Words I Write Crazy: Week 4 Reviews: One Foot in the Grave, At Grave's End, Destined for an Early Grave, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, Home for the Holidays

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Week 4 Reviews: One Foot in the Grave, At Grave's End, Destined for an Early Grave, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, Home for the Holidays

From Goodreads:
You can run from the grave, but you can’t hide…

Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. She’s still using everything Bones, her sexy and dangerous ex, taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind.
Being around Bones awakens all her emotions, from the adrenaline rush of slaying vamps side by side to the reckless passion that consumed them. But a price on her head – wanted: dead or half-alive – means her survival depends on teaming up with Bones. And no matter how hard Cat tries to keep things professional between them, she’ll find that desire lasts forever … and Bones won’t let her get away again.

From Goodreads:
It should be the best time of half-vampire Cat Crawfield’s life. With her undead lover Bones at her side, she’s successfully protected mortals from the rogue undead. But though Cat’s worn disguise after disguise to keep her true identity a secret from the brazen bloodsuckers, her cover’s finally been blown, placing her in terrible danger.

As if that wasn’t enough, a woman from Bones’s past is determined to bury him once and for all. Caught in the crosshairs of a vengeful vamp, yet determined to help Bones stop a lethal magic from being unleashed, Cat’s about to learn the true meaning of bad blood. And the tricks she’s learned as a special agent won’t help her. She will need to fully embrace her vampire instincts in order to save herself—and Bones—from a fate worse than the grave.

From Goodreads:
Her deadly dreams leave her in grave danger

Since half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her undead lover Bones met six years ago, they've fought against the rogue undead, battled a vengeful Master vampire, and pledged their devotion with a blood bond. Now it's time for a vacation. But their hopes for a perfect Paris holiday are dashed when Cat awakes one night in terror. She's having visions of a vampire named Gregor who's more powerful than Bones and has ties to her past that even Cat herself didn't know about.

Gregor believes Cat is his and he won't stop until he has her. As the battle begins between the vamp who haunts her nightmares and the one who holds her heart, only Cat can break Gregor's hold over her. She'll need all the power she can summon in order to bring down the baddest bloodsucker she's ever faced . . . even if getting that power will result in an early grave.

From Goodreads:
Danger waits on both sides of the grave.
Half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her vampire husband Bones have fought for their lives, as well as for their relationship. But just when they've triumphed over the latest battle, Cat's new and unexpected abilities threaten to upset a long-standing balance . . .

With the mysterious disappearance of vampires, rumors abound that a species war is brewing. A zealot is inciting tensions between the vampires and ghouls, and if these two powerful groups clash, innocent mortals could become collateral damage. Now Cat and Bones are forced to seek help from a dangerous "ally"; the ghoul queen of New Orleans herself. But the price of her assistance may prove more treacherous than even the threat of a supernatural war . . . to say nothing of the repercussions Cat never imagined.

From Goodreads:
How do you send a killer to the grave when he's already dead?

Having narrowly averted an (under)World War, Cat Crawfield wants nothing more than a little downtime with her vampire husband, Bones. Unfortunately, her gift from New Orleans's voodoo queen just keeps on giving--leading to a personal favor that sends them into battle once again, this time against a villainous spirit.

Centuries ago, Heinrich Kramer was a witch hunter. Now, every All Hallows Eve, he takes physical form to torture innocent women before burning them alive. This year, however, a determined Cat and Bones must risk all to send him back to the other side of eternity--forever. But one wrong step and they'll be digging their own graves.

From Goodreads:
'Tis the season to join Cat and Bones for some holiday cheer in this Night Huntress novella by USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost.

They were looking forward to a normal holiday—at least as "normal" as it gets for vampires Cat and Bones and their otherworldly friends and family. But their yuletide plans are shattered when a mysterious stranger shows up and reveals long-buried secrets that threaten to take a bite out of their holiday cheer … and lives.

My Review:
Oh, wow! Such an amazing series, and I'm surprised at how long it took for me to get around to it, because it's really freaking spectacular! I love the world, I love the characters, I love the romance, and I love the threats and conflicts, because they are all so freaking great!!!

I loved Cat, Bones, Tate, Don, the rest of the gang, Denise, Randy (what little of him we got before he died) and all the others like Ian, because they were as real as monsters in the dark can be, they have problems, flaws, they didn't always work well together, and yeah, just loved reading about them!

Cat grew in these books, from a half human, half vampire who killed vampires by herself, to leading a team, to leading a team, with Bones being a part of the team, to being a vampire, and all the things that went with being a vampire who had special abilities and quirks because they'd been a half vampire when they were alive!

I so totally loved the romance, and the ups and downs, that Bones and Cat had, to the breakup that they had in Destined, because of Gregor, and the issue of her being turned into a full vampire, and the prejudice she still had over that (years of conditioning by her mom)

Speaking of her mom, her mom was just hilarious! I'd think that a good term for her would be mother-in-law from hell. Because she really does not like vampires, and then she gets forcedly turned into one, loses her love, and yeah, that was pretty traumatic!

I loved these books, really enjoyed them. and I know right now, that I'm going to reread them!

Author: Jeaniene Frost
Series: Night Huntress #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6.5
Read: February 19th, 19th, 19th, 19th, 20th, 2013
Source: Library, Tuebl
Reason Why: Loved book 1, and I just had to keep reading this series!!! And they're Sequel Challenge 2013 Books!
Publisher: Avon
Published: April 29th 2008, December 20th 2008, July 15th 2009, February 22nd 2011, August 30th 2011, October 25th 2011

One Foot in the Grave: