Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

So I sense that Terry Pratchett was a fan of "Young Frankenstein". Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if he were some sort of generalized Mel Brooks fan.

King Verence is a father and in the interest of good politics, he invites all the neighbors to the naming. All the neighbors, including the family of vampires out of uberwald. These are progressive vampires. They've accustomed themselves to holy symbols, holy water, garlic, and low doses of sunlight. They've done away with dank castles and biting young women in nightgowns. Instead they develop arrangements with their food enforced through mind control.

But let's face it, Uberwald is so last century. They have their eye on sunny Lancre and are totally willing to eat King Verence in the process. This is of course where the witches get involved. Witches in Discworld are hard to control and most people would probably say, don't bother. Granny Weatherwax didn't get an invite to the christening and has gone off leaving Agnes/Perdita and Nanny Ogg to manage things. Witches work best in groups of three so Queen Magrat comes out of retirement toting baby Esmeralda and going to the rescue.

Ok, so in terms of all of the Discworld novels, this isn't one of the strongest. However there are some really good moments. I really like the Igors and Uberwald in general. It's like the area of Discworld reserved for hokey horror stereotypes. While it's been mentioned in several of the books, this is the first partially set there. So, yeah fun.