Girls of Geek Book Review - "Vampire Vic 2: Morbius Reborn"

Written by Scotty

Some days are better than others.  Most of us know this inside and out while we are making it through our everyday lives.  When each day starts to feel the same as the last one, it means that you may need to change it up a bit, since everyday should come with its own challenges and should never be the same as the last.  If you are content with everyday being the same, since it does not make you feel good nor bad while living in it, that is fine, but most of us need to break it up just a bit and do something out of our comfort zone for the one simple fact, to make sure that we are still alive.

Victor Thetherson is continuing to live his vampire life, but now with the help of his friend Tripp, he is going to be cured, or so he thinks.  When arriving at the ReVamped set for tapping, Vic sees his old friend Florance like he has never seen her before.  But she is not only wanting to get her looks back, she wants to be bit by a vampire and keep her youth for many years to come.  When the guest vampire takes to the stage and attacks everyone that gets in his way, Victor has to step up to defend his friend.  Killing the reality star vampire, Vic reveals that he is far from being cured as he drinks from Nikki, thus killing his secretary and his biggest fan.

The office is in an uproar when Vic returns from his leave, mostly about Nikki being killed, but what happened to his cure?  Tripp finds out that another doctor has been adding something to the injections that should have been taking the vampire out of Vic and just keeping the thirst at bay.  Knowing this is the problem, Tripp is able to convince his longtime friend to take the cure again.  Vic starts to feel weaker and is not able to keep up with his former routines, but becoming human will be better for him, his ex-wife and daughter.  As vampire slayers are starting to hone in on his location, Vic thinks that taking the cure will keep them all away, but there may be someone more dangerous on the horizon that will put a forcing hand onto Vic.

When meeting with EnerGreen about the latest contract, Vic finds out how much he misses his powers when another vampire takes over the boardroom.  X has been in the business game for many more years than Vic and is looking to take over for his own company.  After ripping a fang out of Vic’s head, X knows that the cure is working and forces Vic to promise to continue his treatments.  After he failed to bring anything to the meeting, Vic hangs his head and gets demoted immediately.  Being put back into the accounting part of the business, Vic’s outlook on his future start to dwindle again.  But the straw that will break the camel’s back comes with the news from his boss that X has been given a job with the firm and Vic will have to report directly to him.

Being able to do his job and not be a vampire anymore seems like a happy spot for Vic, but as time goes by, he is still being targeted, even by his daughter’s boyfriend, the slayer Eugene.  Everyone wants a piece of Vic for what he has done to Nikki, but when he is on the cure, nobody is able to go through with it.  Even when Eugene has been hired to take out Vic, he knows what will happen to the family when he is killed.  With his new mentor coming to his aid, CWS wants Eugene to live up to his family’s legacy and destroy the offspring of a vampire that is more powerful than any other, a vampire that could kill off the race, a vampire's blood that everyone believes is running through Vic’s veins.  Although there is no proof Vic is a decedent of the vampire Morbius, everyone believes it and has their own reason for trying to kill him while he has been weakened by the cure, but when Victor’s daughter is taken to ensure he finishes his treatment, the middle aged vampire will have to take his fang protectors off and let it all hang out to get her back.

A wonderful follow up to the first Vampire Vic novel.  With most of the characters returning, you get to learn much more about them and how much they either love or despise poor Vic.  And yes, Eugene is back with a band of slayers looking to rid the world of the vampire menace, and they all have their own problems in killing, well most of their targets.  Vic’s wife Barbara has never been more turned on in her life when Vic kills another vampire, but she is not the only option for Vic as Darla and Florance are still keeping an eye on him as well.  So many characters, so many story lines, so much action, so much blood, and so many jokes, it is easy to get lost in Vic’s world for a couple hours, since most of it is pretty much like a normal person’s life.  With or without fangs is the only question you should be left asking yourself since Vic has come to his decision, then has to do it again to take care of his family.  You never know what the next day will bring, but there is always on constant when it comes to tomorrow, the sun will still rise in the morning.

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