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Halfway to the Grave
by Jeaniene Frost
I read this once before in high school, and I very much remembered nothing from it. Reading it now was like reading it for the first time.
There's a lot of action in this book (and I'm not just talking sexual ;) ). In all seriousness though, there were fewer sex scenes than I remembered, maybe four or five total, majority of them on the shorter end. As for the real action, the actual ass-kicking and vampire-slaying, there was plenty. I thought the plot was pretty solid, if not the most originalvampire slavery ring + a little political corruption + a dash of Men in Black for good measure . Although reading it now, it was honestly hard for me to take the big bad's name seriously (I can't stop thinking about Hennessy whisky and the type of people I knew who wouldn't drink anything else in college ).
The romance was good--well, aside from the obvious joke of their names (Cat and Bones, hee hee that's pair made for "lovin'"). Bones's personality really grew on me. Cat kind of grated on me, sometimes being too stuck in her own way of thinking, jumping in without the knowledge or planning to back it up, and just generally being ruled by her feelings and her gut. I could see a lot of people being turned off of the book because of her personality. It was never too much for me though, but the maturity gap between her and Bones is just massive (just like their technical age-gap!).
I will say though, there were some weird moments of info dump and minor characters spitting out all of this information unbidden to clearly keep the plot going(like the detectives and the paranormal FBI guy) , though they weren't too distracting. I didn't really like a certain term they used a few times. They referred to the vampire slavery ring as "white slavery" which just doesn't sit with me right. I had to look it up to be sure it's not a race thing, but apparently it's a modern legal term used to refer specifically to sex slavery and prostitution. I'd never heard the term before, and it read to me like "caucasian slavery" which seemed really strange to me since the vampires never specified a target race. I feel like this is something that'd be caught in sensitivity readings nowadays because of the confusion it could cause, but it was still weird seeing it.
I def recommend this book to paranormal romance fans (fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will feel right at home) and those that are looking for something a little grittier and more grown up than [b:Twilight|41865|Twilight (Twilight, #1)|Stephenie Meyer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1361039443l/41865._SY75_.jpg|3212258] or The Vampire Diaries. I'll continue reading the series.
Original Review (10/10/2011)
I really liked it. The book was well thought out and the take on vampires original. I loved the characters, and the action was great. I'll be reading the others. :)
There's a lot of action in this book (and I'm not just talking sexual ;) ). In all seriousness though, there were fewer sex scenes than I remembered, maybe four or five total, majority of them on the shorter end. As for the real action, the actual ass-kicking and vampire-slaying, there was plenty. I thought the plot was pretty solid, if not the most original
The romance was good--well, aside from the obvious joke of their names (Cat and Bones, hee hee that's pair made for "lovin'"). Bones's personality really grew on me. Cat kind of grated on me, sometimes being too stuck in her own way of thinking, jumping in without the knowledge or planning to back it up, and just generally being ruled by her feelings and her gut. I could see a lot of people being turned off of the book because of her personality. It was never too much for me though, but the maturity gap between her and Bones is just massive (just like their technical age-gap!).
I will say though, there were some weird moments of info dump and minor characters spitting out all of this information unbidden to clearly keep the plot going
I def recommend this book to paranormal romance fans (fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will feel right at home) and those that are looking for something a little grittier and more grown up than [b:Twilight|41865|Twilight (Twilight, #1)|Stephenie Meyer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1361039443l/41865._SY75_.jpg|3212258] or The Vampire Diaries. I'll continue reading the series.
Original Review (10/10/2011)
I really liked it. The book was well thought out and the take on vampires original. I loved the characters, and the action was great. I'll be reading the others. :)