# Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs

By Molly Harper · Jane Jameson, book 1

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Librarian Jane Jameson loses her job, drinks away her severance gift certificate and gets mistaken for a deer on the way home. The stranger who saves her life turns her into a vampire. Adjusting to blood, a ghostly housemate and an unpredictable romance becomes more complicated when she's suspected of murder.

## What makes it funny?

Jane's voice does much of the work. In the opening, she explains that her library boss has disliked her ever since Jane mocked a Mother Goose hat. Then comes the detail that Jane was four. Her sharp commentary makes even the humiliating business of getting fired a source of jokes.

### The comedy at work

Vampire life brings its own versions of familiar social obligations: a welcome basket, awkward questions from a mother and trouble with a new man. Publishers Weekly praises the steady quips and the humanity behind Jane's sarcasm. The supernatural complications give her plenty to complain about.

### Try this if…

For readers who enjoy paranormal romance, a talkative first-person narrator and a murder subplot. Readers in book groups also recommend Harper's humor, especially in audio; that enthusiasm concerns her books generally rather than this title alone.

### Good to know

The setup includes heavy drinking, an accidental shooting, blood and murder. This is the first Jane Jameson novel; the publisher also lists it as the opening book in its Half-Moon Hollow sequence.

## What to expect

- Genre: Fantasy · Romance
- On the shelf: Romantic comedy
- Kind of humor: Dry wit · Situational comedy
- Format: Novel
- Published: 2009

## Sources & further reading

- Reading sample: [Opening excerpt](https://www.ecampus.com/nice-girls-dont-have-fangs-original-harper/bk/9781416589426)
- Publisher: [Publisher](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nice-Girls-Dont-Have-Fangs/Molly-Harper/Half-Moon-Hollow-Series/9781416589426)
- Review: [Publishers Weekly review](https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781416589426)
- Book information: [Fantastic Fiction](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/molly-harper/nice-girls-don-t-have-fangs.htm)
- Reader discussion: [Reader discussion](https://facebook.com/groups/TwoGirlsMustReads/permalink/1699321627533655)