If I could have forced myself to read more than 27% through this book, I'd rate it one star. But that seems unfair. Maybe it would have improved at some point after I threw in the towel. I doubt it. But maybe.

My first major hurdle was the depiction of Kismet as a psychologist. I know that is my own stuff after close to 25 years in Mental Health and perhaps others wouldn't notice or care. I was surprised to see the author states on her GR page that she is a psychotherapist. I found little believable in her portrait of Kisment's work starting with a jolting assertion that "It's publish or perish!" Um, if you're a professor, sure. In private practice? Not that I've seen. Then there were her odd intepretations of danger to self/others and even odder choices of what did or did not constituted client confidentiality.

But even beyond the numerous HIPAA violations, the writing was amateurish with one dimensional characters. A prime example is Kismet's "FBI guy" who fit that description in that there was nothing that made him seem like an actual federal agent. The First Person narration didn't help things. It's hard to avoid being annoying when chortling about your pesky sense of humor or describing yourself as slender, other than your large breasts. Add to that Kismet's often innane commentary and stray thoughts and I couldn't take it any more.

I've had my Kindle for about 26 months and have only been unable to finish 3 or 4 books in that time. The Vampire Shrink has made that list. At least, it was an inexpensive mistake.