The book I read is called cirque du freak The vampires assistant.
Two bestfriends Darren and Steve go to a freak show and Steve was obessed with vampires so he knew every little thing about them. During the show Darren saw one of the preformer named Crepsley. He was preforming with his spider and Darren was interested in his spider so after the show Darren took Crepsley's spider and took it home. Also when steve was watching Crepsley he knew he was a vampire because the book he had there was a bunch of vampires in it and Crepsley was one of them so Steve goes to Crepsley and asks him if he can become a vampire and Crepsley tasted his blood and said there is evil in you. Steve got mad and ran off. The next day Darren brings the spider to school to show Steve then something happends the spider breaks loose and Steve trys to kill it and the spider bit Steve on the neck. On the same day Darren goes back too Crepsley and said something has happend your spider bit my friend and Darren asks if he can help and Crepsley said he will help but Darren would have to become a vampire. Darren became a vampire so Crepsley healed Steve.
Since Darren became a half vampire he would have to fake his death so he did that then Steve noticed something at his funeral that was normal about Darren so he knew he was a vampire and still alive so he hated Darren for taking his spot. After he faked his death Crepsley and Darren ran to the cirque du freaks campus and stayed there Darren had to train and work on being a half vampire.
I would recommend this book because this book doesnt get boring it always be exciting.