aimeeerickson

Who knew they could be so funny? I ran across this book wandering through my library's e-catalog and the title caught my eye. I figure anyone who uses The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant deserves a shot. One, for naming his vampire Fred. Two for making him an accountant. Not a profession I have ever associated with the undead, even though they're always described with fabulous fortunes garnered over centuries (or so). To my delight, the book lives up to the title. I found it hilarious, tongue in cheek sometimes, serious sometimes but never campy. "...one night I was a mild-mannered accountant with a heartbeat, and the next night I wasn't. Oh, I was still a mild-mannered accountant, but the heartbeat was long gone." This is in the opening pages of the book, where he's finally decided to be spontaneous so he's going to his 10 year class reunion. He meets an old classmate who was a close to a friend as he had then, and the story takes off from there. Fred freely admits that he's a coward, avoids conflict, and his best skill is running away. But he steps up when needed and learns to be more. However it's a very gradual change so by the end of the book he's only slightly more confident than when he started, but it's a good change. I definitely will be checking out book two and would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a laugh.