Review: hilarious, refreshing twist on a genre filled with sexy vampires
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
Warning: This value meal is worth absolutely every penny, but it will leave you wanting more. If you like the Look Inside sample, maybe it'd be best to just go ahead and buy the Big Fat Box Set. Either way, you're going to want the last two books when you finish reading the fourth (and not because of cheap cliffhangers; because of its sheer awesomeness), so plan accordingly.I started reading the Fat Vampire Value Meal on a really bad day. I was sick, in a bad mood, nothing was going right. By the middle of the first chapter I was laughing so hard I couldn't stop coughing. Every description was so perfect and so pin-point accurate. The characterization is where these books really shine. Everyone is so human (even the vampires, no matter what they wanted to believe). I loved Reginald, and Todd Walker was hilarious, but by the end of Book 3, Claire had become my favorite character. Watching her personality develop as she grows up and as the world goes to hell around her is so much fun. ("Booga-booga." Jazz hands.) I can't wait to see how the author utilizes her in the last two Fat Vampire books.Don't get me wrong, some terrible, dark things happen in this series. It's just that even when things get darkest, there's no cut-and-dry Everyone Be Sad Now or Everyone Be Scared Now scene. Just like in real life, the comedy and the horror exist side-by-side.This is a well-written, hilarious, entertaining series, and it puts a refreshing twist on a genre filled with beautiful, brooding vampires and skin-deep attraction. I can't recommend it highly enough.