Fangs for the Memories by Molly Harper (Half-Moon Hollow #0.5)
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Humour
Publisher: Pocket Star on November 2, 2015
Source: Publisher via NetGalley
My thanks to Pocket Star and NetGalley for providing me with a digital review copy. No compensation was provided for this review, and all opinions are my own.
How did Andrea and Dick Cheney fall in love? View Spoiler »
Are you a fan of Molly Harper’s Jane Jameson and Half-Moon Hollow series? Have you always wondered just how the vaguely hillbilly-esque vampire Dick Cheney (not that Dick Cheney!) won the heart of Andrea, Half-Moon Hollow’s most sophisticated human resident? Look no further than FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES.
Just as a word of warning, while you could technically read this as a stand-alone, personally I don’t think FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES would be a good introduction to Harper’s oeuvre because it references so many important events that happened earlier in the series. If you’re intrigued, I highly recommend Harper’s first book, NICE GIRLS DON’T HAVE FANGS.
Fans of the series will remember that Andrea’s ex-boyfriend Matthias is a serious piece of work. Yeah, he’s a vampire, but she knows not all vamps are bad – after all, Jane and co. are some of Andrea’s closest friends. But she is a little leery of men, and is wholly unimpressed by Dick’s unique charms. His attempts at courtship are hilarious and honestly a little inept, but I was pleasantly surprised by how romantic Dick can be. Good for you, buddy! Maybe one day he’ll repair the name of Dick Cheney…although it’s not bloody likely (bloody…ha).
Andrea’s perspective on the goings-on of her friends in Half-Moon Hollow is refreshing, particularly her attitude towards occult bookstore owner Jane and her admittedly whacky behaviour. While I generally love all of Molly Harper’s characters, former librarian turned vampire Jane will always hold a special place in my heart. But there are some pretty fantastic moments with the series’ supporting characters in this novella, including one of my personal favourites: the delightfully psychotic head of the local Vampire Council, perpetual-teenager Ophelia. I can’t wait for Harper’s novella about that vampy ray of sunshine!
Perfect for fans of Molly Harper’s paranormal romances, FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES is a light and funny novella that does justice to Dick and Andrea’s love story. I’m not always a fan of novellas but this one hit all the right notes!
Blodeuedd
Molly Harper is one of the few pnr authors I can still read 🙂
Danya @ Fine Print .
Yeah, same! I always enjoy her books – she makes me laugh. 🙂
Lynn Williams
I seem to be reading EPIC books this month rather than fun and short type stories! I haven’t read any by this author so perhaps I’ll have to go and look her up – a bit of fun is great in between epics!
Lynn 😀
Danya @ Fine Print .
I’m the exact opposite this month! When life is busy, short and fun books are what I crave. If you’re feeling like you could go for some hilarious PNR, I highly recommend Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs. It’s about a children’s librarian who gets turned into a vampire in the rural southern United States. It’s SO funny! 😀
Kaja
Ahh she has the worst taste in puns! 😀 I haven’t read this one yet, I don’t always read the novellas – unless I’m starved for new stuff from that author and I’m not quite there yet with Harper. My favourite of her series will always be the Alaskan werewolves – I love those books! She combines sexy with funny in such a great way.
Danya @ Fine Print .
HA, I know right?! Some of them are truly cringe-worthy. The Alaskan werewolves books are so good – I’ve only read the first two, though. The third one has been sitting on my ereader forever! I really need to get around to it. Those books made me want to run away to Alaska! 🙂
Kaja
Yep, Alaska made it onto my bucket list of travel destinations because of this series. I actually keep adding places to it because of books 😀
Samantha
I really enjoyed this novella as well! It made me wish for a longer piece of work focusing on these two though.
Danya @ Fine Print .
My sentiments exactly, particularly since there was so much build up surrounding Andrea and Dick’s relationship!