So, after reading #1 and #2 in this series, I started #3 - Bite Me: A Love Story - shortly after I finished You Suck in the early part of May, and finished toward the end of May. The Husband was able to get this from the library for me which still perplexes me that they would have the 3rd book in the series but not the first 2.
This book was really funny. Of course, it picked up where the other left off. Bite Me was a little more ridiculous than the first two, but hey, it's a vampire book, it has to be a little bit ridiculous, right? Tommy and Jody are still vampires but are trapped (I won't tell you where), and our old faithful goth-girl-extraordinaire is at the helm leading the way. The problem of the day in this book - vampire cats. Chet, the homeless man's extremely large cat, is now a vampire (a catpire, a vampcat, a vampirat?) whatever, but Chet is a creature of the night and has made hoards of other cat vampires that are terrorizing the City.
During a precarious vamp-cat fight we meet an old ninja who decimates many vamp cats with his ninja sword. Then he disappears. Abby meets Foo-Dog, a character who made a brief appearance in the first two books. She falls deeply for Foo-Dog and they become a thing.
Like the first two books, this one is a race to stay alive in a world of vampires and now vampire cats. I have to say that Abby's narration was a little annoying, she was a little too valley-girl-ish - a young girl from SF wouldn't completely talk the way she does (it was a little too LA-ish), and I'm not sure a goth girl anywhere would talk that way. But maybe that's just a comedic tool that Moore used to create some kind of tension or contradiction in her character? Don't know, but it was a little annoying.
I loved the parts with the old vamp-cat-killing ninja - I can't go into too much detail about this, but I really liked his character. He was the strong silent type but plays somewhat of a big role for one of the other characters.
One of the most hilarious things in the book are the rats. Rats are gross (yes), but in this book they are pretty funny. Many funny things happen with rats, one even involving Abby. I laughed my tail off at what happened to Abby. Again - can't go into too much detail on that - don't want to give it away.
This book was a nice end to the series. It was a quick read. Funny, witty, entertaining - everything I like in a book.
So, after finishing Bloodsucking Fiends on April 25, I started book 2 in this series, You Suck: A Love Story, on April 29. I finished this little gem on May 7 - so, yeah, a quick read again. I really like quick reads, until they end and I wish they were longer.
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.
