When it comes to parenting I believe Geeks do it best but I could be biased.
As my children are growing older I’ve realized that I am raising geeks. The oldest two (fifteen & eight) are both into gaming and Sci-Fi. At any given moment my daughter could ask me if I want to watch Star Wars, or my son might want to hit a dungeon on WoW. They are on their way to full fledged Geekdom. While this interest has been promoted by us as parents introducing them to geeky things we find sometimes it comes from the children to the parent.
Recently my son approached me about a series of vampire books The Chronicles of Vladamir Tod by Heather Brewer. Most of the vampire series out today are geared toward romance, sparkles,and wolves this one is not. It the story of a boy starting in eight grade and following him through high school. He’s a half vampire trying to survive growing up. My son loved the series and after discussing it with him at length I decided to give it a read. I was pleased with what I found.
There is some blood and violence being a series about vampires but it doesn’t detract from the story. All the typical plight of adolescence is there but complicated with the struggles of being the only half vampire in a small town as well as some other…challenges.
I find myself a proud Geek with awesome Geeklings coming into their own. It’s really something else to be able to share in something that young geeks have found. So if your geeklings are looking for a young adult series to devours (pun intended, you know VAMPIRES) than I would recommend this The Chronicles of Vladamir Tod.
