I was a little reluctant to pick this one up and read it. My mom lent it to me a while back and it'd just sat on my self looking lonely up until a few days ago. I was just feeling rather burned out on the "Vamp novel" genre, but I decided to try this one out anyway and trust my mom's judgment.

Lucky me! I finished this one up in a day flat...just couldn't put it down. The dialogue was delicious, and Christopher's style of storytelling...yummy! Our red-haired heroine is "rescued" from the doldrums of everyday living when she's killed one hot night by an old (and slightly lonely) vampire. Instead of staying around to instruct her on how to live and function as a vamp her attacker stays at a comfortable distance to watch how she adapts to her new lifestyle.

Jody soon finds out she'll need someone to function for her during the day, and that's where C. Thomas Flood fits in. Safeway manager by night, vampire's errand runner by day. Tom's innocence and seemingly endless supply of enthusiasm is instantly endearing and his character was one of the highlights of this book.

One of the reasons this book was a "one-dayer" is because every piece of story just happens bam-bam-bam one right after another. It's a great rollercoaster ride full of fun (if not a bit strange) characters who speak their minds and often caused me to laugh out loud. *g*

- Katie Wilks
March 14th, 2005

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