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Hollywood, three gruesome deaths within two weeks and every one of them a major star - an Oscar winner, an ingénue, and an action hero. A serial killer is working through the Hollywood A-list and celebrities are running scared.
Each crime scene is worthy of a classic horror movie, and all three victims share a connection to the powerful scream queen, Ovsanna Moore. The stunning and formidable Moore is the legendary head of a Hollywood studio, as well as the writer and star of seventeen blockbuster horror films (and a few that went straight to DVD).
She’s also a 500 year old vampyre… but this is Hollywood after all, and no one ever looks their age.
Beverly Hills Police Detective Peter King knows a lot about the City of Angels, but he certainly doesn’t know that most of the famous actors in town are actually an established network of vampires. Or that secretive and seductive Ovsanna Moore happens to be their CEO.
Moore and King may be from opposite sides of the Hollywood Hills, but both have something to gain by stopping the killer who the tabloids have dubbed the Cinema Slayer. Ovsanna must protect her vampire legacy and her production schedule, while King just wants to keep his Beverly Hills beat as blood-free as possible. But when the horror queen and the cop with the movie star looks form an unholy alliance, sparks fly and so do the creatures of the night.
Film, television and Broadway star Adrienne Barbeau and New York Times bestselling author Michael Scott have teamed up to deliver this sexy, scary, and deliciously clever novel full of Hollywood glamour, behind-the-scenes secrets, and the truly bloodthirsty reality of Tinseltown. So grab some popcorn and some holy water and lose yourself in the high-stakes, back-stabbing world of the Vampyres of Hollywood.
Each crime scene is worthy of a classic horror movie, and all three victims share a connection to the powerful scream queen, Ovsanna Moore. The stunning and formidable Moore is the legendary head of a Hollywood studio, as well as the writer and star of seventeen blockbuster horror films (and a few that went straight to DVD).
She’s also a 500 year old vampyre… but this is Hollywood after all, and no one ever looks their age.
Beverly Hills Police Detective Peter King knows a lot about the City of Angels, but he certainly doesn’t know that most of the famous actors in town are actually an established network of vampires. Or that secretive and seductive Ovsanna Moore happens to be their CEO.
Moore and King may be from opposite sides of the Hollywood Hills, but both have something to gain by stopping the killer who the tabloids have dubbed the Cinema Slayer. Ovsanna must protect her vampire legacy and her production schedule, while King just wants to keep his Beverly Hills beat as blood-free as possible. But when the horror queen and the cop with the movie star looks form an unholy alliance, sparks fly and so do the creatures of the night.
Film, television and Broadway star Adrienne Barbeau and New York Times bestselling author Michael Scott have teamed up to deliver this sexy, scary, and deliciously clever novel full of Hollywood glamour, behind-the-scenes secrets, and the truly bloodthirsty reality of Tinseltown. So grab some popcorn and some holy water and lose yourself in the high-stakes, back-stabbing world of the Vampyres of Hollywood.
325 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2008
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About the author
Adrienne Barbeau
35 books72 followersAll my life I’ve been a performer – an actress, a singer, a dancer, even a talk show host – but never in the wildest dreams of my first 50 years did I ever imagine I would write something that other people would read. I still can’t quite get over it.
Adrienne began her career entertaining our servicemen throughout Southeast Asia. She made her Broadway debut as Tevye’s daughter, Hodel, in Fiddler on the Roof. A Tony nomination and a Theatre World Award for her creation of Rizzo in Grease led to the role of Bea Arthur’s daughter, Carol, in the hit series Maude.
Since then she has become a best selling author, a recording artist, and the star of numerous features, films for television, concert performances, musicals and plays.
Her films include The Fog, Escape From New York, Creepshow, Swamp Thing, Back to School, and Cannonball Run, the award winning “zombie film” Alice Jacobs is Dead and Oscar's Best Film winner, Argo.
With a Golden Globe nomination and over 450 screen performances to her credit, she starred as Ruthie, the Snake Dancer, on HBO’s series, Carnivale. Her recent appearances include Son’s of Anarchy, Dexter, and Revenge.
Off camera, Adrienne is the voice of Catwoman in Batman, The Animated Series, and she can be heard in a myriad of video games: God of War and Halo 4 among them.
Adrienne is the author of three books: the best-selling memoir There Are Worse Things I Could Do; Vampyres of Hollywood; and the most recent Love Bites.
In March of 1997, Adrienne gave birth to identical twin boys, William and Walker Van Zandt, m age 51, “the only woman on the maternity ward who was a member of AARP”. She lives in Los Angeles, but travels to Japan whenever she can to visit her older son, Cody Carpenter.
Adrienne began her career entertaining our servicemen throughout Southeast Asia. She made her Broadway debut as Tevye’s daughter, Hodel, in Fiddler on the Roof. A Tony nomination and a Theatre World Award for her creation of Rizzo in Grease led to the role of Bea Arthur’s daughter, Carol, in the hit series Maude.
Since then she has become a best selling author, a recording artist, and the star of numerous features, films for television, concert performances, musicals and plays.
Her films include The Fog, Escape From New York, Creepshow, Swamp Thing, Back to School, and Cannonball Run, the award winning “zombie film” Alice Jacobs is Dead and Oscar's Best Film winner, Argo.
With a Golden Globe nomination and over 450 screen performances to her credit, she starred as Ruthie, the Snake Dancer, on HBO’s series, Carnivale. Her recent appearances include Son’s of Anarchy, Dexter, and Revenge.
Off camera, Adrienne is the voice of Catwoman in Batman, The Animated Series, and she can be heard in a myriad of video games: God of War and Halo 4 among them.
Adrienne is the author of three books: the best-selling memoir There Are Worse Things I Could Do; Vampyres of Hollywood; and the most recent Love Bites.
In March of 1997, Adrienne gave birth to identical twin boys, William and Walker Van Zandt, m age 51, “the only woman on the maternity ward who was a member of AARP”. She lives in Los Angeles, but travels to Japan whenever she can to visit her older son, Cody Carpenter.
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January 17, 2021
Another very different take on vampires, narrated by the Chatelaine (that means top dog) of Los Angeles vampyres (note the spelling!) in alternate chapters as she and Peter King, a Beverly Hills policeman, pursue a case of multiple murders from radically different perspectives. Each chapter is conveniently marked with fangs or a smoking gun so you'll never be confused.
Our more interesting narrator is known to the public as Ovsanna Moore, star of seventeen blockbuster movies, several other movies, and some that went straight to DVD; she is now the head of Anticipation Studios and continues to star in her own studio's productions. The first thing that was delightful in reading this book was the totally authentic voice of both narrators, given their life stories. Ovsanna takes no crap from anyone, and Peter is both a very modern cop and the son of a movie memorabilia collector. And there's the second delightful thing--scads of insider references to the movie industry of nearly every decade in the past century.
Sparkling wit throughout this book does a lot to alleviate the detailed description of crime scenes, each of which is gorier than the last until . Then there's the idea that carries the story: the famous movie stars of yore--Fairbanks, Pickford, Chaplin, Valentino, Theda Bara, Pola Negri, Orson Welles, many more--all vampyres! Living on in retirement after their public deaths. Centuries old, some with many careers at different times.
Ovsanna herself was such a star, dropping out and reappearing not once but twice as her own "daughter"--when she talks about what she was doing in the 1920s it's as "my mother" in quotation marks. And her narration is full of anecdotes about all the famous people she cavorted with under different guises from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth, when she was the first vampyre to move to southern California--and that's why she's Chatelaine here; strict territorial seniority rules the vampyres!
The main thing that keeps my rating down to only four stars is Peter King's job. He's assigned a triple homicide, three secondary B-movie actors (not born vampires like the ones I just named but "Creations" who were turned by Ovsanna). Okay so far--Beverly Hills is marginally believable as the police department that would get the case. But then Peter seems to be the lead officer in all the subsequent murders too, on grounds that seem a bit lame to me--his familiarity with the movie business lets him wander at will across jurisdictions. Vampyres, fine, but urban fantasy calls for believability in the mundane realm. Once I put that aside, I really enjoyed Peter's story too.
It's an exciting page-turner, with only a few draggy spots (Peter's family scenes for one). In the best urban fantasy tradition the supernatural part gets wilder and more violent as you read on and new elements surge into view. For example, being born in 1550, Ovsanna isn't the oldest vampyre around, just the first on the scene in Hollywood--
I hope you enjoy this story as much as I did!
Our more interesting narrator is known to the public as Ovsanna Moore, star of seventeen blockbuster movies, several other movies, and some that went straight to DVD; she is now the head of Anticipation Studios and continues to star in her own studio's productions. The first thing that was delightful in reading this book was the totally authentic voice of both narrators, given their life stories. Ovsanna takes no crap from anyone, and Peter is both a very modern cop and the son of a movie memorabilia collector. And there's the second delightful thing--scads of insider references to the movie industry of nearly every decade in the past century.
Sparkling wit throughout this book does a lot to alleviate the detailed description of crime scenes, each of which is gorier than the last until . Then there's the idea that carries the story: the famous movie stars of yore--Fairbanks, Pickford, Chaplin, Valentino, Theda Bara, Pola Negri, Orson Welles, many more--all vampyres! Living on in retirement after their public deaths. Centuries old, some with many careers at different times.
Ovsanna herself was such a star, dropping out and reappearing not once but twice as her own "daughter"--when she talks about what she was doing in the 1920s it's as "my mother" in quotation marks. And her narration is full of anecdotes about all the famous people she cavorted with under different guises from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth, when she was the first vampyre to move to southern California--and that's why she's Chatelaine here; strict territorial seniority rules the vampyres!
The main thing that keeps my rating down to only four stars is Peter King's job. He's assigned a triple homicide, three secondary B-movie actors (not born vampires like the ones I just named but "Creations" who were turned by Ovsanna). Okay so far--Beverly Hills is marginally believable as the police department that would get the case. But then Peter seems to be the lead officer in all the subsequent murders too, on grounds that seem a bit lame to me--his familiarity with the movie business lets him wander at will across jurisdictions. Vampyres, fine, but urban fantasy calls for believability in the mundane realm. Once I put that aside, I really enjoyed Peter's story too.
It's an exciting page-turner, with only a few draggy spots (Peter's family scenes for one). In the best urban fantasy tradition the supernatural part gets wilder and more violent as you read on and new elements surge into view. For example, being born in 1550, Ovsanna isn't the oldest vampyre around, just the first on the scene in Hollywood--
And our elders must stay out of sight; the physical changes that take place as we move into great age are almost impossible to conceal. Our skin thickens; our fingers harden and become clawlike. Some clans grow wings and their spines extend into tails. Now you know why Orson Welles wore capes towards the "end" of his life. I am convinced that the legends of devils and demons have their genesis in sightings of the Elders.And Ovsanna tells you that most of what you think you know about vampires was made up by--that's right--the Hollywood vampyres who put out all those horror movies! Still, a young vampyre can shape-shift at will:
A hawk was always my favorite, but never a bat. Nothing so cliched. These days, transitions like that take a real toll on my body. Even the simplest attempt leaves me screaming with effort. And afterwards, coming back to human form while my body readjusts, well, the muscle spasms are crippling. ... I've also noticed that I never quite return to my original shape. Something is always just ever so slightly out of whack. Last time, I was left with a few small feathers on my back. Try explaining that at the waxing salon.As you can easily imagine, Ovsanna has a completely human assistant; she's Maral MacKenzie from Louisiana, and the true nature of her relationship with Ovsanna gradually becomes clear as Ovsanna decides to share more with us in her narration. I found myself liking all three of them, Peter, Maral, and even Ovsanna, despite the latter's executive temperament--which of course has involved some necessary terminations along with the fake deaths to preserve vampyres' secret identity.
I hope you enjoy this story as much as I did!
October 2, 2010
Authors Adrienne Barbeau and Michael Scott have created a vivid world where vampires walk the streets of Hollywood - a place strange enough for them to hide out in plain sight and make lives for themselves among America's cinematic royalty. The characters are well-written and full of depth and dimension, and the story is dense with a creative mysterious twist. The pacing of the novel makes it impossible to put down until the very last word, and the dialogue is smart and witty.
Vampyres of Hollywood is fun, fun, FUN! It is full of gory good details and has a certain flair that sets it apart from some of the other novels in the paranormal/vampire genre. Vampyres of Hollywood is extremely entertaining. Full of suspense and clever little references to vampires and movies, Vampyres of Hollywood does not disappoint.
Vampyres of Hollywood is fun, fun, FUN! It is full of gory good details and has a certain flair that sets it apart from some of the other novels in the paranormal/vampire genre. Vampyres of Hollywood is extremely entertaining. Full of suspense and clever little references to vampires and movies, Vampyres of Hollywood does not disappoint.
November 22, 2020
This was meant to be read around Halloween, along with another vampire book, but it didn't happen. It would have been just right; lots of gore in this one! At least lots for me. But yet it was a good read. And somehow a fitting metaphor for the Hollywood culture.
October 26, 2020
I've read a LOT of vampire fiction over the years. This book is... ok. There's the obligatory historical name-dropping and linking vampires to major historical events, but it doesn't really break any new ground as far as the mythology goes. The best and most original part is the wrapping of the vampire tropes in a thick layer of Hollywood history, trivia and glamour. If you watch a lot of TCM, or are a classic movie buff, it's kinda fun to imagine Peter Lorre and Rudolph Valentino (and of course Theda Bara) as Hollywood's vampire elite. But if you're looking for character development, everyone's a bit...bland. This is very much a plot-driven novel.
July 26, 2010
Welcome to Hollywood. a town run by vampyres. No, I mean actual real vampyres. And Osvanna Moore is the leader of them all. Known as the Scream Queen she is in her third life in Hollywood and going strong running her own production company for horror movies. But when vampires and humans that are associated with her start being brutally murdered, Osvanna has to solve the crime to prevent too much attention being drawn to her. Her only other choice is to "die" and live a life elsewhere. That is not in her plans.
This book is very entertaining. The narration changes from Osvanna to the detective who is assigned to the murders. They give a nice view of the dark side of Hollywood. The book is pretty gory and that is usually a turn off for me, but they don't linger on it too much so I was able to get through that part. I really liked some of the characters and the mythology is pretty good. If there is a sequel I will definitely give it a try.
This book is very entertaining. The narration changes from Osvanna to the detective who is assigned to the murders. They give a nice view of the dark side of Hollywood. The book is pretty gory and that is usually a turn off for me, but they don't linger on it too much so I was able to get through that part. I really liked some of the characters and the mythology is pretty good. If there is a sequel I will definitely give it a try.
October 17, 2008
I LOVED this book. It lived up to all of my expectations (exceeded them actually) and made me smile. I hope this is a start of a new series, and can't wait for the next.
This book is for anyone who loves crime, mysteries, vampires and Hollywood.
This book is for anyone who loves crime, mysteries, vampires and Hollywood.
December 15, 2008
This book was sort of fun...not the best book I ever read, but it kept my attention. The end is sort of crazy, but the ride to the end is interesting. Pick it up when your "To Read" shelf is running low.
January 11, 2010
New take on vampires. Since the vampires wrote the movies, everything we know about them is wrong.
December 31, 2020
“Hollywood, California: three gruesome deaths within two weeks and every one of them a major star - an Oscar winner, an ingénue, and an action hero. A serial killer is working through the Hollywood A-list and celebrities are running scared.
Each crime scene is worthy of a classic horror movie, and all three victims share a connection to the powerful scream queen, Ovsanna Moore. The stunning and formidable Moore is the legendary head of a Hollywood studio, as well as the writer and star of seventeen blockbuster horror films (and a few that went straight to DVD).
She’s also a 500 year old vampyre… but this is Hollywood after all, and no one ever looks their age.
Beverly Hills Police Detective Peter King knows a lot about the City of Angels, but he certainly doesn’t know that most of the famous actors in town are actually an established network of vampires. Or that secretive and seductive Ovsanna Moore happens to be their CEO.
Moore and King may be from opposite sides of the Hollywood Hills, but both have something to gain by stopping the killer who the tabloids have dubbed the Cinema Slayer.“
I received a boxed set of hers for free some time ago and read the rest of the books in the series (I think, unless more came out) including a memoir of hers. Yes, these books are cheesy and campy, but so were most of her movies. It doesn’t make the book any less enjoyable. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not exactly the person who knows very much about Hollywood, its celebrities, or anything else having to do with it. If I want to know anything, I’ll either ask my friends who do, or look stuff up online. I did recognize quite a few names, though, being a quasi fan of older movies. It was entertaining.
Each crime scene is worthy of a classic horror movie, and all three victims share a connection to the powerful scream queen, Ovsanna Moore. The stunning and formidable Moore is the legendary head of a Hollywood studio, as well as the writer and star of seventeen blockbuster horror films (and a few that went straight to DVD).
She’s also a 500 year old vampyre… but this is Hollywood after all, and no one ever looks their age.
Beverly Hills Police Detective Peter King knows a lot about the City of Angels, but he certainly doesn’t know that most of the famous actors in town are actually an established network of vampires. Or that secretive and seductive Ovsanna Moore happens to be their CEO.
Moore and King may be from opposite sides of the Hollywood Hills, but both have something to gain by stopping the killer who the tabloids have dubbed the Cinema Slayer.“
I received a boxed set of hers for free some time ago and read the rest of the books in the series (I think, unless more came out) including a memoir of hers. Yes, these books are cheesy and campy, but so were most of her movies. It doesn’t make the book any less enjoyable. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not exactly the person who knows very much about Hollywood, its celebrities, or anything else having to do with it. If I want to know anything, I’ll either ask my friends who do, or look stuff up online. I did recognize quite a few names, though, being a quasi fan of older movies. It was entertaining.
May 11, 2018
Someone is murdering A-List Hollywood actors. They have worked at Anticipation Studio and they are all vampyres, creations of Ovsanna Moore, actress, writer, director, and majority owner of the studio. When Beverly Hills detective Peter King finds a fourth victim, a non-vampyre special effects artist, things heat up for Ovsanna. She cannot allow the dogged detective to discover the truth about the vampyres, leaving her no choice but to find the Vampyre Hunter first. Demands from fellow Hollywood vampyres worried about their own safety makes a time crunch.
The authors have rewritten both vampyre and Hollywood history in a way that totally works. There is humor, insider knowledge, and horrific crimes, as well as brilliant characterization. Since this has an alternating first person narrative, it is wonderful to see icons at the start of each chapter that will clue you in as to who is speaking, a great help.
I found particularly fascinating the various types of vampyres, not just those who grow fangs. Then there are the changes as they grow older in age. Age also deals increasing consequences when shape-shifting, an intriguing idea itself. We're also told which early stars of Hollywood are vampyres, including Orson Welles, Theda Bara, Mary Pickford, and many others.
I found this book on my library shelves and thought it sounded intriguing. I fell into this well-constructed universe almost from the first sentence. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys vampyres, Hollywood, or mysteries. 5 out of 5.
The authors have rewritten both vampyre and Hollywood history in a way that totally works. There is humor, insider knowledge, and horrific crimes, as well as brilliant characterization. Since this has an alternating first person narrative, it is wonderful to see icons at the start of each chapter that will clue you in as to who is speaking, a great help.
I found particularly fascinating the various types of vampyres, not just those who grow fangs. Then there are the changes as they grow older in age. Age also deals increasing consequences when shape-shifting, an intriguing idea itself. We're also told which early stars of Hollywood are vampyres, including Orson Welles, Theda Bara, Mary Pickford, and many others.
I found this book on my library shelves and thought it sounded intriguing. I fell into this well-constructed universe almost from the first sentence. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys vampyres, Hollywood, or mysteries. 5 out of 5.
October 19, 2021
With a book containing vampyres, Hollywood glamour and goth horror in my hands, I expected a whole lot. But I didn't get that much at all...
The story was very original and quite well thought through, but it didn't make it to shore without a scratch. Generally I had a hard time getting into the story and the characters, I didn't long for reading this, I just wanted to finish it (I still wanted to know what happened). Sure it was exciting and gory, a little too gory sometimes, but it was far from the best I've read. I love Hollywood, Hollywood stars and Hollywood glamour and I love vampyres, so this seemed like a perfect read for me. But it was quite an ok/meh experience.
I did love the humor though and sarcasm, but it wasn't enough to make up for the rest of the book. The language seemed very average and nondistinctive to me, the story wasn't heartracingly exciting and I didn't feel like I got close to the characters. But still, it was an interesting read! I liked it, just not that much...
The story was very original and quite well thought through, but it didn't make it to shore without a scratch. Generally I had a hard time getting into the story and the characters, I didn't long for reading this, I just wanted to finish it (I still wanted to know what happened). Sure it was exciting and gory, a little too gory sometimes, but it was far from the best I've read. I love Hollywood, Hollywood stars and Hollywood glamour and I love vampyres, so this seemed like a perfect read for me. But it was quite an ok/meh experience.
I did love the humor though and sarcasm, but it wasn't enough to make up for the rest of the book. The language seemed very average and nondistinctive to me, the story wasn't heartracingly exciting and I didn't feel like I got close to the characters. But still, it was an interesting read! I liked it, just not that much...
July 28, 2018
Most people would know Adrienne Barbeau as the buxom daughter of Maude on the old tv show or from horror movies like Swamp Thing or The Fog. Now she's turned her talents to writing. This book is actually pretty good. In it, a hollywood detective teams up with a screen superstar who also happens to be a 500 year old vampire, to solve a series of murders. And, as usually happens in stories like this, they fall for each other. Trying to work out the intricacies of human/vampyre relationships while also trying to solve murders that involve all kinds of other vamps, werefolk, and monsters provides lots of fodder for fiction. And it's all done in an entertaining way. It's not Shakespeare. Hell, it's not even close to Agatha Christie, but it's fun reading.
November 3, 2022
Rating 3.5
Picked this up on a whim when in the library without knowing anything about the book/series at all, not even heard of it.
It did surprise me, a mashup between horror, cop story, satire - reminiscent of some of the better novels in the Destroyer series but with more graphic horror scenes.
Very entertaining though, not a great or genre defining novel nothing like that but just good solid entertainment. A prose version of a ‘B’ movie which fits with AB as one of the co writers.
Would recommend as something different and entertaining but someone looking for a different vampire story, or a cop story with other genre ideas added as a garnish.
Picked this up on a whim when in the library without knowing anything about the book/series at all, not even heard of it.
It did surprise me, a mashup between horror, cop story, satire - reminiscent of some of the better novels in the Destroyer series but with more graphic horror scenes.
Very entertaining though, not a great or genre defining novel nothing like that but just good solid entertainment. A prose version of a ‘B’ movie which fits with AB as one of the co writers.
Would recommend as something different and entertaining but someone looking for a different vampire story, or a cop story with other genre ideas added as a garnish.
July 24, 2025
This was an interesting read from start to finish. I loved the two perspective storytelling and how it was set up to be easy to follow. The last few pages left me so anxious, not knowing how it was going to end. I really like Peter King as a character. I found this in a little free library and had no idea it was the first in a series. but I cannot wait to check out the other books. As someone who loves movies and has been part of the filmmaking process on a couple films, I really appreciated all the references.
April 24, 2022
W tej ksiażce pobobało mi się że skakałes pomiedzy róznymi ludzmi ale było to widoczne, na przykład jak miałes sytuacje z perspektywy meżczyzny od razu było to rozpoznawalne przez font oraz oznaczone na początku rozdziału. Była to historia detektywistyczna, co mnie przyciagneło do niej, chociaż nie wszystkie sekrety byly od razy oczywiste.
July 24, 2024
A fun read
I think the only thing I didn't enjoy about the book was the ReUse of the same name. Peter, Peter, Robert, Robert. So many names it was difficult to follow. On top of all the name dropping of various movies and shows and actors I'm honestly not sure who were real characters and who were just mentioned. Overall though it's a fun story.
I think the only thing I didn't enjoy about the book was the ReUse of the same name. Peter, Peter, Robert, Robert. So many names it was difficult to follow. On top of all the name dropping of various movies and shows and actors I'm honestly not sure who were real characters and who were just mentioned. Overall though it's a fun story.
September 10, 2017
no neviem, reálne asi 2,5.... čtivé to bolo, ale tá zápletka, rozuzlenie a štýl prehovoru hlavnej upírky boli niekedy až trápne. Jednoducho je to oddychové čítanie, v ktorom ale kvitujem, že sa pozerá na upírov z inej strany, nie z tej, na ktorú sme zvyknutí.
September 23, 2018
Want a mashup of every Vampyre myth ever, rolled up into a history of Hollywood, old to new, and drenched in blood? Then THIS is the ridiculous and hilariously, gorily enjoyable mystery romp for you!
March 29, 2019
Entertaining and funny
If you are looking for a tongue and cheek look at Hollywood , this would be the book to read. I liked the mystery plot as a whole, but I got bogged down in some of the lengthy backstories. Otherwise I would have given this a 5.
If you are looking for a tongue and cheek look at Hollywood , this would be the book to read. I liked the mystery plot as a whole, but I got bogged down in some of the lengthy backstories. Otherwise I would have given this a 5.
November 16, 2024
I can't believe how much I enjoyed this book ... more so than most of what I've read all year. I'd thought I'd completely exhausted the vampire genre, but finding this book was an absolute surprise and delight. Super fun and well worth the read.
November 16, 2016
Almost wanted to give this a 4 star rating. It was fun and campy and totally entertaining! Far exceeded my expectations. A very nice surprise.
May 19, 2017
A little cute, a little gory, a little bit of a mystery-thriller and a whole lot of a love letter to Hollywood. Its not my usual type of book, but I loved it.
January 4, 2018
Fun book
October 31, 2018
Loved this book!!
November 2, 2018
Kind of neat having classic actors and actresses as intelligent and heroic vampyres
February 23, 2020
Very entertaining.
April 1, 2020
So good!
Well written, original and fun; this macabre romp through Hollywood is a very good read. I can’t wait to dive in to the next
Well written, original and fun; this macabre romp through Hollywood is a very good read. I can’t wait to dive in to the next
June 28, 2020
One of the better vampire novels I’ve read for quite some time.
March 3, 2021
Combines newer Hollywood and Old Hollywood and... VAMPIRES! Really enjoyed this read.
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