-old vampire who lives in a castle on a nearby hill, I started rolling on the floor. That was genius comedy, and Jane's reaction to it was hilarious:

“I unfolded the second sheet [of Timothy's letter], expecting more of Timothy's calligraphy saying something along the lines of, 'Dearest Jane, I am still awaiting your answer. Please remit forthwith. Ceaselessly, Timothy.'” - from page 164

What I wasn't expecting was a great plot that had quite a fitting ending, albeit abrupt, tying up all loose ends and making Jane out to be the deserved heroine of her own story. This was such a great book to spend a day reading. I highly recommend it to those who not only love vampire lore, but the occasional story that pokes fun at it a bit, while also making fun of the types of real life people we see everyday. ( )