X-Rated Bloodsuckers
Mario Acevedo
Release Date: 2/27/07

The title is intriguing (or maybe titillating is a better word) and the premise, a vampire P.I. investigating the death of a “surgeon turned porn star” (book jacket summary), sounds ridiculous and promisingly funny, but I could not get past the writing style. It’s a riff on old dime-store detective novels, complete with the bad similes and that first-person seedy swagger.

I wanted to like this book. I sat down prepared to enjoy it, but the very first page gave me reservations… and click here to see how it played out.

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