LATE NIGHT RADIO YOU CAN SINK YOUR TEETH INTO
Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means f...
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Jun 10, 2008
Angie
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I first discovered Jeri Smith-Ready through her highly unique urban fantasy Requiem for the Devil. A sort of sequel to Paradise Lost told from Lucifer's point of view, I thought it was beautiful, disturbing and, in the end, unexpectedly hopeful. When I heard she was writing an urban fantasy about vampire DJs and a female lead who is a con artist, I was eager to get my hands on it. It took forever for my local store to get it in, but when if finally did I snatched it up immediately. And it did
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Apr 17, 2008
Kim
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Please note: I received an ARC (Advanced Reader's Copy) of this book, which is actually coming out May 13th!
Ciara Griffin grew up in a family of grifters, but is looking to go straight when she finds an internship at a radio station. To her surprise, WMMP's eclectic play list ranging from 1940s blues to 1990s grunge stems from the fact that the disc jockeys are all vampires, each stuck (sartorially as well as musically) in the decade they became undead. Since the station is at risk of b More...
Ciara Griffin grew up in a family of grifters, but is looking to go straight when she finds an internship at a radio station. To her surprise, WMMP's eclectic play list ranging from 1940s blues to 1990s grunge stems from the fact that the disc jockeys are all vampires, each stuck (sartorially as well as musically) in the decade they became undead. Since the station is at risk of b More...
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Feb 14, 2009
Julie
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Man, these are hard to classify sometimes.
This is one of the better paranormal books I've read. It focuses solely on vampires - no werewolves, no witches, no gremlins etc. - and does a really great job of it. There is significantly less angst than in a lot of vampire-related stuff, and yet there is still romance (and sex), lots of humor, and an interesting, entertaining story. There were some REALLY amusing scenes, which I won't describe because I wouldn't want to ruin it for anyone. More...
This is one of the better paranormal books I've read. It focuses solely on vampires - no werewolves, no witches, no gremlins etc. - and does a really great job of it. There is significantly less angst than in a lot of vampire-related stuff, and yet there is still romance (and sex), lots of humor, and an interesting, entertaining story. There were some REALLY amusing scenes, which I won't describe because I wouldn't want to ruin it for anyone. More...
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Feb 25, 2009
Gail
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These are a VERY different sort of vampire. They almost need protecting more than they need to be protected from...and that's a bad sentence, but hopefully you know what I mean. Vampires get stuck in the era in which they died, and the more the world changes, the harder it is for them. The heroine goes to work for a radio station with "era" shows that are DJed by vampires from that era. There's some action from some bad vampires, but overall, this isn't a terribly action heavy book. It
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Jan 27, 2009
Colleen
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If you haven't burned out on the many, many, many vampire novels out there right now, Wicked Game is a good one to pick up when you want some mental chewing gum. The main character has sufficient talents and flaws (and the requisite fun-but-mundane best friend) for the book to roll right along.
Don't let the cover fool you, though. There is barely enough blood and assorted vampiric attractions to qualify as a vampire novel, and enough girly-spite/hate-at-first-sight inspired hijinks More...
Don't let the cover fool you, though. There is barely enough blood and assorted vampiric attractions to qualify as a vampire novel, and enough girly-spite/hate-at-first-sight inspired hijinks More...
Dec 06, 2008
Jo
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WVMP Radio - The Lifeblood of Rock 'n Roll!
WVMP is the only radio station with real vampires, who know their musical era inside and out because they were born and raised in it.
Because they live it today.
Ciara Griffin is a con artist paying her way through college with her cons. Now however, she's trying to put that reputation behind her and start working a real job, and lands a job at a local radio station as a marketing intern. WMMP is floundering and Skywav More...
WVMP is the only radio station with real vampires, who know their musical era inside and out because they were born and raised in it.
Because they live it today.
Ciara Griffin is a con artist paying her way through college with her cons. Now however, she's trying to put that reputation behind her and start working a real job, and lands a job at a local radio station as a marketing intern. WMMP is floundering and Skywav More...
Dec 27, 2011
Mlle.
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It’s been a while since I read a straight vampire UF, and it was a nice palate cleanser – no bizarre ecosystem of wacky creatures, just a bunch of hungry bloodsuckers running a radio station.
The usual supernatural perks, like otherworldly allure and superstrength, are balanced out with a matching set of vulnerabilities. Sunlight, of course, but also a fundamental resistance to growth and change. These vampires are “stuck” in their Life Time – or death time, more like it, the world More...
The usual supernatural perks, like otherworldly allure and superstrength, are balanced out with a matching set of vulnerabilities. Sunlight, of course, but also a fundamental resistance to growth and change. These vampires are “stuck” in their Life Time – or death time, more like it, the world More...
Sep 13, 2011
Brie
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There is a lot of competition in the Urban Fantasy market, and in order to stand out from the crowd, a book has to have a fresh perspective - this is something that Wicked Game brings to the table. The vampires in this story have many of the normal rules, like death by sunlight, fire and stake through the heart, but they also have their quirks, like the OCD that they all suffer some form of. Which is displayed the best in a scene where Ciara slows down vampire DJ, Regina's attack by throwing a b
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Apr 06, 2011
Tracy
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Not Convinced of the Wicked...but the Game is Fun
Ciara Griffin is a con artist trying to go straight. Toting around baggage from a childhood that was anything but "traditional", she stumbles upon a job that may just be made for her - advertising for WMMP radio. Only problem is, the radio personalities are all vampires, and when Ciara finally wraps her mind around that - courtesy of the sexy yet obsessive compulsive Shane McAllister and his wicked fangs, Ciara embraces the night. W More...
Ciara Griffin is a con artist trying to go straight. Toting around baggage from a childhood that was anything but "traditional", she stumbles upon a job that may just be made for her - advertising for WMMP radio. Only problem is, the radio personalities are all vampires, and when Ciara finally wraps her mind around that - courtesy of the sexy yet obsessive compulsive Shane McAllister and his wicked fangs, Ciara embraces the night. W More...
Jan 11, 2011
Ithlilian
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I was hesitant to read this because I didn't think I would enjoy the radio station aspect, but that turned out to be one of the best parts of the book. I liked the author's twist on vampires, but it made be a bit sad because I wouldn't want to be a vampire in the world of Wicked Game. Vampires have some sort of mental disorder where they can only function in their time period. For example, a vampire created in the 60s would not know what a cell phone or a computer is, and would freak out if they
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Sep 21, 2010
Kt from A Book Obsession..
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Meet Ciara Griffin, pronounced Keer-ah, a smart, witty, interesting con-artist. Yep, that's right, con-artist. She chose the last name Griffin as a play on the title, grifter, someone who swindles people out of money. The book starts with her in an interview for a summer intern position at a radio station. She gets the job, but quickly realizes things are not as they seem. The DJs are vampires and are at risk at losing the station, which is the only thing holding them onto sanity. As the Marketi
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Sep 06, 2010
Lori
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A happy surprise. So many paranormal/urban fantasy are so similar that it's hard to tell one series from another. But... Ciara's new vampire buds are unique. In this world, vampires are "locked" into the time in which they died. Handy here, since they are all DJs, specializing in the music of their decade. They can't really assimilate new information into their worldview, such as the 60s character can see and theoretically understand the use of computers, but can't incorporate it into
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Aug 14, 2010
All Things Urban Fantasy
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I let WICKED GAME sit on my shelf for ages because I thought the whole paranormal radio station market had been thoroughly corned by Carrie Vaughn's werewolf DJ Kitty Norville series. I couldn't see vampire DJs as opposed to werewolf DJs making that much of a difference, but after reading (and loving) Jeri’s YA debut Shade, I was willing to see what her adult series could do. The reality is that these two paranormal radio series cou More...
I let WICKED GAME sit on my shelf for ages because I thought the whole paranormal radio station market had been thoroughly corned by Carrie Vaughn's werewolf DJ Kitty Norville series. I couldn't see vampire DJs as opposed to werewolf DJs making that much of a difference, but after reading (and loving) Jeri’s YA debut Shade, I was willing to see what her adult series could do. The reality is that these two paranormal radio series cou More...
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Aug 06, 2010
Linda
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Ciara Griffin is a former con artist turned radio station intern. Trying to mend her ways she takes a job at WVMP and dives into the secret world of vampires and Control, the agency who keeps the world safe.
These vampires really need to drink daily but can survive longer and they can use banked blood but prefer fresh donors. The big difference is that these vampires are locked in the specific time when they became the undead and their mind is stagnant. Supposedly they have an imposs More...
These vampires really need to drink daily but can survive longer and they can use banked blood but prefer fresh donors. The big difference is that these vampires are locked in the specific time when they became the undead and their mind is stagnant. Supposedly they have an imposs More...
May 16, 2010
Ciara Griffin has just landed a job as a marketing intern at a local radio station, her last resorts for a summer job at least at WMMP, a radio station that is being threatened with being sold to Skyware, a giant communications conglomerate and out to take over the world in all things music and media, unless ad revenue picks up. A former con artist with a sense of people, Ciara feels that something is odd with the presenters and describes it like being in a timewarp. She soon discovers that th
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Jul 25, 2009
marlene
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My first love in life is music. I went to more concerts before i knew how to talk than most people do in a life time. now there are some artists i can say i saw over 150 times and there is not even a 3 as the first number in my age yet. i also happen to be terminally stuck in the 90's.
basically that made this book perfect for me. vampire DJ's who are stuck in their time era who know everything about their music? who live for their music. bloody brilliant! add a hot 90's vamp More...
basically that made this book perfect for me. vampire DJ's who are stuck in their time era who know everything about their music? who live for their music. bloody brilliant! add a hot 90's vamp More...
May 07, 2009
Brooke
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I started reading Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready around 9:30pm. I then proceeded to read it non-stop till 5:45am. I can only say thank you, thank you, thank you to Jeri herself for picking my name for the ARC contest on her website. Not only does she know her music inside and out, but she took everyday vampires and made them into something more interesting and original than a lot of others out there. Vampires always stay the same physical age, and are usually beautiful beings. Wh More...
Dec 21, 2009
Blodeuedd
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I am feeling very uninspired to write a review right now, so I doubt I will have much to say but I will give it a go.
Ok so Ciara is pretty tough and can take care of herself, she con people and take their money to pay for tuition and she didn't exactly have a normal childhood. She is studying at college and she needs a job for it, an internship at this radio station could be something. Oh yes a radio station where the djs are vampires, I do like that idea and how that have stayed in More...
Ok so Ciara is pretty tough and can take care of herself, she con people and take their money to pay for tuition and she didn't exactly have a normal childhood. She is studying at college and she needs a job for it, an internship at this radio station could be something. Oh yes a radio station where the djs are vampires, I do like that idea and how that have stayed in More...
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Sep 16, 2009
Katy
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Great book. I am a HUGE music fan when I say music I mean classic rock. I like current music but I LOVE classic rock. The idea of an Urban Fantasy book with rock n roll is just amazing. I instantly fell in love with Ciara, she is so clever and funny. I love the idea of her being powerful and a con, but yet vulnerable. Shane is just the ideal grunge boy in my eyes, and I am a sucker for 90's grunge boys..uh Jared Leto. The story is cute, but still adult. I just found this book to be smart,
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Jul 12, 2011
Freja
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I loved this book. It stands out from the crowd of urban fantasy novels and shakes off many of the cliches of the vampire genre. Here's what it doesn't do (unlike MANY other books of it's kind):
1. It DOES NOT have a heroine who's only abilities seem to be her smart-ass attitude, her attractiveness to every man in the universe and her ability to sacrifice herself in some stupid move meant to save others at her own expense. Instead, Ciara is actually intelligent. She figures things out a More...
1. It DOES NOT have a heroine who's only abilities seem to be her smart-ass attitude, her attractiveness to every man in the universe and her ability to sacrifice herself in some stupid move meant to save others at her own expense. Instead, Ciara is actually intelligent. She figures things out a More...
Jun 10, 2011
Ami
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3.5 stars
I do enjoy the world that Ms. Smith-Ready creates. Vampires as music DJs?? Come on, that is just brilliant *lol*. I wholeheartedly enjoy the music trivia, the songs played ... and the praise over Green Day's "American Idiot" *lol*. I also love the idea of vampires being pyschologically "stuck" in their time of death AND developing OCDs. Seriously, it's funny when a vampire has an itch to catalogue CDs alphabetically OR (in a midst of confrontration) is forced t More...
I do enjoy the world that Ms. Smith-Ready creates. Vampires as music DJs?? Come on, that is just brilliant *lol*. I wholeheartedly enjoy the music trivia, the songs played ... and the praise over Green Day's "American Idiot" *lol*. I also love the idea of vampires being pyschologically "stuck" in their time of death AND developing OCDs. Seriously, it's funny when a vampire has an itch to catalogue CDs alphabetically OR (in a midst of confrontration) is forced t More...
Apr 29, 2009
Lunasea
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This is a solid 5 stars. Not quite 6 stars, but those are for the extra amazing books. I do recommend this book.
I heard about it via various blogs and finally decided I needed to read it. I can't get Hubby to read any UF/PR (from now on, I'm just going to call it paranormal fantasy. Soon it will be its own genre, rather than a sub-genre) and he's into music, so I figured the radio/music angle of the book would interest him. He still hasn't read it.
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I heard about it via various blogs and finally decided I needed to read it. I can't get Hubby to read any UF/PR (from now on, I'm just going to call it paranormal fantasy. Soon it will be its own genre, rather than a sub-genre) and he's into music, so I figured the radio/music angle of the book would interest him. He still hasn't read it.
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Apr 06, 2009
Michelle
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Ciara is an artist. A con artist that is. It's in her blood even - she started 'helping' her not-so-honest parents run cons while practically in diapers. Little Ciara is all grown up now and is trying to put herself through school and is trying to stay straight. That is until she's offered an internship as a marketing intern at a struggling radio station who's DJs are vampires. Not your average vampires even -- these guys 'live' in the time period they 'died' and each specialize in the music fro
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Aug 12, 2011
Jenn
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I don't know if I'd have called this an urban fantasy. This read more like a paranormal romance.
I'm rather on the fence with this book. I didn't hate it, I didn't love it. I found it was an interesting spin on vampires: the music of their era keeps them alive and kicking (so to speak) and that they're OCD - the pencils with Regina made me grin. I found the secondary characters way more interesting than Ciara (I don't care if she kept say you pronounce her name as Keer-ah....it was Key-are-ah in More...
I'm rather on the fence with this book. I didn't hate it, I didn't love it. I found it was an interesting spin on vampires: the music of their era keeps them alive and kicking (so to speak) and that they're OCD - the pencils with Regina made me grin. I found the secondary characters way more interesting than Ciara (I don't care if she kept say you pronounce her name as Keer-ah....it was Key-are-ah in More...
Jul 10, 2010
Midnyte Reader
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Favorite character: Ciara & Shane
Favorite quotes: “But moments like this last only as long as a pop song, and bear just as much truth.”
“Neil Young’s slow, reverbating guitar mourns with a keening violin. They hold each other up like siblings at a funeral.”
Synopsis: Ciara, a marketing intern, is given the task of raising the revenue of a radio station or it will be sold to a communications conglomerate. She soon finds out that the DJs are vampires that specialize More...
Favorite quotes: “But moments like this last only as long as a pop song, and bear just as much truth.”
“Neil Young’s slow, reverbating guitar mourns with a keening violin. They hold each other up like siblings at a funeral.”
Synopsis: Ciara, a marketing intern, is given the task of raising the revenue of a radio station or it will be sold to a communications conglomerate. She soon finds out that the DJs are vampires that specialize More...
Jun 14, 2011
Janette
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I discovered Jeri Smith-Ready kind of late; her YA Shade trilogy was recommended to me, and I really enjoyed it. After that I decided to give her adult paranormal vampire series a try, and I wasn't disappointed. Wicked Game is witty, well written and very entertaining, and I was hooked from the very beginning. Ciara Griffin is such a complex character and makes for a very engaging protag. She is unpredictable in a way that keeps you on edge rather than frustrates, and you get to know her li
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Jun 05, 2010
Sandy
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It's no secret I'm a huge fan of vampire books, but this one was brilliant. The MC is a con artist named Ciara (pronounced Keer-ah) and she's hired by a radio station to increase it's ratings. Turns out, the DJs at this station are all vampires who are stuck in the decades in which they die. Smith-Ready does a great job developing each of the vamps and making them different. My favorite part of their characters are that they are obsessive compulsive. For example, one vamp can't stand for there t
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Jan 18, 2011
Shelley
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Plot Summary: Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, 60s psychedelia, 80s Goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers how the DJs maintain their cred: they’re vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned.
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Oct 13, 2011
Andrea
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I don't know if it's fair to call this a review. Mainly it's me gushing about this book, the author and how happy and nostalgic they made me feel. But first, let me make a shocking announcement.
Guys and Girls, I am about to utter words that I thought would never cross my lips. I can't even believe I'm going to say it. Are you ready? Really ready? Here goes...
I have found a vampire that I love even more than Bones.
So who is this intriguing vamp who has stol More...
Guys and Girls, I am about to utter words that I thought would never cross my lips. I can't even believe I'm going to say it. Are you ready? Really ready? Here goes...
I have found a vampire that I love even more than Bones.
So who is this intriguing vamp who has stol More...
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Mar 31, 2010
Lauren
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The first time I saw this book and read the blurb, I was skeptical. Vampire DJs? Then when I finally decided to buy it (and the store had it) I found that the story reminded me a bit of the Kitty Norville books. Ciara Griffin is a likable (ex)con woman/ marketing intern looking for a summer gig to pay for her next semester. She gets, six vampiric DJs and a bombing radio station. So of course she develops a soft spot for broody 90's rock bad boy Shane, and helps them. Music references flew
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