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Overbite (Insatiable #2)

by Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)

3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 · rating details · 5,069 ratings · 749 reviews

Meena Harper has a special gift, but it’s only now that anyone’s ever appreciated it. The Palatine Guard—a powerful secret demon-hunting unit of the Vatican—has hired her to work at their new branch in Lower Manhattan. With Meena’s ability to predict how everyone she meets will die, the Palatine finally has a chance against the undead.

Sure, her ex-boyfriend was Lucien Anto...more

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Published July 5th 2011 by HarperCollins e-books (first published June 22nd 2011)

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Jul 21, 2011 Pam rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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What happened?!

I cannot believe how disappointing this book turned out to be; especially after loving the first novel "Insatiable" and having to wait a year for this one thinking it would be just as good as the first. Boy was I wrong. I've read other books and series by Cabot which have always been worthy. Did she have someone else write this on her behalf? Was she rushed?

This book lacked everything that made the first book so great; the humour, the excitement, and most notably, the heat and che...more

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Jul 20, 2011 Ann rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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SHAME ON YOU MEG CABOT!!!!

I loved bk 1 Insatiable. It was hilariously funny, engaging, with witty dialog, fun characters with great snark and a totally different kind of comedic vamp story. The hero, Lucien, was supremely sexy, totally hawt and adorably loveable. Meena the heroine was cute, fun, sexy and charming. Every steamy love scene between Lucian and Meena was a DEFINITE page turning re-read. The supporting cast was fun - Meena's brother Jon, little Jack Bauer, the doofus Palatine guard Al...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Rebecca ♥ Ash, Jem, Warner ♥ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Twilight Haters

Shelves: vampires, romance, paranormal, adult, local-library, reviewed

I really enjoyed this, as much as, if not more than, Insatiable. I heard that this book was really bad compared to the first one, but I found the story just as interesting and quickly paced, and the quality to be pretty much identical to Insatiable. The only explanation I can think of for the bad reviews is that people were disappointed by the ending. Well, I loved it. I would have been ok with a different ending. I wasnt against the alternative, but I love how this series decided to be differen...more

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Oct 03, 2011 Anne Limanskaya rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jul 11, 2011 Laura Martinelli rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: meg-cabot, ebook, chick-lit, own

As much as I loved Insatiable, this ended up being a lot more of a disappointment. There’s a lot of things that I wished had gotten expanded on, or given more explanation. It’s not a bad book, but there’s so much more room for improvement that it could have been better.

I liked seeing more about the Palatine Guard and how they work, particularly in regards with the Vatican. There’s more of bureaucracy feel to it, especially when it comes to the field agents and how they’re treated. However, it re...more As much as I loved Insatiable, this ended up being a lot more of a disappointment. There’s a lot of things that I wished had gotten expanded on, or given more explanation. It’s not a bad book, but there’s so much more room for improvement that it could have been better.

I liked seeing more about the Palatine Guard and how they work, particularly in regards with the Vatican. There’s more of bureaucracy feel to it, especially when it comes to the field agents and how they’re treated. However, it really bothered me that all of these other hunters and field agents are continually mentioned throughout the book, but are never seen. I wanted to know more about Meena’s friend Carolina and how they interact, but all we know about Carolina comes from second-hand information. (This is even more problematic when coupled with the fact that Meena’s other friend, Leisha, does not appear once.)

The inclusion of different vampire species and further details into various demon “lore” within the verse were also a new factor that I liked. I wanted to see more of the Lamir, especially since their methods are a lot harsher than the European/Tepes line of vampires. The use of the Mannete stream was also an interesting MacGuffin that didn’t infringe too much on the plot, although it seemed a little too randomly introduced. (And I D: whenever it’s mentioned that the Jersey Devil ends up a casualty.)

My big problem with the book as a whole is the derailment of the three main characters. I will say, I liked Alaric’s characterization a lot more in this book than the previous one. His whole checklist of personality quirks have been turned down, and you can really get the sense of his frustration and his inability to deal with people. On the other hand, Meena and Lucien spend the majority of the book moping, either over each other or their personal situations. I wanted Meena to stand up for herself more in this, particularly when she and Alaric leave their supervisor to deal with a potentially feral vampire nest. Instead, she goes back to New York and beats herself up over it. Lucien’s whole storyline basically boils down to “Meena Meena I love Meena mope mope mope.” I wished that he put in a more active role regarding the Lamir situation.

The end of the book was a big deus ex machina with no explanation of what the hell happened. Meena has a whole big speech about how everyone has a choice between being good and evil and Lucien ends up purified and then he’s killed. And a broken-up Meena goes off with Alaric with no warning. I’m sorry, but what? There’s no lead-up, there’s no reason for all of this to happen, the other MacGuffin of Lucien’s mother’s book is never fully explained and the book just ends. There’s not enough to justify the book ending where it did.

There are some good moments and some good plot threads in this, but they’re not well-developed and frankly, left me underwhelmed. I’ll probably read the next entry, and hopefully, the story will pick up in that.
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Sep 16, 2011 Rebecca rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I like Meg Cabot books but "Overbite" is just another foray into a tired genre: cute and quirky girl with paranormal abilities becomes obsessive love interest of a vampire hottie.

It's cute, but there's nothing origional here.

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Mar 01, 2013 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

At first I found the book a little confusing. I wasn’t sure what exactly was going on and didn’t have much of a backstory to go from. There was a bit of action in the beginning and it slowly picked up from there. The story only spanned a few days, and those were some long days. Meena is the main female character and she is part of a secret group that works for the Vatican to eradicate all evil creatures; mainly vampires. This is truly a conflict of interest for Meena seeing as she is in love wit...more

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Jan 21, 2013 Sukanya rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Overbite or What Bella Should Have Done. (Spoilers included)

Let me say at the beginning that I gave this book an extra star because Meena picked Alaric.
Lucien was obsessive, callous about Meena's life and turning eviler by the minute. While I can see how that's sexy, it's certainly not the kind of man you want to be with forever. He ignored Meena's insistence that she'd rather stay alive than become his mate for eternity and actually plotted to kill her because she refused to be turned! How is...more

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Jan 11, 2013 Anna rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

To be honest, this book was pretty dumb. I brought it entirely on myself. I'm trying to work through my stacks of unread books, and this seemed like an easy enough read (which it is). I picked it up at Half Price Books awhile back because it's a paranormal romance by Meg Cabot, which looked inoffensive and reasonably enjoyable. I liked her Princess Diaries series well enough. I will concede that probably the appeal was greatly diminished once I realized it was the second in a series of which I h...more

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Oct 26, 2012 Christine rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

Ignore the stars. They really don't sum up my reading experience.

Overbite takes place six months after the events in Insatiable, in which Meena Harper falls in love with the prince of darkness (dracula's son) and they take out some bad guys. In this book, Meena is working for the Palentine Guards, a secret organization attached to the Vatican whose mission is to destroy vampires and other sundry demons. Meena is convinced that her ex-lover can be redeemed, and that every being, even demons, can...more Ignore the stars. They really don't sum up my reading experience.

Overbite takes place six months after the events in Insatiable, in which Meena Harper falls in love with the prince of darkness (dracula's son) and they take out some bad guys. In this book, Meena is working for the Palentine Guards, a secret organization attached to the Vatican whose mission is to destroy vampires and other sundry demons. Meena is convinced that her ex-lover can be redeemed, and that every being, even demons, can choose good or evil. She spends much of this book arguing her case.

And I liked that idea. I'm not sure how it was suppose to apply to vampires, but it was a fine, noble idea. It just didn't come together in the end.

Lucien (the prince of darkness) spends most of the book feeding from an evil river so that he can be a better ruler of dark forces. Meena spends most of the book dodging one attack after another. Her ability to see someone's death, well formed in book one, didn't come into play much here.

Lucien's mother is an angel. I was never clear if this meant Lucien had the ability to choose whereas others do not, because at some point it seemed Meena wanted all vampires to be able to choose good or evil. Yet only Lucien seemed to have that choice.

The plot was fine. It moved. I didn't have any sticking points here. There was a lot of action and it went rapidly from point to point. Aside from not believing the major theme came together at the end, I think my biggest problem with the book is that I found it misclassified under romance. There is no romance in this book. I think there's supposed to be some sort of love triangle thing going on between Meena, Lucien, and Alaric, but almost no time was spent on it, and in the end, I remembered precisely why I don't like love triangles. Nevertheless, it may have helped my enjoyment of this book quite a bit if I had gone into it expecting more urban fantasy and less romance.

I also had the feeling...and I hope this doesn't get out of line...that the story was rushed, and should have been a longer series. It made me wonder if the author (who I don't think normally writes fantasy) got in a bit over her head and then just decided to finish it. Most stories of this nature that I've read take 3+ books to resolve, and particularly with regards to developing a real romance and fully exploring the good/evil as a choice theme, it could have used another book or two. (Note: The way it is written, this story is done. I don't expect a sequel, nor am I particularly interested in reading one. I just felt like it should have been written differently, expanding the story to cover more books.)

All in all, if you're looking for some urban fantasy to read, you may like this duo (Insatiable and Overbite). It's a quick read (both book) and there are moments of humor you may enjoy. I don't recommend going into it for the romance, though.(less)

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Sep 19, 2012 Webster Library rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So, I just finished Overbite. It was different than most vampire books that I've read because the main character, Meena is a bit of a girly girl and she talks about situations that have already happened. Since the action was passive, the reader is less likely to sit on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens. That being said I did like this book. It has its moments. Meena is in love with two different people, a vampire and a vampire hunter. I liked the dynamic between the three chara...more

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Aug 02, 2012 gina rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, urban-fantasy, vampires-werewolves

Oh..well.

Sometimes it's good things end early. But I have to tell you, half way through this book I caught myself thinking "Wow! This is so much more of a better book than the first one! It's more original (not constantly pulling from and referencing vamp lit & pop culture out there)"
And then she f'd it all up by ending it in the worst way ever. Seriously? There was not that much attraction between her and Aleric (forgive spelling, I listened to *not* read the book). And by the end Lucien wa...more

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May 29, 2012 Cari rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Is it good clean fun? No. But, it is fun. :) I put most of my books into two categories - books I recommend to my mom and grandmother OR book I recommend to my friends. What is the difference, you ask? To put it bluntly, sex. Yes, I know my grandmother and mother knew about sex long before I was born. But, I don't necessarily need to recommend books to them that include sexual situations. It just feels weird to me. I sure as heck don't want to talk about sex with them, so why would I encourage t...more

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May 09, 2012 Pamela Sommer rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm not about to give a synopsis of the book; you can find it anywhere. I just want to point out some things that made me fond of this book, rather than annoyed with it:

1. Thank you, Meg Cabot, for actually acknowledging the fact that vampires are evil. Every vampire in the book who was not related to the angel/princess (Lucien, his relative Emil, and Mary Lou--created by Emil), therefore possessing a soul, was a soulless demon spawned from a soulless demon. I'm so sick of pop culture romanticiz...more I'm not about to give a synopsis of the book; you can find it anywhere. I just want to point out some things that made me fond of this book, rather than annoyed with it:

1. Thank you, Meg Cabot, for actually acknowledging the fact that vampires are evil. Every vampire in the book who was not related to the angel/princess (Lucien, his relative Emil, and Mary Lou--created by Emil), therefore possessing a soul, was a soulless demon spawned from a soulless demon. I'm so sick of pop culture romanticizing vampires. Vampires were never supposed to be like...misunderstood bad boys, who secretly needed redemption! They are NOT James Dean-esque characters with special dietary restrictions. They're demonic. I thought the way she figured out how to blend history and fiction to create a character, or a few, who WERE redeemable because of the presence of God (since the mother was an angel, blah blah), was clever. It's a way to appreciate Lucien's appeal without compromising the notion that, um, vampires are evil. Duh.

2. I was intrigued by Meena's love for Lucien, but not necessarily a die-hard fan of it. She didn't even seem to understand it herself. So, for the ending to reveal that the purpose of their relationship was leading to the redemption of Lucien's soul, I was like okay, well done. It was a nice goodbye, as he was finally allowed to die, and to die the death of a man with a soul. Stop crying, fangirls! He got a happy ending!

3. Because I was never obsessed with Lucien as many reviewers seem to be, I was always a fan of Alaric. He was hilariously written, quirky, strong, and full of integrity. I was rooting for him almost from the start. And through the story of Overbite, you can see glimpses of Meena's realization of her feelings for him. They aren't based on mysterious, supernatural sexual attraction. He is a strong, brave, nutty man that cares for her and protects her. She knows she can trust him completely, (no small deal for this woman), and she cares about him as well. REAL love. Not weird, vampiric magnetism. The book doesn't end with her soulmate dying. It ends with her saving a soul, and realizing the love that's been right under her nose all along.

If Lucien had turned Meena into a vampire (I may have stopped reading then and there) so they could live vampirically ever after, or Alaric had to sacrifice himself for the happy ending with her and Lucien, or even if they'd "cured" Lucien of his vampirism and Meena had to make a choice, I would have straight up thrown the damn book across the room. This is the story that makes sense. This is the one that looks realistically at good and evil, and allows for a clever and happy ending, one that is full of hope.
Thank you, Meg Cabot, for your pander-free vampire fiction. And for a character as headstrong and yet adorable as Alaric Wulf. (less)

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May 05, 2012 JR rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really was disappointed with the ending of this book. Will there be a third book to this series? I was really shocked how quickly it ended and with an even more shocked ending. The ending just came out of nowhere. I was completely in love with the first book, with Meena and Lucien. I was very disappointed with this novel, so much that I was so angered that I truly hated this book. What happened to you, Meg Cabot?

It was a sad ending that even Meena didn't even grieve over someone's death that h...more

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Mar 31, 2012 Daniela rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In this sequel to Insatiable we once again follow Meena, this time in her new job as an adviser to the Palatine guard of the Vatican. Enter Lucien, whom she has last seen half a year ago, when she needs rescuing and it turns out he has never been far.

The depth (pun intended) of his commitment to her slowly becomes clear as a new adversary is introduced. Disappearances of tourists and strange occurences within the Palatine organization and the role a freshly immigrated South American priest plays...more

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Mar 21, 2012 Melodiacat rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Last year we were introduced to Meena Harper, a soap opera writer who had a special gift. The gift of foreseeing how everyone she meets will die. Not the best ability by all accounts, but it was an ability that attracted both the Palatine Guard—a powerful secret demon-hunting unit of the Vatican— and a certain son to the daddy of all Vampires, Dracula. Chaos ensued and now that the dust has settled, we find Meena employed by the Vatican and hiding from Lucien Antonescu (Dracula’s son).

One of the...more

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Mar 17, 2012 Kathleen (Kat) Smith rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-literature, fantasy-adventure-fiction, romance-fiction, supense-thriller-fiction

The legend of Dracula has been stated the Vlad The Impaler was so grief stricken by the death of his wife's suicide that he lashed out at the people he felt were responsible and randomly killing people as a way of seeking revenge. Now his son has been struggling with the internal conflict within himself between good and evil and has become the most wanted man by the Palatine, a secret police of the Vatican responsible for ridding the world of evil wherever it is found.

Meena Harper on the other h...more The legend of Dracula has been stated the Vlad The Impaler was so grief stricken by the death of his wife's suicide that he lashed out at the people he felt were responsible and randomly killing people as a way of seeking revenge. Now his son has been struggling with the internal conflict within himself between good and evil and has become the most wanted man by the Palatine, a secret police of the Vatican responsible for ridding the world of evil wherever it is found.

Meena Harper on the other hand has her own conflict, one being in love with Lucien Antonescu, the son of Dracula and working for the Palatine, hunting him down. She has a unique gift that allows her to predict how everyone she meets will die. Using it, she has helped people save their lives instead and has altered their future in a positive way. Her rival at the Palatine is Alaric Wulf who has vowed to personally kill Lucien if he can find him, however Meena believes that he still possesses a goodness within himself that should be protected and used to fight evil in the world. But Alaric isn't the slightest bit convinced and will stop at nothing to drive his sword into Lucien's heart.

When a new breed of vampires begins attacking New York's tourists, the hunt for the head vampire begins with a vengeance. Meena is still struggling to deal with the love she feels for Lucien and that a dream she is being plagued with is the answer that she needs to share with him. It is a dream of him as a small boy with his mother just before she commits suicide and one which holds the key to unlock a deep secret that will change all their lives.

I received Overbite by Meg Cabot compliments of William Morrow, a division of Harper Collins Publishers for my honest review. Being a fan of Buffy The Vampire Slayer series on television, this book definitely took me back to the relationship shared between Buffy and Angel in regards to Meena and Lucien. The story is well written, filled with action and suspense and one whose ending was great and unexpected. I rate this one a 4.5 out of 5 stars and highly recommend it to fans of vampire novels with a love story twist! This was an unexpected change for me, since this is the same author of The Princess Diaries, but I loved her ability to tell a great story and keep the reader entertained. (less)

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Mar 13, 2012 Jennifer Rayment rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Good Stuff

Good ending to the story - can't go any further on this point as it would be to spoilerish - but it worked for me - not what I wanted, but I could see how it could come about
Lots of Meg Cabot humour which I adore. Some of her dialogue makes me LMAO
Quite a significant improvement in the maturity of the characters, which was a major complaint from most readers of Insatiable. It actually felt more like an adult novel than a young adult story
Meena is a likeable character and you fe...more

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Feb 20, 2012 Elodie Diebolt rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Après avoir aimé le premier tome, j’avais très envie de lire le second. La couverture est dans la même lignée que la première, elle est magnifique! La quatrième de couverture me donnait envie de retrouver les personnages du tome 1 mais aussi de voir où l’auteur allait nous emmener cette fois-ci. Même si j’ai bien aimé et que j’ai passé un bon moment de lecture, j’ai tout de même été un peu déçue et vous allez voir pourquoi.

L’intrigue du livre repose sur le retour du prince Lucien Antonescu, mais...more Après avoir aimé le premier tome, j’avais très envie de lire le second. La couverture est dans la même lignée que la première, elle est magnifique! La quatrième de couverture me donnait envie de retrouver les personnages du tome 1 mais aussi de voir où l’auteur allait nous emmener cette fois-ci. Même si j’ai bien aimé et que j’ai passé un bon moment de lecture, j’ai tout de même été un peu déçue et vous allez voir pourquoi.

L’intrigue du livre repose sur le retour du prince Lucien Antonescu, mais aussi sur la transformation de l’ex de Meena en vampire et sur les cadavres retrouvés exsangues dans les rues de New York. Niveau originalité, on ne peut pas dire que ce soit très différent du tome 1, on retrouve le fameux triangle amoureux, les cadavres et le prince. La seule chose qui change vraiment est que le « méchant » de l’histoire n’est pas celui que l’on pourrai croire.

Au niveau des personnages on reprend les mêmes et on recommence. Nous retrouvons donc Lucien (un brin plus dur que dans le premier tome), Meena et Alaric (fidèles à eux-mêmes). Nous faisons la connaissance d’un prêtre qui sort des sentiers battus et qui est tout à fait détestable par son arrogance et sa façon d’être trop sûr de lui. D’autres personnages gravitent autour d’eux, des anciens du tome 1 mais aussi des nouveaux personnages. N’étant pas assez développés, je n’ai rien ressenti de spécial pour eux. On se concentre vraiment sur les quatre personnages principaux et l’histoire tourne entièrement autour d’eux.

Le récit se déroule toujours à New York du vendredi 17 septembre au samedi 2 octobre. Le narrateur est toujours l’auteur qui nous raconte avec beaucoup d’humour l’histoire de Meena Harper. Le vocabulaire est courant et très accessible puisque l’on utilise ce genre de vocabulaire tout les jours. La plume de l’auteur est, comme toujours, fluide et très agréable à lire. Meg Cabot a su allier bit-lit et humour dans une saga qui nous permet de passé d’excellent moments de lecture. Malheureusement, je m’attendait à autre chose avec ce second tome plutôt que de reprendre les mêmes évènements que dans le premier tome. Le point positif qui va relever le tout, c’est surtout que le « méchant » du roman n’est pas commun et qu’on s’attendait à tout sauf à cela! Mis à part ce point négatif de manque d’originalité, L’auteur à su me tenir en haleine jusqu’au bout puisque j’avais très hâte d’en savoir plus. Le roman est bourré de rebondissements et d’action mais aussi d’humour ce qui en fait une lecture plaisante. Une chose à laquelle on ne s’attendait pas? Eh bien un dénouement qui nous surprend totalement et qui nous donne envie d’en savoir plus!

Pour conclure, c’est un avis en demi-teinte, puisque même si j’ai aimé l’histoire, le manque d’originalité m’a un peu refroidie. J’ai malgré tout passé un moment de lecture très plaisant et je compte bien lire la suite des aventures de Meena Harper si l’auteur en écrit d’autres tomes.(less)

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Jan 17, 2012 Lasohaney rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm so glad that other readers feel, like I do, that this was a really lackluster sequel. I honestly had to force myself through the first seven or so chapters, and continually found myself skipping whole paragraphs because they kept restating and going through the same things I'd read earlier from the same character and knew I'd have to read again from another character's perspective. I eventually gave up and skipped to the end to find out what happens and was incredibly displeased. Obviously,...more

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Jan 02, 2012 Didi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

ok....i have to start off by saying this book was almost not read. as i mentioned in my review of insatiable, i wasn't impressed and was dreading reading the second and final installation to this series. i knew i had to read this book however because there were some unanswered questions.
but, sometimes a sequel comes along and reafirms the quest to finish a series. overbite, miraculously was one of those books. it single-handedly redeemed insatiable. it was quick, full of action and fun to read....more

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Dec 30, 2011 Caitlin rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, ebook, books-that-are-bad-for-my-rep

This is a bad sequel. The first book, Insatiable, was decently entertaining. I picked up this book, it's sequel, which has to tell you something about my interest in the first. However, this was a thorough disappointment and an utter disaster of a novel. Most irritating for me was the way characters from the first book were essentially abandoned and replaced here with bland replicas of themselves who behaved and conversed as if they had little relation to the kind of characters they had been and...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Kayla Guyette rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

(Spolier Alert: Do not read if you have no read the first book, Insatiable)

Overbite picks up a bit after Insatiable left off. Meena is now working for the Palatine Guard while staying under the radar with her brother John from her ex-boyfriend (and also the Prince Of Darkness) Lucien Antonescu. And just as she starts finding some normalcy in her life, well as much normal one can find when working for a supernatural division of the church, all changes.

People are missing, vampires are running amuc...more

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Oct 28, 2011 Christina Tang-Bernas rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Maybe it's because I've read so many books recently, many of them in the whole "supernatural" genre, but I think I'm fully done with this genre. I just found myself not caring towards the end. I hadn't read the first book, Insatiable, but I didn't need to as everything was explained in this second novel. The main girl character, Meena, was pretty cool but at the same time, pretty useless. Lucien, the vampire, sounded totally hot but at the same time, he was creepy. I think I like Alaric Wulf the...more

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Sep 21, 2011 Laurian rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantacy, girlie

I wish I could simply blame reading this book on my need to try out the interlibrary loan system at my new library, but the truth is that I just wanted to read the sequel to Insatiable, which I read last month.

Sadly, the truth is that it is a whole chunk worse than the previous book.

Again, set in New York, Meena Harper has the ability to know when people are going to die. However, in this book Meena is working for the Palentine Guard, a secret vatican vampire hunter league. This is problematic s...more

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Aug 24, 2011 Charlotte rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal

Meg Cabot is one of my comfort authors- when I want something light, funny, a decent plot, and great characters, I reach for her. And she's written some fantastic YA books. This is not one of them. A sequel to Insatiable, where Meena falls in love with the Prince of the Vampires and then leaves him to go work with his enemies- a secret Vatican cult, this book should have been great. It had the forbidden love angle, a sexy brooding vampire who strives to be good, a socially challenged warrior who...more

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Aug 14, 2011 Carla rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Meena Harper is back in the sequel to Insatiable. Months have gone by since the St. George incident and The Palatine is hunting the elusive Lucien, who seems to have disappeared or have gone underground, but not too far from Meena. Enter a new set of killers that set off to try and attack Meena, infiltrate the Palatine, and bring Lucien into the open - well, you have Overbite. Meena's visions have lead her to an ancient book that once belonging to Lucien's mother, lead to a new way a thinking an...more

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Aug 12, 2011 Stef rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

As a reader who formerly waited eagerly for new Meg books to come out (or to get my hands on old new-to-me books) and then hungerly devour them in one sitting, I am so disappointed to struggle through a new book and finish it completely unsatisfied. I waited not-so-patiently for ten years to finish the Princess Diaries series, despite some lackluster storylines towards the end.

I wish Meg (and several of my other favorite authors, to be honest) would stick to writing what she's best at and stop j...more

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Aug 05, 2011 서은기 rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

at first i didn't know how to rate this book. it was my first time of cabot hence i didn't know how she usually write her character or is it her style that a hero HAVE to die and the heroine easily falls in love with someone handsome but completely stone unlike her former boyfriend??? i mean, what is the use being a hero if at last u're just going to be ashes??? i supposed only Lucien Antonescu didn't have that advantages. i was completely in love with Insatiable since i LOVE Lucien Antonescu so...more at first i didn't know how to rate this book. it was my first time of cabot hence i didn't know how she usually write her character or is it her style that a hero HAVE to die and the heroine easily falls in love with someone handsome but completely stone unlike her former boyfriend??? i mean, what is the use being a hero if at last u're just going to be ashes??? i supposed only Lucien Antonescu didn't have that advantages. i was completely in love with Insatiable since i LOVE Lucien Antonescu soOoooo much but at the end of Insatiable, i kinda guess that Meena was never going to choose Lucien no matter how hard she says she falls in love with him. i hate her. i totally hate her. it was obvious since the first book-until the second- that Meena was having a soft spot for Alaric eventhough she clearly said that she hates him but still, i was hoping that the 2nd book will shows how Lucien cud be turned to goodness or something but it was clear in Overbite that Cabot wants us to hate Lucien so that she can kill him at the end but sorry to say, i'm not as stupid as Meena so i still see the goodness in him and i never hate him! i figuratively crying my eyes out when he dies and i will forever despised Meena Harper+Alaric Wulf. it is also not fair as at the end, Meena was just going to fly to Aguano where she will never see her family+friends and didn't even have to use her power to help people when Lucien at first offered to go away with her she gives thousand reasons about her family+friend+her power......

don't u think it's fair??? and owh, next time don't put the hero name on the synopsis if u're just going to kill him. put only the ungrateful heroine who at the end choose her own hero. i think the reason Lucien become bad during Overbite is because of Meena didn't want to go with him at the first place! if she chooses Lucien, things might become different, Lucien can remained a good person that he is and we can solved Father Henrique in other ways..... seriously the reason i'm this furious is because i love Lucien+Meena too much..... why u'd have to kill him??? i'm as disappointed as it was with Insatiable and Overbite. nevertheless, it's a good read. one that makes me turning the page without realizing i was at the end already.it's just that i can't accept what become of the character in the story......... (especially my Lucien!!!)(less)

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About Meg Cabot

Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flun...more Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.

She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.

Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.

Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.

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“If it weren't for me inviting Meena Harper over for dinner that night, the two of you would never have met, and this whole horrible mess would never have happened..."
She paused dramatically, as if waiting for someone to jump in and say, Oh no, Mary Lou. None of this was you fault.

"But," Mary Lou went on, a little less self-confidently, "if I hadnt then you, Lucien, would just have gone on through eternity never knowing what true love is. And then how would you have felt?"

"Considerably better than I've felt over the course of the past six months, I imagine," he replied.” — 3 people liked it

“Meena wasn't sure which she found more disturbing: that she'd been hunting her ex-boyfriend's murderous wife with a hair dryer beneath the streets of Manhattan, or that when she opened her eyes after having been knocked unconscious by this person, she realized she'd been rescued by another one of her ex-boyfriends.” — 2 people liked it

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