This is the first novel by Molly Harper and it is not your normal vampire book. Think of it as a mix of Janet Evanovich meets Sookie Stackhouse and you’re getting close to what delights await you! Now do you think that you have ever had a bad day? I a really bad day? Well meet Jane Jameson who is having the day from H-E-Double hockey sticks on a stick…. First she is fired from her job (out of the blue) as the children’s librarian at the local library. And instead of a severance check - she is handed a 25 dollar gift certificate for potato skins at a local bar. Now that’s class right? The only halfway decent thing that happens to Jane in fact is that she meets a dark handsome stranger while at the bar cashing in her severance ah er skins... Then while Jane is driving home (after getting good and tipsy) her car breaks down. Just one more thing that could and did go wrong today right? But little did Jane realize that her night is about to take a turn for the very worst! But it can’t possibly get any worse you say? OH yes my friends it can and it does…

While she is hoofing it down the dark and rural road toward home she is mistaken by a drunk redneck for a deer. And what would any good hunter do? He whips out his rifle and shoots Jane! Not the way Jane wanted to die and the perfect end to the perfect bad day. But that wasn’t the end of Jane after all... for three days later she awakens in the home of the handsome man from the bar (Gabriel Nightengale) to find that he is a vampire and that she too is now a member of the Undead! Needless to say all that Jane thought she knew is turned upside down and pitched out like yesterday’s dishwater.

You then follow Jane throughout her transition into the world of the Newly Undead. Along for the ride are the Ghost of her dead Aunt that she didn’t know was haunting her house, her best friend that upon learning Jane is a vampire stabs her, and her family which makes almost makes the Simpsons look normal. Oh yeah and you won’t believe the trouble she lands herself into when she tries to integrate into the undead community! Jane Jameson’s life was rather plain up until she died, but her after life is going to be anything but…

Ms. Harper has created a true gem in the rural community of Half Hollow KY, and a cast of characters and secondary characters that you won’t soon forget! Her writing is fresh, down to earth, and just down right hilarious. I lost count of how many times I found myself laughing and chuckling while reading this one. So if you want to read a book and have a great time throughout, and laughs galore as well? This is the book for you! For me it was like Stephanie Plum with fangs! You keep thinking I wonder what in the world is going to happen to her next! LOL

I saw this one on the shelf at a recent trip to Books-a-Million and the cover was initially what caught my eye as well as the snappy and fun title! Everyone that knows me knows I’m a sucker for vampires,but this is one that I was very pleasantly surprised by-I thought it might be a fun little read and it turned out to be a whole lot more. I thoroughly enjoyed it and can’t wait to sink my teeth into the next one! So if you are a fan of funny books and a vamp fan you will really love this one!