You Suck picked up where Bloodsucking Fiends left off. A lot of this book is narrated by Abby Normal, a 16-year old goth girl who becomes the daytime minion of Tommy and Jody. It's hilarious how this, at times precarious, relationship comes to be.
The Safeway Animals continue to have a large role in the book as does a blue hooker, the ancient vampire who turned Jody, The Emperor and his 2 fearless canine companions, the 2 SFPD cops, and we meet several other interesting characters.
This is a witty, funny vampire novel that I tore through in like 9 days. Loved it, and couldn't wait to get into the 3rd book in this series. The Husband was able to get #3 from the library (I find it odd the library didn't have #1 or #2, but did have #3)... Things that make you go hmmmm... Anyways, this was an entertaining quick read. If you like vampire books and San Francisco - pick this one up - but read them in order.
As I was reading other reviews of this book, some thought it fell a little flat after reading the first one. I don't remember noticing that while reading this book. I did notice, as other reviewers mention, several typos which always make me cringe. Regardless of those, I did really like the book and the antics of all of the characters. It's funny - putting together all of the vampire stuff I've seen and read - each author has a slightly different take on what it is really like being a vampire. Just the other night as I was flipping through the channels on TV, I came across one of the Twilight movies - and Edward (vampire) was out during the day. The Husband remarked that he thought vampires had to be in the dark during the day and why could Edward be out in the day. I didn't have a good answer for him - so I think I said - he's a different kind of vampire, and left it at that. The Husband chuckled and changed the channel.
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