{"id":21325,"date":"2022-11-25T13:48:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T18:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21325"},"modified":"2024-02-05T20:57:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T01:57:40","slug":"good-enough-to-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21325","title":{"rendered":"Good Enough to Eat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Enough to Eat<\/a><\/em> (2015) Alison Grey & Jae<\/a> (The Vampire Diet)<\/p>\n

\"Good<\/a>After nearly killing someone on New Year’s Eve, Robin has decided to give up drinking for good. <\/p>\n

But for a vampire, drinking is what keeps her alive, so looking for support, she ends up at an AA meeting.<\/p>\n

Alana gave up everything for love–and then discovered her girlfriend was cheating on her. After spiraling for several years, she is now sober and has kept herself busy by becoming a lawyer. A divorce attorney to be specific.<\/p>\n

The number eighty-two popped into her mind, and she realized she had been counting the bricks in the church\u2019s pale fa\u00e7ade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although it’s brushed off in the story, that is actually a vampiric trait in Slavic cultures.
<\/p>\n

\"\"So yeah, The Count is a pun on multiple levels, which delights me.<\/p>\n

I thought the idea of a vampire going to therapy to try and stop drinking from humans to be an amusing one, but OA would have been a far better choice. Yeah, we are given reasons Robin didn’t stay with OA, but they felt kinda week.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Ylva Publishing<\/p>\n

Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good Enough to Eat (2015) Alison Grey & Jae (The Vampire Diet) After nearly killing someone on New Year’s Eve, Robin has decided to give up drinking for good. But for a vampire, drinking is what keeps her alive, so looking for support, she ends up at an AA meeting. 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