Molly Harper, is fast becoming my new favorite author. I love the humor, the banter, the snarky remarks, and a good-looking paranormal boys. Jane is content living a quiet life in her childhood town as the local children's librarian, until one day she is fired, get shot, and turned into a vampire. You could see this as a bad day, but now in walks Gabriel the hot vampire soon to become the leading man in Jane's life. I loved all the characters in this book even the bad guy. Can't wait to read the next book in the series, and all the other books and all of her series!

So I loved this book but I did spend quite a bit of time being seriously frustrated by Jane’s unfortunate circumstances which felt a bit too overblown at times – which is why I cannot give this book at 5 star rating.

I feel like if I met Jane we would be good friends, though her impulsiveness and insecurities would drive me nuts, but she would have me laughing constantly. Of course given her passive aggressive and just aggressive family members make this understandable. I feel grateful to never have experienced that level of interference in my life. Luckily, Jane doesn’t really agonize over it, or much, she just rolls with the punches, laughs about it and moves on.

Luckily there are some great people Jane know and meets and those characters really helped me read this book without throwing it against the wall (well, my phone against the wall). Zeb is a great friend who attends meeting for friends of the newly turned and meets Jolene, a loving, exuberant werewolf. Jane’s ghost aunt Jettie, Andrea her new vampire blood friend, and Dick Cheney (no not that one!) – her new lascivious vampire friend.

I was not a big fan of Gabriel, Jane’s sire, who seemed to be intense when he was there are just absent when he wasn’t. I am glad he was following her home, though, and turned her into a funny vampire.

I guessed the mystery of who was causing trouble for Jane early – and that whole plot was totally hilarious. I loved it!

The audio was great, I really enjoy Amanda Ronconi's narrations.

Small-town librarian Jane gets fired, shot, and turned into a vampire in one bad day, which turns into a bad few months as someone tries to make her unlife miserable.

Kinda cute, fairly predictable, but it would make a decent beach read for people who like vampires.

Le premier chapitre m'a suffit pour réaliser que ce livre n'est pas pour moi. J'ai roulé des yeux bien trop souvent. Mais je n'ai pas non plus de reproches particuliers sur ce début et je pense que vu le style d'écriture, c'est une aventure qui offrira un bon moment aux lectrices et lecteurs appréciant ce genre d'histoire.

What a fun first completed book of the new year. I opted for the Audible version and loved how I was pulled so completely I was pulled into the story.

Jane is the wittiest of unintentional vampires.

Whole heartedly recommend!

This is in effect a quirky small town paranormal romance where the dying MC is changed into a vampire after being accidentally shot by a drunk hunter. Overall I liked Jane and in particular her obsession with books - but the story tried to be so funny and snarky at all times to the point I didn’t find it funny and instead became annoyed. I think I’m just not the target audience for these light “humorous” paranormal books and should probably stop trying.

2020 re-read (audiobook): This was interesting - it's been a decade, and a while even since I've read any Half-Moon Hollow books, but it was familiar and funny and exactly what I needed right now. Definitely reads like a 2009 paranormal/urban fantasy, and it was a bit silly all in all, but it was fun to re-visit the origin story.

Another audio - I know you're all shocked - I listened to audio fiction and LIKED it. This one is a light and fluffy read, but the snark - oh I love the snark. The narrator was perfect for the snark. Plus it's about a children's librarian turned vampire. It's a riot. Read/listen to it if only to find out what the dot on the letter i is called. Who knew. I've already used my next audible credit to get the follow up - turns out it's good house straightening diversion. ;)

I was worried, like many others, that this would be a blatant Sookie Stackhouse rip-off. I'm sure the author gets that a lot, and frankly, it's undeserved. This book (I listened in audio form) is filled with wry humor and a fun new take on the vampire coming-of-age story. Jane Jameson is a likable and relatable heroine, in many ways reacting far more convincingly to vampires in her world than the Bellas and Sookies.

As far as fun Summer reading goes, this series is off to a good start for me!