Christopher Moore, You Suck

You Suck

Christopher Moore

Morrow, Feb 2007, $21.95

ISBN: 0060590297

Elijah is an eight-hundred-year-old vampire suffering from ennui so he turned Jody Stroud into one of his kind and taught her how to survive before she turned her boyfriend Tommy Flood after drinking from him one time too many. Elijah is now trapped inside a bronze statue that eh cannot escape from while Tommy has only been a vampire for two weeks and Jody not much longer; they remain ignorant about their new condition.

Tommy's friends, the Animals, go to Vegas using Elijah's money. The police take Elijah's collection and inform them they will not stake them if they leave the city immediately. Tommy's supervisor knows he turned and calls the cops while Elijah escaped his incarnation and seeks revenge. Tommy, Jody, the wino William, his cat Clint and sixteen-year-old Goth Abby prove no help as they struggle to survive against a big bad angry adversary.

Christopher Moore is in top form as he writes a hilarious love story about two fledgling vampires and the people who want them dead. Jody relishes the change because she no longer fears living while Tommy seeks returning to being a human. Their antics, along with a delightful support cast, even ancient Elijah, make YOU SUCK a fun happening.

Harriet Klausner