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vlafreek's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Rereading this series. This book is great if you don't want to have to think....but the writing, oof.
bookworm151719's review
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Hated Rayne. Loved Jareth. The plot wasn't terribly predictable, which was a bonus.
destynee20's review against another edition
3.0
It was funny and a quick read. I liked that it wasn't super serious.
ameserole's review
2.0
“Eternity is a long time and it doesn't always work out that way," Jareth says, a bit bitterly. "It's worse to love someone and then lose them, then to never love at all.”
This book was a lot more interesting than the first one, Boys Bite Back. Even though both girls get superfucking annoying and make me want to drop the book and walk away from it forever.. I still end up liking them. Just a little bit. I don't really love these characters but this book has definitely upped it's game since the first one. I hope it continues to become interesting or I will probably have to stop reading this series. Which I would hate to do.
Can the characters just become more interesting? Better plot lines or something? Please?
This book was a lot more interesting than the first one, Boys Bite Back. Even though both girls get super
Can the characters just become more interesting? Better plot lines or something? Please?
uhleeshuh188's review
5.0
Mari Mancusi's second book in the Blood Coven Vampire Novel series is another excellent read! I fell in love with this series when it first came out (even as a 24yr old adult at the time) but rereading this series has made me fall in love with it all over again.
This second book is full of snarky teenage angst with a splash of comedy and vampires. In the first book we learned about who Sunny was and in book 2 it's all about Rayne. Rayne has studied for ever to become a vampire only to have her twin sister mistaken as her, and then not even go through with the transformation. And not only that but also fall in love with the guy who was supposed to turn her. You would think Rayne would be mad but she isn't. Now she is back to the waiting list to find a new mate all while taking on the task of becoming a slayer for Slayer Inc. This book definitely has Buffy the Vampire Slayer feels and it makes me love it even more as it's one of my favs!
Rayne is sent on a mission to find out what's making the vampires sick with a partner who loathes her. But little does she know her might just be her next mate.
This book definitely has more action than the first and will keep you wanting more.
This second book is full of snarky teenage angst with a splash of comedy and vampires. In the first book we learned about who Sunny was and in book 2 it's all about Rayne. Rayne has studied for ever to become a vampire only to have her twin sister mistaken as her, and then not even go through with the transformation. And not only that but also fall in love with the guy who was supposed to turn her. You would think Rayne would be mad but she isn't. Now she is back to the waiting list to find a new mate all while taking on the task of becoming a slayer for Slayer Inc. This book definitely has Buffy the Vampire Slayer feels and it makes me love it even more as it's one of my favs!
Rayne is sent on a mission to find out what's making the vampires sick with a partner who loathes her. But little does she know her might just be her next mate.
This book definitely has more action than the first and will keep you wanting more.
sanddanz's review
4.0
Stake That! leaves off where Mancusi's first book, Boys That Bite, ended. Goth girl Rayne is dying to be a vampire, and her sister, Sunny, is the one that is dating the vampire. As if Rayne's life wasn't bad enough, she finds out that her destiny is to be the new vampire slayer. How uncool is that? As the slayer, she is given a very special mission... she is to infiltrate the vamp bar where foul play is suspected to find out exactly what is going on inside, wielding a stake carved by her own delicate hands as her only weapon. Easy, right? Little does she know that when she poses as a willing human blood donor at the bar that she is going to be approached by such a sexy vampire! What's a "vampire vampire slayer" to do?
This second book in the Blood Coven Vampire series focuses heavily on Rayne's character, though Sunny is definitely not forgotten. Rayne’s new role of "the slayer" takes everyone by surprise and she'd do anything to get out of the job. I felt a bit sorry for her, but luckily she managed to turn a bad situation into something good for herself. Mancusi threw in several surprises throughout the book, especially with David's character. I enjoyed the pop-culture references in the first book of this series and Mancusi didn't disappoint me with this one either. I especially appreciated the tribute to the movie The Lost Boys. Stake That! is a strong follow-up to a great first novel, and I foresee many more great books in Mancusi's future. Highly Recommended.
Contains: Blood Drinking, Kissing, References to Sex
Review also posted at MonsterLibrarian.com
This second book in the Blood Coven Vampire series focuses heavily on Rayne's character, though Sunny is definitely not forgotten. Rayne’s new role of "the slayer" takes everyone by surprise and she'd do anything to get out of the job. I felt a bit sorry for her, but luckily she managed to turn a bad situation into something good for herself. Mancusi threw in several surprises throughout the book, especially with David's character. I enjoyed the pop-culture references in the first book of this series and Mancusi didn't disappoint me with this one either. I especially appreciated the tribute to the movie The Lost Boys. Stake That! is a strong follow-up to a great first novel, and I foresee many more great books in Mancusi's future. Highly Recommended.
Contains: Blood Drinking, Kissing, References to Sex
Review also posted at MonsterLibrarian.com
heyjudy's review
3.0
~3.5/5
This was a fun book, more than I expected.
I read the first book in this series years ago, so long I barely remember it. I think I put off reading this one because it was a different main character, but I didn’t mind when I started reading.
It’s told in journal format, as Rayne updates her blog about her vampire-wannabe new-slayer life. She’s been made to be a vampire slayer, and she’s very much a teenager as she tells the world how unfair it is when all she wants is to be a vampire.
I would have enjoyed this more in high school, but I still thought it was fun, and it went by very fast. Rayne hunts vampires, learns about her new strength, and falls for a vampire she has to work with.
It was fun, plain and simple. Not very deep, not overly intense or surprising. I liked the ending to it a lot, and enjoyed reading.
[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]
This was a fun book, more than I expected.
I read the first book in this series years ago, so long I barely remember it. I think I put off reading this one because it was a different main character, but I didn’t mind when I started reading.
It’s told in journal format, as Rayne updates her blog about her vampire-wannabe new-slayer life. She’s been made to be a vampire slayer, and she’s very much a teenager as she tells the world how unfair it is when all she wants is to be a vampire.
I would have enjoyed this more in high school, but I still thought it was fun, and it went by very fast. Rayne hunts vampires, learns about her new strength, and falls for a vampire she has to work with.
It was fun, plain and simple. Not very deep, not overly intense or surprising. I liked the ending to it a lot, and enjoyed reading.
[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]
booknerdswift's review
5.0
Love this series. Reading it from Rayne's POV, is cooler than reading it from Sunny's, and I'm more of a fan of Sunny. Rayne and Jareth are perf together.
beakarnstein's review against another edition
5.0
«En esta segunda parte de la saga Rayne no sólo tiene que soportar seguir siendo humana y que su hermana se haya quedado con el chico que ella quería sin hacer ni el menor entrenamiento, sino que además acaba de enterarse que es la siguiente en la línea generacional de los cazadores de vampiros. Por suerte para ella, la asociación de cazadores y el Aquelarre han decidido trabajar juntos en un caso especial. Ella representará a los cazadores y el representante vampírico será Jareth, un chupasangre sexy, oscuro e insoportable para Rayne, quien nos cuenta sus experiencias a través de su blog y, después de una serie de conflictos, de su diario.»
«Destino de Cazadora» es el típico libro de saga por el cual lees los anteriores (sí, aunque con “anteriores” sólo me refiera a «Chicos Que Muerden»). Sin duda superó el primer libro, no sólo por la estructura y la trama (la cual incursiona mucho más en el mundo que ha creado Mari Mancusi, añadiendo conflictos políticos entre facciones del Aquelarre; además de un pasado muy lejano inesperado de relaciones entre los Vampiros y los Cazadores), sino además por...
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«Destino de Cazadora» es el típico libro de saga por el cual lees los anteriores (sí, aunque con “anteriores” sólo me refiera a «Chicos Que Muerden»). Sin duda superó el primer libro, no sólo por la estructura y la trama (la cual incursiona mucho más en el mundo que ha creado Mari Mancusi, añadiendo conflictos políticos entre facciones del Aquelarre; además de un pasado muy lejano inesperado de relaciones entre los Vampiros y los Cazadores), sino además por...
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