One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

I apologize for reviewing the second book in the series before first posting the premiere novel, but in this case I read the book so long ago I feel I cannot post an accurate or fair review, particularly after reading the second book in the series.

Since I haven't told you about the first book, let's start there. First I'll say, it's fantastic. So far this series has been an absolute stunner to me. In the first book we meet Cat, a half human half vampire who's mother hates nothing more than vampires themselves since Cat's father raped her before drinking her blood. Cat is an amateur vampire hunter, who's greatest advantage is surprise, since none of them expect a human with the strength of a vampire. Enter Bones, an extremely powerful master vampire bounty hunter who kidnaps Cat and forces her into an alliance with himself. Basically they fall in love, and their romance is truly fantastic. But of course life goes downhill and fast forward to the end; the only way for Cat to save her mother and Graves is to leave Bones and go to work for a branch of Homeland Security specializing in the undead.

Now on to the second book. It's four years since Cat left Bones, and she hasn't been with anyone since. She has friends, but of course isn't happy with her life. Luckily for her Graves tracks her down–because someone put a bounty on her head. The rest of the book concerns them trying to find out who is trying to have her killed, as well as Bones' sire trying to take her as her own.

I know I really summarized the second book up, but I really don't want to spoil the story. Sound boring? Absolutely not. It is nonstop action and romance. Cat is truly a badass, and I love that she can really fight. But then there's Bones, the absolutely perfect boyfriend, Of course he's mad she left him, but he is still in love with her. Instead of holding a grudge he focuses more on keeping her safe, and getting her to fall in love with him again.

There's definitely some growth from the first book, and I really enjoyed that. There is more development on the vampires themselves, which keeps it interesting. In the first book we don't really see the extent of the vampires, and in the second Cat deals with some much more powerful vampires. I also enjoyed the expansion on Bones' past and his own powers. We definitely find some more things out about his powers, as well as meet some characters from his past.

Throughout the whole book there was never a lull. I read it all in one seating if that tells you anything. The plot flows so naturally that before you realize it, you're at the end of the book!

I do have one thing (only one!) that I did not like about this book. Normally the sex scenes are pretty great in this book, and there's no question that they get even more intense in this one. But here's the deal. I won't state explicitly what happens, but let's just say Bones is showing Cat the skills he acquired as a young gigilo, and one of them is rather distasteful. For what it was Ms. Frost did a good job of making it sound less perverse than most people view this act, but it still made me feel rather uncomfortable. That scene however, was quite long, and the before and after parts were interesting and exciting.

So in light of this I will strongly encourage you to look into this series. However this is a very adult series, so if you're younger please consider your maturity level as well as if you would want your parents to know that you're reading it before you dive in.

Four Stars

Yours Truly,

Rosalie

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