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lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, there was so much going on in this book! So wonderful and great, so enjoyable! The council was pretty darned horrible, and there were a ton of new characters, and I need to read more!
jadeshea's review against another edition
3.0
This book in the series starts with Anita and the Master Vampire of the city out on the town, when they are summoned by the Council of Vampires. Things are about to get really bad for Anita and her friends, and she's not sure she can do much to help. Not only that, but she must also deal with Richard coming to help as well, and he could possibly be hurt too. All three of them need to work together in order to help their people.
This book was okay, but I was a little frustrated with some of the things that went on. I'm also really annoyed with Richard, and Anita. I kind of hate how things turned out, and it is kind of bugging me. Other then that I liked this one, but it wasn't the best I've read of this series. I hope the next one is better.
This book was okay, but I was a little frustrated with some of the things that went on. I'm also really annoyed with Richard, and Anita. I kind of hate how things turned out, and it is kind of bugging me. Other then that I liked this one, but it wasn't the best I've read of this series. I hope the next one is better.
mklinkenborg's review
5.0
The series continues to fascinate me. A thrilling story. Anita at her best.
rachelcus's review
3.0
I reread my original review and decided to reread this series and reevaluate my opinion. Thus, New Review: Coming Soon.
daydreamofalife's review
4.0
4 / 5
Everyone on the council is just a giant bag of dicks tbh.
Idk how I forgot the plot of this entire book, especially when it introduces Asher and Nathaniel, but here we are. I am happy to finally see them, though. And happy about finally getting around to the wereleopards without douchey Gabriel around to corrupt them.
Onwards to probably my least fave?? I dunno y'all, I remember it featuring a whole lotta Richard and he's super annoying to me, so
Everyone on the council is just a giant bag of dicks tbh.
Idk how I forgot the plot of this entire book, especially when it introduces Asher and Nathaniel, but here we are. I am happy to finally see them, though. And happy about finally getting around to the wereleopards without douchey Gabriel around to corrupt them.
Onwards to probably my least fave?? I dunno y'all, I remember it featuring a whole lotta Richard and he's super annoying to me, so
bkmckown's review
5.0
I really liked this one. But maybe Anita is biting off more than she can chew? She can't be everything to everyone all the time!!
heather62's review
1.0
dnf Not sure why someone recommended that I start with book 7 in a series but I don't think this series is my style.
nerdybookworm's review
5.0
Loved the book! Got to learn a little more about Jean Claude's past! Anxious to see if Anita falls more in love!
octavia_cade's review
3.0
"You can't trust anyone who sleeps with monsters." Or so Anita is hearing all the time, from the people around her who haven't developed the voluntary equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome, willfully convincing themselves that sleeping with monsters isn't that bad. It is, you stupid woman... but I think what saves it is that Anita's aware, even if she doesn't like to think about it, that what she's doing is monumentally foolish. For someone who's always been relatively clear-sighted about her own character, the sort-of conclusion to the love triangle that's plagued this series for the last few books undoes that. Scared off the werewolf boyfriend - admittedly, seeing him eat someone would give any sensible girl pause - she runs off to the bed of the vampire boyfriend, because apparently she can tell herself he's not a total monster because she hasn't seen him do something she can't excuse yet. I bet the day is coming, though, and I'm hoping for that day just because I find Jean-Claude as interesting as watching paint dry and any excuse to get shot of him is good enough. Seven books in, and I still think he's a total bore.
What I do find attractive, though, and what is for me hands-down the most appealing part of these books, is the political tension that having supernatural creatures as an accepted part of society results in. There's a constant pushing of boundaries, from just about every player and every species, and a constant jockeying for influence and control, back room dealings and legal maneuverings and sudden explosions of horrific violence, because the whole situation is a powder keg waiting for a fundamentalist of some stripe to blow. As happens in this volume, where the Vampire Council (or parts thereof) come to town. I find this part of the series so compelling; I just wish that Anita's love life didn't take up so much of the focus because it's not nearly as interesting. Still, fingers crossed the love triangle's over for the meantime, even if the choice between nice-but-boring and flat-out-boring is not exactly settled in the least irritating direction. (I am desperate for Edward to return and start cutting off body parts at every smarmy repetition of "ma petite," I really am.)
P.S. with all the fuss about hiding the gun under the dress and Anita flashing the room every time she has to retrieve it... for goodness sake, invest in an empire waist dress with fake pockets so you can just reach through the fabric. Make it a baby doll type thing if you're that concerned with looking sexy while carrying concealed arms, because what you're doing now just ain't practical. There. Problem solved.
What I do find attractive, though, and what is for me hands-down the most appealing part of these books, is the political tension that having supernatural creatures as an accepted part of society results in. There's a constant pushing of boundaries, from just about every player and every species, and a constant jockeying for influence and control, back room dealings and legal maneuverings and sudden explosions of horrific violence, because the whole situation is a powder keg waiting for a fundamentalist of some stripe to blow. As happens in this volume, where the Vampire Council (or parts thereof) come to town. I find this part of the series so compelling; I just wish that Anita's love life didn't take up so much of the focus because it's not nearly as interesting. Still, fingers crossed the love triangle's over for the meantime, even if the choice between nice-but-boring and flat-out-boring is not exactly settled in the least irritating direction. (I am desperate for Edward to return and start cutting off body parts at every smarmy repetition of "ma petite," I really am.)
P.S. with all the fuss about hiding the gun under the dress and Anita flashing the room every time she has to retrieve it... for goodness sake, invest in an empire waist dress with fake pockets so you can just reach through the fabric. Make it a baby doll type thing if you're that concerned with looking sexy while carrying concealed arms, because what you're doing now just ain't practical. There. Problem solved.