“Even after life, socializing is as important as ever. Some of the hottest dance clubs in Seattle are strictly supernatural; they are hard to find, but should you slip in as a human, there's no guarantee you'll slip out as one. Or at all.
Amanda and her friends Liesl, Gil and Wendy often meet at a fabulous bar to watch and mingle with the rich, the weird and the undead. But one night Liesl doesn't show up, and all the friends have to show for her is a text message to Amanda's cell - "help". What follows is Amanda's account of their efforts to find Liesl, and the strange folk and bizarre plots they encounter along the way.
A black comedy, my guess is that the author has been heavily influenced by Tim Burton and Kevin Smith. I can just picture Mark Henry hosting a brainstorming session with Beetlejuice and Jay & Silent Bob in South Park. Clever, snarky, shocking, puzzling, amusing, horripilating* and often crude; I had fun during Happy Hour of the Damned.
*horripilation: The bristling of the body hair, as from fear or cold; goose bumps.
Posted on PW Blog Beyond Her Book by Barbara Vey 04/09/08”