Vampire Mall Cop: Damien vs. the Entrail Eater

by Molly Blake

All Damien Bryant wants is to spend the rest of his undeath on his peaceful Alaskan homestead. He's perfectly happy with his animals for company, the occasional climber's blood for sustenance, and no vengeful, stake-wielding KGB agents anywhere. But his routine gets shaken up with the arrival of Ben Caedrys, a lone traveler who is unlike any other climber he's encountered before. Not only does Ben communicate with fairies and have arcane sigils and enchanted artifacts at his disposal, but he also knows a frightening amount about Damien's past. Things that Damien would rather stay buried.

In order to keep this information secret, Damien must leave his secluded little mountaintop for a haunted magic shopping mall in Portland, encounter creatures like chimera helicopter pilots, fish men, and giant dragons of death, and fight a troublemaking member of his own family.

223 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 6, 2024

Reviews

[Leslee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grumpy vampire with a heart of gold is in danger of making friends when he comes out of hiding to help rid a haunted mall of his terrifying aunt.

This first full-length Vampire Mall Cop novel is a great introduction for those who have never read Molly Blake's VMC short stories. For those of us who already love VMC and its bonkers cast of characters, this book gleefully answers the long-standing question of how (and why) Damien got his job at the haunted mall.

I loved it and I'm looking forward to more books in the series!

[T. Ratcliffe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the indie book I want to present to all first time authors and say, "like this."

It's short, punchy, and the flow is so nice. I never got lost, the story was entertaining, and fun.

The begining drags a bit, but that's not a big problem with the quick pace of the story.

[MarQuese Liddle · Rating 5 out of 5]

The series is composed of comedic action urban-fantasy stories written in a style that is fun for the whole family, though the content can get a little violent for some softie-parental sensibilities. Over-protective parents aside, Molly B’s VMC series really is for everyone. The plot is simple for the most part, pacing quickly and letting the characters and setting do most of the heavy lifting, which is to Molly’s strength. The characters and their dialogues with one another are genuinely funny much of the time, and the setting is wild and wacky without being overly described. No paragraphs of discursion about minutiae which often bog down most fantasy narratives.

I highly recommend Vampire Mall Cop to anyone looking for a fun, fast, fantasy read with comedic dialogue, short but intense action scenes, and an endless breadth of potential monsters-of-the-week.