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Bezig met laden... Destined for an Early Gravedoor Jeaniene Frost
Read in 2014 (132) Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Trigger warning: child grooming, sexual abuse, offensive language I have reached a point in reading this series where I feel like my book reviews serve a legitimate purpose. These popular books star awful characters in a way that makes their thoughts and behaviors seem normalized. Flawed characters make for dynamic writing, but the work must acknowledge in some way that the characters are imperfect. If it doesn’t, readers might aspire to be like them. My review today is going to touch on topics in this book that some readers might have difficulty reading about. Destined for an Early Grave starts with our lead character Cat having nightmares of an unknown vampire chasing her. In these dreams, she’s running towards Bones, her husband, while the mysterious vampire tells her that Bones isn’t her husband. Ominous. Read more at https://theparanormalreview.blogspot.com/2021/08/destined-for-early-grave-by-jea.... I really, really dislike some of the tropes and characterizations that show up in this one - personal tastes and preferences, y'know - but outside that (or including that for someone whose tastes lean that way) it's really solid, and a good fun read. Yeah, I still love some of the stuff I yell at while I'm reading. Hmph. This series keeps getting more addictive with every book. I love the characters, the dialogue and the action. I like that Frost doesn't make Bones and Cat's relationship storybook. Instead, they have to fight to make things work and this book was a prime definition of fighting for a relationship. I got so caught up in the audiobook that I ended up just sitting in my bedroom listening to the last 2 1/2 hours because I had to know how it was going to turn out. There were a couple of unexpected turns in this book. Once again Gilbert does an excellent job with the narration. Even her voice for Bones is starting to grow on me. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Romance.
HTML: 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. .Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I don’t enjoy plots like the one for this book—relationship stress and estrangement—but I can’t bring myself to rate it any lower. As painful as it was, the author did bring forward some legitimate problems with Bones and Cat’s relationship, and it was good to see them addressed. I’m always a bit annoyed at some point with Cat’s savior complex in these books, and it was refreshing that it was acknowledged. Cat has changed and grown throughout the series, sometimes in unexpected ways, and I appreciate that things aren’t static.
I enjoyed this less than previous installments, and the only reason I read it so fast was to get through all the anguish to the inevitable reconciliation.
The end of the book made up for the angst that had to be endured, although I was surprised by how dark things got.
Even though I wasn’t in love with this one, I’m hooked on this series, and I’m looking forward to reading about Spade and Denise in the spin-off novel that comes next. I thought there might be an inkling of potential there, and then—lo and behold—there was an excerpt to their book at the end of this one! ( )