The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant

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Published Feb. 24, 2015 by Tantor Audio.

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978-1-4945-5971-7
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4 stars (19 reviews)

2 editions

If you grinned at the title, you'll probably love this book

5 stars

Note: This review is for the book version by Drew Hayes, not the audiobook version.

I was a tiny bit worried this book would be flooded with self-depreciation and/or just teasing a lot of actually interesting events, but it's hilarious.

At the start of the book Fred is a quiet, bookish, sweater-vest-wearing (vampire) accountant who decides to not only go to his 10-year high school, but to Be Spontaneous while there. He even books the hotel for 4 days, and carefully packs 4 clean changes of clothing, plus 4 days worth of blood, to give himself ample room for Spontaneity.

By the end of the book he's got an eclectic group of friends and they get together regularly to drink their beverages of choice (wine, beer, and soda), and play non-scored Scrabble. (It's not specified that it's non-scored, but with him playing words like "periodontist" and the other two thinking …

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3/5

If you love goofy stories with silly humor and a gang of monsters this is the book for you. For me it was a bit too much on the silly side though and so it didn’t quite hit the notes I was hoping it would.
The characters are a bit too one dimensional and there is a fair bit of unnecessarily immature descriptions of women for my tastes. Overall it’s a decent casual read split into a handful of separate stories put into a book format.

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4 stars

Fred, an Accountant (who also just happens to be a vampire) just wants a quiet life. His idea of a fun night is wine, cheese and cheesy vampire movies. Then one day he decides to go to his High School reunion and he is swept into a series of events that are neither uninteresting nor unadventurous.

I found this novel to be a quick enjoyable read. There was lots of action, and some quiets moments but it flowed well and I didn't feel that the story dragged at any point. The characters we met were interesting and varied and there wasn't too much of any one thing going on. I really enjoyed reading this, and look forward to reading the next book in the series, Undeath and Taxes (Fred, the Vampire Accountant, #2).

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