Halfway to the Grave
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Do you like the way Cat and Bones are portrayed as a couple?
Carole
Mar 08, 2012 04:58AM
I stumbled upon this series and I found the way the author has written Cat and Bones very compelling. They are my new favourite couple. What do you think about them and this series?
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I think their story is one that progressively not only gets better book by book but it's also not a fairytale romance. They have their ups and downs as individual but the evolution of the characters is my favorite part of the whole story. You see Cat struggle with her being the only halfling in the world, and Bones dealing with Cat's prejudice of what he is. The best part of the series is the fact that the main characters don't make the same mistakes over and over but the grow as a couple and are stronger for it!
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My favorite moment was in “Destined for an Early Grave” when Bones had his blowup/heartbreaking moment. I was almost in tears reading it but scene below (I just so happen to have it saved on my computer but I shortened it a bit since it’s super long) is probably my favorite out of the whole series because he made her face her own demons regarding them & I could practically feel the emotion in his words. I saw it as the turning point in their marriage.
(BONES’ HEARTBREAKING COMMENT) “Why are you here?” He asked it with deceptive gentleness, not missing a note or looking up. The question startled me. “B-because you are,” I said, cursing myself for stuttering like an intimidated teenager. I’d had enough of that. Bones still didn’t look up. “If you’ve come to say goodbye, you needn’t bother. I don’t need a tearful explanation. Just walk out the same way you came in.” … “Don’t touch me!” I’d been about to smooth my hand across his back when he knocked my arm away so hard, it spun me. “No. You don’t get to stroll in here stinking of Gregor, then lay your hands on me.” Each word was a measured, furious growl. “I’ve endured quite enough of being patronized. You treat me as if I was a feeble human who couldn’t survive without your help, but I am a Master bloody vampire.” “If it were my wish, I could rip you apart with my bare hands. Yes, you’re strong. You’re quick. But not strong enough or fast enough that I couldn’t kill you if I had a mind to. Yet despite this, you continue to treat me with the contempt you’d show an inferior. I’ve brushed it off. Told myself it didn’t matter, but no more. Yesterday, you believed in Gregor more than me. You left me to go to him, and there is no overlooking that, so I ask you again, why are you here?” “I won’t stand for this. I’m not going to hold you in my arms and wonder if I’m the one you’re really thinking about.”“Bones, you know that isn’t true!” I was anguished at the accusation. “I love you, you know that. And if you didn’t know it, God, you could look for yourself and see—” “Only shadows,” he ruthlessly interrupted. “Glimpses when your guard was down, when that bloody wall you hide behind wasn’t blocking me. I have been open with you about all of me, even the worst of me, because I thought you deserved no less, but you don’t hold me in the same regard. No, you reserved that for Gregor. You trusted him enough to leave everything at his word. Well, luv, I bow when I am beaten, and Gregor has defeated me in a grand style. He’s the one you respect. He’s who you trust, so if you’re not leaving, I am.” Cold swept over me, and the lump in my throat grew reinforcements. This wasn’t a fight. This was something far worse. “You’re leaving me?” He sat back down on the piano bench. Almost idly, his fingers flicked the keys. “I can stand many things.”His voice was harsh in its emotionlessness. “Many things,” he continued. “I can stand your affection for Tate, much as I despise him. Your repeated jealousies over
other women, even when I have given you no cause, for I’d be the same way in your place. I can stand your insistence to participate in dangerous situations that are way over your head, for again, that is also my nature. All of these things ate at me, but for you, I chose to stand them.” Now he stood. That calm, apathetic tone vanished, and his voice rose with each passing word. “I also chose to stand the things you didn’t admit to, like when you secretly wondered if Gregor had made you happier than I had. I could even tolerate the real reason you didn’t want to change over, the real reason you clung to your heartbeat. I could stand to know that deep down, there’s a part of you that still believes all vampires are evil!” Roared now. I backed up, never having seen Bones like this. His eyes were electric green, and the emotion in him had him shaking on his feet. “Don’t think I don’t know it. Don’t think I haven’t always known it! And I could bear it, yes, even knowing the other reason for your hesitancy. Underneath your claims of devotion, past your love—and I do think you love me, despite it all—you don’t want to change over because you don’t think we’ll last. You believe we are only temporary, and becoming a vampire is such a permanent thing, isn’t it? Yes, I know this. I’ve known it since I met you, but I’ve been patient. I told myself that one day, you wouldn’t look at me with those guarded eyes. That one day, you’d love me the same way I loved you…” The piano smashed into the wall across the room. It made a horrible keening noise, like it hurt from being destroyed. My hand pressed to my mouth while the emptiness in my stomach uncurled to fill my whole body. “I’ve been a fool.” His simple sentence shattered me more thoroughly than the furniture he’d just demolished. I made a gasp of pain that he ignored. “But this, this is the one thing I cannot endure—your walking out on me. I would rather have died than seen that note you left me. Would have cheerfully tucked myself in my grave than to see that filthy piece of paper!” “I didn’t walk out on you. I was trying to help, and I told you I was coming back—” “Nothing you say matters.” It struck me like a slap. He looked at me, no tenderness, love, or forgiveness on his face. It was as if he were a statue. My heart beat faster with fear, desperate fear at everything falling apart. “Bones, wait…” “No. Will it change anything? Will it turn back the clock so you won’t have left? It won’t, so don’t bother. You’ve only ever learned one way. Only one, and I should have remembered that. Perhaps this will finally penetrate into that armor you so relentlessly polish and shine.” He turned on his heel and began to walk away. I stared in stupid transfixion before racing after him, catching him as he approached the now-deserted front entrance.
“Wait! God, let’s talk about this. We can work it out, I swear. Y-you can’t just go!” I was sputtering in anguish, tears spilling down my cheeks. They blinded me, but I felt his hand as he reached out and softly touched my face. “Kitten.” His voice was thick with something I couldn’t name. “This is the part…where you don’t have a choice.” <-Right there my heart just broke during this scene…
(BONES’ HEARTBREAKING COMMENT) “Why are you here?” He asked it with deceptive gentleness, not missing a note or looking up. The question startled me. “B-because you are,” I said, cursing myself for stuttering like an intimidated teenager. I’d had enough of that. Bones still didn’t look up. “If you’ve come to say goodbye, you needn’t bother. I don’t need a tearful explanation. Just walk out the same way you came in.” … “Don’t touch me!” I’d been about to smooth my hand across his back when he knocked my arm away so hard, it spun me. “No. You don’t get to stroll in here stinking of Gregor, then lay your hands on me.” Each word was a measured, furious growl. “I’ve endured quite enough of being patronized. You treat me as if I was a feeble human who couldn’t survive without your help, but I am a Master bloody vampire.” “If it were my wish, I could rip you apart with my bare hands. Yes, you’re strong. You’re quick. But not strong enough or fast enough that I couldn’t kill you if I had a mind to. Yet despite this, you continue to treat me with the contempt you’d show an inferior. I’ve brushed it off. Told myself it didn’t matter, but no more. Yesterday, you believed in Gregor more than me. You left me to go to him, and there is no overlooking that, so I ask you again, why are you here?” “I won’t stand for this. I’m not going to hold you in my arms and wonder if I’m the one you’re really thinking about.”“Bones, you know that isn’t true!” I was anguished at the accusation. “I love you, you know that. And if you didn’t know it, God, you could look for yourself and see—” “Only shadows,” he ruthlessly interrupted. “Glimpses when your guard was down, when that bloody wall you hide behind wasn’t blocking me. I have been open with you about all of me, even the worst of me, because I thought you deserved no less, but you don’t hold me in the same regard. No, you reserved that for Gregor. You trusted him enough to leave everything at his word. Well, luv, I bow when I am beaten, and Gregor has defeated me in a grand style. He’s the one you respect. He’s who you trust, so if you’re not leaving, I am.” Cold swept over me, and the lump in my throat grew reinforcements. This wasn’t a fight. This was something far worse. “You’re leaving me?” He sat back down on the piano bench. Almost idly, his fingers flicked the keys. “I can stand many things.”His voice was harsh in its emotionlessness. “Many things,” he continued. “I can stand your affection for Tate, much as I despise him. Your repeated jealousies over
other women, even when I have given you no cause, for I’d be the same way in your place. I can stand your insistence to participate in dangerous situations that are way over your head, for again, that is also my nature. All of these things ate at me, but for you, I chose to stand them.” Now he stood. That calm, apathetic tone vanished, and his voice rose with each passing word. “I also chose to stand the things you didn’t admit to, like when you secretly wondered if Gregor had made you happier than I had. I could even tolerate the real reason you didn’t want to change over, the real reason you clung to your heartbeat. I could stand to know that deep down, there’s a part of you that still believes all vampires are evil!” Roared now. I backed up, never having seen Bones like this. His eyes were electric green, and the emotion in him had him shaking on his feet. “Don’t think I don’t know it. Don’t think I haven’t always known it! And I could bear it, yes, even knowing the other reason for your hesitancy. Underneath your claims of devotion, past your love—and I do think you love me, despite it all—you don’t want to change over because you don’t think we’ll last. You believe we are only temporary, and becoming a vampire is such a permanent thing, isn’t it? Yes, I know this. I’ve known it since I met you, but I’ve been patient. I told myself that one day, you wouldn’t look at me with those guarded eyes. That one day, you’d love me the same way I loved you…” The piano smashed into the wall across the room. It made a horrible keening noise, like it hurt from being destroyed. My hand pressed to my mouth while the emptiness in my stomach uncurled to fill my whole body. “I’ve been a fool.” His simple sentence shattered me more thoroughly than the furniture he’d just demolished. I made a gasp of pain that he ignored. “But this, this is the one thing I cannot endure—your walking out on me. I would rather have died than seen that note you left me. Would have cheerfully tucked myself in my grave than to see that filthy piece of paper!” “I didn’t walk out on you. I was trying to help, and I told you I was coming back—” “Nothing you say matters.” It struck me like a slap. He looked at me, no tenderness, love, or forgiveness on his face. It was as if he were a statue. My heart beat faster with fear, desperate fear at everything falling apart. “Bones, wait…” “No. Will it change anything? Will it turn back the clock so you won’t have left? It won’t, so don’t bother. You’ve only ever learned one way. Only one, and I should have remembered that. Perhaps this will finally penetrate into that armor you so relentlessly polish and shine.” He turned on his heel and began to walk away. I stared in stupid transfixion before racing after him, catching him as he approached the now-deserted front entrance.
“Wait! God, let’s talk about this. We can work it out, I swear. Y-you can’t just go!” I was sputtering in anguish, tears spilling down my cheeks. They blinded me, but I felt his hand as he reached out and softly touched my face. “Kitten.” His voice was thick with something I couldn’t name. “This is the part…where you don’t have a choice.” <-Right there my heart just broke during this scene…
Jessi Overton
I'm still not ashamed to admit that I teared up a bit reading this one. Another thing that makes this scene my favorite is because it is a real honest
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I also just stumbled into this series a couple of months ago. I fell in love with Cat and Bones and have read every story multiple times. This is a series that I can completely get lost in. The characters and conversations make me laugh and I cannot wait until Vlad's books are released. I think he is one of the best characters in the series! I am glad to see that I am not the only one to think so.
I fell in love with Cat and Bones quickly in this series! I love their characters!!! They are my favorite couple in a series so far! I think what made me love them even more and the book more was how they didn't just fall for each other and have a wonderful happily ever after right off the bat! I also cant wait for Vlad's books to be out! they look amazing!
Cat and Bone! I love them so much! They act like a real couple where other books don't. Oh I can't describe how much i love them : ]
Of course I love how they are portrayed! A couple with so much love ,trust, acceptance, strength, wit, humor and spice.... PERFECT!! :)) Even if they fight its still sexy! X))
I like the intensity between them. I've only read the first one, but I can't wait to pick up # 2.
This scene is so heartbreaking, I was literally crying. I have tears in my eyes just re-reading this paragraph. It is so powerful and emotional. Thats why Jeanine is one of my favorite authors, and this is one of my favorite series. So I agree, this is one of my favorite parts even if it is hearbreaking.
i like how cat and bones are in the story.it make me belive in true love.Bones he is so cute and tought in the books. he also very careing when it comes to Cat. Whan cat life Bones in book one he never stop looking for her.So that what I call true love.
I love this couple, some of the things Bones says to his Kitten 'CAT' are unreal like Your hands are my heaven and your eyes my Home, ooohhh.. bite me , I love this couple and wish I was Cat! would Mail order a Bones if possible and the series is just hot.. exciting and fun. READ IT.... YOU WILL Sream when you have to wait for a new book release..
i actually just got done reading 1-4 for the 3rd time ...i just can't get tired of the series...well at least 1-4 after that its just not as great ...cat and bones sucked me in and the breakup scene if for sure one of the reasons i reread them..so many parts of the book just stuck with me !!
lol d names tacky bitch n bones matches more :D last thing I d eve name a vamp is cat n bones evn as nicknames
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