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Halfway to The Grave by Jeaniene Frost

5 reviews

mydayscount's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

First in a series 
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spines's review against another edition

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dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was a fun way to spend my afternoon/evening

Bones is a charming bootleg version of Spike

Upon reading the author's note at the end about how Cat was originally written to be 19 so many things made more sense

I liked the side characters and I hope they are recurring characters later in the series

The plot was a little too self-contained for me and the ending hook is not interesting me at all but I will likely read the rest of the series 

They didn't get together right away but it very much felt like insta-love which is not my preferred relationship trope
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rbradley923's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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leazzz's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Pro's: I liked the use of vampire lore, not my favourite iteration but solid
Con's: From page one it felt like rough Spike and Buffy fanfic. 
The plot and the characters all felt underdeveloped
The romance didn't build believably, and the dialogue was painful at times, especially  the awful British slang from Bones
Catherine irritated me so much with her hypocritical slut shaming, and the relationship with her mother was just infuriating
The plot had potential, but I really don't like the incorporation of the government and working for the FBI, with so much weird American frothing for the military  thrown in. Then the choice to leave Bones to protect him, it felt like the first 75% of the book was going in one direction, then a 180.
 
I won't be continuing, disappointing since I wanted to like this
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mswarning's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

Not sure when I bought this book, probably 2009 at a sci-fi writing convention. I don't recall if I ever read it. Not sure what I would've rated it back then during my urban fantasy heyday.

Obviously based on Buffy and Spike. Sex was just ok. Story was predictable. Some of the banter was entertaining.

Did not finish during Shiftathon. I keep picking books for readathons that I'm not very excited to read.
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