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I have to be honest - I didn’t pick up this book because the story looked interesting. I bought it because it was on the bargain shelf at the bookstore, and it takes place in Las Vegas. For that price, I was willing to put up with it, certain that it would be over quickly.

This book is about vampires. Vampires that live in Las Vegas. I’m down with the Vegas part of it, since I live here and all, but I never got into the whole vampire thing. Which means that I have never read and have no intention of reading a certain vampire series written for the young adult market but is wildly popular with women my own age.

But enough about that. Bled Dry: A Tale of Vegas Vampires by Erin McCarthy is about Brittany, a woman who gets herself knocked up by a vampire after a one-night stand. As we read further into the book, we find out that her sister has become a vampire after marrying one, and that her brother-in-law is president of the whole vampire nation. Brittany happens to be a half-breed herself, though she doesn’t have any symptoms at all. Her unborn child will be three-quarters vampire, and there was only one other known case of this ever. Which makes the baby a super-powered vampire and very sought after for this reason. So Mr. One-night-stand, who happens to be doing some DNA research on the whole vampirism virus and trying to find a cure, figures all this out and tries to protect Brittany.

What problems did I have with this book? Well, it was overly simplistic, had long, drawn-out love scenes that were more annoying than titillating (no, I’m not a fan of trashy romance novels, why do you ask?), one-sided underdeveloped characters, and other than maybe having been in a casino once, the author obviously had no knowledge of Las Vegas because it didn’t factor very much into the story. Sure, most of the scenes take place in a casino, or a room in the hotel, but having lived here for over six years now, I should know Vegas, and I did not know the mostly nondescript town with a fictional casino that this story took place in.

This is an ok book if you’re looking for something to read when you’re traveling so you can forget the book in the seat-back pocket. I’m just glad I didn’t pay more than $5 for it. And don’t worry, future book reviews will be of books with some actual substance to them.

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