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A review by kblincoln
The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper
4.0
So this was a little guilty pleasure amuse bouche in between weightier novels. I was looking for some pleasant, entertaining, not too scary or too steamy easy reading-- and that's what I got.
Iris Scanlon is her high-school aged sister's legal guardian, so she has to make money despite lack of college education. She ends up as a daytime concierge for vampires after their great coming out-- picking up fake blood supplies, pet medicine, arranging flowers for weddings, etc. etc.
She maintains a cordial relationship with the local bigwig vampire Ophelia as well as some recently made vampires who own stores.
One night, she trips over a new client on the floor of his kitchen and has to take him in for security reasons.
If you're willing to suspend disbelief on many plot points (including a rabid over protective sister who won't let her date but will bring a vampire to her house just for money after being terrified of vampires) then you'll enjoy this. There's a bit of over-the-top steamy times, a pleasingly irritable vampire who nevertheless buys the little sister mace for her human date, a nefarious plot to uncover, and some interesting botany side bits.
Entertaining without really engaging too much energy for plot or characters. Besides some plot sketchiness, there's also some awkward scene progression at times. I can take it or leave it.-
Iris Scanlon is her high-school aged sister's legal guardian, so she has to make money despite lack of college education. She ends up as a daytime concierge for vampires after their great coming out-- picking up fake blood supplies, pet medicine, arranging flowers for weddings, etc. etc.
She maintains a cordial relationship with the local bigwig vampire Ophelia as well as some recently made vampires who own stores.
One night, she trips over a new client on the floor of his kitchen and has to take him in for security reasons.
If you're willing to suspend disbelief on many plot points (including a rabid over protective sister who won't let her date but will bring a vampire to her house just for money after being terrified of vampires) then you'll enjoy this. There's a bit of over-the-top steamy times, a pleasingly irritable vampire who nevertheless buys the little sister mace for her human date, a nefarious plot to uncover, and some interesting botany side bits.
Entertaining without really engaging too much energy for plot or characters. Besides some plot sketchiness, there's also some awkward scene progression at times. I can take it or leave it.-