Vampires Don't Suck
Singsong City • Book 1
by Juliann Whicker
Why You'll Love This
A retired assassin-turned-librarian, a fire-belching bulldog, and a vampire she definitely shouldn't trust — this book has no business being this charming.
- Great if you want: paranormal comedy with a heroine who's dangerously oblivious to her own appeal
- The experience: breezy and fun with a slow-burn romance that sneaks up on you
- The writing: Whicker leans hard into puns and absurdity without losing genuine warmth
- Skip if: you prefer dark, serious urban fantasy over self-aware comedic chaos
About This Book
What happens when a retired assassin tries to live quietly among library shelves in a city full of vampires, elves, witches, and werewolves? Juliann Whicker's answer involves a fire-belching bulldog, a slow-burn romance, and enough sharp wit to keep you turning pages well past your bedtime. At its heart, this is a story about a woman trying to outrun her own history — and discovering that the past has better cardio than she does. The stakes are real, the danger is genuine, and somehow the whole thing is genuinely funny without undermining either.
Whicker writes with an elastic, playful voice that keeps the tone light even when the plot tightens, and she has a gift for comic timing that translates beautifully to the page — a punchline lands, then a paragraph later you realize it also carried emotional weight. The puns are frequent and unapologetic, the world-building is confident without being encyclopedic, and the romance earns its tension slowly enough to actually feel satisfying. As an opening to the Singsong City series, it establishes both a distinctive setting and a storytelling sensibility that rewards readers who like their paranormal fiction with a wink.