Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) in Nothing But Reading Challenges

Apr 28, 2010 Lauren⁷ 💜 rated it it was amazing

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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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May 08, 2012 Carrie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: urban-fantasy, vampire, ghost, humor, 4-and-a-half-to-5-stars, jeaniene-frost, favorites, night-huntress-series, part-of-a-series, 1st-in-a-series

I can't not even begin to say about much I love this book. Amazing, fantastic. Bones and Cat are now one of my new favorite pairings. Sexy, kick ass duo. Love it. ...more

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Dec 13, 2016 Marla rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, religion, romance, adult, adventure, made-me-laugh, challenged, with-reservations, sexy, zz-2016

4.5 stars. This book is such great fun! Of course, from the start, you know that the centuries old deadly vampire is going to fall for the willful, stubborn, insecure half-vampire vampire-hunter. But I LOVE the characters and the way they interact.

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Jan 28, 2010 Christina T rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1-in-the-series, urban-fantasy, 5-stars, 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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Oct 28, 2008 Vickie rated it it was amazing

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SUPERB! Great characters, love Bones and Cat!
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That was my review when I read it almost ten years ago. I had the chance to listen to it and took it. I am glad I did. I'd forgotten some of the story, but not the main gist. Cat is a vampire/human hybrid and hunts vampires to assuage her feelings of guilt of being born and a burden to her mother. She would love to be normal, but it isn't in the cards. Then she meets Bones.
I am not a big fan of paranormal romance as a rule, but Cat and Bones ...more

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Dec 11, 2013 Shanyn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-characters, read-in-2014

Love, love, loved this book!

It took a little while to really kick into gear, but once it did, I could not put it down!

I love Cat and Bones' characters and their interactions are wonderful - Frost takes Cat right up to the point where I wanted to scream at her before bringing her back in the best possible direction. The story is action packed right from the beginning and I loved how she wove the story together both in its smaller elements and the bigger story arcs.

I cannot wait to pick up the nex ...more

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Mar 11, 2013 Jen Ifer's Inklings rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-books, library, read-in-2013

I read book #1 and #2 of the Night Huntress World series, which is a spin off of sorts, to this series without realizing that it was not the first two books in this series. So, it is interesting to hear how Bones and Kat met and got started.

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Oct 28, 2011 Hasien rated it really liked it

Shelves: vampire

This book was so fun. I love a strong female heroine, though I will admit on a few occassions I thought her ramblings were overkill. Can't wait to start book 2! ...more

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Nov 24, 2009 Maggie rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, urban-fantasy, series, read-2011, 2011-spring-challenge

This was awesome! I'm glad to have a new series to get in to. I think the story line is great! A girl who is 1/2 vampire going after other bad vampires! At times, I did find myself skimming over what seemed like a little overly long love scenes, but other then that, I found it very enjoyable! ...more

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