The Undead Kama Sutra

December 10, 2007
Setting the stage for Felix Gomez’s hard-boiled third adventure (after 2007’s X-Rated Bloodsuckers
), a dying alien tells the vampire PI to “find Goodman” and “save the Earth women.” Felix is already on a case, collecting pages of a manuscript called The Undead Kama Sutra
that supposedly shows how to increase a vampire’s psychic energies and healing abilities through sex. The search has led Felix to the Florida Keys and researcher Carmen Arellano. After a guest at a vampire resort dies by alien energy blaster, Felix and Carmen track down the mysterious Goodman, a retired army colonel somehow connected to the disappearance of three other women. When Carmen is kidnapped by aliens, Felix must save the day. Curiously low on sex given the title and the example of previous volumes, the story collapses in a deus ex machina that may leave even Acevedo’s fans less than eager for Felix’s next escapade.

February 15, 2008
In his third outing, after "X-Rated Bloodsuckers" and "The Nymphos of Rocky Flats", Latino vampire detective Felix Gomez follows a death-bed directive from an alien using the body of Gomez's long-dead college roommate and is on the trail of an alien killer and potential kidnapper of Earth women. Teaming up with fellow vampire Carmen, an expert in both sex and investigation, Gomez believes that only the legendary powers of an undead version of the Kama Sutra can protect them from assorted aliens' powers. This adults-only urban fantasy is recommended for libraries where sf humor and vampire fiction are popular. [See also Patricia Altner's vampire fiction roundup on p. 94.Ed.]

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March 15, 2008
In Acevedos third bitingly funny Felix Gomez vampire-detective caper, Felix honors alien Gilbert Odins dying wish, Save the Earth women. Aliens have serious plans for them, and Felix, who distinguishes humans by their red auras, must use all his powers to save them. Hes aided by Cuban vamp sexpert Carmen Arellanoquite a character, what with her Santeria skills, killer body, and manuscript exploring the Kama Sutra. Plus shes the astute proprietor of an island resort for exclusive vampires and their chalices, humans who willingly offer their blood. When a chalice goes missing, are aliens to blame?(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)