Thursday, August 14, 2008
La Vida Vampire by Nancy Haddock
Published by Berkley Books
ISBN: 978-0-425-21995-9
Light and Fun Mystery
Francesca Marinelli is a 227 year old vampire who has been imprisoned underground for over 200 years. She is discovered in the 21st century and must now learn to cope with the change in times. She chooses to take a job as a tour guide for ghost tours, but trouble begins on her very first day. Not long after her new job begins, one of her clients from the first tour is found dead at the beach with vampire-like marks on the body, and Francesca becomes a suspect.
Nancy Haddock has written a fun and thoroughly enjoyable mystery surrounded by light humor and a little bit of romantic suspense. More of a lighthearted chick-lit read than a dark and violent one, I found it very hard to put down. The protagonist, Francesca, is an easy character to like as she is just trying to “live her afterlife” and mind her own business. Deke Saber is the ex-vampire hunter assigned to investigate and guard Francesca as the mystery is solved, and he becomes a very likeable character as well once he sees Francesca for who she is as opposed to what she is. I definitely recommend this book to any fan of chick-lit fiction with a little paranormal thrown in for added intrigue.
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