Dead End Dating (Dead End Dating, #1)

by Kimberly Raye

• ISBN13: 9780345492166
• Publish Date: 29 August 2006 (first published 6 April 2006)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 9 August 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Random House Inc
• Format: Paperback (UK Trade)
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[ibeforem]

This was a fun read, but there’s not a lot of substance to it. You can draw some comparisons between this and MaryJanice Davidson’s Undead series, but not a lot of them. Lil and Betsy are really only similar in that they are very style conscious. Otherwise, Lil is *much* less annoying.

Raye’s vampires are either made or born that way, and there isn’t a lot of mixing between the two. And the general population has no idea they exist. Lil is a born vampire who believes in love, and she’s backing up her belief by starting a dating service, much to the chagrin of her entire family. They are more traditional, believing that matches should be made on the basis of who is most fertile, not this silly love business.

Unfortunately, there is a serial killer who is targeting women using dating services, and that’s what brings bounty hunter Ty into Lil’s office. Ty is a made vampire, but Lil can’t help finding him just a little bit irresistible.

This is more paranormal romance than urban fantasy, but it’s not a bad ride. The serial killer storyline is almost secondary to Lil’s struggle to get her business off the ground. I’ll probably continue the series – it’s good for when you need a quick distraction.

[wyvernfriend]

Lil Marchette is your "new" vampire, she's not into wearing black, likes shoes and modern clothes, and is ditzy. When given a choice between joining the family copy-shop and finding a new career she decides that a new career is good, the new career she decides on is matchmaking, for both the undead and the live.

In this world there are two kinds of undead, the born undead and the made undead, there's a real class struggle between the two and she's a born undead so when she meets with bounty hunter Ty Bonner who is made and who she's very attracted to there's tension. Add in a serial killer and you've got a pretty typical vampire romance.

And it is pretty typical, and pretty mindless, and not too bad but nothing I'd rave about.