Plucking Cupid's Bow

(The Cupid Project #1)

eBook, 441 pages

English language

Published Dec. 28, 2011 by Hungry Panther Publishing.

ISBN:
9781470135225
ASIN:
B006R3GXYG

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5 stars (1 review)

Cami has spent the last 80 years trying to kill herself. She might even have succeeded if she weren’t a vampire. Aside from being undead, Cami has a little problem with being schizophrenic, which allows her to catch glimpses of the future, but also complicates the little things in life like talking (or knowing she is a vampire). Every night, she walks the streets of Washington D.C. while Barry and Melvin, her two inept demon companions, try to convince her to wreak as much havoc on the city as possible. The night she is hit by a car, driven by the last pure hearted priest in the city, her un-life is changed in ways she never thought possible. When her world is thrown into upheaval with people trying to kill her, hearts being broken, kidnappings, torture, and Shakespearian plays, Cami’s desire to kill herself fades to an afterthought as more …

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Wonderfully unpredectible, and surprisingly sweet

5 stars

A story about a sweet and confused girl who lives with constant hallucinations, true glimpses into people's futures and pasts, and two mischievous demons. She's so confused by the world she walks through, that she doesn't realize she's a hundred year old vampire.

One night she gets run over by a junior priest with a good heart, and a wild series of events unfold.

Along the way she learns she's a vampire, makes friends, falls in love with the goth girl who decided to be her minion, and overcomes a host of violent encounters she would have happily avoided if possible.

This book is wildly unpredictable until the final showdown, and even then it's not clear how the relationship with her new girlfriend will resolve until the last few pages.

I found the initial scene difficult to read, because at that point all you know is that it's a suicidal …

Subjects

  • vampires
  • urban fantasy
  • demons
  • sapphic
  • lesbian
  • LGBTQ+