Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men

Half-Moon Hollow, Book 2

By: Molly Harper

Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi

Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Once a devoted children's librarian, Jane Jameson now works at a rundown occult bookstore. Once a regular gal, she's now a vampire. And instead of a bride, she's an eternal bridesmaid -- which leads her to question where exactly her relationship with her irresistibly sexy sire, Gabriel, is headed. Mercurial, enigmatic, apparently commitment-phobic vampires are nothing if not hard to read. While Jane is trying to master undead dating, she is also donning the ugliest bridesmaid's dress in history at her best friend Zeb's Titanic-themed wedding. Between a freaked-out groom-to-be, his hostile werewolf in-laws, and Zeb's mother, hell-bent on seeing Jane walk the aisle with Zeb, Jane's got the feeling she's just rearranging the proverbial deck chairs.

Meanwhile, Half Moon Hollow's own Black Widow, Jane's Grandma Ruthie, has met her match in her latest fiance. He smells like bad cheese and has a suspicious history of dead spouses. But Jane's biting her tongue. After all, would a nice girl really think she has a future with a vampire?

©2009 Molly Harper White (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Fun story Fantastic narrator

Another delicious book with all the notes of interesting interwoven stories, wry humor, and excellent narration.

A Vampire Story You Haven't Heard Yet

Unlike almost all vampire love stories in the past, this one addresses the little thought about question of marriage. specifically the marriage of their friends and the challenges of planning a wedding where vampires are in attendance. It even poses the question of how long vampires can stay married, since they could be spending eternity together. This all comes crashing through the small town social scene like a bull in a China shop. The results are fun and hilarious.

Good story

The characters and events are intriguing. It’s been a great listen while on a road trip

Great story

If you're a Harper fan, get it!
This audio book was a fun listen. Enjoy.

A great continuation of the story

I love the simple yet funny and complex way this story is told. I'm always ready for more after pausing since I listen when I drive to and from. The reader does a great job changing her voice to speak for each character.

The best of both worlds: Jane Jameson & werewolves

Worried about turning into bride-zilla? Nothing will make you feel better about your own wedding planning mishaps than reading about Jolene’s upcoming werewolf nuptials. Between her family’s questionable traditions, a future mother-in-law from hell and a theme that’s centered on a sinking ship; there’s no shortage of drama in Nice Girls Don’t Date Dead Men. Molly Harper’s unique sense of humour never fails to bring a smile to my face and even a few laugh-out-low moments but when her story is narrated by Amanda Ronconi the whole experience becomes doubly enjoyable. In this installment we get the best of both worlds: Jane Jameson AND werewolves!

I’m currently in the midst of planning my own big day so I absolutely loved reading about Jolene’s werewolf wedding disasters. She’s a fictional character so I didn’t feel bad about laughing at and even feeling better because of her misfortunes. There are several things that I am dreading about this whole “getting married” process but I was comforted by the knowledge that no matter how bad it gets, it’ll never be this bad. The wedding cake snafu was hilarious and I almost started crying from laughing so hard when the new couple had their first dance to Celine Dion.

One of my favourite characters in this series has to be Dick Cheney; every time he’s in a scene I just know that within no time I’ll be trying to suppress an uncontrollable case of the giggles. We uncover what his secret “vampire” power is and it’s so blatantly obvious yet ridiculously preposterous at the same time. I was as shocked as Jane was to learn the truth but couldn’t resist doing a quick *facepalm* over having missed the clues. Cheney even goes so far as to vamperize Jane’s car; you won’t believe the modifications that Harper dreamed up! This guy should get his own spin-off series. Seriously!

I loved getting to know more about the werewolves in this series; some of their wedding traditions are downright weird but they were definitely good for a laugh. Female wolves don’t consider the B-word to be derogatory and Jane quickly catches on to that fact; it was funny listening to her vent her frustrations over dealing with Jolene’s crazy family by repeatedly using the term. Unfortunately, the bride-to-be quickly caught on to Jameson’s scheme and makes her tone it down. It was great while it lasted though!

The only reason why I haven’t finished this series yet is because I find that the audiobooks are a great way to get me out of a reading slump so I always try to keep at least one in reserve. Molly Harper never ceases to entertain and Nice Girls Don’t Date Men is a great addition to her repertoire. If you haven’t listened to a story narrated by Amanda Ronconi yet, this series is for you.

One of the best of genre

This book had me laughing out loud at the most inappropriate moments. My favorite books in the genre are the Sookie Stackhouse novels. This first Jane Jameson book has characters (including the all important secondary characters) that are as interesting as those books, dialogue even more hysterical and a quick, clever plot line. I don't know if the series will have the depth of detail as the "Sookieverse;" that remains to be seen. But it was a great spend of a credit and kept me from biting the toddler next to me on the long cross-country flight. I am downloading the next two immediately.

I love this book series!!!

I love this book series!!! Nice Girls Don’t Date Dead Men was just as good as the first (Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs). I cannot wait to start the third book (Nice Girls Don’t Live Forever). The narrator is great on these books and the writing is snarky and fun but with great characters and story lines to keep you drawn into the story. In this book Jane must deal with a secretive boyfriend, a crazy werewolf wedding (and the bridesmaid dress from hell), and of course her ever unsupportive and crazy family. I highly recommend these books if you like paranormal and laugh out load funny. Molly Harper has become one of my favorite new writers.

Totally Entertaining

What did you love best about Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men?

The lighthearted story and entertaining situations.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men?

The furneral of Jane's grandmothers 4 th husband.

What about Amanda Ronconi’s performance did you like?

Wonderfully entertaining. She breathed live into the charactors and was spot on with their personalities! Nice Job

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Problems of dating the undead.

Any additional comments?

Molly Harper rock. Loved her werewolf books too.

Easy listen and super fun

Same Review as Book 4:

So I happen to really enjoy these books. The narrator is perfect. Amanda give each character their own life through voice. Harper is hilirious, spinning comedy, mystery and romance to create a fun read/listen. Each book has lightened my spirits.

My ONLY bone of contention is EVERY book Harper has penned for the Jane Jamason series and/or spin offs drags you though the back story of Arnie Frink or brings up how Jane was turned into a vampire. I feel its over done. I mean not to critize Harper. I truly love these books. The romance is sexy but not erotic to the point of uncomfortable. I laugh out loud within each chapter over something someone says/thinks. I'm just tired of hearing what I already know. Its a waste. If your reading these books, you already know those important facts. Why keep reminding us?