Drink Deep (Chicagoland Vampires, #5) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

May 09, 2011 Purple rated it really liked it

Shelves: girlpower, uf, series, action

Spoilers! Anyone??!!! Please!! Tell me, is he or isn't he coming back??!!! I hated it. It was so unexpected. So spoilers, please! Send out spoilers.. :'(

November 10, 2011
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Spoilers are finally out eh? I didn't read it. However I read the reviews that are spoiler free and JOnah, yes Jonah, was mentioned way too much for my liking. Guess that answers my agonizing question. Nevertheless, I would read it for the satisfaction of hurling the book on my wall..if it ...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Michelle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: chloe-neill, read-november-2011

I was a little apprehensive about this book after Hard Bitten an all that happened in that book.

With Drink Deep, it just didn't grab me in the beginning like the others did. It was missing something, Merit was out of sorts and that transferred to me. I was pleased with Merit's handling of things in this book, she really grew as a character.

The big bad - what can I say. I actually shook the book a little and shouted "oh for God's sake! Open your eyes woman!!!". I saw it coming a mile away. But ...more

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Dec 21, 2011 Kalynn rated it liked it

This book wasn't a bad read, but it had some serious pacing problems. The first 2/3 of the book have Merit investigating a black lake, and they move soooo slowly. Everything that should have been building more organically in the first part of the book, rushes in at the last minute. And this everything includes remixes of old Buffy plots (view spoiler) ...more

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Nov 02, 2011 Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it really liked it

Thanks to my SOS Secret Santa!

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Jun 01, 2011 Charlotte (Buried in Books) rated it really liked it

Shelves: vampires

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Nov 19, 2011 Nairabell rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, 4-star, read-in-2012

A storm is brewing over Chicago and with the city in turmoil and threatening to pass a paranormal registration act, Cadogan House is in a precarious position. All Merit wants to do is lay low for a while and lick her wounds but it seems fate has other plans for her when the waters of Lake Michigan suddenly turn pitch black. It's clear the darkest magic is at work and Merit must act as Sentinel and turn to friends, and enemies, new and old to find out who is behind this and stop them before it is A storm is brewing over Chicago and with the city in turmoil and threatening to pass a paranormal registration act, Cadogan House is in a precarious position. All Merit wants to do is lay low for a while and lick her wounds but it seems fate has other plans for her when the waters of Lake Michigan suddenly turn pitch black. It's clear the darkest magic is at work and Merit must act as Sentinel and turn to friends, and enemies, new and old to find out who is behind this and stop them before it is too late...

This is the fifth book in the Chicagoland Vampires series (after Some Girls Bite, Friday Night Bites, Twice Bitten and Hard Bitten) and I jumped straight into this after the OMG ending to Hard Bitten. I am so glad I had this on hand and I'd recommend anyone new to the series start at the beginning, but make sure you have this on hand when you start Hard Bitten because the ending is a killer.

There is a ton of world building in this installment as the weird events in Chicago force Merit to contact all sorts of supernatural races, both those we've met before and those we haven't. Every race gets more development from the nymphs to the fey and river trolls to sirens. It all works well and develops naturally within the storyline without any info dumping.

The book also features a heavy political aspect as the Greenwich Presidium have sent a representative to Cadogan House and he quickly pulls a Dolores Umbridge and starts taking over and insisting on bizarre unnecessary rules. The Cadogan vampires are somewhat struggling under the new management and this leads to a fair amount of friction. The Red Guard are also still courting Merit in hopes that she will join their numbers against the GP.

The book did feature a huge dent to my enjoyment in that I figured out what the cause of the bizarre events was within the first few chapters. This meant I spent most of the book knowing Merit was looking in all the wrong places and by the time she figured it out I was becoming frustrated with how she could keep missing all the clues. Other than that the storyline is well written on the whole and I enjoyed exploring more of Merit's world with her.

Merit is dealing with a lot in this installment after her loss at the end of the previous book. Mallory has tried to help her through but she is caught up with her magic training. Merit's way of dealing is to throw herself into her role as Sentinel and to support her friends Lindsey and Luc who have finally gotten together. Given Merit's state of mind a lot of the humour and snark of the earlier books is missing and I'm really hoping they return in the next installment.

All in all this was a fun read and I'm looking forward to Biting Cold.

Plot: 8/10
Characters: 10/10
Ending: 9/10
Enjoyment: 8/10
Cover: 7/10

Overall: 42/50 ...more

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Nov 06, 2011 Caroline rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourite-series

Oh joy. Something to smile about.

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Apr 17, 2011 Jenny rated it really liked it

Well it wasn't my favorite of this series but I didn't hate it. Love the fact that Ethan came back. I think that he and Merit have lots more life in them.
Love the way that Jonas has evolved.
It wasn't as action packed as some of the other books but I think that Chloe Neill is building towards something big.
She has a number of questions to answer in my opinion.
I enjoyed it and look forward to what she has to come in the next book. ...more

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Aug 09, 2012 Jamie ~ Bad Boy Inspector rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-urban-fantasy, subject-pn-vampires, read-2012

3.5/5
Wow I can't believe what an ASS Morgan has become. I guess it is a good thing I was Team Ethan all along. This book ended in another big cliffhangers..lol It is a good thing I have the next one in hand or I would be pissed. I am not going to say much more about the book because I might regret it later so I am shutting up now..lol ...more

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Jun 11, 2012 Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson rated it liked it

Shelves: 2012, female-lead, vampires, reviewed, paranormal, not-manga, title-d

Overall this was a blah-zeh in-between type of book that most series suffer from. I wasn't at all happy with how the last book ended, and my prejudice somewhat carried over to this book. Hopefully Ms. Neill's work will improve in this series because it started off so well. Keeping my fingers crossed. Cheers and Happy Reading! ...more

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