Real Vampires Have Curves – Gerry Bartlett (Glory St Clair #1)
Penguin Berkley, 2007
318 pages
RRP: US$7.99
ISBN: 978-0-425-22096-2

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

I love the premise for this series. Vampires have long had the reputation for being classically good looking specimens, who magically gain a perfect body the second they are turned. However, Gerry Bartlett has introduced us to Glory St Clair who was somewhat full-figured when she was turned, now spending the rest of her afterlife as a voluptuous vampire. Glory has the same hang-ups and body issues that women groan about the world over, so she is a fun, fabulous protagonist for this series, who most women would relate very easily to.

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