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8	A 2009 novel by Catherine Jinks about a group of {{Vegetarian Vampire}}s. In this universe, vampires are not [[VampiresAreSexGods sex gods]], or even particularly powerful. In fact, being a vampire is basically like being chronically ill for all eternity. The vampires in the titular group don't want to harm humans, so they survive on guinea pigs and enzyme supplements. They have support group meetings every Tuesday. Then, one day, Casimir, the vampire who sired most of them, doesn't show up. He's found staked in his apartment. It's up to the Reformed Vampire Support Group to investigate the murder.
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10	As of 2011, there is a sequel, ''The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group''. It focuses on a boy named Toby, with Reuben and some of the vampires in supporting roles.
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12	!!This work provides examples of:
13	* AscendedFanboy: [[spoiler: Nefley, at the end, though playing errand boy to a bunch of undead invalids is the last thing he'd expected.]]
14	* AssholeVictim: Casimir. He turned most of them and was kind of a prick, so nobody's actually ''sad'' that he's dead -- only concerned that the slayer will go after the rest of them.
15	* BadassNormal: Father Ramon (a priest who looks after the vampires) and Estelle (the protagonist's mother).
16	* BoomerangBigot: Nina, the main character, often complains about her fellow vampires' (and her own) frailty, apathy, revolting eating habits and constant bickering.
17	* ColorMeBlack: [[spoiler: Barry and Dermid, who look down on paranormals and make a living exploiting them in gruesome ways, are turned into vampires by the end of the novel.]]
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19	* GoodShepherd: Father Ramon is a friendly Catholic priest who, having discovered the existence of vampires (and later werewolves), offers them spiritual aid.
20	* HerCodenameWasMarySue: Zadia Bloodstone, the conventional sexy vampire heroine in Nina's novels.
21	* IHateYouVampireDad: The reason [[AssholeVictim nobody's sad Casimir died]]. Being a vampire is extremely unpleasant, and he's the one who inflicted it on most of the group.
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23	* JerkAss: Barry and Dermid, who run an illegal werewolf fighting business. Horace has his moments too.
24	* LemonyNarrator: Nina, who often passes judgement on characters (including herself), skips over details she feels would gross out the reader, or adds in scenes that happened while she was absent which she was told about later.
25	* LiteralMetaphor: Part of the process of becoming a vampire involves puking one's guts up -- that is to say, something really nasty (Nina spares us the details as to just ''what'') happens to the lining of the stomach, and it has to come out.
26	* NotGrowingUpSucks: Nina is over fifty but eternally trapped in the body of a sickly teenager.
27	* TheShutIn: Nina comments that many vampires become this eventually, hiding inside their homes watching television. [[spoiler: Nefley]] is a human example.
28	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: In short, they have all of the disadvantages and none of the perks.
29	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Unlike the vampires, they're pretty similar to how pop culture depicts them. They only change on the full moon, are completely rabid and have no memory when they wake up the next morning.
30	* TropaholicsAnonymous: The whole premise is that the vampires have a support group to deal with their problems.
31	* VampireHunter: [[spoiler:Nefley]] is a wannabe vampire slayer.
32	* {{Vegetarian Vampire}}s: They eat guinea pigs and take enzyme supplements.
33	* WeakenedByTheLight: To the point that ''street lights'' can make their eyes bleed if they don't wear sunglasses.
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37	!!The sequel provides examples of:
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39	* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Werewolves don't remember anything about when they transform. This actually leads to one common criticism of the book: we never actually see a werewolf transformed, since the story is from Toby's POV and he doesn't remember anything.
40	* HappilyAdopted: The fact that Toby is adopted is only mentioned briefly, and he's a bit of a MommasBoy.
41	* MagicalSeventhSon: Werewolves are all seventh sons, born into certain families that were originally from Spain and Portugal. Toby is a bit of an exception: he apparently has six ''biological'' older brothers, but was raised as an only child.
42	* MassiveNumberedSiblings: All werewolves have this, being {{Magical Seventh Son}}s. Toby's friend Amin as well.
43	* MayflyDecemberRomance: One-sided example. Toby seems attracted to Nina, and even creates a FakeRelationship with her for a cover story, but is a bit freaked out to learn that she's actually more than fifty.
44	* NakedOnArrival: The plot kicks off when Toby is found one morning unconscious and naked in a dingo pen, for reasons that [[AlternateIdentityAmnesia he can't remember]] himself.

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