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mamap's review against another edition
1.0
harlequin of vampire novels. buffy turned into a vampire - pg-married. and 'dusting' vampires? lame. nope!
vikingwolf's review against another edition
3.0
Anna is a bounty hunter who is raped and turned into a vampire. Her doctor Avery takes her under his wing to help her adjust as he is also a vampire. Bad things keep happening to Anna and she is sure that her sire is out to kill her, and when her partner David goes missing, things get a whole lot worse.
As heroines go, Anna can be a bit frustrating but I found her pretty likeable on the whole. As always she was slow to except the truth about being a vampire which always bugs me in books but that is just a personal gripe! Her life is in a mess and you can understand her being a bit confused about things though her morals take a back seat as she jumps into bed with Avery despite continually declaring her love for her boyfriend Max. She does do some stupid things though so I get why a lot of people didn't like the book.
The plot itself was interesting though I didn't like the way Anna kept thinking that she was more of a participant in the rape than a victim. I don't like that implication. I'm also not convinced that she would be jumping into bed with Avery so soon after a traumatic sexual attack, especially when claiming to love her boyfriend. I found David to be very annoying as well, acting as if Anna was his personal property and shouting the odds, trying to force Anna to do what he thinks is right. He may be a concerned friend but acting just as childishly as Avery in their alpha male pissing contest was really annoying and gave me a headache. Max was just as possesive and irritating.
*SPOILER*
I was suspicious of Avery from the start though I was unsure where her sire fit into the picture. Avery was too smooth and slimy for my liking and I did think it was a bit obvious that Avery was not the good guy, especially after the trip to Mexico and his determination that Anna forget all about David and give him up as lost. Curious about who Casper is going to be as well. I was extremely happy to see Avery get what was coming to him. Scumbag. I never liked him at all. There was enough in the book to keep me curious about what Anna was going to do next so I will give book 2 a go at some point.
As heroines go, Anna can be a bit frustrating but I found her pretty likeable on the whole. As always she was slow to except the truth about being a vampire which always bugs me in books but that is just a personal gripe! Her life is in a mess and you can understand her being a bit confused about things though her morals take a back seat as she jumps into bed with Avery despite continually declaring her love for her boyfriend Max. She does do some stupid things though so I get why a lot of people didn't like the book.
The plot itself was interesting though I didn't like the way Anna kept thinking that she was more of a participant in the rape than a victim. I don't like that implication. I'm also not convinced that she would be jumping into bed with Avery so soon after a traumatic sexual attack, especially when claiming to love her boyfriend. I found David to be very annoying as well, acting as if Anna was his personal property and shouting the odds, trying to force Anna to do what he thinks is right. He may be a concerned friend but acting just as childishly as Avery in their alpha male pissing contest was really annoying and gave me a headache. Max was just as possesive and irritating.
*SPOILER*
I was suspicious of Avery from the start though I was unsure where her sire fit into the picture. Avery was too smooth and slimy for my liking and I did think it was a bit obvious that Avery was not the good guy, especially after the trip to Mexico and his determination that Anna forget all about David and give him up as lost. Curious about who Casper is going to be as well. I was extremely happy to see Avery get what was coming to him. Scumbag. I never liked him at all. There was enough in the book to keep me curious about what Anna was going to do next so I will give book 2 a go at some point.
git_r_read's review against another edition
5.0
This was a humdingah read. Anna Strong is a PI in San Diego, one of my favorite cities. She and her partner are after a bail jumper and things go terribly wrong. She wakes after the jumper attacks her and finds life as she knows it is changed forever. She is now a vampire. It just gets more interesting after that. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.
vikcs's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
lynseyisreading's review against another edition
2.0
This book was just weird from start to finish. I have read approximately a bajillion vamp/werewolf type books and series, and usually each one has a certain element in the mythology that makes them stand out. There is just NOTHING that makes this series stand out. Not the lead character, not the secondary characters, not the plot. Nothing. Nadda. El zippo. Oh actually, there is one thing....the fact that the writing style drives me insane! It's written first person POV, present tense: " I look for my keys", "I get in my car", " I grab my gun", "he reaches for me". It's just a little thing, but it reeeeeally got on my wick. And the sex scenes are neither here nor there. I mean, either do the fade-to-black thing and don't tell us anything- fine by me, or give us the details, but don't do this in-between thing. It gives the impression it was all over in 2 minutes which doesn't look good for your leading males!
thegenerale's review against another edition
4.0
Surprised how much I liked it. Hell, the plot itself surprised me at times, which I only see as a positive.
The villain fell into one of my favorite themes, (though acted somewhat cliché near the end). Found Anna a bit too "goody" for my liking, but so are most heroines.
The villain fell into one of my favorite themes
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He's a love interest!smakakakakuk's review against another edition
I feel like I’d probably enjoy this a lot more if I was 40 years old with a job. You know, I’d come home from a long difficult day at work, fill a glass of wine, sit down and read vampire smut.
heathersbike's review against another edition
5.0
Found this series through a short story collection. LOVE IT!
neonbeige's review against another edition
2.0
There could have been gotten way more out of that story...