Fun book almost reads like a mystery. Two vampires awaken handcuffed together. While another is in assless chaps in a sling. This is all after the wedding reception of one of their friends. Now there our to find out what happened. Was it the caterer who also doesn't remember anything. The gang of 5 drag queen Chers. Or could it be someone/something else. ( )

An entertaining paranormal story although after the bizarre opening event there was not a lot of action. It was fun following two romances and I liked all the characters but I did get the heroes mixed up sometimes. At their vampire band friends wedding Johnny gets handcuffed to Lizette and caterer Josie ends up wearing Drakes shirt.
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Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales

Quick & Dirty: Always be very careful about what you drink at a party, even if it’s a wedding reception. You never know when you might wake up in a dominatrix’s dungeon handcuffed to a person you just met with no memory of the previous night!

Opening Sentence: When Johnny Malone jerked out of sleep suddenly, he became aware of three things in rapid succession.

The Review:

When I read the synopsis for this book, I wasn’t sure what I was going to think. I figured it was either going to be incredibly bad or a light and fun read. Thankfully, while there were some issues, for the most part, this really was a fun book!

This is the second book in the Impalers series and focuses on four main characters: Johnny, Lizette, Drake, & Josie Lynn. Lizette comes to New Orleans as a representative of the Vampire Alliance. She is supposed to investigate the “death” of Johnny Malone. Despite Johnny’s protestations that he actually faked his death to avoid a girl, Lizette is required to continue her investigation. To further that end, she follows Johnny to his friend Saxon’s wedding, intent on questioning him further. While they talk, they end up having a few glasses of punch. The next thing they know, they’re waking up in the bride’s dominatrix dungeon (yes, you read that right) handcuffed together with no memory of the previous night.

At the same wedding, Drake meets Josie Lynn, the caterer, when he uses her to try and deter an over-amorous bridesmaid. Josie does not take kindly to Drake’s actions and wants nothing to do with him, especially when his actions caused her to ruin one of the dishes for the wedding reception. Throughout the course of the night, they each have a glass of punch. The next thing they know, Josie wakes up wearing nothing but Drake’s shirt, while Drake is strapped into a sex swing. Now, these four people must try and piece together what happened last night. The big question is, can they do that without killing each other first?

As I said earlier, this was a very light and fun read that never took itself too seriously. I think my main complaint would be that, with there being four main characters, there didn’t seem to be enough time to focus on character development. Each character had a back story that was hinted at, but never really delved into deeply, which is disappointing because the hints that were given really pricked my curiosity. I would especially have liked to get more detail on Drake’s past and what happened to make him a vampire. A bit more depth would have helped me connect to the characters more.

One other thing that bothered me involved the transitions between chapters. A chapter would end with Josie asking Drake a question. The next chapter would be with Johnny and Lizette in a completely different location, and then the following chapter would begin with Drake answering Josie’s question. It would take me a few seconds to remember what the question had been, which really disrupted my enjoyment of the book.

Despite its issues that kept me from giving it a higher rating, this ended up being a very fun, light read. I have not read the first book in the series and had no problems understanding what was going on. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking to take a break from some of the more serious/darker books in the genre.

Notable Scene:

“I’m ready. What is our plan?”

“The plan is to run past the alligator. If he snaps, I whack. That’s it. Nothing fancy.”

“In other words, you do not really know what to do.”

“Exactly.”

Well, she supposed she could appreciate his honesty. “Understood. Shall we? On the count of three?”

“Let’s just go.” Johnny pulled open the door and they both ran. Which was something of a challenge, given that they were attached at the wrist and they both tried to squeeze to the left, out of the path of the alligator’s jaw. They were stumbling and bouncing, Johnny’s free arm swinging with the crop even though the alligator wasn’t doing a damn thing. He just sat there looking like they were a couple of complete idiots. He was probably right.

FTC Advisory: Berkley/Penguin provided me with a copy of Fangs for Nothing. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review. ( )

Our Review, by LITERAL ADDICTION's Pack Alpha - Michelle L. Olson:

Another super fun read from Erin & Kathy!! I simply adore these books.

We met our crazy cast in The Fangover, book #1. That book had me shaking my head every step of the way and laughing insanely. In Fangs For Nothing, a part of our IMPALER cast is back with some new friends and enemies, and once again a big black hole where memories of what happened should be...

The Fangover gave us sex, blood, & rock-n-roll, with an alcoholic parrot singing Barry White, a priest in a bathtub, a curiously missing fang, a couple of wedding rings, a newly made vampire, & an Elvis cookie jar topper. Fangs For Nothing tries to trump that with a Fetish Dungeon complete with sex swing & handcuffs, a missing groom, 5 drag queen Cher impersonators,a gator wrestling Cajun caterer, an uptight, French death investigator, and a whole lot of 'whodunit'.

Fangs for Nothing is Johnny (the Impalers' drummer) and Drake's (the Impalers' guitarist) tale. After apparently being drugged at their buddy's wedding reception, they wake up irrevocably tied to two very unlikely women with a whole lot of WTH in-between. In order to get some answers, Johnny pairs up with Lizette - a representative from the Vampire Alliance, and Drake takes off with Josie - a feisty entrepreneur. Each couple tries to gather clues to figure out exactly what happened, but each piece of evidence just leads to more questions, and every moment they spend together builds upon the attraction that none of them can ignore - no matter how much they might want to.

I simply love the premise of these books; they're ingenious in their creativity. Just like the Hangover movies, while it's very unlikely for something like this to happen to the same group of people more than once in a lifetime, the fact that it has makes for an even funnier story and greater depth of character.

Bottom line: If you're looking for a great light-hearted Paranormal Romance with some sexy rockstar vampires set in one of the most intriguing cities of the world, then you simply must read THE IMPALERS books!

Fangs For Nothing could be read as a stand-alone, but I personally wouldn't recommend it. You will miss out on a lot of history that makes the set up and incidents in Fangs for Nothing much more meaningful, and besides... The Fangover is laugh-out-loud, stay-awake-all-night-reading awesome and deserves to be enjoyed! :)

A solid 4 Skull read. I can't wait for the next IMPALERS book! ( )