Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Dec 22, 2008 The Flooze rated it it was ok

Shelves: urban-fantasy-paranormal

If you're starting to read this book and begin to grit your teeth and find Cat annoying, and her mother irritating, and you're contemplating giving up...wait. Keep reading.

As with many series nowadays, this first book suffers from a trite and disjointed beginning. But, as soon as the character Bones comes on the scene, Frost's story gains clarity and momentum. It's as if Bones was just what both the heroine and the author needed to find purpose. From his introduction, we have a fast-paced story ...more

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Oct 10, 2009 Gaijinmama rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, favorites

This book should come with a warning label: do not read while driving, operating heavy machinery, or on a ten minute break at work! Seriously. When our heroine and her gorgeous vampire beau finally have their big consummation, I was between classes and practically needed a defibrillator before I could face my second-period students.

In fact, that was a problem. Cat and Bones are very endearing, and their passion for each other is contagious. To be blunt (and I usually am!) I wanted a few more Goo ...more

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Apr 28, 2010 Lauren⁷ 💜 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, fantasy-sci-fi-romance-romantasy, romance, best-books-read-in-2010, hot-hunky-hero, sexy-sexy-sexy, shelfari-favorites, book-boyfriends

After reading the second book in this series first and utterly loving it, I just had to read the others. So I bought this, and it did not disappoint at all. This book is the perfect mix of Humor, Romance and Action. There's not too much of one or the other. I'll start with the humor. Cat has some of the best one liners and comebacks I've ever come across. I mean, Worm Food? Telling a creep that accosts her that she hopes worms crap on his corpse. Van Helsing wannabe? I laughed so hard when I was After reading the second book in this series first and utterly loving it, I just had to read the others. So I bought this, and it did not disappoint at all. This book is the perfect mix of Humor, Romance and Action. There's not too much of one or the other. I'll start with the humor. Cat has some of the best one liners and comebacks I've ever come across. I mean, Worm Food? Telling a creep that accosts her that she hopes worms crap on his corpse. Van Helsing wannabe? I laughed so hard when I was reading this I had tears coming out of my eyes. The humor is just some of the best in the genre. Onto the romance. The romance was my hands down favorite part of the book. When it comes to heroes in an Urban Fantasy book, Bones is a refreshing change. I have read quite a bit of Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance and one thing that all heroes tend to have in common is that they show no emotion. Basically little short of a nuclear bomb going off in front of their face will make them betray any emotion. Usually because they're really damaged/tortured in some way or other. And while Bones does have some issues, he's not all broody and miserable. And it was refreshing to see him admit his love for Cat fairly early in the book, and keep telling her that he loved her and accepted her no matter what. Usually the hero will admit to himself that he may love the heroine somewhere around the middle of the book, and then spend a good deal of the remainder of the book denying it, until he finally tells her within the last few pages of the book. So I loved that not only did he admit his feelings for her fairly early in the book, but further told her that he'd basically loved her since he first captured her and she was so defiant and brave to him. And he also opened up to her about a pretty painful part of his past, yet another thing that heroes in Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance aren't so inclined to do. Basically they have this whole show-no-weakness-or-pain or she won't love/accept me thing going on or if I admit said weakness or pain, she'll see me as less of a man. And yet another thing that was refreshing is the fact that Bones is romantic, he does sweet little things for Cat and has a really sweet and tender side, that again a lot of Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance heroes either don't really seem to have or it's buried pretty deep. Bones was just all around refreshing as an Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance hero, and goes down as one of my most favorite vampires ever. And when Cat finally tells Bones that she loves him, it just made me sigh, it was so sweet. As for the action, that was just great too. Bones tells you about strengths vamps have (many) and it is just so cool all the things they can do. Jeaniene really brings the action scenes to life, in a way it's like watching a movie, she writes them so vividly. And Cat kicks some serious butt, I love how tough and smart she is. The plot for the action itself was superb, although a little on the creepy side. My sole and only complaint is the ending, but having read book two already, i of course know that Cat and Bones end up back together and all's well. So it's not that much of a complaint, and she doesn't do it to hurt Bones or because she's scared of loving him. She's doing it to keep him safe. In conclusion, this is very well worth reading and if you haven't read this, you're missing out. ...more

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Jan 28, 2010 Christina T rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1-in-the-series, 5-stars, urban-fantasy, 2009

Originally posted on my blog in 2009.....

I loved this book. I have no idea why it took me so long to pick it up. Thankfully I have the next one in the series sitting waiting for me to dive into it.

What I enjoyed so much about this book was the two main characters Cat and Bones. Cat is a 22 year old half vampire/half human. She is one of a kind. No one has ever heard of someone who is technically half dead. When at age 16 she finds out how she came about she takes matters in her own hands and dec ...more

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Sep 02, 2009 Kati rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, 2010, in-english, look-for-more, work-reviews

First in the "Night Huntress" series and fast-paced like whoa! Cat definitely kicks major butt, literally and figuratively. I love that despite her insecurities, she's strong-willed and when she decides she wants something, she goes after it. I also love her relationship with Bones, which is a relationship of two equals.

The book is full of blood and gore, but it's also very funny and incredibly sexy. It's definitely not for kids though, it's more mature - with foul language and graphic sex scene ...more

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