You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore

"You bitch, you killed me. You suck!"Being dead sucks. Make that being undead sucks. Literally. Just ask Thomas C. Flood. Waking up after a fantastic night unlike anything he's ever experienced, he discovers that his girlfriend, Jody—the woman of his dreams—is a vampire. And surprise! Now he's one, too.For some couples, the whole biting-and-blood thing would have been a deal breaker. But Tommy and Jody are in love, and they vow to work through their issues. Like how much Jody should teach Tommy about his new superpowers (and how much he needs to learn on his own). Plus there's Tommy's cute new minion, sixteen-year-old goth girl Abby Normal. (Well, someone has to run errands during daylight hours!)Making the relationship work, however, is the least of Jody and Tommy's problems. Word has it that the vampire who nibbled on Jody wasn't supposed to be recruiting any new members into the club. Even worse, Tommy's erstwhile turkey-bowling pals are out to get him, at the urging of a blue-dyed Las Vegas call girl named (duh) Blue. And that really sucks.

Funny book, perfect for a plane.

Pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the book and how amusing I found it (I don't remember finding Bloodsucking Fiends that great or funny). Teenage goth girl and “vampyre” wannabe, Abby Normal, was by far my favorite and most hilarious character.

This is the second book in the SanFranVamp series and I have to say I enjoyed it a little bit more than Bloodsucking Fiends, which I also enjoyed. I think the key to it was Abby Normal, a hysterically funny goth girl. I met Abby first in her brief appearance in A Dirty Job and she provided most of the laugh out loudiest lines here. She is a complete brat and yet is rarely annoying, particularly in how she works toward the goal of doing enough for the homeless. ::Recalls details, shakes head, grins::

All the stuff I like in the first book, I still liked her and so this review is going to be a little short. Christopher Moore's madcap sense of humor and characters who manage to be dim and brilliant all at once are still well represented.

I'm holding off on reading the third in the series and am planning on tackling some earlier works, starting with Practical Demonkeeping My strategy has to do with Moore having cameos from past books – I want to start from the beginning so that I can “Catch” then all. (See, this is one of those references.)

Moore is always a good pick if you want something that's funny and clever and occasionally slips in some deeper topics.