By Meg Cabot
Genre Adult paranormal romance
Pages 275
Recommended by Me
First sentence Meena Harper knew things, things no one else knew...things no one could know.
Synopsis
Meena Harper can tell see when a person is going to die. An annoying gift but a useful one. Fate can be changed, and if she warns someone not to do something they better listen. She now works for The Palatine Guard, a secret demon hunting unit of the Vatican. When she keeps dreaming of Lucien her ex boyfriend, a vampire who happens to be the son of Vlad The Impaler, she tries to convince her boss and her partner Alaric Wulf that there is good in Lucien. But with tourists going missing all over the city and Lucien being the number one suspect, Meena's not having much luck.
What it has going for it
I have such mixed feelings! I read the first book several years ago and enjoyed it. It was funny and exciting and had two super hot guys for the heroine Meena. What's not to love? In the first book I loved Alaric, the demon hunter. I couldn't get why Meena wanted to be with boring old Lucien. In this one I felt the opposite... sorta. I still liked Alaric but Lucien suddenly came back all redemptive. I was quite smitten with him. My point is, I love Meg Cabot books. She writes such funny adventurous books that make you laugh and make you flip pages at an alarming rate. The mystery was fun and I wasn't able to easily predict what was going to happen and, by the end, I was hooked into the story....
What's lacking
However, and it might have been a mood thing, I was a little bored in this one. I kept having to force myself to pick it up. Yeah, the end got good but it dragged a little in the middle.
Favorite moment
Too spoilery but it was so sweet and sad.
Yea or Nay?
If you liked the first one you'll like this one. I'd say, continue on with the series.
I haven't read the first one, but I love Meg Cabot. I'm glad you enjoyed it even if parts were slow. I'm always on the look out for fun reads.
ReplyDeleteIt's typical Meg Cabot. But adult so slightly different
DeleteI actually just saw this on amazon the other day and thought it looked a little interesting. For some reason I have always pegged Meg Cabot as a YA author and am not sure how I would feel about an adult book from her. I think I may have to give this series a chance though.
ReplyDeleteYeah, all the books I've read by her are YA so theses are slightly different. Still fun, though.
DeleteI haven't read the first book in this series. Actually I haven't read any of Meg Cabot's books but they all get such rave reviews. I think you're supposed to feel like that about a love triangle Jenny :P
ReplyDeleteLOL! Yeah, I know. I just didn't know I was so fickle.
DeleteHeh. "Twice bitten. No shy." I was hooked on the tagline alone! Great review! This one sounds great.
ReplyDeleteIf you like Meg Cabot you'll like this series.
DeleteI have never read anything by this author, but that's a good sentence to start a book.
ReplyDeleteIt is a good sentence. It makes you want more.
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