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One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 2)
written by Jeaniene Frost
Studio : Avon
by Avon
Release Date : 2008-04-29
Publisher : Avon
Released : 2008-05-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780061245091
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 48 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $2.96
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Product Description |
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You can run from the grave, but you can't hide . . . Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. She's still using everything Bones, her sexy and dangerous ex, taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind. Being around him awakens all her emotions, from the adrenaline kick of slaying vamps side by side to the reckless passion that consumed them. But a price on her head—wanted: dead or half-alive—means her survival depends on teaming up with Bones. And no matter how hard she tries to keep things professional between them, she'll find that desire lasts forever . . . and that Bones won't let her get away again. |
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definitely worth a look |
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I quite enjoyed the second installment in the night huntress series. Normally i am not a fan of books written in the first person, especially in this genre. However i was pleasantly surprised by the first book in the series (plus I had bought it not knowing it was written in the first person)and the second OFITG also exceeded expectations. It takes a while to get going and the idea that Bones (the protagonist's love interest) took so long in tracking her down, especially with his master vampire skills, seems incongruent with his character. The author however skilfully manages to blend the fantastic(vampires, ghouls, secret government organisations etc)into a compelling storyline which captures the reader's attention. The introduction of a new character towards the end of the book plus the resurrection of an old friend neatly sets the scene for the next book in this series. If you're a fan of Kresley Cole's Immortals after Dark series or J.R. Ward series you may enjoy this. It's not as intense as J.R Ward but it's nice to see a heroine who can take care of herself and is not a complete slave to her emotions. I must admit I enjoyed the first book in the series more than the second but I'll still buy the third. In all, it was kind of a refreshing story and both books are definitely worth a read. |
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Fantastic Series |
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This is a top of the line action packed urban fantasy. I have only one thing to say to Ms. Frost - write faster. |
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Oh Yeah! Great Second Book |
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NOTHING predictable about this second in the series! Cat and Bones get back together, but in the most unpredictable way! Other reviewers have summarized the story so I won't. As I said in a review of the first book, I love these characters! Bones is now one of my favorite alpha male vampire heros. He is scorcing hot. One of the best erotic hot love scenes in the genre is in this book. Cat is one of the best strong females in the genre. As previously stated in my review of the first book, all of the characters, the good, the bad and the ugly have surprising depth and grow with the story from book 1 to this book. Humor, sex, action, mystery, sex, love, betrayal,REALLY hot sex, and a sterling cast of characters, really well written characters. As stated in my review of the first book, I just galdly tossed the series by J.R. Ward, in the trash bin of "What was she thinking" when she went off the rails she had laid in her first 4 books. I am so delighted to have been led to this Night Huntress series! Jeaniene Frost is now on my "Pre Order" list with Alex Ivy, Lara Adrian, Jacki Frank and Christine Feehan. These are "THE' best "goes with the story" book covers I've ever seen. |
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One Foot in the Grave |
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I really enjoyed reading it and constantly found myself thinking about what would happen to Cat next. |
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Didn't Gel for Me |
I prefer Urban Fantasy to Supernatural Romance, and I knew going into this series that it was SR. (Frankly the covers drew me in, and the jacket promised enough kick-buttery that I felt I could probably overlook the romance angle). I felt the first book was quite entertaining, but this one never quite connected with me.
I'm not entirely sure why that was, but here, I think are some factors:
a) New facts about the supernatural world revealed when they make for convienient plot twists. I'm thinking of two items in particular, which I'm not convinced the author had thought of during her pre-series "world-building".
b) The heroine's "job" never felt right to me. I've worked with (though not for) an number of government agencies, and "freewheeling" is not a term that pops into mind when I want to describe the process. The heroine gets to call her own shots with no oversight or paperwork way too often to be credible.
c) Too much "wish fulfillment". For instance, the fate of the cad who deflowered the heroine in book one comes to mind. Yes he was a cad, but he didn't rape her, and the continuous dishing out of punishment to him just seems spiteful and over the top.
d) Too few consequences. I'm thinking particularly here of a scene near the end of the book, which devalues an earlier scene.
On the plus side, the sex level is amped up from book one, there is some good humor (the two actually cross when the heroine decides a screaming orgasm is the best revenge..) and the government seems to be getting some idea about "good vampires" and "bad vampires". |
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