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Are there any urban fantasy or vampire books out there that AREN’T part of a series?  They all seem to be rolling that way in recent years.  The only one I can think of that’s a stand alone is Sunshine by Robin McKinley.

The only one I can think of that’s a stand alone is Sunshine by Robin McKinley.

Ah, yes . . . the best 3/4 of a vampire book every written and printed. I rarely wish for a series, but I’d sure like McKinley to at least FINISH the first book.

I LOVED this book. Bones is now one of my favorite heroes. I cannot wait to read more about him. :) I think Jeaniene did a fantastic job blending romance with urban fantasy.

Sarah, sweetheart, darling, I really, really hate to point this out to you, but right on the cover you linked to? Halfway to the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel. Um, kinda says series to me.

*ducks and runs*

ROFL! My word is simple58

*ducks and runs again*

I had a chance to pre-read this and I LOVED it too. It’s the pace that does it.  And Bones? sigh. Bones. Now begins the wait for book 2

I am very impatiently waiting to get my hands on this.

I had a chance to read this ARC and Bones is my most favorite vampire EVER!

I am completely addicted to this series and cannot wait for book 2.

I read the excerpt on the author’s website some time ago & was intrigued, though I had the same reaction as you to the “blonde, pale, British old vampire”. ::cough:: Spike anyone? ::cough::

That said, your review certainly makes it sound worth checking out.

It’s y’all, as in a contraction of ‘you all’. Not ya’ll. Y’all.

Ack. I don’t know. I’ve been burnt so many times by these kind of paranormals and god knows I’m waiting for this trend to die die die die....

eh. I’ll read a few pages in Chapters. Can’t hurt.

Errr...when it’s released in October at which point I’ll probably have forgotten it existed. Oh well. :D

“I’m 30 pages from the end, and hello, a major conflict rears its head and I realize that it’s over but it’s not, and I totally whined in my own head: “Oh, no. It’s a seeeeerieeeeeees.”

Oh, god.

My parents gave me The Scions of Shannara when I was about thirteen and I stayed up late finishing it - only to have the same reaction.

To top it all off, they’d given it to me because I’d made some noises about stumbling across one of the previous Shannara trilogies in a teacher’s room at school, and so when they saw the nice shiny new hardcover in the store…

Yup, it wasn’t just first in the series, it was first in a hardcover series with a year or more between books.  And I was thirteen and (this being pre-Harry Potter) not used to the series I read being fresh off the presses and having to wait for the next one.

The agony!

Oh, dear dog, please don’t ever let the urban fantasy trend die. They’re want make reading fun!!! I haven’t read this one, but I’ve got my hooks into bunches of others and absolutely love this hot genre.

I am sooo looking forward to this book. Also, this is a debate with my friends on the fact that it’s possible Cat’s panties on the front are showing. I think it’s shadow, but they think it’s black panties. Hmmm…

Sounds interesting but I’m a little tired of the way new urban fantasy series’s shove the protagonist’s (possible) love interest down our throats, or at least feel that paranormal & erotic go together like white on rice. I’m a hell of a lot more interested in the heroine’s kick-ass journey and the world-building than in whom she’s going to hook up with.

Hey ya’ll...who’s this vampire you say Bones reminds you of?  Is it somebody in an Anne Rice book?  I haven’t read her vampire books although I’ve seen the movie Interview with the Vampire.
(Is that title right?)

See, I’ve been in the Biosphere for the last few years...nah, not really, just kidding. Thanks.

I’m not sure I could seriously take a hero with the name “Bones...” lol

I don’t mind series. But I hate a book that ends with a cliffhanger, especially when I have to wait 1 hole year to know what’s going to happen. I think I’ll pass.

Oh, noes.  Not another vampire book.  Can I has some steampunk (or at least something that doesn’t require a large number of the characters to be dead and/or furry at some point).

I fell prey to Ilona Andrews (who writes about some of the creepiest vampires since the remake of Nosferatu) but I’m not sure I want to commit to another paranormal series.

First, Hi.

Second: Eileen, Jordan, Rhona? Back off. {g} I have dibs on Bones. I _wrote_ Jeaniene and called dibs. It counts, okay?

Vicki (via M. Marr)

I’m so glad you reviewed this book!  I met Jeaniene a couple weekends ago at Conestoga in Tulsa and thought then that if her book is half as delightful as she is it’ll be a winner.  She was hanging with her good friend, Melissa Marr (author of the amazing Wicked Lovely – god that book is so fucking good!), who raved about it. 

I like the series thing.  If a book is good, one isn’t enough ::cough:: SUNSHINE ::cough::.  My attention span is usually longer than a tsetse fly’s, so I’m okay with waiting.

And if Bones = Spike I’m dork enough to fall in lurve.  Again.

Thanks for the great review, Sarah! I’m sorry you didn’t know it was a series (Bad ARC! Could’ve mentioned it on the back, right?) and I agree with you completely on the awesomeness of my cover. I owe Tom the art director my kidney, should he ever need it ;)

Frankly I am so flattered by your comments that I don’t know what to say without venturing into serious gushing. So I’ll sum up with this: Halfway to the Grave was the first novel I wrote, I almost fainted when Avon bought it, and now you’re my first online reviewer - and you liked it! I am off to pinch myself. This is too cool! 

And yes, Vicki, I head you about the dibs on Bones. LOL.

P.S. To “thebooklass” - as Sarah would know why, I am cracking up over you and your friends discussing what you can see up Cat’s dress. I’ll never tell, though. *wink* If you read the book, you’ll know you REALLY have cause for debate! ;)

P.P.S. If this comment appears three times, it’s because I kept getting error messages. Sorry!

I fell for Ilona Andrews, as well as Patricia Briggs. Ugh! The waiting is slowly killing my soul. Series...how they torment me…

Halfway to the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel. Um, kinda says series to me.

You are totally right and I didn’t notice that on the Amazon graphic. But my ARC doesn’t say that. Ergo, my woe.

Posted by SB Sarah on 08/03 at 07:15 PM

Now that makes perfect sense and sends my chortling butt right back where it belongs lol.

I’m trying to cause a stir. I’m hoping it works. They will say who’s that author with the chick who has her underwear showing on her book cover and I will say well...that’s Jeaniene Frost’s book or a good chunk of Ellora’s Cave. Either way, I hope it works. It’s gonna be a long time till October.

This book sounds great. Too bad we have to wait till Nov to read it.

OK, a chick in a mini-skirt and thigh high boots is an sexy hot cover, but a guy with a bare chest ain’t?

I’m ‘fused.

I know its been a while since everyone has read this book.  I looooovvvveeed it too!!  I tell everyone to read this book!  I was just looking at her website today and found out the 2nd in the series comes out the end of April.  UGGGGGG Why so long????