The Reluctant Vampire Queen Bites Back : Hot Key Books : 9781471411830 : 1471411834 : 13 Jul 2023 : The perfect lighthearted summer read for 11 - 14 year olds BOOK 1 SHORTLISTED FOR THE LAUGH OUT LOUD BOOK AWARDS 2024! 'Geek Girl with a supernatural twist' - The Observer Meet Mo Merrydrew - independent young woman, Mini Battenberg fan, president of the debating society - and reluctant vampire queen ... Mo Merrydrew, fifteen-year-old Vampire Queen of Great Britain, has found a way to have her cake and eat it (and that'll be a mini Battenberg, please). Becoming Vampire Queen wasn't the easiest of decisions, but she's settling into it quite happily, now that she has dreamy familiar Luca by her side and she doesn't actually have to bite any humans. She now just has the ... er ... teeny-tiny task of finding a way to get all the vampires in the land to swear allegiance to her, and save them from the vampire hunters who are rapidly picking them off. Easy-peasy, eh? Throw in gorgeous Vanya