Great read! Nothing too heavy or dark, nice fluff reading. ( )

I have read this book before. Ok, not this exact book. Yet so many parts of this book are in others I have read from this genre. Here’s the jist: Glory, a fuller-figured vampire, owns a vintage clothing store in Austin. She is becoming immersed in the town’s local vampire community and enjoying her new store and apartment. Then vampires start turning up dead, with arrows or crosses through their hearts. The killer has caught sight of Glary and seems to be targeting her as his next victim. Now her ‘ex’ flame Blade is on the scene to protect her. The two have always loved each other but they just haven’t been able to see eye to eye well enough to stay together. The fuller figured vampire is a unique idea and I applaud Bartlett for using it and making Glory such an individual. But Blade, the ex who is back again, brings to mind the hero from Linda Wisdom’s Hex series. I didn’t like the idea of Blade wearing a kilt either. What is it about men in kilts in Romance books? I personally don’t see it as hot at all and even in a vampire-world it feels too unrealistic. (One exception, although it annoys me there to, is Kerrelyn Spark’s Love at Stake series. She has a group of kilt-wearing security guards and they are funny enough to make it work) Glory also has a talking dog. The main characters in Angie Fox’s “Accidental Demon Slayer” and Katie MacAlister’s “Aisling Gray” series both had talking dogs. Terry Garey’s heroine Nikki Styx owns a vintage clothing store also. Glory has a gay best friend, and lets face it, that’s pretty much a cliché right now. Gerry Bartlett may or may not have come up with these ideas before the others I mentioned. I am not implying anyone “took” anyone else’s ideas. The point I am trying to make is that these plots or ideas are overused in the field right now. Its hard to come up with something truly unique. What I can say about “Real Vampires”- Glory is more likable than many of her contemporaries. I could hang with Glory. Valdez, her canine protector, is probably my favorite of the talking dogs. Some are cute, some are just annoying. Valdez is a hoot, and sweet to boot. I love the intrigue that Damion brings to the book. He is a friend-enemy of Blades, a real bad boy. You don’t really ever get a good feel on him so that kept me on my toes because we never know what he will do next. I liked this story. It wasn’t anything amazing, but it was an entertaining few hours of reading and I would continue on. It may have felt like déjà vu reading parts of this book , but these moments are so fun, its worth the retread ( )

Opening Sentence:
'...Vampires are everywhere...'

This is a really different vampire story - For starters Glory is a buxom blonde and a little - well vampy :) She has been un-dead for 400 years and has only just decided to start to learn some vampire powers. Why? Well there is this new vampire hunter, Westwood, in town and he is using modern technology to hunt down vamps - then hand their fangs on a necklace around his neck! EEEwwww - I hear you all say. But not so - this is a very funny book. Glory and her pals have to stop him before there are any more deaths.

Glory is so likeable and personable that you can really believe that Vampires, and other creatures are everywhere. In her new shop she has two resident ghosts, and a werecat for an assistant. She has had a gorgeous Scottish Laird for a boyfriend for 400 years - but wants to spend time with other male vamps to see if he really is the one. Trouble is the one who is makin a real play for her doesn't stack up to Jerry.

Real Vampires Have Curves is well written showing Glory with all her imperfections and insecurities - just like mortal woman. There are a lot of twists and turns and a lot of laughing out loud. This is the first in a series ( )

I picked this book up thinking it would be a fun, light read that would be thoroughly entertaining. I heard some good reviews about it, and a couple people recommended it to me saying that it was a great read. Well unfortunately, it was not. It was highly disappointing. At least, the first 100 pages were. After I got through the first 100 I decided that I didn’t care about what happened to the characters and that I wasn’t getting anything out of this book, so I might as well just...

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Cute book for an easy read. If you're a fan of the recent outbreak of supernatural romance/chick lit novels, this is another one to add to the list. ( )