Bloodsucking Fiends, A Love Story
Christopher Moore is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. I cannot get enough of his absurdist humor. The latest book I've read of his is Bloodsucking Fiends. It is the prequel to a book I've previously reviewed on this blog called You Suck!
The story deals with a recently turned vampire and her lover who are trying to stop the evil vampire who turned her into the living dead. The story has murder, sex, intrique, and a lot of stoner humor. There is a mentally ill man, the Emperor, who discovers the vampire and sets out to vanquish him. The cops get involved and people really start to believe in vampires.
The story mixes true horror with a good dose of humor. It takes Jody (the new vamp) and Flood (her lover) and shows the thrust into the unbelievable situation. They try to figure out how much of vampire lore is true and how much is fiction. Turning into mist truth, into a bat fiction. It is easy to see how a typical woman and man would deal with such an outrageous situation.
I laughed out loud many times, as the characters do the most outrageous things. This story is the perfect blind of satire, tragedy, horror, and humor. If you read it, you'll want more Moore without a doubt.
