The Girl’s Guide to Vampires, By Barb Karg

Karg, B. (2009). The Girl’s Guide to Vampires: All You Need To Know About the Orginal Bad Boys (1st ed.). Cincinnati, Ohio: Adams Media.


This is vampire in the “non-fiction” if such a thing existed. Barb Karg author of an extended list of “Everything” titles. She even penned the adult version of The Everything Vampire Book for adult audiences. (The adult version doesn’t differ much in anything but length and input from three other authors. Its intellectual value is about the same level for both.)
In this funny, togue-in-check nod to dating a vampire, Ms. Karg also puts forth a well-versed literary list of Vampires, as well as films and histories, such as Vlad the Impaler. It is a fun read and doesn’t try to hard to be something it’s not. Karg effortlessly glides between history and humor while validating the genre as an entity of its own. In the end the book is surprisingly more interesting then it lets on.

"The good news is: He’s tall, dark, and handsome.
The bad news is: He’s a bloodsucking creature of the night. Not to mention arrogant, predatory, and immortal."