DEAD AND DATELESS
Author: Kimberly Raye ISBN: 034549217X 2/2007 PARANORMAL Publisher: BALLANTINE
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SHE’D LIKE HER BLOOD BOTTLED, PLEASE!
The sassiest vampire in all of Manhattan, Lil Marchette, is the owner of Dead End Dating—a matchmaking service for hip, intelligent singles like herself. After only three months, business is booming, and she can finally pay her bills (or, more important, feed a hungry cosmetics addiction). But when one of her clients turns up dead (as in never coming back), Lil is named as the prime suspect.
Murder?
Sure, she’s a vampire, but she can’t even work up her nerve when it comes to blood-sucking. Hacking somebody to pieces is so out of the question.
To make matters worse, Lil must also contend with a pack of werewolves who ask–no, demand–that she find each one a tall, dark, and handsome mate before the next full moon. Plus, the to-die-for-if-I wasn’t-already-dead Ty Bonner, a lusciously sexy lover but totally unsuitable eternity mate, is never far from her midnight fantasies. But Lil has no time for such thoughts. She must prove her innocence and focus on pairing off the dead and the furry—and maybe stake a claim to her own tasty true love. |
RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS: 
DEAD AND DATELESS is the read I have been searching for. Amidst the pounds of heavy frightening paranormals I have been reading lately, this lighter, funny, and clever book is just the thing to get me out of my doldrums.
DEAD AND DATELESS is a continuation of the crazy life of that self-absorbed (but still likeable) designer-loving, vampire royalty herself, Lil Marchette. The humor—mainly Lil's—is fantastic, and the supporting characters are relentlessly quirky in a way that makes me roll my eyes but endears them to me, nonetheless. It's definitely a character driven read, but there is a witty plot for them to run amok in.
Just like the good stuff, you know—Black Label bottled blood—this sequel is one to relish!
Shannon Johnson |