Christopher Moore's books are a lot like pizza. When his books are at their best like `Lamb', it's something to delight the senses. When they're like `You Suck', well... it's still pretty darn good. `You Suck' is the follow up to `Bloodsucking Fiends', so if you haven't read that book then I recommend that you read it before starting this one.

The book finds Tommy discovering that he has now joined the ranks of the undead... and he's not happy one little bit. This not only means that he has to feed off of the living, but that he needs to find someone to do daytime tasks for him- a minion. He finds it in the teenager Abby Normal, a bulimic goth teenager. Meanwhile the rest of the Animals (his friends from work) have squandered all of their money on a blue skinned call girl Blue, who upon discovering that Tommy & his lady love are both of the nosferatu persuasion, starts forming plans of her own.

I both loved & hated many parts of this book. I loved reading Tommy's experiences as a vampire. I also loved the character of Abby Normal about as much as I hated her. She's annoying as heck, but she's also entertaining to read- especially when she rehashes previous actions, skewing them in the process. (So it balances out, I guess.) The biggest part of the plot surrounds Tommy & Jodie learning vampire life through trial & error, with the big baddie showdown not really occurring until later in the book.

This will be an extremely quick read for most readers- I finished this in a matter of hours. It's not a perfect read, but it got more than a few chuckles out of me. Overall, I have to say that I liked this book. Not as polished as the earlier books & it isn't as meaty (it almost reads like it could have been turned into a short story or novella quite easily), but it's still a fun read.