snowbenton's review against another edition
4.0
This was really fun! I liked that Quincie was a full-on vampire, and the parenting of Kieren's parents was entertaining. I was so happy to have Nora and Freddy and even Harrison back, and was glad that Zachary was less pathetic in this volume. I loved the way Smith, if you'll forgive the pun, revamped the Dracula story for a solidly threatening villain.
karissa_'s review against another edition
5.0
This is my favorite book in the series! (which, strangely enough, most of my favorite books that are part of a series are always the third ones) anyway!! I have such love for Quincie. This book wrapped up her side of the story soooo well.
nerfherder86's review against another edition
4.0
Great continuation of the series. I like having Quincie's point of view again.
edabney's review against another edition
I have loved reading this series, if you like fantasy fiction with vampires, werewolves, and gaurdian angels, and you liked Dracula, you will love this series. It doesn't have the sappy romance of Twilight and has been loved by both my male and female students. Well done!
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Oh, it was great to see Quincey again! And to have the characters of the 2 books come together for the first time, linking the worlds even more! Great book, and plot, and my favourite of the 3 that I've read! Maybe the 4th will top this one, even with fewer pages! Maybe!
andreasp's review
3.0
It took me a while to get back to this series as it wasn't easy to find the books. But I'm glad that I bought it online and the story wasn't disappointing at all, although it was a tad boring. Definitely a different take on the 'YA Vampire' topic and I liked it. Can't wait to finish the entire series!
novelgoddess's review against another edition
4.0
In this third installment of the Tantalize series we are back in Austin with Quincie, our reluctant vampire and teenaged restraunteur. Zachary the guardian angel has been reassigned to Quince now that Miranda has died. It is Zach’s hope, and new assignment, to get neophyte vamps/Eternals to redeem themselves and return to Heaven’s fold.
Quince has other plans. She needs to get Sanguini’s up and running and she also needs to figure out a way to save all the people who unwittingly consumed Bradley’s blood and will be turning into vamps without their consent or knowledge. Nora and Freddy also turn up in Austin to help Zachary.
I have to admit that I didn’t get the purpose of the second book until the ending when Miranda died and Zachary was given his new assignment. Now in this book we were back at Sanguini’s, and the storyline I prefer. Since Quince has no legal guardian, Kieran’s parents have stepped in and taken on that role…which makes things very difficult for Quincie. She has to hide her vampire side from the only family she has left. Quincie is in nothing but tough situations all throughout this book. But being the tough girl that she is, she is able to rise to each occasion and handle it in a way that is wise beyond her years.
I was pleased to see Zach show up. His character is different in that his future hangs in the balance as well. Having disobeyed his supervisor many times, he is earthbound but has regained some of his angelic qualities…but not all of them, and there is a very real chance he could end up kicked out of Heaven entirely. He still can’t return to the ethereal plane and see his beloved Miranda. But Zach and Quince become very close, sibling-like close. I thought once Q saw Zach, she might forget Kieran, but I need not have worried. Together Q and Zach work well together as their individual “quests” become one.
Smith took a tremendous amount of inspiration from Bram Stoker for this series. And she does illustrate that fact in a number of ways. I do love to see how authors find their inspiration and then what they do with it. With the fourth, and seemingly final, book in this series recently released I am curious to see what Smith may do in the future. Will she take off in another direction entirely? Will she use another classic novel has an inspirations? Time will tell.
Quince has other plans. She needs to get Sanguini’s up and running and she also needs to figure out a way to save all the people who unwittingly consumed Bradley’s blood and will be turning into vamps without their consent or knowledge. Nora and Freddy also turn up in Austin to help Zachary.
I have to admit that I didn’t get the purpose of the second book until the ending when Miranda died and Zachary was given his new assignment. Now in this book we were back at Sanguini’s, and the storyline I prefer. Since Quince has no legal guardian, Kieran’s parents have stepped in and taken on that role…which makes things very difficult for Quincie. She has to hide her vampire side from the only family she has left. Quincie is in nothing but tough situations all throughout this book. But being the tough girl that she is, she is able to rise to each occasion and handle it in a way that is wise beyond her years.
I was pleased to see Zach show up. His character is different in that his future hangs in the balance as well. Having disobeyed his supervisor many times, he is earthbound but has regained some of his angelic qualities…but not all of them, and there is a very real chance he could end up kicked out of Heaven entirely. He still can’t return to the ethereal plane and see his beloved Miranda. But Zach and Quince become very close, sibling-like close. I thought once Q saw Zach, she might forget Kieran, but I need not have worried. Together Q and Zach work well together as their individual “quests” become one.
Smith took a tremendous amount of inspiration from Bram Stoker for this series. And she does illustrate that fact in a number of ways. I do love to see how authors find their inspiration and then what they do with it. With the fourth, and seemingly final, book in this series recently released I am curious to see what Smith may do in the future. Will she take off in another direction entirely? Will she use another classic novel has an inspirations? Time will tell.
julesgou's review against another edition
4.0
Yay! All of our favourite characters are back (well, except for Miranda… she does come up a couple times though). Smith did a great job in tying this book to ‘Tantalize’ and ‘Eternal’.
We jump right back into the fray, with Quincie almost killing her true love/best friend and Kieran still leaving for the wolf pack. This book also introduces Aimee, (who is one of the stars of Smith’s spinoff series, ‘Feral Nights’).
On top of running her restaurant, school work, worrying about the soon-to-be-vamp army that Brad is creating, worrying about the freaky dreams and the freaky voice in her head, and missing Kieran, Quincie now has to deal with the fact that she may lose her eternal soul. Because she is a vampire, she is now in danger of losing her soul and by drinking human blood, she loses it every time. Killing makes her lose it too. However, it does help that Quincie refuses the urge that tells her human blood is tasty. Now, it is Quincie’s job to try and connect with her humanity and stay this way. But, that is kind of hard when you are chasing down a crazy vampire intent of ruling everyone, including you.
I loved the way that ‘Dracula’ was incorporated into the book. It was done really well and I was surprised on how much sense it made in the story. I liked the way that Smith created parallels in between Quincie story and that of Dracula. Dun Dun Daaaaaaaaa!
Can’t wait to catch up with the gang in ‘Diabolical’!
We jump right back into the fray, with Quincie almost killing her true love/best friend and Kieran still leaving for the wolf pack. This book also introduces Aimee, (who is one of the stars of Smith’s spinoff series, ‘Feral Nights’).
On top of running her restaurant, school work, worrying about the soon-to-be-vamp army that Brad is creating, worrying about the freaky dreams and the freaky voice in her head, and missing Kieran, Quincie now has to deal with the fact that she may lose her eternal soul. Because she is a vampire, she is now in danger of losing her soul and by drinking human blood, she loses it every time. Killing makes her lose it too. However, it does help that Quincie refuses the urge that tells her human blood is tasty. Now, it is Quincie’s job to try and connect with her humanity and stay this way. But, that is kind of hard when you are chasing down a crazy vampire intent of ruling everyone, including you.
I loved the way that ‘Dracula’ was incorporated into the book. It was done really well and I was surprised on how much sense it made in the story. I liked the way that Smith created parallels in between Quincie story and that of Dracula. Dun Dun Daaaaaaaaa!
Can’t wait to catch up with the gang in ‘Diabolical’!
dolores_madil's review
4.0
I enjoyed this one the most it had the right bit of slice of life, fantasy, adventure, and s dash of romance.
moraa's review against another edition
3.0
This may have been my favourite of the series. I enjoyed it immensely.