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| Book Cover Selfie: Drink, Slay, Love |
Books are wonderful things. They take you away. They take you to new places. They create a different reality. I used to not read novels much; I would pick non-fiction instead. But in the past few years, I have needed that escape from reality.
This book was given to me by my school's librarian, Nancy. She had gotten a bunch of books donated and had many copies of this particular book. I was intrigued when I read the back cover:
"Pearl is a sixteen-year-old vampire...fond of blood, allergic to sunlight, and mostly evil...until the night a sparkly unicorn stabs her through the heart with his horn. Oops."
I instantly flashbacked to The Twilight Series, but thought: "wait, a unicorn?"
I took a few copies from Nancy as a joke and shared one with a friend, the cover totally making me think the book was a joke. Then I had a crazy idea. Why not give the book to a few other friends as well and have a reading group. I actually was joking, thinking all of them would hate it, but they all read it, and we all actually liked it.
This very entertaining read has lots of fun high school drama mixed in with vampire drama. It takes a vampire through a life crisis where she must decide if she is more loyal to her family of vampires or to the greater good of the world.
And it has a UNICORN in it. Hello.
You should find a way to read it. Lifetime also made this literary masterpiece into a movie and you can stream it in various places, including Hulu, Amazon and iTunes.
I give Drink, Slay, Love ten pints of type O negative.
