Love Stinks! Jessica Walsh is starting her freshman year at Nightshade
High and trying to forget about the tragic events surrounding her
brother's graduation. She wants to have a normal high school experience.
But that's easier said than done in Nightshade. When a new boy shows up
at school, the girls are infected with a case of seriously creepy
crushes. But when their obsession turns to violence, Jessica and her
friends start to wonder if there's more going on than just a little
friendly rivalry. Are the smitten girls turning into love zombies? And
Jessica has other worries -- like her crush on Dominic Gray, the cute
but moody new singer for Side Effects May Vary, and the mysterious
tattoo that appeared on her arm one day that lets her know whenever
there is trouble brewing. Jessica learns she's a Virago, a woman warrior
chosen to fight evil whenever it threatens her hometown. But does a
lowly freshman really have what it takes to keep Nightshade safe?