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A review by emleemay
This Side of the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel by Jeaniene Frost
5.0
If I'm honest, this book would have got 4 stars had I not read the other 4 installments in the Night Huntress series. The story, in my opinion, was quite weak and I can't find much to interest me in Marie's character. It's surprising actually because she's another quirky and unique member of Frost's creations, and I so adore all the others. Frost's true gift lies in creating wonderful and memorable characters, with no repetitions amongst them; by that I simply mean all of them are very different, unlike Gena Showalter's Lords of the Underworld, where I find that all of the Lords are different looking versions of the same character.
For one, Cat is a heroine that I can relate to in so many ways (even now she has become a vampire). She's awesomely quirky and sarcastic, ruthless when she needs to be but compassionate as well. But then all the characters have distinctive traits, complete with their own sense of humour and extremely quotable lines (that I completely abuse on my blog). Even in this book, which didn't quite grab me as much as the previous ones, I cared all the way through what would happen to each and every one of them. It had so many varied elements that make a novel an instant favourite: humour, sadness, mystery, smut...
I find it much more difficult writing reviews like this when I really enjoyed nearly every aspect of the book. I'm out of my comfort zone when I don't have whiny, so-called heroines to tear apart, or equally annoying brainless men who are used to try and sell a novel by repeatedly emphasising their looks and obvious lack of personality. Bones, on the other hand, is the most perfect and sexy kind of hero to have. I would start going on about his and Cat's awesome sex scenes again but people who read my reviews will start thinking that's all I talk about (hehe).
However, Ms Frost, that cliffhanger was hardly necessary, was it? I was always going to read book number 6 when it comes out in August(!) without you being cruel and giving me something to tear my hair out about until then. It reminds me of Karen Marie Moning's ending to Dreamfever, which was an even worse cliffhanger than this one. I nearly went crazy with the not knowing what the hell was happening until bloody Shadowfever was released. Some authors are sadists.
For one, Cat is a heroine that I can relate to in so many ways (even now she has become a vampire). She's awesomely quirky and sarcastic, ruthless when she needs to be but compassionate as well. But then all the characters have distinctive traits, complete with their own sense of humour and extremely quotable lines (that I completely abuse on my blog). Even in this book, which didn't quite grab me as much as the previous ones, I cared all the way through what would happen to each and every one of them. It had so many varied elements that make a novel an instant favourite: humour, sadness, mystery, smut...
I find it much more difficult writing reviews like this when I really enjoyed nearly every aspect of the book. I'm out of my comfort zone when I don't have whiny, so-called heroines to tear apart, or equally annoying brainless men who are used to try and sell a novel by repeatedly emphasising their looks and obvious lack of personality. Bones, on the other hand, is the most perfect and sexy kind of hero to have. I would start going on about his and Cat's awesome sex scenes again but people who read my reviews will start thinking that's all I talk about (hehe).
However, Ms Frost, that cliffhanger was hardly necessary, was it? I was always going to read book number 6 when it comes out in August(!) without you being cruel and giving me something to tear my hair out about until then. It reminds me of Karen Marie Moning's ending to Dreamfever, which was an even worse cliffhanger than this one. I nearly went crazy with the not knowing what the hell was happening until bloody Shadowfever was released. Some authors are sadists.