The Undead Kama Sutra (Felix Gomez)

by Mario Acevedo

Book Overview

Felix Gomez, Latino vampire detective extraordinaire, returns in this third entry in the rollickingly fun and bitingly satiric series. . . . "Raymond Chandler could never have imagined an L.A. like... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061667463
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.8" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Another fun romp with vampires, sexual inuendo, and pleanty of humor

Acevedo has an interesting "take" on modern day vampirism. This story is no exception. I found that this story had enough references to previous happenings that it would not be fully required to read the other stories first. Might as well read them though as they are also highly entertaining. Take a modern day private investigator story, an older noir style private eye, combine it with vampires, sex, and a good dose of humor... then you'll have the Acevedo vampire novels.

Great Fun

This whole series is great fun -- more amusing than "dark". Quick read. Perfect beach book.

Acceptable reading

Book club selection which, all in all, I did like. The title was a bit misleading though, I expect some fashion of erotica in the book, and there wasn't any. The story read well, had it's "moments", good dialog, good story, but the ending seemed to be nothing but an intentional cliff hangar, which ticked me off. I'm more prone to buy your next book for the quality of the first, not because you tried to pique my curiosity as to what happened next.

The Unexpected

I'm a Felix Gomez Fan. In Kama Sutra, what I noticed most is that Felix is becoming a much more complex character, his problems are more complicated and the story doesn't wrap itself up in a neat little bow. As other reviews have said, there is a totally unexpected twist - I think Acevedo is pretty brave to push the envelope as he has. I mean, really, how often does an author take a risk like this? Like it or not, it is original, and its going to make you feel something one way or the other. (ohhh, the crush of expectations dashed! We all wanna believe that surely SOMEONE is going to rescue us.... ) I also noticed some very touching passages ever so slyly woven in. These passages have to be driven by something real in Acevedo's life or they simply wouldn't read so authenticly. It certainly makes me more curious about both the author and his characters. If he ever comes to a book store near me for a signing or something, I'd go just to see who he is. There were other parts that made me laugh out loud - particularly the part about the spider and the garbage (gotta read it to find out).... I enjoyed Kama Sutra thoroughly and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a good airplane, airport (canceled flights these days) or beach read. Party on!

zany paranormal Noir

In a Sarasota, Florida motel room that caters to hookers and pot buyers, Gilbert Oldon the alien lies dying. He called vampiric private investigator Felix Gomez to come to his death bed immediately. Gomez wonders how his former client who hired him to handle THE NYMPHOS OF ROCKY FLATS outbreak in Colorado knew he was on the Florida Interstate on a more personal case, finding THE UNDEAD KAMA SUTRA tome that allegedly provides instruction on increasing psychic power through sex; still this is the alien so he rushes to the motel. There the dying Oldon directs Gomez to "find Goodman" in order to save the women. Felix is confused by Oldon's last words so he remains on his case, which leads him to the Florida Keys where he meets researcher Carmen Arellano. When three women vanish without a trace and an alien blaster kills a guest at a nearby vampire resort, Gomez and Arellano team up to learn what is going on starting with seeking out Goodman; who is a former US Army colonel. Still not concerned even when he considers how knowledgeable his original source was, Felix finding the missing females has turned personal when aliens abduct Carmen. The third Gomez paranormal Noir (see X-RATED BLOODSUCKERS) is as zany as ever as the private investigator struggles with the Goodman affair as that intrudes on his collection of THE UNDEAD KAMA SUTRA pages. The story line is fast-paced and filled with action from Sarasota to the Keys. However, an improbable late twist will disappoint fans as that takes a major bite out of what had been a strong thriller. Harriet Klausner