- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Kensington (10 Dec 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0758215096
- ISBN-13: 978-0758215093
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,647,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Although Sophie Hahn works as a paranormal researcher, she doesn't believe in ghosts, werewolves, or anything to do with the supernatural world. But when Sophie's boss is convinced that her best friend Dao is slowly being killed by a female vampire, her beliefs are put to the test. Sure Dao bears more than a passing resemblance to a walking skeleton, but his new wife doesn't look capable of hurting a fly let alone sucking the life out of someone. On the other hand, watching Dao whither away to nothing isn't an option. So if Sophie has to go vampire hunting, she'll do it...That's when Sophie meets sexy college professor and vampire Ric Vogel, who asks her to be a partner on his search for two ancient relics that have the power to end his people's suffering forever and save Dao. Sophie finds herself falling hard for Ric. What is she thinking by lusting after a vampire? Maybe he isn't a vampire. After all, she doesn't believe they exist. All she knows is that Ric's dark, seductive looks are very real and his love bites fell too good to resist. But is Sophie prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for the vamp of her dreams?
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Format:Paperback
The number of new vampire-themed stories being published each month seems to continue to increase and consequently all the amusing book titles have already been snapped up. "Real Vamps Don't Drink O-Neg" is the rather clumsy title for a book which doesn't ever discuss O-Neg, or even what 'Real vampires' are, apart from the fact that in the story heroine Sophie Hahn doesn't believe in them, or anything else unusual. That's until she discovers that the new wife of her friend Dao seems to have shed a snake scale. Fortunately her boss knows all about this kind of thing, Dao's wife is a Lamia (a snake-like vampire) who is sucking the life out of Dao. There's only one way to rescue Dao and that's with some strange ancient Hebrew artefacts so Sophie goes to her local library to look them up.
There she bumps into Ric Vogel (another German avian surname, 'Hahn' meaning cockerel and 'Vogel' meaning bird) who is a College Professor and rather dishy. He already has the book she needs in his hands and won't give it up so she ends up agreeing to go for a drink with him. However a scary experience of a vampire biting her during the night forces her to reconsider her preconceptions about supernatural creatures and she ends up teaming up with Ric to find the artefacts. There's more to Ric than first meets the eye, however, and soon Sophie finds herself caught between trusting two vampires who keep secrets from her.
The underlying plot (searching for the Hebrew artefacts) becomes rather ignored at times for the sex scenes, then picked up again. Neither Sophie nor Ric seem to have a great deal going for them except for physical attributes and, in Sophie's case, bravery (foolhardiness?) The book never really grabbed my attention and the characters seemed too shallow. The final denouement was a damp squib with a few attempts at plot twists that didn't really feel comfortable. It seems the real point of the book was the sex scenes, some of which contained elements that many traditional readers of paranormal romances might find distasteful. Perhaps the book might have been more successful if it tried to include a little of the humour of the title or, alternatively, concentrated more on the plot and characterisation and less on descriptions of sex acts.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book, © Helen Hancox 2007
There she bumps into Ric Vogel (another German avian surname, 'Hahn' meaning cockerel and 'Vogel' meaning bird) who is a College Professor and rather dishy. He already has the book she needs in his hands and won't give it up so she ends up agreeing to go for a drink with him. However a scary experience of a vampire biting her during the night forces her to reconsider her preconceptions about supernatural creatures and she ends up teaming up with Ric to find the artefacts. There's more to Ric than first meets the eye, however, and soon Sophie finds herself caught between trusting two vampires who keep secrets from her.
The underlying plot (searching for the Hebrew artefacts) becomes rather ignored at times for the sex scenes, then picked up again. Neither Sophie nor Ric seem to have a great deal going for them except for physical attributes and, in Sophie's case, bravery (foolhardiness?) The book never really grabbed my attention and the characters seemed too shallow. The final denouement was a damp squib with a few attempts at plot twists that didn't really feel comfortable. It seems the real point of the book was the sex scenes, some of which contained elements that many traditional readers of paranormal romances might find distasteful. Perhaps the book might have been more successful if it tried to include a little of the humour of the title or, alternatively, concentrated more on the plot and characterisation and less on descriptions of sex acts.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book, © Helen Hancox 2007
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Fast Paced and Charming
2 Nov 2009
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I was surprised at how funny this book was.Though I hid the cheesy cover from my friends, I really enjoyed this book. I laughed out loud numerous times and couldn't help but love the steamy lovin!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Unexciting
4 Sep 2007
Format:Paperback
The number of new vampire-themed stories being published each month seems to continue to increase and consequently all the amusing book titles have already been snapped up. "Real Vamps Don't Drink O-Neg" is the rather clumsy title for a book which doesn't ever discuss O-Neg, or even what 'Real vampires' are, apart from the fact that in the story heroine Sophie Hahn doesn't believe in them, or anything else unusual. That's until she discovers that the new wife of her friend Dao seems to have shed a snake scale. Fortunately her boss knows all about this kind of thing, Dao's wife is a Lamia (a snake-like vampire) who is sucking the life out of Dao. There's only one way to rescue Dao and that's with some strange ancient Hebrew artefacts so Sophie goes to her local library to look them up.
There she bumps into Ric Vogel (another German avian surname, 'Hahn' meaning cockerel and 'Vogel' meaning bird) who is a College Professor and rather dishy. He already has the book she needs in his hands and won't give it up so she ends up agreeing to go for a drink with him. However a scary experience of a vampire biting her during the night forces her to reconsider her preconceptions about supernatural creatures and she ends up teaming up with Ric to find the artefacts. There's more to Ric than first meets the eye, however, and soon Sophie finds herself caught between trusting two vampires who keep secrets from her.
The underlying plot (searching for the Hebrew artefacts) becomes rather ignored at times for the sex scenes, then picked up again. Neither Sophie nor Ric seem to have a great deal going for them except for physical attributes and, in Sophie's case, bravery (foolhardiness?) The book never really grabbed my attention and the characters seemed too shallow. The final denouement was a damp squib with a few attempts at plot twists that didn't really feel comfortable. It seems the real point of the book was the sex scenes, some of which contained elements that many traditional readers of paranormal romances might find distasteful. Perhaps the book might have been more successful if it tried to include a little of the humour of the title or, alternatively, concentrated more on the plot and characterisation and less on descriptions of sex acts.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book, [...]. © Helen Hancox 2007
There she bumps into Ric Vogel (another German avian surname, 'Hahn' meaning cockerel and 'Vogel' meaning bird) who is a College Professor and rather dishy. He already has the book she needs in his hands and won't give it up so she ends up agreeing to go for a drink with him. However a scary experience of a vampire biting her during the night forces her to reconsider her preconceptions about supernatural creatures and she ends up teaming up with Ric to find the artefacts. There's more to Ric than first meets the eye, however, and soon Sophie finds herself caught between trusting two vampires who keep secrets from her.
The underlying plot (searching for the Hebrew artefacts) becomes rather ignored at times for the sex scenes, then picked up again. Neither Sophie nor Ric seem to have a great deal going for them except for physical attributes and, in Sophie's case, bravery (foolhardiness?) The book never really grabbed my attention and the characters seemed too shallow. The final denouement was a damp squib with a few attempts at plot twists that didn't really feel comfortable. It seems the real point of the book was the sex scenes, some of which contained elements that many traditional readers of paranormal romances might find distasteful. Perhaps the book might have been more successful if it tried to include a little of the humour of the title or, alternatively, concentrated more on the plot and characterisation and less on descriptions of sex acts.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book, [...]. © Helen Hancox 2007
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Ghastly, Horrible Waste of Time. I HATED it!
13 Jan 2008
Format:Paperback
Words cannot express how much I hated this book. Well, actually they can: I wrote a review immediately after I read it explaining in detail why I thought it was so awful but that review has disappeared. Hmmmm. I wonder why.
Another reviewer calls the book "erotic." I disagree unless you like the throwback to the old style romances where the heroine has the Big O while being sexually assaulted against her will. That occurred during the first supposedly erotic scene and the assaulter wasn't even the "hero." That's creepy, not erotic. Later in the book, the hero pushes the heroine to do something she doesn't want -- and again she climaxes. Unacceptable. None of the sex scenes were erotic or sexy, IMHO.
The plot is uninspired and full of holes so the book wouldn't be worth reading even if you skipped all the creepy sex scenes.
I picked up the book because the title made me think it would be amusing and romantic. It wasn't. I would give this book 0 stars if I could.
Another reviewer calls the book "erotic." I disagree unless you like the throwback to the old style romances where the heroine has the Big O while being sexually assaulted against her will. That occurred during the first supposedly erotic scene and the assaulter wasn't even the "hero." That's creepy, not erotic. Later in the book, the hero pushes the heroine to do something she doesn't want -- and again she climaxes. Unacceptable. None of the sex scenes were erotic or sexy, IMHO.
The plot is uninspired and full of holes so the book wouldn't be worth reading even if you skipped all the creepy sex scenes.
I picked up the book because the title made me think it would be amusing and romantic. It wasn't. I would give this book 0 stars if I could.
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