Book Description
You can run from the grave, but you can't hide . . .Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. She's still using everything Bones, her sexy and dangerous ex, taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind.
Being around him awakens all her emotions, from the adrenaline kick of slaying vamps side by side to the reckless passion that consumed them. But a price on her head—wanted: dead or half-alive—means her survival depends on teaming up with Bones. And no matter how hard she tries to keep things professional between them, she'll find that desire lasts forever . . . and that Bones won't let her get away again.
Book 2 in The Night Huntress Series.
Review:
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE picks up four years after the events in Halfway to the Grave. After accepting a deal from the FBI that would ensure the safety of her vampire lover Bones, Cat is now leading a team of agents working as a branch of Homeland Security specializing in hunting down vampires. She’s worked hard to try and forget Bones, and its a constant battle to remind herself that running away from him was the only way to save him. But when a hit gets taken out for the Little Red Reaper (aka Cat), Bones is the only one who can help save her.
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE picks up four years after the events in Halfway to the Grave. After accepting a deal from the FBI that would ensure the safety of her vampire lover Bones, Cat is now leading a team of agents working as a branch of Homeland Security specializing in hunting down vampires. She’s worked hard to try and forget Bones, and its a constant battle to remind herself that running away from him was the only way to save him. But when a hit gets taken out for the Little Red Reaper (aka Cat), Bones is the only one who can help save her.
Jeaniene Frost skirts the PNR/UF line beautifully in ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE. There is a strong romantic theme throughout with Cat and Bones, but that doesn’t diminish the solid urban fantasy plot either. Cat fully has her own story here involving chasing down her own personal history and finding out more about both her human and vampire halves. Also balancing the openly hostile humans in her life with the vampires and ghouls she’s come to depend on.
This is the one time where I’m afraid that the sexual content breakdown of a story could possibly be longer than the actual review. I mean this is the book that contains the infamous Chapter 32. And if you’re familiar with my reviews, you know I typically don’t love to read extremely graphic sex scenes, but at least I was prepared this time (On a side note if you don’t want to read super graphic sex described, you can easily skip over Ch. 32 without missing any plot developments). Prepared or not, Ch. 32 deserves its fame (or infamy, depending on your perspective). I will say that about halfway through the chapter, for me it took a decidedly unsexy turn.
Aside from Ch. 32, I enjoyed the story of ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE. I appreciated the maturity of Cat and the time the author gave her between books to acquire skills and friendships apart from Bones. And of course Bones is still the walking, talking personification of sex. He still is Spike (from Buffy) for me, so of course every scene he’s in makes my heart go pitter pat. There is something so sexy about how fiercely he wants Cat, and not just sexually. His love for her is completely believable. And for me, that’s more than enough to keep me reading this series.
My Rating (out of 5):
Good - A fun read with minor flaws. Maybe wait for paperback.
Click HERE to read an excerpt of ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE.
Product Details
- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Avon; First Avon Printing edition (April 29, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061245097
- ISBN-13: 978-0061245091
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