To warn those who have not read the full trilogy, this post does contain spoilers about the first two books. The first book I ever read by Christopher Moore was "You Suck: A Love Story" the sequel to "Bloodsucking Fiends" The first two books of Moore's own vampire trilogy, with "Bite Me" being the third entry. The first two are funny and engaging entries to the vampire literary canon. He made being a vampire sound fun and completely kick ass. There was very little mooning over the loss of their humanity and many, many jokes. I was entertained throughout and really grew to care about all the characters.
The trilogy follows the exploits of a new vampire - Jody - in San Francisco. After always feeling lacking and too dependent on men, she relishes being a creature of the night with the ability to kick the ass of anyone who would dare to cross her. she quickly realizes she needs someone to take care of things during the day, and enlists Tommy Flood, a young writer who moved to the big city to see if he can make a living at writing. For now, he works the graveyard shift at a grocery store with The Animals, his coworkers and friends. While Tommy and Jody's romance blossoms, we learn the old vampire Elijah is skulking around causing trouble for the new couple and their friends.
**SPOILER ALERT***
In the third book Tommy is now a vampire as well, forcing the two lovers to take on their own minion, Abby Normal. Although Abby does not really think about consequences and has cast our two leads in metal trapping them as statues.We follow their misadventures once released, and the accidental unleashing of a vampire cat army that is slowly killing the citizens of San Francisco.My problem with this book is mainly with Abby Norma, The entries in her voice are grating. It just didn't work, and I don't really buy her as an actual person. I get that teenagers are impulsive and being a vampire is way cool, but it was all just a little too light for me. Whenever we jumped to the other characters, especially the cops following the vampires things picked up and I was back in the upside down world Moore created without reservations. The action is still entertaining and her bff who is a little too in love with his pet rat is quite funny. All of Moore's books involve a willing suspension of disbelief (a phrase borrowed from my Playwright Professor), but I just wasn't buying it this time. I would only recommended this book to those that have read the first two and need to know how the story ends.
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