very funny gothic story
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very funny gothic story. with interesting background of both the author and the story. it sure will make you laugh if you are down.
4566319
This story is very funny, sexy canisters, and dramatic flair. The witch likes to read exotic books and then dreams about live the plots of lost books she read. An interesting and charming read.
S. Otto
2343714
This book is one of the funniest I have read, the style reminds of the Discworld series, and the unique story makes it a must-read for fantasy games/books fans
2667617
I'm not usually into vampires and werewolfes but I found this book to be very amusing.  A light read that was highly entertaining.
4933447
I've always been a huge fan of demented, humorous gothic, and this

book is now at the top of my list when I have to recommend books to my

demented friends.  Incredibly funny, and deeply creepy, Milrose Munce

reminds me of the greatly missed Charles Addams cartoons in the New

Yorker.  This is certainly not just a "children's book" - the writer

is a stylist, and while kids will probably adore the novel, they're

not likely to appreciate just how well it's written.
3906723
I found this story quite humorous in places, and the way it was written kept me tuned in.

I don't know about continuing the series, but I would recommend this story to Vampire hunter lovers. And a free price tag is a bonus as well.
3323067
The main characters were unusual, and quirky, and the story held some unexpected twists. Overall, I found the book to be a great way to lighten my mood. I would recommend it to anyone who reads paranormal humor.
4103616
This is a great read. It is a short story about the witch Gertie and her wacky adventure of running her paranormal plantation. This is a very funny story. Yes she seems naive and sometimes well stupid but its all apart of her charm. Although this can be read as a stand alone you should really read the entire Literal Leigh series before this and you will understand more about Gertie.
4972130
This blissfully funny novel tells the story of Isabel, an introverted writer who finds herself to her horror having to share an apartment with Polly, a humourless radical feminist who drives her crazy.  Then they encounter Gloria, a medievalist with an obsession about the gruesome death of Edward the Second.  Polly inherits a house in California, and they set off to travel there, on the way they gather up Agnes, an abused housewife running away from her husband, and Martha, an elderly divorcee.  The book is full of wonderfully funny incidents and marvellous characters.  Gloria the crazed medievalist is particularly hilarious.  The part where Isabel takes a job as a writer of porno novels is hysterically funny.  I wish Florence King would write a sequel, I'd love to read more about this craz bunch of characters.
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I love Aiden, the next ghost of Culloden Moor.  At times, I could not help myself laughing on the way he acted.  He still thinks that ladies should have chaperons and have to be protected at all times.  He does not understand life in the 21st century, but tries his best.  The result is a funny and witty tale of a highlander and a free-spirit lady whose family could have been hippies.  I love this novella with its intrigues and twists.
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I don't normally read Goth style books. But I am glad I found this one. It was really fun...creepy, creepy paranormal, creepy mystery, you get the idea. It was a dark story that spanned generations and was set in an Irish castle...you can't ask for a better setting than that. The characters were well developed, some likable and some not. A well-written book that I would recommend to anyone who likes a goth romance, dark settings, and mysteries. Good Book. Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for ARC in exchange for a review.
4478516
This was a very enjoyable retelling with 'embellishments' of the Robin Hood legend. The story centers on Prince John, a much more likable character in this story than he ever was during his lifetime. He has acquired a deerhound named Pansy who is integral to the story. Richard the Lionheart has just become king and is off to the Crusades leaving John to cope with the denizens of Sherwood Forest.
This is a very funny twisted story. The history is pretty accurate, but the author has managed to bring out different aspects in a very humorous manner.
A very entertaining book for a different view of the Third Crusade and what was going on back in Merrie Olde England.
3792532
I say "surprisingly" on purpose, because I was expecting a fun-and-forgettable comedy novella about a fat vampire.
But I got much more :

The characters are awesome, the writing is hilarious and the pacing's pretty swell.
And most importantly, it makes you somehow care about the character - the emotional bridge
between me and the story strengthened pretty quickly, something that doesn't happen in normal "escapism", at least not to me.

What I liked about it :

Language.
Accessible, yet ripe with wonderful flow and tongue-in-cheek wordplay.

Humor. Lots of fat-related jokes, but not condescending. You laugh with Reginald, rather than laughing just about him.
characters. You can't help but sympathize with Reginald who makes the best out of his
"limited" Vampire abilities.

I also like how the author tackles the over-popularity of Vampirism in the modern world. Instead of boring your with
details you are well aware off (the moment a character realizes Vampires exist, the moment you turn etc.), he makes
fun of them in an original way.

It's of course a novella, so you burn through the story rather quickly.
I wish he'd turn this into full-sized normal, with a clear ending in sight.
But we'll see what happens in the future ;)
687037
I have a soft spot for Hagen's series Brac Pack because of her quirky, loving characters.  Christian's Coven has had a bit of a darker flavour but still has the humour.  However, this book is laugh out loud funny.  The mix of humour and fated love is just perfect.
Kory is a wolf in a human family.  He knows nothing of shifter life, in fact he thinks he may be the only one in the world.  He comes through the scary woods and comes across a dead man - who promptly bites him and drinks from him.  Huh, so not dead just a vampire.  The vampire turns out to be a walking, talking dead man - Dante is alive, not killed in the massacre of his coven.  He has discovered his mate - in suburbia.  Kory is 20 and lives at home with his brothers and mother.  None of them know he is an omega wolf and he isn't telling!  However, dragging home a half dead vampire is not the smartest thing he has ever done - and he wishes Dante would stop using him as an energy drink!  He is about to pass out.  Dante meets the family, including Jonah who makes him play with his dolls - Dante doesn't do that does he?  Kory has a funny sense of humour which makes his learning of vampires and other shifters humourous rather than fearful.  And then there is the Neighbourhood Watch team - they are funny as hell!  They meet Dante while he is out looking for a feed and finds a bunch of men who are lonely, isolated and desperate for friends.  He becomes an ad hoc member of the neighbourhood watch because they want him to be their cool friend.  They haven't found a corner that doesn't have mystery or big time crime around - it's just no one else ever sees it because it isn't illegal to have coffins in your basement nor does it mean there is a serial killer living in the neighbourhood.  But there is something creepy about those woods!
Dante is grieving the loss of his coven by an unseen assassin.  And is the Ultionem going to hold him responsible when they realise he is alive?  When they finally show up Dante stands to protect his mate - and the neighbourhood watch guys come to protect Dante from the Ultionem and the...orgy?
There is huge crossover here, you won't enjoy this book if you haven't read other books in the various series Hagen writes (Brac Pack, Christians Coven mostly have some of the back story - I haven't read the Demon Warrior books).  Well worth getting this book - it still makes me laugh when I think of the Neighbourhood Watch guys.
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I love this really good gothic tale of a tortured soul. Our main character Dertrand has many conflicting ideologies when it comes to handling his fellow Stragoi or vampire. His close family of his kind are a very dysfunctional group. They behave as humans would in family life. But the writing is very elegant and complex so don't be confused, this is a definite throwback to Gothic vampire fiction.
4773395
I got the book looking for a werewolf story to vary a little my mix of books. The reviews talked about a good humorous story, and boy were they right!

It is a very funny story very well written and moves at an exceptional pace.

Although the "introspection" passages are a little long sometimes, for the most part they are hilarious relief. On the other hand the social structure of the werewolf vampire society was well thought out and very, very complex. It is a very enjoyable story to read by all means.

I am definitely looking forward to the rest of the stories and the further adventures of this very dysfunctional family.

Very well recommended.
2395924
I'd forgotten how much fun this novel is! Northanger Abbey was actually Austen's first completed novel as far as history knows, although it was published posthumously, long after her other works were published.  It's really the funniest and most satirical of all her novels, and the gothic tomfoolery is what kills me.  I just love it.

A brief plot summary is that the story's protagonist, Catherine, is invited to spend some time in Bath with some family friends, where she meets the characters that will carry out the various themes in the story, namely two sets of siblings:  Isabella and John Thorpe, and Frederick and Eleanor Tilney.  A recurring theme any Austen fan will recognize is that of first impressions and innocence giving way to deception and misunderstandings, as a young, naive Catherine finds that her dear new friend, Isabella, is not quite who she at first appears to be, and that all kinds of scheming and plotting are going on behind Catherine's guileless back - based mostly, of course, on gross misconceptions that will cause all manner of ruckus down the road.

The real jewel of this book in particular, though, is the hysterically funny and affectionately rendered spoof on the gothic suspense novel genre that was in its heyday during this period, a la' Radcliffe, Burney and Walpole.  Anyone familiar with The Castle of Otranto, The Mysteries of Udolpho or any of the other gothic classics will really appreciate the humor.  I absolutely love the gothic suspense novel in all its forms, so I get a huge kick out of it.  The scene between Frederick and Catherine in the carriage on the way to Northanger Abbey where he teases her mercilessly (merciless because she's only about 2% sure she's being teased and is 98% wide-eyed with horror) about the abbey's dark corridors and hidden passages is so funny it makes me laugh out loud every time.  Catherine's discovery that the abbey is decidedly un-haunted, sadly lacking in cobwebs and absolutely devoid of gothic gloom is even more amusing.

There's a love story here too, and in fact a triangle or two, and as with all of Austen's stories, all's well that ends well.  Wonderfully soothing balm for the Austen-starved soul, and secretly my favorite of her books (I usually lie and say Mansfield Park is my favorite.  Sometimes Pride & Prejudice.  Or even Sense & Sensibility.  All lies.  Northanger Abbey is it, hands down).