Insatiable by Meg Cabot

Cabot, M. (2010). Insatiable. New York: William Morrow Publishing. ISBN: 006173506X

Plot Summary

  Meena Harper is a television writer who creates plot lines for the soap opera Insatiable. She also has the special ability to foresee the future and determines how others will die, which only helps her career as a writer. When mysterious murders threatens New York and the change of her television show to include vampire, Meena is thrown into the vampire craze against her will. With the help Lucien Antonescu, a history professor and vampire (he is the son of the actual Dracula), Meena falls in love and solves murders all at the same time. Together they must stop these vampire murders and keep the lead detective off of their trail. 

Critical Evaluation

  I am a huge fan of Cabot's books and was intrigued by this one. It was great. At first, like the character Meena, I was a little over the whole vampire craze but Cabot demonstrated her writing skills brilliantly and thrusted me back into the vampire world. Her characters are full of life and creative back stories and there is a great introduction into the glamours world of television. This is a humorous, sarcastic, and romantic tale of vampire lore and love. 

Reader Annotation

  When is being dead ever a happy ending?

Information about the Author

  Meggin Patricia Cabot was born February 1, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana. She graduated from Indiana University and then moved to New York to pursue her hopes of becoming an illustrator. She quit and worked as an assistant manager of the freshman dormitory at New York University. 

  She found her love of writing and under several pen names and then her own, she has written fifty books for children, teens, and adults. Her first novel, Every Boy's Got One, was based loosely on her elopement. Her Princess Diaries series has been turned into two Disney movies. Meg has received many awards, honors and nominations such as the Queen of Teen in 2008 and ALA's Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers award. 

  She is married to a financial writer and has lived in Indiana, California, New York, and France. She currently lives in Florida but still spends time at her apartment in New York and farmhouse in Indiana. She has two cats whom she blogs about. 

Genre

  Horror

Curriculum Ties

  n/a

Booktalking Ideas

  - What is Meena's attraction to the painting of Joan of Arc? What does it mean?

  - Can you understand why Meena's brother thinks that she is protecting her "abusive boyfriend"?

  - What characters prove to be insatiable?

Reading Level/Interest Age

  9-12th grade/Young Adult

Challenge Issues

  Sex, vampire, occult, fortune telling
   I would offer my library's Collection Development Policy which highlights how challenges and reconsideration's are handled. I would ask the challenger and the professional reviewing it to familiarize themselves with the book.

Reason for Selection

  Just one more vampire book!