Copyright: 2010
Publisher: Avon
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 371
Challenges: Off the Shelf, Urban Fantasy Challenge, What's in a Name? (number), Paranormal/Fantasy, 1st in a series
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My rating: 4/5
Simple Description:
This book focuses on Spade and Denise. These are two characters who are in the Night Huntress novels by the author but they are secondary characters. This book is the first in a new series, Night Huntress World, which is a spin-off of the other. In this one, Spade and Denise become the main characters.
Denise has sworn off vampires and ghouls. She's done with them. Unfortunately, they aren't done with her. Members of Denise's family keep ending up dead and then she witnesses the death of her cousin. Later when a demon shows up at her door and brands her, Denise has to call the only vampire who's number she still has. Spade. She has to beg for his help. Spade, on the other hand, knows that helping Denise will cause problems for him but he's always been attracted to her.
Somehow Spade and Denise must find one of Denis' long lost relatives who tricked the demon years ago, deliver this person to the demon so the demon will remove the bonds he placed on Denise, but at the same time keep it secret what they are doing. You just know that's not going to work out as planned.
My Thoughts:
I thought this was a great book! It was the perfect book for me, for the mood I was in when reading it. I love the Night Huntress series and was both very interested in this one and worried about it. Would it live up to my expectation? I'm happy to announce that it did. It was a lot of fun to learn more about two of the secondary characters and then to have the other characters we know also play a part in the series.
If you like the Night Huntress series by Jeanine Frost, I think you'll thoroughly enjoy this one too. In fact, if I'm not mistaken the 2nd book in the Night Huntress World series was published last month, I might just stop at a bookstore tonight and look for it.
Audio Review:
I did listen to part of this book. I actually forgot I had requested it on audio and started reading the paper copy. Then I went to the library to get a different audio book that was on hold for me and this one was there too. Bonus. So I listened to it in the car and then read the book when not driving, of course. I read the majority of this book in paper form though, I pretty much plowed through it. So while I'm not counting it for my audio challenge or my stats, I did want to mention it in my review.
What I did listen to..was excellent. Tavia Gilbert is the narrator and I feel she did a fantastic job. I wouldn't hesitate to listen to more books in this series.
5 comments:
I like your review and the hint about listening to it on audio.
Mike Draper
I'm not sure about audio books. I think my mind would wander too much and miss the story.
Ann
Thanks Mike..and you're welcome!
Ann - I thought that way about audio books too, but it really depends on the story. Some books I find my mind wondering and those are ones I'm not totally in to, but others I find that I do pay attention to and don't miss much. Of course, I think my mind probably wonders at times no matter what the book but normally I don't feel like I've missed something. I've even started to listen to them when running sometimes.
I am looking forward to starting this series!
Prof. Stacy - I think you'll enjoy it. It's a really good spin-off.
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