The Last Vampire 2. Black Blood
by Christopher Pike
Young adult · ages 12–18 · grades 7–12 · 820L · 172 pages · 1996
Why we'd hand it over
Competent YA vampire thriller with genuine suspense and a protagonist wrestling with identity, but the pacing and plot logic don't hold up against Pike's stronger works or contemporary YA—skip unless your teen is already invested in the series.