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When Life Gives You Vampires by Gloria Duke

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britt281's review

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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tearexmama's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Fun vampire romp. I liked the idea of a plus-size vampire dealing with her insecurities in the light of FOREVER. I really appreciated the times when the lead got called out for the way her constant bad-mouthing herself affected those around her. I did not appreciate the fact that her mother's body-shaming and abuse got fiddle-dee-deed away as if she hadn't been the main source of the leads body-image issues. I also didn't like the introduction of another plus-sized character only to have her fridged for motivation. 

I thought it was silly that in all the "I'm too fat for him to like me" it never once came up that he was hundreds of years old and might have a different concept of the "ideal body" than modern men would. He was repeatedly described by the lead as having old-fashioned views but it never occurred to her that those views might also extend to sex appeal?

I liked the various characters and it seems as though maybe we're being set up for sequels which I wouldn't be against reading.

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