Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1) in WACKY READING CHALLENGES

Jun 23, 2012 Kelly (Maybedog) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: what-modern-fantasy, where-grr-mine, what-vampires

I don't have a lot to say about this because there isn't anything to pick apart; this will be half a review. I was initially hesitant to even pick up the book because I am so tired of vampire stories. I heard good things about this one, but at one point I had it home from the library and it didn't look that interesting. I had too many books so I sent it back. It was only after seeing even more good things about it that I went back and looked at it again. I am so glad I did as the book was so goo I don't have a lot to say about this because there isn't anything to pick apart; this will be half a review. I was initially hesitant to even pick up the book because I am so tired of vampire stories. I heard good things about this one, but at one point I had it home from the library and it didn't look that interesting. I had too many books so I sent it back. It was only after seeing even more good things about it that I went back and looked at it again. I am so glad I did as the book was so good I couldn't put it down.

It has everything I look for in an urban fantasy: lots of action, lots of peril, a strong heroine who saves the day a lot, a gorgeous and kind leading man who is wonderful. He is dangerous to bad guys but not at all scary around her. He's protective, but she puts him in his place when he is being too much so. She doesn't allow him to baby her. He's not dark and brooding, he's easy going and in good humor most if the time! It's a believable world and the vampire mythos is interesting in that there is one. There's even a creation story versus an evolutionary one about how vampires came into existence.

The heroine is hot, but she dresses like a normal person most of the time and isn't lusting after spiked heels as she's running for her life. She is untrained to begin with, but before she is really taken seriously as a vampire hunter, she trains and trains and trains. That is so refreshing. She is believably capable of going after them. More than once I thought of Buffy. The vampires don't just fall into her lap either--there is a lot of sleuthing and trial and error before she and the hero get their vamp.

I like that the mom is neither good nor bad, that she is both. I also love that the heroine is blind to the bad in her mother as is sadly realistic for a daughter. I love that vampires aren't all black and white either. Relationships in general are great in the book, and the love story is perfect. I really like that although she's young and does stupid things, he is mature and doesn't play mind games back. And best of all, I can actually understand why an old vampire would fall in love with her.

So the story was perfect for me, and I am already requesting the next one from the library. I highly recommend this book even if you are sick of Twilight-esque vampire stories. It's that good.

Hunh. I did have a lot to say after all. ...more

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Oct 11, 2015 Nancy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, romance, on-kindle

I loved it. That's almost all that I need to say really. Right from the first page of this book I loved it. Cat was brilliant, and even her hangups were realistic. And Bones was probably my favourite vampire character that I have come across in my reading so far. I think I loved the fact that he was British (or sort of 'Australian', having been turned when he was a convict. Although his British accent and mannerisms didn't always ring completely true (being British Australian myself), they were ...more

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Sep 27, 2016 Connie N. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: first-in-series, paranormal-romance, paranormal-vampires, narr-tavia-gilbert

#1 in the Night Huntress series

I can't believe I'm giving this high a rating to a vampire book, but I'm now a convert! I'd actually rate this 4.5 stars, if I could, but I'm rounding up because I enjoyed it so much. It's definitely a romance first, in my mind, and the fact that vampires and a half-vampire and ghouls are involved in the story just makes things more interesting and a lot more flexible. Kat was born after her mother was raped, so her mother is totally against the species now, teachi ...more

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Dec 29, 2013 Debbie (Doc) rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, series-reads, paranormal, read-in-2014

This book is a mixture of Twilight and Buffy the Vampire Slayer but with a twist. I wasn’t sure what to think of this book when I initially began reading it. After a couple of chapters, the plot held my interest until the end. Cat is half human half vampire and is out to avenge her mother. Cat’s dad was a vampire and her mother a human so Cat assumes that all vampires are evil. Bones, a master vampire, happens to cross paths with Cat. Her hatred of vampires did not deter her from joining forces ...more

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Jan 15, 2014 Sunshine✰✰✰ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-vampires, fantasy-urban-fantasy, fantasy-paranormal, fantasy, romance-paranormal-romance

I love Cat & Bones! Cat is a small town girl who happens to be half-vampire, much to her mother's chagrin. She hunts vampires as a way to atone for her sin of birth and has a kill-now-ask-questions-never attitude to these evil creatures....Then she meets Bones. He's funny, smart, and sexy, and is a bounty hunter of vampires. The attraction is instant for both, though Cat fights it. But when she finally accepts who she is and what she wants....watch out world! These two are on the hunt! Can't wai ...more

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