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A few choice lines from Kirkus:
... a who’s who of teen-literature and genre luminaries...these stories largely cast back to the pre-Twilight tradition and are more likely to elicit chills than swoons.
Standout stories include Genevieve Valentine’s wonderful Chinese-American “Things to Know About Being Dead,” the incredibly creepy “Baby,” by Kathe Koja, and Cassandra Clare and Holly Black’s “The Perfect Dinner Party,” which conveys the horror of being not-even-teenage forever. ...readers interested in vampires as something more than leading men will find plenty that's tragic or scary here, often leavened with a bit of (largely snarky) humor, and lots of thought-provoking material about life and death, friendship and loneliness. Great for diving in and out, although a bit overwhelming cover-to-cover, this collection might even win boys back to vampire lit.
and from Booklist:
...Teens still entranced by vampires will relish the diversity of formats (Gaiman’s entry is a song-poem) and tones, which range from darkly humorous to sweetly poignant to flat-out gore. The opening story, by Genevieve Valentine, captures all these moods, as high-schooler Suyin discovers her supposedly senile Chinese grandmother is the only one who knows what to do about her transformation. Clare and Black combine in a cleverly told story, written as an etiquette guide for dinner parties, of two young vamps seeking to ditch their master. ...The editors’ witty and fascinating introduction provides a crash course on vampire literature that may well have readers seeking out nineteenth-century classics like Varney the Vampire and Carmilla.
... a who’s who of teen-literature and genre luminaries...these stories largely cast back to the pre-Twilight tradition and are more likely to elicit chills than swoons.
Standout stories include Genevieve Valentine’s wonderful Chinese-American “Things to Know About Being Dead,” the incredibly creepy “Baby,” by Kathe Koja, and Cassandra Clare and Holly Black’s “The Perfect Dinner Party,” which conveys the horror of being not-even-teenage forever. ...readers interested in vampires as something more than leading men will find plenty that's tragic or scary here, often leavened with a bit of (largely snarky) humor, and lots of thought-provoking material about life and death, friendship and loneliness. Great for diving in and out, although a bit overwhelming cover-to-cover, this collection might even win boys back to vampire lit.
and from Booklist:
...Teens still entranced by vampires will relish the diversity of formats (Gaiman’s entry is a song-poem) and tones, which range from darkly humorous to sweetly poignant to flat-out gore. The opening story, by Genevieve Valentine, captures all these moods, as high-schooler Suyin discovers her supposedly senile Chinese grandmother is the only one who knows what to do about her transformation. Clare and Black combine in a cleverly told story, written as an etiquette guide for dinner parties, of two young vamps seeking to ditch their master. ...The editors’ witty and fascinating introduction provides a crash course on vampire literature that may well have readers seeking out nineteenth-century classics like Varney the Vampire and Carmilla.
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