Happy Hour at Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta is thoroughly enjoyable. In this witty novel, Acosta creates a wonderful heroine in Milagro de los Santos. Mil, as she is known to friends, just wants what every woman wants: to be taken seriously as a writer, to live in a rat-free apartment, and maybe to find a fabulous guy to get serious with. That guy is definitely not Sebastian, her ex, and the current hot writer du jour (del dia?), who's sitting on top of a pile of dark secrets. Along comes Oswald, who may be a vampire, and whose secrets may or may be of the dark variety. Wonderfully written, funny and romantic, this book is a definite winner and a new favorite of mine. I will certainly look for Acosta's name again.
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I loved this book and the two sequels she has put out - Midnight Brunch, and The Bride of Casa Dracula. They are great.
thanks!
I've never heard of this author, but it sounds like she's worth checking out.
Definitely.
Sounds like a fun book to read. Is it a paranormal? A romance? Chick lit?
I would like to know a bit more.
I'd categorize it as chick lit first, then a paranormal romance. There ARE vampires, and be assured, Milagro finds her fabulous guy in the end. But in style, it is very much within the chick lit tradition. It's some of the best chick lit I've ever read, to be sure.
This sounds like a fun book to read, I'll have to put it on my to-read list!