Review: Undead and Unwed by Sam Tschida

 

Bridget Jones’s Diary meets What We Do in the Shadows in this hilarious contemporary rom-com about a 300-year-old single vampire who inherits a fixer-upper in a quaint town in Vermont

Nothing sucks more than dating–especially when you've been bad at it for three centuries.

Tiffenie Ruba is 300 years old and still doesn’t have her life together. She doesn’t own a home—typical for a Millennial, which she often gets mistaken for–and she hasn’t had a relationship in forever (almost literally). When she’s not working at the local blood bank, she’s watching Hallmark movies with her cat. Tiffenie has an eternity to go but she knows she can’t go on like this.

But when she suddenly inherits a charming inn in the picture-perfect town of Valentine, Vermont (due to a case of mistaken–okay, stolen–identity), she has a chance to live out all of her Hallmark fantasies.

Unfortunately, she has to bring along a new vampire she accidentally created, pretend to be someone else, and navigate a love triangle with a hot Christmas tree farmer and her old master Vlad, who she’s still totally mad at. Can she pull it all off–and finally learn a lesson along the way?

With biting wit, a dash of spice, and the cozy warmth of a great Hallmark movie, Undead and Unwed will make you laugh until you cry as Tiffenie bungles her way toward self-improvement and true love. 

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What I thought about Undead and Unwed

Tiffanie is a 300 year-old vampire who still doesn't know what she wants!  She's not all that interested in living like a vampire and tries to exist on coconut water instead of blood, until that gets in her in a bit of hot water.   It's not good to drain your victims, even when you have somewhere to run by way of an inheritance.

This was a seriously cute take on the vampire trope in general.  No darkness here, just a good sense of humor and an easy way with the humans.  I really did like Tiffany a whole lot, and I was cheering for her to get back with her ex all along.  It was just right.  

There's a whole drama about assuming someone's identity and the mess that can get a person into as well.  Tyrone, the Christmas tree farm neighbor, was a interesting character, but clearly not right for Tiffany.

Overall, this was a very entertaining take on the vampire myth. There's romance inthere too, although for me it wasn't the centerpeice of the story. That all belonged to Tiffany. I also liked her friend Heaven who was the epitome of "rolling with the punches".  There are some slow spots, and a few head-scratching parts so it wasn't perfect, but for the most part entertaining. The ending fell apart a little for me, as it just didn't have the punch I expected, but it didn't ruin the fun. 3.5 solid stars.