Overbite

When I become an internationally famous, time-traveling ukulele star.... (Why are you snickering? It could happen.) the memoirs of my zany, musical, non-chronological escapades will be ideally captured in ink on papyrus by the ever amusing Meg Cabot. She is my favorite brain-goo remedy author. You know those times when you need something to suck you in, let you be some place else and reset your equilibrium? Make you laugh, gasp and completely fall into the pages? Meg does that for me. I heart her for it. As if the publishing gods knew I would be in need, Overbite arrived just in time to distract me from a pet tragedy.

For those who have not read the preceding novel, Insatiable, which set the stage for Overbite, let me just say that this is not the same vampire novel you read last week. And the week before that. Insatiable centers around Meena Harper, writer for an aging soap opera (Insatiable) and psychic seer of all her aqquaintances' causes of death. Oh. And her new love interest, the Prince of Darkness. There are tongue in cheek references to the current vampire popculture craze, made by Meena, vampire hunters and even vampires. So.... Yes, it's a book about vampires. But it's kind of a book about how silly our fascination with vampires is as well. And sure, Meena's in love with the number one vampire hottie in the world. But does that mean she's going to let him kill her to "protect" her, or chow down on her neck when he gets a bit peckish? Not so much. A girl has to draw the line somewhere doesn't she?

At the end of Insatiable, Meena has made certain decisions about her relationship with her vampire love. In Overbite, we see the consequences and effects of those decisions and of Meena's faith that we are all worth trying to save. These two books are a couple of my favorite additions to the vampire genre. So much so that I'll keep them on my shelf for re-reading. My only regret is that I've finished them so soon.

Six of six toes. :)