Bite Me

Ah Christopher Moore. I can always count on him for something ridiculous and humorous. This was the third book of his vampire series-which meant the return of Abby Von Normal-possibly my favorite character he's created. There are three things one needs to know about this particular series:

1) It was originally written as a short story, which then turned into Bloodsucking Fiends, the first book of the series.

2) There are three main players: Jody, aka The Countess, Tommy and Abby. Both Jody and Tommy are vampires, while Abby is their daytime minion who wants to be a vampire.

3) These were written well before Twilight, and nowhere near the same genre. These are hilarious, whereas Twilight appeals to the hopeless teen romantic.

That being said, this is the culmination of the previous two books; Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck.  It seems that toward the end of the second book Tommy and Jody were headed for a break, which Abby was not about to let happen, so she had them bronzed. They manage to escape their prison and then have to save San Francisco from both the cleaning crew Elijah (the vampire who turned Jody) has sent to kill anyone who knows about the secret existence of vampires (including Tommy and Abby!) as well as from the vampire cat Chet, whom Elijah turned at the end of You Suck. Chet has managed to find out how to turn into mist as well as turn the rest of the stray cats in the city into vampires. This results in the possible apocalypse.

Another favorite returning character (who plays a role in many of Moore's books) is the Emperor of San Francisco, along with his faithful "men" Lazarus and Bummer. The rest of the cast from the previous two books make a comeback and manage to kill off the vampire cats, cleaning crew while keeping the city intact and unaware of just how close they came to utter ruin. In the end Jody ends up leaving as a vampire, while Tommy and Abby are 'cured' of their vampirism, along with gaining a lot of money.

Moore does what he does best in this book: zany adventures full of hilarity and great writing. I love how he doesn't take himself too seriously and allows his writing to be fun. I have started stock piling his books for when I need to laugh and to lighten my mood. If you're feeling glum look to Moore to cheer you up!