.Review: Pretty When She Dies by Rhiannon Frater

Pretty When She Dies (Pretty When She Dies #1)

by Rhiannon Frater

Paperback, 226 pages


Published November 24th 2008 by Createspace (first published November 4th 2008)


ISBN: 1440429634 (ISBN13: 9781440429637) .

Amaliya wakes under the forest floor, disoriented, famished and confused. She digs out of the shallow grave and realizes she is hungry...

... in a new, horrific, unimaginable way...

Sating her great hunger, she discovers that she is now a vampire, the bloodthirsty creature of legend. She has no choice but to flee from her old life and travels across Texas. Her new hunger spurs her to leave a wake of death and blood behind her as she struggles with her new nature.


All the while, her creator is watching. He is ancient, he is powerful, and what's worse is that he's a necromancer. He has the power to force the dead to do his bidding. Amaliya realizes she is but a pawn in a twisted game, and her only hope for survival is to seek out one of her own kind.

But if Amaliya finds another vampire, will it mean her salvation... or her death.





*Pretty When She Dies, has recently been released in the audio format and can be found at Audible.com, and iTunes.





Miss Frater, you rocked this one hardcore!!! If you have read anything Miss Frater writes, you know firsthand how epic her writing skills are! She grips you into her story like a vice and doesn't release her grip until you've finished every last word she writes. If you haven't read any of Miss Frater's work, than WTH are you waiting for???




Pretty When She Dies, was a dark, gritty at times, urban read. It had me by page 3 and I tore thru this book in the matter of a day.


Amaliya, the main character of this book wakes from a grave, not knowing what has happened to her or where she is at first. A college student, she lives on campus and hears a voice in her head to go home, and shower. Confused and mentally unable to realize what has happened to her, she sets off to her dorm room, showers, and feels a need, a hunger. The voice in her head tells her to feed. She leaves her room to try to eat, but feels an unexplainable pull towards another dorm, and a secret room where there is a group of naked college students getting their freak on. Amaliya, is not like these students, she is more reserved, and quiet, although it seems she hides behind her mask of piercings, tats, and black dyed hair. Entering the room, she has an uncontrollable need to feed, and feed she does!! As she wipes out the group within minutes, what is left shocks her and she is left wondering what the hell she just did, and what the hell she is?

As, the story continues, Amal finds herself trying to figure out what she is, what has happened to her, and what purpose she serves. She journey's to find answers of what she is and tries to find others like her kind, to help her.

Amal, is a character you can feel for, she has been thru alot not only now, but in her past life. Naive at times, she slowly journey's to becoming bad-ass and every step she takes it seems, is steps in the right direction. I love the way she takes down, a nasty, truck driver who feels he can use any young girl he comes across, Amal teaches him the hard way he picked the wrong girl to screw with.

Amal's story and journey is of course, being tracked by the powerful necromancer/summoner/vampire as he is the reason she is in the peril she's in now. He follows her, and watches her every decision, as he realizes she may be more than what he first bargained for. The ending is great, and I really don't want to spoil anymore for you.

Just. Read.It.

Did I love this book? Hell yes, I did. It was a great story. Like I said before, Miss Frater can take the best or worst characters and have you feel for them. She has a way of making her heroine's the good guy, even though the way she does it is gritty and raw.


I will be reviewing the next book Pretty When She kills, in my next post so don't forget to check it out! 


5/5 stars

Vampire Vacation by C.J. Ellisson *Review*





Paperback

Published October 10th 2010 by RH Publishing (first published September 23rd 2010)

ISBN13

9780982661000

edition language

English

url

http://www.cjellisson.com

series

The V V Inn #1

Meet Vivian. She's a 580-year-old vampire who exudes sex, has a talent for drama, and is passionate about two things: her human husband, Rafe, and their resort for the undead. Her ability to project physical illusions has created the perfect vacation spot a dark, isolated Alaskan hideaway where visitors can have their wildest fantasies come true. Vivian knows the best performance requires perfect timing, but the powerful vamp is put to the test when she discovers a corpse in a locked guestroom minutes before the next arrivals. Always cool-headed, Rafe hides the body, convinced he and Vivian can find the culprit without disturbing their guests.

Juggling the increasingly outrageous demands of their customers while tracking a killer isn't easy. Will their poking and prodding give them the answers they need, or will it uncover secrets Vivian would kill to protect?

*Warning: This story contains some explicit sex scenes and is not intended for readers under 18

                                                                                                      

My Review

Vivian an uber powerful vamp, owns VV Inn along with her human husband Rafe. An Inn like no other. Where Vamps come to enjoy extreme pleasures of erotica, in thanks to Vivian's powers.
She can seduce people into thinking or doing whatever she please's. She is sexy, powerful, and shows heart. She and her husband share a special bound together and a loving relationship.

In the heart of all things that go on, on a daily basis at the VV Inn a body is found and the who done it(s) questions arise.
More problems arise, and now Viv needs to find this killer before he kills again.
I really liked this book. The characters were intriguing and the story was well written. I felt the author carried the story well and will continue on to the next book in the series.

                                   



Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill *My Review*



Some Girls Bite

By Chloe Neill

Published April 7th 2009 by NAL Trade

ISBN:

0451226259 (ISBN13: 9780451226259)

edition language

English

original title

Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires, #1)

series

Chicagoland Vampires #1



Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn't exactly glamorous, but it was Merit's. She was doing fine until a rogue vampire attacked her. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker-and this one decided the best way to save her life was to make her the walking undead.

Turns out her savior was the master vampire of Cadogan House. Now she's traded sweating over her thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan "Lord o' the Manor" Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed, four-hundred- year-old vampire, he has centuries' worth of charm, but unfortunately he expects her gratitude- and servitude. But an inconvenient sunlight allergy and Ethan's attitude are the least of her concerns. Someone's still out to get her. Her initiation into Chicago's nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war-and there will be blood. ~goodreads










*My Review*

This book was a good start to another series that I will continue with.

This book started with action and mystery, two of my favorite story lines when reading a book, throw in some paranormal characters and you got me.

Merit is a 27 year old graduate student living a normal, college life. All that quickly changes when she is attacked by a vampire and left for dead. Lucky for her there just happens to be a another vampire in the area, Ethan, a master vampire. He scares off her attacker, and saves her by turning her into a vampire. Now she has decisions to make. She must decide weather or not she will join him under his "house" or become a rouge vampire, an existence that is looked down upon and is not under any house's protection. With the decision to join Ethan and his house she must serve the house and must "bow" down to him. Merit isn't to sure if this is something she will agree too.
Being a strong-willed female she has her own opinions about what she does and who she listens too, and does not falter to anyone. Especially a good looking master vamp who just happens to put shivers down her spine. But, since her killer is still on the loose and is killing more females through-out the area she makes a decision that will change her, once again.  



Chloe Neill's first book in the Chicagoland Series flows well, and easily absorbs you into her world.
With a likable cast of characters and a good storyline, this book will have you watching Merit come into her own and become stronger as she learns more and more about her new life... 4/5 stars