Review: Just Buy It
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 30, 2011
An 80-year old man from Spoon doesn't understand why sparkly emo vampires, waxed werewolves and a clumsy, whiny girl keep coming to his backyard. Music, Dracula, priests, fences... nothing he tries to get rid of them works.The title of this story drew me in. If it did the same to you, just buy it already it. Author Mike Cooley's tongue-in-cheek story is brilliant... or should I say sparkly? It's short, but worth the price. It's not perfect -- the protagonist as an 80-year old is not very convincing (40 would have worked better), but that's a very minor detail in what is freaking hilarious book.Also, the more familiar you are with pop culture (the Twilight series and beyond), the more you'll enjoy the story. It has a lot of allusions - autotune, Vogon poetry, Kenny G, Cujo, etc. - that made the geek in me smile.