Bill the Vampire

Pretty funny, very enjoyable

I enjoyed this book a lot. There were a few moments in the beginning before Bill is turned that made me wonder if I was going to be able to stand the guy. A bit over the top with his silliness and horniness. But, that cleared up as the story continued. Definitely worthy of a credit. I went on to listen to the second book, and it was really good too.

9 of 9 people found this review helpful

Surprisingly good

Good self-deprecating, only moderately geeky main character was easy to like. Every time he did something ... or didn't do something , that could have lead to a hole in the plot, there was an "Oh yeah.." moment that brought things back to a logical conclusion. I'm also reading the Besty Vampire queen series, and they are similar in comic flavor.
I say it's surprisingly good, because I only bought it for the low price tag.

9 of 10 people found this review helpful

terrible protagonist

the whole book I wanted the bad guy to stake the good guy. narration was ok.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Totally Fun Snarky Humor

Totally fun snarky humor done with an excellent narrator. Fun characters like Bill's roommates and sexy vampires that Bill, aka Dr. Death, loves to ogle.
This is silly, trashy fun and I really enjoyed it as a guilty pleasure.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

SOMETIMES MY SUBCONSCIOUS, CAN BE SUCH AN AHOLE

HEY, I NEVER SAID I WASN'T SHALLOW
This turned out to be a fun book. Like many others, I had my doubts at first. The longer you listen, the more the story grows on you. It is full of sophomoric type humor, but that becomes less so as the story plays out and I thought it had an interesting take on the Vampire genre. Through out the book, I may have laughed out loud about five times. It was humorous, but not hilarious. It was also a border line five star book. It is worth a credit, and certainly worth $4.95.

EYE ROLL
Most of the sophomore humor relates to Dick Jokes and goggling the female vampires. The main character is a loser and a gamer at the age of 24. When he turns, he is still about 20 pounds overweight and nerdy, while all the other vampires look like runway models. The main female character was a stripper before turning. HEY, SO SHE GOT ME KILLED, THAT'S NO REASON TO STOP PUTTING THE MOVES ON HER. There is no sex.

IS UNCOVEN, EVEN A WORD
Narrator is actually pretty good, especially when doing characters. When doing just plain narration, he had a tendency to develop a cadence. His voice is also a little high and cheery for a Vampire book, no Bray deepness. Still he deserved the five stars.

WHAT WAS THIS, 1985
Author sounds like he grew up in the eighties. There are lots of references to Eighties music.

DEALS, MUCH LIKE UNDERWARE ARE CHANGED OFTEN
I liked this enough to continue the series, matter of fact you can get the first four books, in an omnibus for one credit.

58 of 75 people found this review helpful

imagine howard stern as a vampire

Any additional comments?

bill was lured to a party by a hot chick only to be fed upon. when he wakes up as a vampire, he learns that he and the other geek vampires are going to be killed as a joke. somehow, bill is able to resist night razor's, the coven leader, compulsion and embarrasses him in front of everyone. before he can kill bill, the regional coven leader, ozymandias, overrules night razor and puts bill under a temporary protection order.

sally, the girl that lured bill to the party, is ordered to show bill the ropes and teach him the coven's ways. night razor and the rest of the coven try to find loophole's in the temporary protective order and try to kill bill.

under ozymandias' and sally's tutelage, they convince bill that he needs to live up to the bad a$$ reputation he created when he stood up to night razor on the night of his birth. so starts bill's like as a vampire. things get a little more complicated when ozymandias is sent away on a mission and bill realizes sally is more of a "frenemy" than he suspected.

there are a lot of funny scenes: bill's 1st feeding, bill trying to convince one of his friends he's really a vampire, the way sally treats bill when they're away from other vampires, optimus prime as a weapon...

narration is great. the narrator is the perfect fit for bill and sally.

overall, a very fun ride. it's short and sweet.

21 of 27 people found this review helpful

Fun! Push through the beginning

In the beginning I was very unsure and for a few minutes thought I might return the book based on how sexist the main character came off as. Glad I stuck with it though, as the book kept me grinning and laughing throughout. Narrator was good and fun, my only complaint with him was that there were a few words he pronounced incorrectly. The two that stood out to me due to repetition were "bared fangs" being pronounced "barred" and "voila" pronounced as the name Viola. Otherwise, the book cracked me up and I'll be continuing the series.

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

♡ B I L L the V A M P I R E ♡

Was very hesitant to purchase this audiobook. I've been an almost daily audible listener for 2 years; for 3 years before that I would listen 4x a week minimum. All together I've been a very happy audible member for 5 years. When I buy a new audiobook it has to be in a series, and is usually compared to my favs. Basically it kills me when, after completing a really great book, I go to the audible shop & find that nothing comes after it, EVER.

When your favs are THE DRESDEN FILES, HOLLOWS SERIES, IRON DRUID CHRONICLES, MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL, THE GRIMNOIR TRILOGY, and many many more similarly amazing book series... it can be tough to find others that can meet, or even come close to touching, the high standards you've (unknowingly) set.

Bill the Vampire pleasantly surprised me! When I realized there was about 33 minutes left, immediately I went to the shop, bought book 2, and downloaded it; had to be prepared to start it right after hearing "we hope you have enjoyed this program". Give it a try; hopefully you'll find that it's funny, witty, interesting, kind of quirky, no touchy feely romance or love triangles, with a few new vampire ideas , and best of all it's about "real" vampires (that burst into flames where sunlight touches, not start to shimmer & sparkle like they fell into the glitter supply closet at an all girls tween summer camp... Hoping my lame joke shows I have no intention of offense whatsoever toward the Twilight Saga author, millions love it,
& though not my kind of thing, I respect the work).

TRY IT!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Laugh Out Loud!

If you could sum up Bill the Vampire in three words, what would they be?

Funny, clever, awesome

What was one of the most memorable moments of Bill the Vampire?

I love the banter between Bill, his roommates and Sally.

Which scene was your favorite?

Not really a favorite scene but Bill's internal dialogue when hearing the coven names. I laughed out loud when he renames them.

If you could take any character from Bill the Vampire out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Bill - he's clever and hilarious. There would not be a dull moment.

Any additional comments?

Can't wait for the next book!

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

Great narration, so so story

I really wanted to like this book. It had everything going for it. It actually did have flashes of amazing storytelling but at the end of the day the incessant juvenile stereotypes, casual misogyny and constant "omg did you suck his dick hurr, hurr?" ruined it for me.
I'm sure this will appeal to a lot of people but it's not one I'll return to or recommend.

13 of 17 people found this review helpful