Good Enough to Eat by Alison Grey, and Jae

Good Enough to Eat
by Alison Grey, and Jae
Pages: 190
Date: January 31 2015
Publisher: Ylva Publishing
Series: The Vampire Diet Series (1st in series)

Review
Rating: 5.0 out of 5.0
Read: August 23 2016

*I received this book from Ylva Publishing for an honest review*

This is the story of Robin, a writer, and Alana, a divorce lawyer, who meet at an alcoholic’s anonymous meeting in a church basement (I mention the church part for a reason, to be mentioned later). Both are fighting addictions, though Alana has been sober for two years now, while Robin is at the beginning of her fight against her issue.

There is something of an instant connect between the two – at least once they actually are thrust together by the leader of the AA group – since Brian, that leader, has offered up Alana to be Robin’s sponsor.

As many fighting addictions, Robin has a strong believe that her story is different, that the others wouldn’t really understand, and isn’t really sure that they can help. There are many truths that need to be faced, and shared, and dealt with, but it will be hard to meet head on some of these truths, and especially share them with others. For, as is obvious in many ways – from the cover and from the book description, Robin is a vampire. Fighting an addiction to blood – which is somewhat like a human fighting their addiction to oxygen. But still – after nearly killing someone on New Years, Robin doesn’t want this addiction any longer.

But how can she share and reveal all she needs to do with her sponsor? A human? How can they understand? Meanwhile her ‘best friend’ Meaghan, and her parents, definitely do not understand this compulsion to not hunt and drink.

I suppose, now that I’ve mentioned parents, that I should turn to something I had thought of mentioning, which includes my earlier mention of a church basement. These vampires (called something like Girah though I cannot check now as my kindle is currently dead) are not like those people have heard about before. They do not sparkle in the sun. They do not burst into flames either. They can quite easily see themselves in mirrors, have been around long before Christianity (and therefore have nothing to fear by symbols of the church, or churches themselves), and can and do eat ‘human food’ – though they cannot get the nutrients they need from that source, no they need human blood. Even animal blood wouldn’t be enough – they need human. Oh, and they apparently have parents, though that specific issue was not elaborated upon beyond ‘these are my father and mother – they are kind of assholish’.

So, with this background, how can Robin succeed? Well, as I mentioned, there seems to be this somewhat odd instant connect between both Robin and Alana. They both develop these desires and feelings for the other (though fighting addictions through taking lovers is neither the normal nor approved method of AA practices). Plus Alana isn’t exactly what she seems on the surface. This is known more or less from the beginning, that Alana is ‘different’ than the normal human. What she is exactly isn’t revealed immediately, but that she had been something and gave it up to be human is known from near the beginning.

I rather enjoyed this book, and really liked both Robin and Alana. Both had their POV sections, and there was a little repetition that occurred – both having similar thoughts right after each other, but these thoughts were natural and understandable.

Quite fun book. The sequel appears to be 18% the length of the first book. And it appears to involve a dentist appointment, based on a brief look at the book cover and description. But no need to worry about the length or direction of the sequel, this book here, the ‘Good Enough to Eat’ one, is a complete entity of its own.

One last note regarding my placing this on the age-difference shelf. Robin is 68, though doesn't look it, while Alana - again while not looking it, is 450

August 23 2016