Joe Vampire Joe Vampire Series Book 1 edition by Steven Luna Literature Fiction eBooks
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Joe Vampire is a fresh, feisty, darkly comedic take on the vampire novel that asks the question what happens when an average guy becomes a card-carrying member of the undead? The answer isn’t pretty...but it IS pretty hilarious.
Joe was just an average guy with an office job, a synthesizer band, and crush on a girl in the marketing department, until a horrible misunderstanding on a date with friends turned him into a real-life vampire. It didn’t take long for him to find out the afterlife isn’t nearly as glamorous as he’s been led to believe; it ruined his already-struggling love life, damaged things with his best friend, and pushed him away from his crazy family. So he’s letting the whole world know what it’s really like to be a card-carrying member of the undead, fighting his ridiculous situation every step of the way. But not everyone is happy to find out the truth, and for every ally he finds in the vampire world, there’s an enemy lurking in the real one, just waiting for a chance to show Joe a little vampire truth of their own...
"Through a superb mixture of insightful reflection and blunt force wit, Luna has done something remarkable. The vampire's humanity that Anne Rice strives for in The Vampire Chronicles? He captures it perfectly and smartly in his modern tale of the supernatural everyman." - Clayton Smith, best-selling author of Apocalypticon and Anomaly Flats
"Most vampire books are heavy on the suspension of disbelief...not so with Joe Vampire; author Steven Luna makes Joe's journey a very believable, very realistic, very palpable one." - Rusty Fisher, author of Vamplayers (A Living Dead Love Story)
What readers are saying
"I absolutely loved this book. It was full of witty sarcasm, humor, heartbreak and suspense."
"Joe Vampire is a laugh out loud hysterical, sometimes poignant, read. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a funny, sarcastic look at the undead life."
"I laughed out loud several times reading this book and giggled so many times my husband made me leave the room to go read elsewhere!"
Joe Vampire Joe Vampire Series Book 1 edition by Steven Luna Literature Fiction eBooks
No this isn't your everyday vampire story that's for sure, and it's also written as a blog, so kinda of a telling about what happens and how he lived with it. It a good story though! Really it is. It not what I'd call exciting like some vamp books are and there's no sex lol, it it's actually at least for me really kind of interesting. One part of vampire books I really like is the how it happens and how they dealt with it so this was a fun read for me. Yes there in a way is some romance kind of but I think if you really are fascinated with the whole vampire idea and like to read all the different ways and theories then I think you will enjoy this book. It's a fast easy read, and it's not boring anywhere, just a telling of how and how lol. I see there are two more books and yes I think they will be worth reading them too, especially if the author actually writes the story not from a blog post like this but as a actual story. So I'm giving this book 3.5 stars a fun read.Product details
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Joe Vampire Joe Vampire Series Book 1 edition by Steven Luna Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
The greatest trick Steven Luna ever pulled was convincing the world this was a book about vampires. And, of course, in oh-so-many ways, it is. But in a deeper, more potent level, Joe Vampire is a tale about what makes us human. Through a superb mixture of insightful reflection and blunt force wit, Luna has done something remarkable. The vampire's humanity that Anne Rice strives for in The Vampire Chronicles? He captures it perfectly and smartly in his modern tale of the supernatural everyman. Er, everyvam.
Luna's style is similar to that of Jonathan Tropper. He somehow finds a way to really dig beneath the fingernails of everyday life and expose the dirt there, and his main character is open and honest without ever taking himself too seriously. There are some unabashedly thoughtful pearls of wisdom and self-reflection in this book that belong in the next edition of Bartlett's, and Luna does a tremendous job of balancing them out with quick, sharp bursts of hilarity, often in the same paragraph, sometimes in the same sentence.
The story is structured as a series of excerpts from the main character's blog, which is a stroke of genius on the author's part. Not only does this vehicle make for some extremely interesting narration-play, but it also means that we are pretty literally taken along on Joe's vampiric journey, discovering things about his new reality just as he discovers them himself. We are never allowed to be too comfortable with what awaits him, because we never know what state he'll be in when we hear from him next.
Luna channels the comedic timing of Mark Twain and the chutzpah of Philip Roth in this first installment of the Joe Vampire series and shows us how much more there is to the undead life than just glitter and glam.
It's not deep. It's not pithy. It doesn't break any new literary ground but it has something that is worth even more. It's fun. It's genuinely fun. The writing style was a bit unorthodox but it certainly fit the story he was trying to tell. I found myself both caring about certain characters and loathing others. And isn't that what you want from a book? Another thing I loved about this book was it's utter lack of pretension.
Did I mention that the book was a lot of fun?
4.5 of 5 Stars
I don't normally, okay ever, pick up a comedic book to read. It's just not my norm. Vampires, however, are very much my norm. I love them, can't get enough of them. Books, movies, television, whatever... if it has vampires there is a really good chance I am going to love it. Or, that was the case up until a couple of years ago, but we won't go into what caused my change. Kristen Stewart/Robert Pattinson
So, when I saw a tweet about Joe Vampire I headed over to to check out. Read the blurb and thought, 'eh, I'm not so sure'. Then I saw the price and thought, 'what the hell, if it sucks (no pun intended) I'm only out a buck'. Ninety-nine cent ebooks tend to get me really excited. Plus it has the vampire points previously mentioned, so I moved up to the top of the TBR pile. So glad I did!
If you don't know Joe, you need to. He's an average... well, Joe. He works at a not so exciting job, has a not so exciting love life, plays keyboards for a not so exciting band and when things in life get rough he camps out under his coffee table. Normal, right? All that changes when he is set up on a blind date with Dawn. Correct that, Don. Oops. It all goes downhill from there.
Joe Vampire is the tale (told through a blog) of a guy trying to figure out how to be a blood sucker while still holding on to his life, friends, family, and the girl he's been admiring at the copy machine for months. And though Joe is about the snarkiest smart ass around he's also caring and thoughtful and vulnerable. All of which make for a great character and nice story.
Add in some other interesting characters like the vampire hunter who can't understand why Joe doesn't sparkle or the granny prostitute/rock singer along with his accounts about how to deal with his pasty skin and sharp fangs or how the transition really happens and you are in for one fun ride!
Quick warning for the Young Adult audience who follows this blog....this book definitely needs approval from a parental figure before you pick it up. The language can be a bit much for a younger crowd. I, on the other hand, tend to talk like a Longshoreman so this was right up my alley.
I can't say enough about how funny this book was, I giggled the whole way through. Joe Vampire was money well spent, even if it were listed at a higher price. But it's not. It's only a buck!! Go buy it now ~ you won't be sorry!
I had so much fun reading Joe Vampire. You do not need to be into vampires to enjoy this book. It is a laugh-out-loud page turner.
Author Steven Luna's casual narrative style makes Joe's blog that much more believable. Joe at his worst is still adorably lovable. Other more high profile fictional vampires have nothing on Joe. It is Joe's flaws, struggles, frustrations and humor that make him so appealing.
The book's casual blog style doesn't mean it's not well written. It is so well written that I became totally invested in Joe's crazy life and his heart-breaking but incredibly hilarious challenges. I highly recommend this book.
No this isn't your everyday vampire story that's for sure, and it's also written as a blog, so kinda of a telling about what happens and how he lived with it. It a good story though! Really it is. It not what I'd call exciting like some vamp books are and there's no sex lol, it it's actually at least for me really kind of interesting. One part of vampire books I really like is the how it happens and how they dealt with it so this was a fun read for me. Yes there in a way is some romance kind of but I think if you really are fascinated with the whole vampire idea and like to read all the different ways and theories then I think you will enjoy this book. It's a fast easy read, and it's not boring anywhere, just a telling of how and how lol. I see there are two more books and yes I think they will be worth reading them too, especially if the author actually writes the story not from a blog post like this but as a actual story. So I'm giving this book 3.5 stars a fun read.
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