false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255627990m/4447622.jpg 4447622 4 <B>First in a brand new series about a Chicago graduate student’s introduction into a society of vampires.</B><BR><BR>Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn’t exactly glamorous, but it was Merit’s. She was doing fine until a rogue vampire attacked her. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker—and this one decided the best way to save her life was to make her the walking undead.<BR><BR> Turns out her savior was the master vampire of Cadogan House. Now she’s traded sweating over her thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan “Lord o’ the Manor” Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed, four-hundred- year-old vampire, he has centuries’ worth of charm, but unfortunately he expects her gratitude— and servitude. But an inconvenient sunlight allergy and Ethan’s attitude are the least of her concerns. Someone’s still out to get her. Her initiation into Chicago’s nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war—and there will be blood. 4495840 book 7 4 2009 Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires, #1) total:287|5:42|4:40|3:10|2:4|1:0| 287 1206 733 60 3 4 false false Thu Mar 05 15:17:57 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 18 22:06:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 02:58:06 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 13:22:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Apr 18 08:25:22 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 08:26:11 -0700 2009 4 3 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 07:09:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 20:48:25 -0700 2009
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As I said, it’s a first book in a series, and so it’s setting up the story that will continue in future books, but thi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 01:53:59 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 02:26:34 -0700 2009 1
The start of the book was great and it had such great potential to be amazing.
World building is great, characters are well developed, writing style a little unusual (not exactly the style I'm used to), but I later on got used to it.
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In Chicago, the vampires outed themselves. Although they'd been living among humans for years, they decided it was time to let the truth be known.

Vampires belong to houses, similar to a sorority/fraternity. Each house has a mast...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 22 14:51:31 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 17:45:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 11:45:19 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:16:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 17:10:03 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 23:05:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 16:18:30 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 16:27:05 -0700 2009
Turns out it was. Heh.

Having read the full story this time around, I enjoyed it a lot more - good dialogue (especially for a sarcasm-lo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 19:27:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 17:07:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 18:55:37 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 07:24:59 -0700 2009 http://bookreviewsbyjess.blogspot.com/20...

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Chloe found my blog and contacted me about reviewing this title. I looked it up on Amazon.com and wondered why the hell I hadn't read it already! The premise, title, and cover...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 00:27:57 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 00:11:49 -0700 2009 1
I think this is a fresh new voice in the world of Urban Fantasy. It is well written and witty and I was pulled into Merit's world from the first few pages. If I didn't have so many distractions I would have r...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 17:34:04 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 07:28:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 13:41:14 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 13:47:19 -0700 2009
Chicago has vampires and best of all, the mortals have known about them for over a century! The fun begins when Merit is attacked by a rogue vampire and then is turned by Ethan Sullivan, the Lie...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 11:24:40 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 15:37:09 -0700 2009
Merit is a newly turned vampire - only it wasn't her choice, and she is pissed. A U of C grad student - making this book near & dear to my heart - she now has to learn a whole new set of rules. Oh, and vampires ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 26 09:31:12 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 13:45:44 -0800 2009
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Finished on September 14th, 2009

I enjoyed the story, but the sheer "hotness" of every single character was blindingly irritating. It's a standard move in most books about the supernatural (especially vampires) to make all the chara...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4447622