I blogged several months ago about the first book in this series, a tongue-in-cheek book in which Jody is turned into a vampire. In the second book her minion-turned-boyfriend Tommy is also turned into a vampire. Bite Me focuses on the adventures of Abby Normal, Tommy's minion. The book is hilarious. Teenager Abby's real name is Alison, but her Gothic nesferatu (vampire) obsession has led her to a darker moniker. The story, while funny, is secondary to the character study of Abby. There's nothing about her that is not laugh out loud hilarious. She won't let her boyfriend kiss her without slapping him afterward (so he doesn't think she's a slut). Her diction is affected in the manner of a Gothic novelist. I'm not doing justice to how funny she is, so you're going to have to trust me on this.Abby, Jody, Tommy, Abby's boyfriend Steve, the Emperor, and the Animals (Tommy's onetime co-workers, the night shift at the Safeway) have to save the cities from vampire cats and various other dangers, while at the same time Abby is doing her best to get herself turned into a vampire. It's refreshing to read a book about vampires that doesn't take itself seriously.
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