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Bloodsucking Fiends

A Love Story

Christopher Moore

First published 1995 · 320 pages

A nocturnal romp through a neon-lit city where supernatural horror meets slacker comedy.

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What it feels like

Reading this book feels like stumbling into a late-night diner where the coffee is strong, the patrons are deeply weird, and the conversations are hilariously unhinged. It is a brisk, chaotic romp that perfectly balances supernatural horror tropes with nineties slacker comedy. The narrative thrives on an irreverent, deadpan tone, treating the terrifying realities of the undead as just another annoying roommate quirk or retail job hazard. Beneath the slapstick violence and nocturnal misadventures lies a surprisingly sweet core about finding your people in the weirdest of circumstances. The prose is snappy and dialogue-driven, pulling you through a neon-lit, absurdly funny urban landscape. It is an absolute delight for anyone who prefers their romance messy, their vampires bewildered, and their humor delightfully dark.

Mood
  • chaotic
  • nocturnal
  • quirky
  • neon-lit
Tone
  • irreverent
  • absurd
  • wry
  • affectionate
  • satirical
Pace
brisk
Themes
unconventional romance · finding your tribe · the absurdity of modern life · slacker culture
The writing
Snappy and dialogue-heavy, laced with deadpan absurdity and sharp comedic timing.
The arc
Moves from bewildered panic to chaotic acceptance and bizarrely sweet devotion.
Who it's for
Readers who like their urban fantasy served with a heavy dose of slapstick, sarcasm, and nineties slacker charm.
Content notes
  • comedic violence
  • blood and gore
  • coarse language
  • sexual content

About the book

At last, a love story you can really sink your teeth into! With a psychedelic inventiveness that invites comparison with Kurt Vonnegut and Tom Robbins, Christopher Moore, the author of Coyote Blue, spins a hip tale of vampires on the loose and in love in San Francisco.

When Jody wakes up in an alley, under a dupster, with a badly burned arm and a pain in her neck, she knows it isn't going to be one of her better days. She feels awful, looks worse; her clothes are torn, her sense of smell is suddenly as sharp as an animal's, she can see heat, and she has superhuman strength. And one more thing--she has an insatiable thirst for blood. What she doesn't realize is that this is only the beginning....

C. Thomas Flood (Tommy to his friends) has just arrived in San Francisco, full of dreams of becoming the next literary wunderkind. Instead he ends up working at the local Safeway and playing frozen turkey bowling with the motley night crew. He's also sharing a crowded apartment with five Chinese men who want to marry him in order to keep from getting deproted. Could things get any worse? One night Tommy meets the strikingly beautiful Jody on one of her nocturnal visits to the supermarket and gets the suprise of his life when the casual date they make to meet the next night (after sunset, of course) triggers the start of a relationship destined to span eternity. Life (and the afterlife) will never be the same....

So begins the zany and wildly different love story that is at the heart of Bloodsucking Fiends, a romance novel like none you've ever read before, and a bloodcurdlingly funny vampire story about passion, bloodlust, and blood loss. As in his earlier novels, Moore weaves a touching story that is achingly funny and filled with characters both memorable and real.

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