Eh, ok modern vampires-in-real-world novel. This is my third Acevedo novel--all picked up at Half-Price Books. No way I'd pay cover price for these. Felix Gomez is a reasonably well-drawn character. He's got all the appropriate snark. The plots are over the top, of course--evidence from the titles. The sexual content is not nearly as great as is implied by the titles. Fine by me. I would have just flipped past those pages, probably.The zombies of this novel are almost genuinely scary, in fact, in a couple scenes. Gomez's detective skills, though, show little promise, apart from his skill in hypnotising any human, at will, by looking at them eye-to-eye. Not that that is in the least useful here. In the end, he just gets kidnapped by the villain, after discovering basically NOTHING about the villain or his motives. After that, it's all just gimme--the villain reveals all his plans and motivations in a long (almost) monologue, none of which was even hinted at before. As a detective novel, it deserves zero stars.I wouldn't recommend it to anyone looking for anything more than a very quick, irreverent afternoon read. But if approached from that angle, it satisfies its very limited purpose. Not worth keeping, either. I left it in the kitchen at work with a sign that read "free book". The sex and violence are both rather tame. Which is fine, but someone else implied they were more of an issue, and I disagree.It is too easy for Felix to hypnotize humans to get what he wants. It's a rather annoying plot crutch. Takes a bite out of the mystery/struggle of a PI and kills the tension (get it? "Bite"? Yeah...everyone's a comedian, right?)The mystery is not "solved" so much as Felix stumbles right into it while randomly flailing around.However, the book is occasionally amusing. Felix is (again) on occasion interesting as a character. Although his lack of respect for the danger the zombies presented made him a bit TSTL in the middle section of the book. Not bad overall, but not the best in the series.
What do You think about Jailbait Zombie (2009)?
Not as funny as X-rated Bloodsuckers, but it was an entertaining easy read.
—Jim_Pam19
Part of the Felix Gomez, Vampire Detective series.
—cindib1976
All his books so far have been very entertaining...
—jay
