#BookReview: When Life Gives You Vampires by Gloria Duke

Synopsis: A paranormal Dumplin' for adults, When Life Gives You Vampires is part a journey of body positivity, part a story about learning how to accept love at face value, and part a hysterical romcom told through a paranormal lens.

Twenty-five year old Lily Baines is used to waking up hungover, overweight, and underemployed. Waking up with fangs? Not so much. But when it turns out a little light necking has more serious consequences than she ever imagined, Lily's determined to get to the bottom of it.

Tristan hadn't meant to turn Lily—it's against vampire law—but now that she's here, they need to team up to save their hides. They strike a truce, fending off other vampires, Lily's work-rival-turned-slayer, and her mother's tone-deaf romance and fitness advice—all while Lily faces down her insecurities about the fact that she lives in a diet-obsessed world with a body that will never age, never die, and never change. Can she learn to love the (plus size) woman she'll be forever more? 



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Rating: 2 Stars
My Review: This supposed body positive story was a drag.  The main character was kind of meh and the story was on the goofier side. The romance just didn't work for me at all and it really felt like the story just wasn't sure what it wanted to be.  A romcom or a a thinking story.  I think that it would have been better if the author would have chosen to go full on humorous this would have been so much better.  I just really wished that the main character wouldn't have spent so much time hating herself and judging others. 

About the Author

Gloria Duke is a pen name for Gloria Ketterer, a WGA Award-winning radio writer, TV sitcom writer, and brand creative director. When Life Gives You Vampires is her first novel.

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