Uninvited by Amanda Marrone

Description: When rejection comes back to bite you...

Jordan's life sucks. Her boyfriend, Michael, dumped her, slept his way through half the student body, and then killed himself. But now, somehow, he appears at her window every night, begging her to let him in.

Jordan can't understand why he wants her, but she feels her resistance wearing down. After all, her life -- once a broken record of boring parties, meaningless hookups, and friends she couldn't relate to -- now consists of her drinking alone in her room as she waits for the sun to go down.

Michael needs to be invited in before he can enter. All Jordan has to do is say the words....

Review:

Uninvited is not your typical vampire novel. In fact, it'd probably be more suitable to say that it isn't a vampire novel at all, just one that happens to have a vampire in it. Yes, the main character Jordan has a vampiric ex-boyfriend constantly stalking her bedroom window at night, wishing for an invite, but this book is so much more than that. Socially awkward and depressed, Jordan feels like she has no control over her life, troubled by the choices she's made, as well by the one she has yet to make regarding a certain vampire. While some of her actions may be off-putting, readers will sympathize with Jordan and root for her as she tries to finally gain control. The characters are well-developed and realistic, all existing in that gray area where it's hard to discern right away what you should think about them. I also enjoyed seeing a return of the more traditional vampire mythology in YA fiction, the vampire itself unromanticized and genuinely creepy. Anyone who is a fan of vampire fiction should definitely check this book out, but even the most fervent haters of it should give it a chance. Uninvited is starkly real and hard to put down, filled with the right amount of dark suspense that will keep you hooked until you see how everything ultimately turns out for these characters.