Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

De: Beth Fantaskey

Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren

Author Beth Fantaskey injects a little humor into the vampire romance genre with this critically acclaimed debut novel. High school senior Jessica Packwood is a down-to-earth mathlete who's not sure what her future holds. What she definitely doesn't see coming is foreign exchange student - and vampire - Lucius Vladescu showing up at her door. According to Lucius, Jessica is actually vampire royalty, and they've been betrothed to one another since infancy.©2009 Beth Fantaskey (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

Reseñas de la Crítica

"The romance sizzles, the plot develops ingeniously and suspensefully, and the satire sings." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)

amazing

loved love book so so much going to start the next one cant with hope it's as good as this one

My Thoughts

LOVED THIS BOOK!! Like some other people I thought it was going to be just another twilight, but I was SO WRONG!!!
It did not take me long at all to get swept away by the characters and their pulse pounding emotions... there are too many
oh my gosh and inside melty moments to pick just one but the moment at the dance when Luscious held Anastasia so close, both of them being swept away by passion and him nearly biting her!!! oohhh HOT!!

You get what you expect

I wanted an uncomplicated story, and this fit the bill.
I rather liked that Lucius' dark side has some genuine darkness and not purely teen angst.

fun but corny

fun but corny. more of a romance than a suspense novel. great performance by the readers.

great book

loved it!!!
such a great story and plot, the ending had the best twist to it!

Surprisingly Fun!

Okay, I’m almost ashamed to admit that I enjoyed this much more than I should’ve. It’s an easy, at times silly and way over-the-top, and even satirical(?) take on the whole young girl meets dreamy vampire trope, but it was well done in that sense and very entertaining if you don’t try to take it too seriously. I actually didn’t want to put it down!

Of course all our characters could’ve been fleshed out more and their development and motivations could’ve been better..well..developed, but for what it is, it’s fun and a good listen as is.

The narrators, especially Katherine Kellgren, did a good job with bringing the fun and over-the-top atmosphere to the story. Where she lacked in giving some of the characters distinct voices, she made up for in acting out the various emotions in Jessica’s inner-monologues, which was fantastic! One of the best narrations, in that respect, I’ve ever heard. And I also enjoyed the narration of Lucius by the other narrator (forgive me, I don’t have his name in front of me). He does an amazing job bringing his letters to life and giving this character a lot more depth than he would have otherwise.

Overall, I’d recommend this to anyone who enjoys a fun listen/read in the YA paranormal, vampire, comedic/satirical, romance genres. And although I got it through the Audible Escape membership, I think it’d be worth a credit.

So different from the average vampire story and SO good!

I enjoyed everything about this book… the originality… the superb plot and writing… the rich character development especially the development and relationship between Jessica/Anastasia and Lucius (talk about having all the feels!)… the narration… literally everything. I’d highly recommend it for any fan of the genre!

A breath of fresh air

Seriously, this one is a breth of fresh air in the genre packed with "poor-me-I-need-hot -guy-to-save-me" main characters. Very entertaining and the second part is as good if not better.

Fun Romance, Great Humor

I loved this book when I read it, and now the audio is even better. It's just plain fun! I think the narrator does a great job with the sarcasm and the humor.

My only complaint, and why it is a 4, not a 5 is the female narrator's Romanian accents are a little over the top, like listening to the old Dracula movies--although I am not sure how it could be done differently. The male narrator's accent is more even and more old world European rather than Bela Lugosi-like.

Overall, I am thrilled to have this book. The humor and dialog are quick and snappy and I find myself listening with a smile on my face.

Entertaining

I read this a long time ago and remembered loving it. I recently came across the audio on the Romance Audible Package, so I thought it would be great to listen. The narrator does an okay job, but she is too dramatic at times and her voice doesn't quite fit the characters. I still enjoyed it though. I liked the premise for this book, but the characters did annoy me a bit more this time around than they originally had. I didn't like how Lucius acts; mostly his actions with other girls, it was all too immature. It was all too immature, which I suppose didn't bother me ages ago when I first read this. It also takes way, way too long for both characters to catch a clue. I wanted more from the end. I do really enjoy the premise though and I think I'm just getting too old for this type of thing. I really think I just liked the ending of the book a lot, so the made me think I loved the book originally. There is some fun humor to the story and it's entertaining, so I'll go with 4 stars.