The Vampire Brat: And Other Tales of Supernatural Law

  Wolff and Byrd, the Counselors of the Macabre, tackle their most hair-raising case yet when a teenage vampire hybrid is outed and targeted by a young vampire hunter in training in the halls of his high school. It's a story of Buffy- proportions! Afterward, the lawyers decide to celebrate their firm's success and throw an office party that gets interrupted by a time traveling client from the future. Then Wolff and Byrd explore the Id and Ego when another young client hires the firm after his imaginary friend destroys a large chunk of Manhattan.

    Meanwhile, everyone's favorite secretary, Mavis, has her own troubles to deal with. First, her pesky boyfriend Toby asks for Mavis' hand in marriage only to end up being betrothed himself to a spectral bride. Then, Toby decides to up and move to Hollywood while a crush from Mavis' past returns wanting to possibly heat things up. It looks like Mavis has got some choices to make but can she keep up her duties at the law firm while finally figuring out what she wants in love and life? 

   Batton Lash takes things to the next level. But I'm not so sure if it was the right move... 

   One of the things I enjoy so much about this series is how it skewers the horror/ sci-fi/ and pop culture genres. I also enjoy how each chapter is full of intertwining storylines but you can read each issue as a self-contained story and not be lost. But the level of soap opera antics involving love triangles, unrequited love, and sappy romances that took over some of the stories just a little too much. Plus, Wolff's sister whose become the firm's new receptionist is too much and I hope they write her off real soon.

   Vampire Brat was a little too much Young Lawyers in Love as opposed to a campier version of Dark Shadows. I haven't given up on this series, but I hope that future offerings return back to Supernatural Law's original formula- QUICK!

  Worth Consuming

   Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.