Someone hand me the forks.
I have no desire to be able to read after finishing Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber.
The main character is *goth* Raven *goth* Madison who *goth* is apparently a goth. In case you didn't get that from the author pointing that out every other page. She also pulls out every single cliche in the book, and ends almost every sentence in an exclamation point. People aren't called by the names that they are given, no, the snarky protagonist has to give them an insulting nickname for one of their qualities.
Anyway, she lives in this town called Dullsville (yet another horrible nickname!) and no one understands how bad her life is, how much she has to deal with, oh sob sob. Every character admires her, and she is somewhat of an idol to everyone who is fortunate enough be in her presence. All of this admiration, and her life is still sooooo miserable, and no one understands her. She has two ex-hippie parents, who have now apparently 'conformed' to society, and are khaki-wearing, tennis-racquet toting people who (like everyone else) don't understand what she's going through. She is constantly moaning about her brother, and how he gets more attention than she does, even though he is basically another cardboard cutout like her family, friends, and everyone except for her and her Knight of the *gags* Night. So, basically she just putters around with small incidents concerning Trevor the Impeccable. Then, the author finally decides to get to the point of the story, and introduces a "creepy guy" (we don't know his proper name until later, whiny Raven just dubs him this out of her own shallow understanding). Yada yada, more time passes, and then she decides to break into someone else's house to try and find vampires.
That's when the drama starts.
And by drama, I mean completely pointless and stupid writing about vampires. It is all utter sap- anyway, she meets Alexander (I'm omitting his last name because his full name is enough to make me vomit) who she thinks is a vampire. Of course, he is a perfect gentleman, and is yet another cardboard cutout who has no purpose in life other to love Raven. Anyway, after she breaks into his house like a mad person, he does the natural thing and invites her over for dinner (because that's what you do when people break into your house...right?). They proceed to be predictably head-over-heels for each other because they're both "goth" (eurrrghh) and that's about it. Then we realize that Raven is only using this poor puppet of a character so she can become a vampire herself and gain international fame by ratting him to the news. Because that's what true love is made of.