Waiting on Wednesday is held over at Breaking the Spine, and it highlights the books bloggers are hanging out for. This week, my choice is: The Unattractive Vampire
There is so much goodness about An Unattractive Vampire as it undermines everything we’ve gotten used to about vampires from Whedon to Twilight — and don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Buffy and Angel, but this goodness is just the best:
Thought vampires were dead? Well of course they are, but Jim McDoniel proves that don’t have to be boring. Or sparkly.” Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt, “Sword & Laser” Jim McDoniel s debut novel, “An Unattractive Vampire,” is a darkly comic urban fantasy of ancient horrors in suburban cities. After three centuries trapped underground, thousand-year-old Yulric Bile also known as the Cursed One, the Devil s Apprentice, He Who Worships the Slumbering Horrors awakens only to find that no one believes he is a vampire. Apparently he s just too ugly modern vampires, he soon discovers, are pretty, weak, and, most disturbing of all, good. Determined to reestablish his bloodstained reign, Yulric sets out to correct this disgusting turn of events or, at the very least, murder the person responsible. With the help of pert vampire-wannabe Amanda; Simon, the eight-year-old reincarnation of his greatest foe; and a cadre of ancient and ugly horrors, Yulric prepares to battle the glamorous undead. But who will win the right to determine, once and for all, what it truly means to be a vampire?
An ugly vampire? A vampire who believes his kind should not be good? LMAO. OMG, this is awesome! What do you think?
Now this is the kind of vampire book I could get in to. I used to adore all things vampire related, but really slacked off for a few years. Now I am reading a few select ones here and there, but I want “real” vampires, not kind sparkly ones. This book is for me. Thanks for sharing!
Me too Barb! I’ve grown very particular about the vampire stories I read, and this one grabbed me because it was so different to the normal sparkly vampires out there.
The only vampire I ever enjoyed was Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows…LOL. Maybe this guy will be similar….thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog. Enjoy!
I saw that movie, but I never cottoned on that it was a book too? I hope he is, Barnabas is hilarious!
This sounds like it’d be hilarious. Hope you enjoy it!
Joana @ The Boundless Booklist
Thanks Joana! I love it when an author gets humor just right and I’m hoping this one does!
I am totally adding this to the TBR! It sounds really funny and an interesting take on the vampire trope. Thanks for sharing!
IKR? I hope it holds up when I start reading, tammy!
Great pick! I like the idea of all sorts of vampires not just the hot, sparkly ones so this sounds good! Thanks for visiting my WoW!
I’m hoping it gets me excited about vampires again!
This sounds very good! I’ve never heard of this but I’m off to add it to my TBR! 🙂
I hope you enjoy it!