Happy Hour at Casa Dracula - Paperback

by Marta Acosta (Author)

"A comedy of manners with fangs, or perhaps a rancho romance with bite, but either way, Milagro brings a quirky Latina voice to a genre that is in dire need of some new blood."
-Christopher Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Bloodsucking Fiends

"A stunning, darkly hilarious libro de la sangre. With a sassy, funny heroine, a tall, dark and confused hero and a very non-traditional clan of blood-sucking fiends, you'd have to be undead not to enjoy this book!"
-Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times bestselling author of In the Bleak Midwinter

A witty and wonderful comedy-of-manners with a Jane Austen-quoting Latina heroine, an accidental vampire infection, and a country house full of undead snobs. Beloved by academics and teenage plagiarists, this culture-clashing original climbed through the window before the gates were open-and remains a sly, subversive classic.

A Cosmopolitan Top Ten Read by Latina Authors

Milagro De Los Santos just wanted to flirt with a handsome stranger at a book party. Instead, she ends up accidentally ingesting vampire blood-and wakes up with a thirst for plasma, a talent for healing, and a forced hideout with a reclusive, well-heeled vampire family-who insist there's no such thing as vampires.

They think she's an impulsive gold digger. She despairs at a world with undead snobs clinging to centuries-old privilege.

Now Milagro's dodging cults, kidnappings, and a power-hungry ex-while trying to finish her literary novel (about the existential horror of zombies) and wondering if anyone will ever take her seriously.

"A cross between Bridget Jones's Diary and Interview with the Vampire."
-Latina Magazine

Author Biography

Marta Acosta is the author of eight novels, including the Casa Dracula series, The Dog Thief, The She-Hulk Diaries, and Dark Companion, a young adult gothic. A graduate of Stanford University, Marta was a frequent contributor of op-eds and features to the San Francisco Chronicle and Contra Costa Times. She's a Steinbeck Institute Honoree. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Marta still lives with her family and rescued dog, Lola, in the East Bay.