masukomi (📚) reviewed Plucking Cupid's Bow by Rebecca Murphy
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 …
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 girl who can't die who sees demons, thinks the convenience store clerk is invisible, and talks to Slurpie machines. While there are humorous elements to her hallucinations, early on you just feel for how confusing and difficult this girl's life is.
Keep reading though. The discomfort passes and as the story progresses her character growth is into more of a real person taking charge of her life despite the hallucinations.
There are two brief lesbian sex scenes in the book, that are well written and filled with desire.