Valerie Stivers

This book is very funny, to me it's like the program Ugly Betty if everyone involved in the fashion industry was a vampire.
If you haven't seen this series, it's about a girl with no fashion sense whatsoever, that works for a company that publishes a fashion magazine, where she doesn't fit in. I recommend the series, it's funny.
I love bitchy, sassy characters, that are unapologetically themselves.

The first time I read this book, I thought it was entertaining, however I myself are no fashion expert, I adore the Gothic/Alternative fashion so that would also make me a misfit in society like Ugly Betty.
I enjoyed reading this book, but I didn't always understand the fashion references, to certain fashion designers or styles of clothing or looks that have created.
To be honest, I wish that there was a little less emphasis on that and more emphasis on the characters that the main character could relate to.
Kate the main character and James have a least one thing common that they are both anti-fashion, due to all the models or anyone that's involved in the fashion industry looks the same.
They are all skinny, pale, dressed immaculately, and they all live on a liquid diet of human blood (described as red berry juice or a smoothie, since that's how Kate describes it in the book)It's human blood, because everyone she works with is a vampire.
Kate finds out, that there is something weird going on, while she is at work for her internship at Tasty magazine.
Someone keeps staring at her, from behind the photocopier, her boss stares at her for long periods of time, all the staff sleep during the day, in their offices in secret.
All of the staff seem to drink this red berry juice as is described by Kate in the but, it isn't a smoothie.

The best thing about this book is the humor, since Kate's mother was a fashion designer, it's a big deal to the staff at Tasty magazine.
Although Kate doesn't want to be known as Eva's daughter, she wants to work on her own merit, and be recognized for her own work.
I like the fact, that at least two of the characters in the book, are
anti-fashion, since not everyone will be a part of the industry, not everyone will fit in, due to the requirements.
You have be petite, to be considered pretty, so all the staff members starve themselves, until, a dog is found dead in a supply cupboard.
Kate finds out who is responsible and why.
If you like reading paranormal romance or just books about vampires with a sense of humor then you will like this book.
I am obsessed with vampires so I will read any books about vampires as long as it's funny, or about the cohabitation of humans and supernatural creatures and the things that go wrong, in their daily lives.
If you like vampires then, I would recommend this book to you.
I wish this book was made into a series or a film, it has a similar vibe to The Devil Wears Prada.… (meer)

Think the devil wears prada and vampires. If you can make it past the first 50 or so pages then the book really picks up. A young woman who has been working as an EMT gets a job as an intern at a fashion magazine. Her mother used to be a fashion designer but disappeared when she was in her teens. Everyone seems to hate her at her new job other than the managing editor who seems to have a strange fascination with her. There are numerous rumors that their are vampires working for the magazine. There have been a few "fashion murders" in the recent past. Thing start to take a turn for the young lady as well as the book when someone's pet chihuahua is found drained of blood in a storage closet. Then a young woman is found in a dressing room at a high fashion boutique who apparently od'd or did she? A fun read overall and good if you like fashion.… (meer)