Book Review - A Girl’s Guide to Vampires

A Girl’s Guide to Vampires By: Katie MacAlister

All Joy Randall wants is a little old-fashioned romance, but when she participates in a "Goddess evoking" ceremony with her friend, Roxy, Joy finds out her future true love is a man with the potential to put her immortal soul in danger. At first the ever-practical Joy is ready to dismiss her vision as a product of too much gin and too many vampire romances, but while traveling through the Czech Republic with Roxy, Joy begins to have some second thoughts about her mystery lover because she is suddenly plagued by visions of a lethally handsome stranger. Then, when she and Roxy attend a local GothFaire, Joy meets Raphael Griffin St. John, head of security, and she becomes even more bewildered because the dark and dangerous Raphael seems too close to her dreams for comfort. Readers will gladly give in to the wickedly sharp bite of MacAlister's wit in this temptingly toothsome romance. With its superb characterization and writing that manages to be both sexy and humorous, this contemporary paranormal love story is an absolute delight. John CharlesCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Product Description
Joy Randall's Top 5 Tips for Vampire Hunters: 1. Location, location, location. Remember, if you wouldn't be there, neither would a bloodsucker. 2. Trust your eyes. You know the handsome, annoyingly arrogant, self-assured man in the shadows with long hair and a cleft in his chin? He's your vampire. 3. No matter how tempting it might be, do not "accidentally" acquire a paper cut and suggest YOUR VAMPIRE kiss your finger to make it better. 4. From here on out, play it cool. Don't offer to accompany your prince of the night on the talk show circuit and whatever you do, don't offer him your heart. 5. And most of all, remember?being a vampire is nothing to laugh about.
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My Take on the Book:

This was a book I picked up on a whim because I had nothing else to read and needed a book. I thought this book was funny and a breath of fresh air with references that to me reminded me of the Carpathians of Christine Feehan’s books. So after I read this book I went back and read the acknowledgements and wasn’t surprised to find Ms. MacAlister thanks Christine Feehan. So … it's not really surprising that C.J. Dante’s vampires bear a striking resemblance to Feehan's Carpathians, including the soulmate to save the vampire from a bleak existence aspect of the story. If you like Feehan's books, you'll enjoy Roxy's obsession with the Rules of the Dark Ones.

There were plenty of laughs, some intrigued and a good amount of sex and romance with an air of mystery. All I can say is that if you're a fan of vampire romance books you'll like this one. The basic premise is that our heroine, Joy, is accompanying her friend Roxy on a trip to the Czech Republic to try to visit a reclusive author of romantic vampire fiction C.J. Dante and to explore whether or not vampires do exist. Roxy the adamant believer drags Joy the consummate disbeliever to a small town in the Czech Republic. Naturally, Joy is the one the vampire takes an interest in.

This book was just so funny in sections that I laughed out loud. The heroine wasn't a petite little thing (a wonderful change of pace); the hero was mysterious and sexy; the setting was a nice change of pace - a GothFest in the Czech Republic; and the secondary characters were fleshed out enough to make them interesting and relevant. All and all, it was just a fun book and I enjoyed it. Now on to the next Book in the series … sex and the Single Vampire … review to follow soon!