I picked this book to read for three reasons -- 1) I was sitting with my eight-year-old in the doctor's office for FOUR HOURS this afternoon, bored out of my mind while she played iTouch games (lots of sick kids being fit in on a Monday); 2) I've enjoyed other Lynsay Sands' books; and 3) the title made me giggle.

I'll confess to having skimmed the narrative and focused on dialogue and/or action. I'll also confess to having a massive pet peeve about repeat words . . . and, as much as I enjoy Sands' books for the light reading pleasure they are, there are a lot of repeat words. Yet another reason why I skimmed!

That said, if you're looking for a book that's pure entertainment, Bite Me If You Can is worth picking up. So what if it was predictable? I enjoyed watching the hero, Lucian, go from grumpy to smitten. Especially when the hunky former Atlantean takes advice from a pimply teenage bookstore clerk on how to win the woman of his dreams. As well, there were a ton of similarities between The Accidental Vampire's Elvi becoming a vamp/learning the rules and Bite Me's Leigh becoming one. Elvi is a restauranteur . . . so's Leigh. And then there's . . . well, you get the idea. LOTS of similarities.

Bite Me's bad guy appears at the very beginning, but not again until the very end -- at which point, the plot gets resolved really fast. But I can't say I minded since the book isn't really intended to be suspenseful. It's meant to be a light-hearted, fun read. And it is.

So if you're looking for a sorbet to sandwich between dark, meaty reads like Feehan, Kenyon, or Moning, try Bite Me If You Can.