Housewife Blues and Chihuahua Stories

Bite Me was free on Kindle so not expecting too much I downloaded it about lunchtime onto my Kindle and before 9 pm that night had read this quirky tale! I thought that I would like the book from the synopsis and since it was set in Texas it was doubly intriguing to me as I live 2 hours from the location of San Antonio!I could not put it down, loved the fact that the main character Val Shapiro was a half human/half lust demon or since a female half succubus! Val is not beautiful, not the most popular girl of her age group and is probably one of the more realistic female heroines in this kind of story that I have found in a long while... She is a refreshing change of pace in fact as a character! Eighteen years old and all attitude Val is a kick ass vampire slayer who puts poor Buffy to shame! Thanks to the stepfather who helped raise her from age five on Val has taken all kinds of martial arts training in order to channel the energy needed to keep her demon half under control... That same training has come in handy time and again as she started killing Vampires at a young age and being able to use her fight training has kept her from serious injury, along with her demon strength and speed!On her 18th birthday Val's younger sister Jen tags along without her knowledge and witnesses her taking down and dispatching of a vampire. Also a witness to the slaying of the vamp is Special Crimes Unit Officer Dan Sullivan, he briefly talks to Val and Jen explaining who he is and gives Val his card in case she needs to reach him... Unfortunately upon arriving home her Mother and Stepfather see that Jen is with Val and they then and there make the decision that for her younger sisters welfare the two need to be separated and banish Val from seeing Jen and at the same time throw her out of the house!Val takes off on her motorcycle and ends up at the San Antonio River Walk where she finds a little shaggy mutt who comes up to her and allows her to pet him. Not surprising to me a Vampire shows up and Val is astonished to see the dog leap up and attach himself to the Vamps genital area and hang on for dear life!Val dispatches the vamp and hears a voice in her mind that turns out to be the dog who is in reality part Hellhound and goes by the name of "Fang"...Not since reading Lizzie Brown's talking sidekick the Jack Russell Terrier "Pirate" in author Angie Fox Demon Slayer series have I laughed as much as I did with the comments and observations of "Fang" , he is truly the best part of the story at times!My second love is for the character of Dan Sullivan... He is a "Mr Clean" and All American nice guy cop who becomes Val's partner when she is recruited into the Special Crimes Unit that Dan works for... They are the division of the San Antonio police that is unknown to most of the cities population, the ones responsible for policing the paranormal bad guys who hurt or even kill humans!To say that this is a good read is an understatement, it was fun and it was fast and it was also a realistic look through the eyes of a young woman who is still figuring out how to make the best life for herself she can given the circumstances she is faced with... That is all the information you will get out of me on this one, the story has to be read to be appreciated and it is well worth the time you spend as very enjoyable!I can say that the story can be read as a stand alone as pretty much has the loose ends tied up by the end but since books #2Try Me (released in March of 2010) and #3 Fang Me released this month of March 2011 are available I will be reading them soon!