I read this book perhaps ten years ago as a podcast. The details have faded from my mind, but I still remember the awesome premise, and enjoying the heck out of it. It subverts the YA vampire trope. All too often, we see powerful, ancient, super-hot, sparkly vampire males falling in love with emo high school girls. No one ever talks about the creepy old man factor. No one questions why a powerful immortal would fall hopelessly in love with a teenager whose life experience is limited to high school.

This book brings up those questions in a clever way, and turns them around. This is about a powerful, ancient, super-hot vampire female falling in love with a dorky high school boy. The creepy cougar factor is apparent. The question of why a powerful immortal would fall hopelessly in love with a teenage boy who goes to band camp is glaringly obvious. And the vampire has an ex-husband, which makes sense, if we're talking about a woman with centuries of life experience.

This book challenges all the cliches about YA vampires. I love it. ( )

Lucy Albert is not your ordinary maladjusted suburban adolescent. Born into the era of the Black Plague in medieval Italy, Lucy is chosen as a mate by the sinister vampire Sebastianus against her will. Struggling to survive in a modern world she cannot identify with, Lucy isn’t looking for attention. Journey into Lucy’s past as you experience the terror of the Black Death and the harsh reality of womanhood in the Middle Ages. Enter Forever Fifteen, the fast-paced thrill ride that is redefining vampire horror.