The Undead Kama Sutra

By Mario Acevedo

Ex-infantryman Felix Gomez came back from Iraq decidedly undead. Back home in Denver, he embarked upon a new career where nighttime work is the norm: private investigator. Since then, he's managed to survive lustful extraterrestrials, manic nymphomaniacs, and x-rated bloodsuckers, while satisfying his own unorthodox hungers with blood-laced Mexican food.

But some thirsts aren't as easily assuaged, and that's where "The Undead Kama Sutra" comes in—a hands-on manual that illustrates how sex can help a lonely vampire increase his psychic energies. Felix's search for missing parts of the coveted manuscript is, of course, purely professional. And now the dying words of an alien interloper ("Find Goodman and save Earth's women!") are thrusting the immortal (if he's lucky) P.I. and a bodacious undead sexpert, Carmen Arellano, into a seamy mess of otherworldly abductions, shady military irregularities, and unexplained murder.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Oct 13, 2009
• ISBN: 9780061755422

Mario Acevedo

Mario Acevedo is the bestselling author of The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, X-Rated Bloodsuckers, The Undead Kama Sutra, and Jailbait Zombie. He lives and writes in Denver, Colorado.

Reviews for The Undead Kama Sutra

[billygenetaylor · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I find myself still awake 17 hrs after starting to read this book. Just opened Jailbait Zombie. Sleep? nooo the book is waiting. Back to your writing desk Mario!

[glennis.leblanc · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I was a bit leery of reading the third book in a series that I hadn’t read the previous two books. But I am glad I read this. Even if the reader is completely unfamiliar with what has happened in the previous two books, the author skillfully gives you the information without if feeling heavy handed or over the top. Felix doesn’t seem to be the typical vampire and his working for the vampire head council gives it more of a detective feel. I really enjoyed the book and I will be getting the other ones to read very soon.

[jeremypreacher · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This series continues to be not nearly as trashy as I really want it to be, but it's pretty trashy. Alien human traffickers, vampires, government assassins, and Big Pharma execs - plus a hobo with a heart of gold. It's all good.

[slavenrm · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The last time I went to a library book sale I found myself near the end of my stay browsing around in the science fiction section. I’ve learned from long experience that doing this is a mistake as inevitably I will find myself filled to maximum carrying capacity with random novels that “look interesting.” The Undead Kama Sutra is a novel that I obtained in just this way by force of the “What the … is that?” factor alone.Sadly, Acevedo’s novel is like a gluttonous man at a buffet who cannot make up his mind and merely has a little bit of everything. The novel is rife with gratuitous sex, deep personal violence, large-scale mechanical violence, vampires, private detectives, bikers, aliens, government conspiracy, industrial exploitation and even a hint of military action. One is left not entirely knowing where the plot could possibly go next or who might be introduced but always can rest assured in the knowledge that wherever the novel goes it won’t necessarily make a lot of sense given what has come before.As plot lines go it’s fairly straightforward. The protagonist, Felix Gomez, is an Iraq war veteran who was transformed into a vampire during the war. He’s returned to the states and is now a private investigator. He’s sent on a case by the ruling vampire “government” for lack of a better word, to stop a group of aliens who have come to come to Earth in order to sell the entire female population (with the help of the US Government) as pets back on their respective home worlds. (For those of you who may be familiar with my writing, you may be assuming at this point that I have resorted to farce. Let me assure you that the summary I provide is, in fact, absolutely factual.) In exchange for enslaving Earth women, the alien’s have provided miracle pills which enhance certain male and female physical characteristics and general… performance. Of course in the end all the bad guys are taken care of and everything is fine but not until a lot of people got really large penises out of the deal. What happier ending could there be?Quite frankly, it is with some reticence that I wrote about this book at all. Like someone who spent far too long on the sofa watching the Jerry Springer show, I’m more than a bit embarrassed to admit that I read this thing, that I frittered away even a tiny amount of time bludgeoning my mind with this awful tripe. That said, one is left with a sort of terrible anticipation at a certain point to know exactly what hopelessly idiotic thing is going to happen next. So… now you know. You’re welcome. Another book you need never read. Or consider reading. Or think about ever again.

[hlynnski · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book is fun and is a quick read. It's unlikely that it will ever be considered a classic in the genre, but is a nicely distracting read when one just wants an escape hatch for a few hours.This book is the third book in a series, and has many references to the earlier books. Although it is not absolutely necessary to read the others to read this, the references make no sense unless you have read the first two books.

[mswallack_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Reasonably entertaining, but not riveting. I think that I've finally come to the realization that Felix Gomez simply isn't that bright or good at being a PI. I'll probably keep reading about Felix, but I am getting a bit bored.I did get a chuckle out of the fact that I was reading this book on the way to a vacation in Hilton Head Island given that a chunk of the story takes place on Hilton Head Island.

[ficusfan · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The 3rd book in the Felix Gomez series. About a former solider who was turned into a vampire in Iraq. He returns home and becomes a PI. There is a network of vampires who band together and help each other out, or if not possible, get rid of the evidence of their existence. Humans are not allowed into the secret unless they are blood donors called 'Chalices'.The series opened with aliens, and in this book they are back. They are now kidnapping and selling human females off planet as pets, and the government is aware, and covering up for power and technology.Felix is caught up in the plot when his alien contact from the first book is murdered, and then a chalice who belonged to the leader of the Denver nest is also killed. This all happens in Florida where Felix is on vacation from Denver.The Kama Sutra, only makes a brief appearance and is quickly forgotten, other than for bad sex jokes.The book again is mostly action, sex, and ogling female body parts. It is tighter than the second book, and not as crude as the first. There are lots of clues and story hooks, but Felix isn't going round and round, so the story moves forward.The book ends with the leader of the Denver nest, a woman, being beamed into space, after being sold. Of course her friends and the vampire power structure want her back, but have no way to make it happen. Its left as a future plot hook.It was a quick read, with some fun, but I don't really care about many of the characters, and just when one starts to matter, s/he is no longer in the story.

[tadad_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The first book in the series was somewhat amusing. Each succeeding book has felt less fresh and has been less enjoyable. The I won't stick around for the fourth.

[drneutron_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The third in Acevedo's series, The Undead Kama Sutra continues the adventures of vampire PI Felix Gomez as he solves mysteries and worries about bigger conspiracies that threaten both humans and vampires. The series is light, a bit sarcastic, and doesn't take itself too seriously. Good fun!

[bigorangemichael_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

For a novel called “The Undead Kama Sutra,” you’d expect this to be a fun read in that guilty-pleasure sort of way.Unfortunately, that’s just not the case with the latest installment in the Felix Gomez series. Gomez is a former soldier who was turned to a vampire in Iraq. He comes home and becomes a sort of supernatural private investigator who had previous encounters with aliens in area 51. His latest escapades find him searching for the mythical undead kama sutra that is supposed to have powers for the undead set based on the release of sexual energy. Before he knows it, he’s caught up in following the mysterious death of someone at the apparent hand of aliens and looking into matters for the council that rules vampires in Max Acevado’s universe.On paper, all that sounds like the makings of fun read that would be almost perfect for the upcoming beach season. It should be a book that you’d recommend to people because the title is so good and the book is a trashy, guilty pleasure kind of fun.But beyond the fun title, there’s not a lot of fun to be had here. The story plods along and it’s hard to really care much about the plight of Gomez. Plus there’s only so many descriptions of vampire Carmen’s chest that one can read before you start rolling your eyes and go, “Come on, already.” In a lot of ways, this reads like a bad knock-off of Jim Butcher’s far superior Harry Dresden series. And with the success of Dresden, there is room on the shelves for the same type of fun, fantasy reads. Unfortunately, this one isn’t one of them.