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klippy's review against another edition
5.0
Love the Night Huntress Series and I cannot wait for the next one!
halynah's review against another edition
5.0
My absolute favourite in the series!!! Rollercoaster of events, emotions, tears, break-ups, make-ups,survivals, humour (especially Vlad's). I loved it, though, to tell the truth, I was scared of the development of events - couldn't relax till the end, but every page was worth it!!!
Wonderful and exciting!!!
Wonderful and exciting!!!
bear_ridge_tarot's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Half-Vampire Cat Crawfield attempts to take a vacation from the life of violence and death with her vampire love Bones after the last gruesome battle against the rogue undead. Deciding on the city of lovers, Paris, they hope to enjoy all the delights of one another. And yet, there is opposition to Cat being with Bones. Gregor believes that Cat is rightfully his wife among the vampires.
This book gives plenty of backstory, lots of violence, and even a healthy dose of character development. But if I am being honest with this review, it was a sidestep along the overall story arc that I could have done without. I've read some of the novellas in this series that were better planned and were less necessary for the storyline. I felt like the cumulation of events that led to this story arc could have merged into something a little more interesting than a scorned megalomaniac masochistic vampire from the hidden past. Frost had put so much personality into nearly all of the previous characters who held so much page space that I was disappointed with Gregor and his allies.
The second big problem I had with this book is that it makes out Cat to be a weak-minded human versus the big bad vampire guys. Even with Bones being a petty tantrum-throwing man-child, the constant self-flogging that is revealed by Cat's inner thoughts was enough to make me consider DNFing this book. I really hope this is the last one that makes Cat out to be so weak when the first three books in the Night Hunter series gave Cat an equal share in the power as the world's only half-vampire living.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Gore, Murder, War, Blood, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Torture
Minor: Grief and Misogyny
alisonhori's review against another edition
3.0
Fun, fluff books. I like these surprisingly well considering I really don't like Bones at all in any way. I've read the Vlad books so I know how that stories go but I still always read these thinking Cat should dump Bones and go for Vlad..
katyanaish's review against another edition
2.0
I had a harder time with this book than with the first 3, and I'll be honest, I nearly tossed it aside during the horrific Cat/Bones fight roundabout page 175. Not only did I hate how horrible they were being, but it also felt... inauthentic to me. I was half-expecting some kind of mind-control plot reveal, explaining that this horrible behavior was because Gregor was controlling them.
I also really had a hard time with the fact that Cat berates herself for the fight. 100 pages of "I'm so horrible, its all my fault" was a bit much. Some of that is because, with the book being written from Cat's perspective, we have an inside view of what she's thinking. We have no such inner knowledge of Bones, so we are just left to hope that he's equally horrified by their fight and the things he said. But after so much time spent listening to Cat blame herself, when they are reunited we get a couple sentences of Bones saying, in effect "eh, no biggie, I was a jerk too." It wasn't enough for me. And so in the end, I was left feeling 2 things. 1 - he didn't deserve her. And 2 - she's not the strong female character that I loved in the first 3 books. After weeks of living with what was essentially petty, vengeful game-playing on his part (something pretty much confirmed by Vlad with his line "Gregor? Or Bones?" when Cat expressed irritation that he is playing games with her, p 183), she flings himself at his feet and virtually begs him to love her. I would love to know when she went from being Bones' partner to being his pet, to be kept in a gilded cage. I don't buy it.
It makes me sad, but I expect this is the last I'll read of this series.
I also really had a hard time with the fact that Cat berates herself for the fight. 100 pages of "I'm so horrible, its all my fault" was a bit much. Some of that is because, with the book being written from Cat's perspective, we have an inside view of what she's thinking. We have no such inner knowledge of Bones, so we are just left to hope that he's equally horrified by their fight and the things he said. But after so much time spent listening to Cat blame herself, when they are reunited we get a couple sentences of Bones saying, in effect "eh, no biggie, I was a jerk too." It wasn't enough for me. And so in the end, I was left feeling 2 things. 1 - he didn't deserve her. And 2 - she's not the strong female character that I loved in the first 3 books. After weeks of living with what was essentially petty, vengeful game-playing on his part (something pretty much confirmed by Vlad with his line "Gregor? Or Bones?" when Cat expressed irritation that he is playing games with her, p 183), she flings himself at his feet and virtually begs him to love her. I would love to know when she went from being Bones' partner to being his pet, to be kept in a gilded cage. I don't buy it.
It makes me sad, but I expect this is the last I'll read of this series.
skysreads28's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
bdh2109's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
muum's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
aliceboule's review against another edition
4.0
There are only so many times that you can say the same things.
Destined For an Early Grave was just as good as all the other books in the Night Huntress series.
Unlike the others though, Bones's constant coddling and controlling of Cat's actions got on my nerves. Then again, I assume that was the point as Frost makes Cat feel that way too. Hence, it worked for the plot. Doesn't mean it still wasn't annoying.
Seeing Vlad and Cat become closer made me happy. I feel that Cat does not have many friends and so it is nice to see her befriend someone who wants nothing from her in return. Also, I just plainly love Vlad- hes too cute.
Anways. twas good.
Destined For an Early Grave was just as good as all the other books in the Night Huntress series.
Unlike the others though, Bones's constant coddling and controlling of Cat's actions got on my nerves. Then again, I assume that was the point as Frost makes Cat feel that way too. Hence, it worked for the plot. Doesn't mean it still wasn't annoying.
Seeing Vlad and Cat become closer made me happy. I feel that Cat does not have many friends and so it is nice to see her befriend someone who wants nothing from her in return. Also, I just plainly love Vlad- hes too cute.
Anways. twas good.
silreadsalot's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! these books just get better and better can't wait to see what happens next!