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Dead End Dating #3
Your Coffin or Mine?
BEING DEAD CAN KILL A SOCIAL LIFE!
For Lil Marchette, the owner of Manhattan’s premier dating service for vampires (and a dazzling denizen of the dark herself), death is all in a night’s work. Unfortunately, it’s going to take more than matching up vamps to pay the bills and fund Lil’s cosmetics addiction. Dare she add actual humans to the mix? Eager to diversify, she signs up for a popular dating show, Manhattan’s Most Wanted (MMW), to pitch her expertise to the perfect target audience–eligible women looking for eligible men.
Of course Lil is trying to forget the one man she’d love to sink her own teeth Ty Bonner, the ultraseductive vamp who broke her heart after she gave him the hottest night of his afterlife. Problem is, she and Ty have an intense mental connection and she’s sensing he’s in deep trouble. Even worse, she soon finds herself heading for MMW’s grand finale (cameras are so not a vamp’s best friend). The race is on as Lil struggles to save Ty (and herself) before all hell breaks loose.
“Lil is a likable mix of Bridget Jones, Carrie Bradshaw and Dracula–charming, sweet, stylish, with just a hint of fang.”
– Parkersburg News and Sentinel
For Lil Marchette, the owner of Manhattan’s premier dating service for vampires (and a dazzling denizen of the dark herself), death is all in a night’s work. Unfortunately, it’s going to take more than matching up vamps to pay the bills and fund Lil’s cosmetics addiction. Dare she add actual humans to the mix? Eager to diversify, she signs up for a popular dating show, Manhattan’s Most Wanted (MMW), to pitch her expertise to the perfect target audience–eligible women looking for eligible men.
Of course Lil is trying to forget the one man she’d love to sink her own teeth Ty Bonner, the ultraseductive vamp who broke her heart after she gave him the hottest night of his afterlife. Problem is, she and Ty have an intense mental connection and she’s sensing he’s in deep trouble. Even worse, she soon finds herself heading for MMW’s grand finale (cameras are so not a vamp’s best friend). The race is on as Lil struggles to save Ty (and herself) before all hell breaks loose.
“Lil is a likable mix of Bridget Jones, Carrie Bradshaw and Dracula–charming, sweet, stylish, with just a hint of fang.”
– Parkersburg News and Sentinel
312 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 25, 2007
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About the author
Kimberly Raye
138 books460 followersI've always been an incurable romantic. While I enjoy reading all types of fiction, my favorites, the books that touch my soul, are romance novels. From sexy to thrilling, sweet to humorous, I like them all. But what I really love is writing romance--the hotter the better!
I started my first novel back in high school and have been writing ever since. To date, I've published over thirty novels, one of them a prestigious RITA Award nominee, Romance Writers of America's highest award of excellence. I have also been nominated by Romantic Times magazine for several Reviewer's Choice awards, as well as a career achievement award.
I've written for several different publishers, including Harlequin Books, Leisure Books, Berkley/Jove, St. Martin's Press and Warner Books. Born and bred in the Lone Start State, I still live deep in the heart with my real-life hero, Curt, and our young children.
Like any over-worked, under-appreciated wife and mother, I have very little free time. But when I find a few precious moments, I LOVE to read. Some of my favorite authors include Janet Evanovich, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Charlaine Harris (see my Favorite Reads page for more) and the exceptionally talented Nina Bangs. Give me a bag of Sugar Babies, a Toby Keith or Kevin Fowler CD (I love Texas music), and a great book, and I'm in heaven!
I started my first novel back in high school and have been writing ever since. To date, I've published over thirty novels, one of them a prestigious RITA Award nominee, Romance Writers of America's highest award of excellence. I have also been nominated by Romantic Times magazine for several Reviewer's Choice awards, as well as a career achievement award.
I've written for several different publishers, including Harlequin Books, Leisure Books, Berkley/Jove, St. Martin's Press and Warner Books. Born and bred in the Lone Start State, I still live deep in the heart with my real-life hero, Curt, and our young children.
Like any over-worked, under-appreciated wife and mother, I have very little free time. But when I find a few precious moments, I LOVE to read. Some of my favorite authors include Janet Evanovich, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Charlaine Harris (see my Favorite Reads page for more) and the exceptionally talented Nina Bangs. Give me a bag of Sugar Babies, a Toby Keith or Kevin Fowler CD (I love Texas music), and a great book, and I'm in heaven!
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September 15, 2008
This wasn't a terribly deep book. Frankly, I got confused a lot, and found the plot lacking. It was ok, but I'd have liked it even less if I had bought the book.
March 17, 2018
This was NOT the book I was expecting and yet it was brilliant. I thought I would get your standard rom com with predictable outcomes and occasional funny antics with a basis in vampires. What I got was a semi thriller situation with a back story focusing on romance.
I loved this story and look forward to reading more in this series. The characters were well written and funny, with some excellent one liners. The story line moved at a decent pace and there were not a lot of sex scenes and the ones that were there were hardly graphic (although more descriptive than you would expect going into this book).
All in all a nice, easy and fun read that I would recommend to someone who needs a quick read. Some parts are downright ridiculous, but you would expect it from this kind of book. I will be keeping an eye out for more books by this author and in this series.
I loved this story and look forward to reading more in this series. The characters were well written and funny, with some excellent one liners. The story line moved at a decent pace and there were not a lot of sex scenes and the ones that were there were hardly graphic (although more descriptive than you would expect going into this book).
All in all a nice, easy and fun read that I would recommend to someone who needs a quick read. Some parts are downright ridiculous, but you would expect it from this kind of book. I will be keeping an eye out for more books by this author and in this series.
July 12, 2013
This review is for books 1-5 of the DED series. I am just reviewing them now because I litterally could not stop reading. These books were hilarious! I read a lot at night and I had to get up several times and go into another room because I was laughing so hard I thought that I might wake up my husband. If you like Katie MacAlister and Molly Harperyou will love this series. I really don't have any complaints other than I'm not into name brand clothes and stuff so I either skipped over the parts that went into detail of what someone was wearing or a couple times I looked it up so that I could get an idea of what it looked like. According to Kimberly Raye's website the 6th book in the series will be re-released by a new publisher in e-book format so I am impatiently waiting for that. I read the little blurb at the end of book 5 and I'm dying to read it!
September 5, 2020
This is the third installment in the "Dead End Dating" series of lite, paranormal romance. I have read the first two, but it's been quite some time ago. Story is told in first person point of view by the main character, hot and fabulous vampire Lil Marchette.
As the owner of Dead End Dating, a matchmaking service for supernaturals, Lil is looking to diversify and add humans to the mix. She signs on for Manhattan's Most Wanted, which is a local show a la The Bachelor. Lil has no interest in the eligible bachelor; she's looking to add all those eligible women to her list of clients. Unfortunately for Lil, she keeps progressing through the ranks of women on her way to the finale. Trouble is, Lil isn't interested in the human hottie. She's still trying to get over her amazing one-night stand with vampire Ty Bonner. They have a mental connection, and through it, Lil senses that Ty has landed himself in danger. Complicating things, she's trying to assist her (very human) soon to be sister-in-law with wedding arrangements, all while trying to fend off her mother who has no use for a human daughter-in-law and wants Lil to match her brother up with a nice vampire girl. The last thing Lil needs to add to the mix is a half-starved alley cat, but that's what she ends up taking home with her. Now all she needs to do is find Ty, avoid her mother, get eliminated from MMW, and train Killer to use the litterbox...all while wearing the latest fashion.
This book was a hoot! I really did laugh out loud several times while reading it. Not only is Lil witty, but the scrapes she gets herself into are beyond funny. I enjoyed the other characters, too, from her crazy family to her wacky employee, Evie. Through it all, Lil never misses an opportunity to hand out business cards to bring in more clients. Although there was a lot going on, including several plot lines, everything flowed and came together smoothly.
This book was everything that romance a la paranormal lite is meant to be. Five stars!
As the owner of Dead End Dating, a matchmaking service for supernaturals, Lil is looking to diversify and add humans to the mix. She signs on for Manhattan's Most Wanted, which is a local show a la The Bachelor. Lil has no interest in the eligible bachelor; she's looking to add all those eligible women to her list of clients. Unfortunately for Lil, she keeps progressing through the ranks of women on her way to the finale. Trouble is, Lil isn't interested in the human hottie. She's still trying to get over her amazing one-night stand with vampire Ty Bonner. They have a mental connection, and through it, Lil senses that Ty has landed himself in danger. Complicating things, she's trying to assist her (very human) soon to be sister-in-law with wedding arrangements, all while trying to fend off her mother who has no use for a human daughter-in-law and wants Lil to match her brother up with a nice vampire girl. The last thing Lil needs to add to the mix is a half-starved alley cat, but that's what she ends up taking home with her. Now all she needs to do is find Ty, avoid her mother, get eliminated from MMW, and train Killer to use the litterbox...all while wearing the latest fashion.
This book was a hoot! I really did laugh out loud several times while reading it. Not only is Lil witty, but the scrapes she gets herself into are beyond funny. I enjoyed the other characters, too, from her crazy family to her wacky employee, Evie. Through it all, Lil never misses an opportunity to hand out business cards to bring in more clients. Although there was a lot going on, including several plot lines, everything flowed and came together smoothly.
This book was everything that romance a la paranormal lite is meant to be. Five stars!
May 6, 2010
I couldn't put it down simply because it was about a vampire, was an easy read. Not sure if being a 'vampire' was actually an analogy for something else...
October 17, 2022
Stopped reading 20 pages in.
This is one of the quickest books I have ever dropped bc the writing on this was agonizing. There are quippy asides every other line of the character's dialogue or internal monologue, and they feel like they were written by a 60 year old trying hopelessly to regain their lost youth and be seen as hip and with it. Every line stinks of a sad, desperate person who wants to be fun and sassy but has never had a conversation with a real person before.
After an apartment complex was described as “gangsta“ and the one of the character's pithy responses to some delusion was written as “pu-lease" I knew there could not be any redemption for this book.
I grabbed this for .50 at a thrift shop and decided to read it before I looked into the ones before it to see if they could be worth buying, and I am so glad I did not waste a penny more on the author's writing.
This is one of the quickest books I have ever dropped bc the writing on this was agonizing. There are quippy asides every other line of the character's dialogue or internal monologue, and they feel like they were written by a 60 year old trying hopelessly to regain their lost youth and be seen as hip and with it. Every line stinks of a sad, desperate person who wants to be fun and sassy but has never had a conversation with a real person before.
After an apartment complex was described as “gangsta“ and the one of the character's pithy responses to some delusion was written as “pu-lease" I knew there could not be any redemption for this book.
I grabbed this for .50 at a thrift shop and decided to read it before I looked into the ones before it to see if they could be worth buying, and I am so glad I did not waste a penny more on the author's writing.
August 11, 2019
Omg I thought that Killer the cat was some kind of vampire or other creature disguised as a cat in the beginning. Also, we never truly found out why Gwen was stalking and photographing her...
I was wondering where Ty was the whole time...I think they're gonna find a way in the next book to be together. I feel like if Ty has abilities, maybe there's a possibility he can reproduce. Or Lil just accepts the fact that she won't have kids. I guess there is no sperm bank for vampires?
I was wondering where Ty was the whole time...I think they're gonna find a way in the next book to be together. I feel like if Ty has abilities, maybe there's a possibility he can reproduce. Or Lil just accepts the fact that she won't have kids. I guess there is no sperm bank for vampires?
December 29, 2019
Lil was slightly less shallow than in the last two books. She actually thought about someone other than herself a few times. Sadly, nothing really happened in this book. I laughed a few times. I still feel bad for Esther. Ty was kidnapped. Nothing happened for a REEEEEAAAALLLLLYYYYY long time. Then it was over. Seriously, it ended so abruptly, I was confused.
November 23, 2021
Admittedly, it took me a few chapters to truly get into this. It's not that the action didn't start immediately. But I definitely don't rate Lil as one of my favourite female leads. She's fun and I love how unique she is in the vampire world. But she's also heavily into things like fashion and such that I find tedious.
Ty's evolving into the male lead has slowly been gaining traction in the last 2 books. Actually, I'm beginning to find it a little frustrating that Lil doesn't just buck up and realise that he's a good match. Plus, i do want more of him in the story. He's the lwad love interest, but most of the relationship is Lil questioning the relationship...
Introducing new paranormal like the Incubus was quite unexpected. There is this constant underlayer of sex throughout these novels (I mean, what do you expect, she literally runs a dating agency?). But that demonic presence definitely upped the ante. And I'm hoping that it continues to highlight the potential throughout the next books.
I did enjoy this book. And I'm looking forward to reading the next one in the series. But, I also am not racing to get the next book on my shelves... its good and definitely a book I would recommend. But also very simplistic and more of an easy read than anything.
Ty's evolving into the male lead has slowly been gaining traction in the last 2 books. Actually, I'm beginning to find it a little frustrating that Lil doesn't just buck up and realise that he's a good match. Plus, i do want more of him in the story. He's the lwad love interest, but most of the relationship is Lil questioning the relationship...
Introducing new paranormal like the Incubus was quite unexpected. There is this constant underlayer of sex throughout these novels (I mean, what do you expect, she literally runs a dating agency?). But that demonic presence definitely upped the ante. And I'm hoping that it continues to highlight the potential throughout the next books.
I did enjoy this book. And I'm looking forward to reading the next one in the series. But, I also am not racing to get the next book on my shelves... its good and definitely a book I would recommend. But also very simplistic and more of an easy read than anything.
October 28, 2022
It was ok - not actually bad but not actually good just comfortably in the middle- it didn’t really make a lot of sense in so far as there was a lot going on but it almost felt like nothing was really going on at the same time, the characters were caricatures. It felt like like a modest persons idea of edgy. I wouldn’t read any more in the series.
May 6, 2019
Still as funny as the first two books, I just wished Ty was more present.
October 2, 2021
love the story
February 17, 2025
Another win. I am going to be so sad when I finish this series. I have just completely fallen in love with the characters. 😭 the stories are just so cute.
January 25, 2015
Lil is still a fun, strong character in the third book of her Dead End Dating Series. There were several parts of this book that had me laugh out loud, and that is always a good thing. After the first book in the series, I reported that I felt this almost felt like a pale imitation of MJD's Undead series. Well, I must say I enjoyed this book much more than I did the newest Betsy book, "Undead and Uneasy". This book is so strong with its Vampire Dating Service plots and the interesting people Lil meets through her job (and via her family) that I think the series could revolve solely among those aspects, and remain a comic vampire tale. YCOM? actually messes up when it becomes lost in the 'mystery' aspects involving her kinda boyfriend Ty's disappearance. The resolution to this mystery is tired, boring, and too forced. I found myself not really caring about this afterthought of a plot. But I couldn't wait to get back to the juicy bits about Killer, the cat, and the wedding plans for her brother and soon to be sister in law. And of course any parts involving clients of Dead End Dating. This is still a fairly solid, (although lightweight) series, three novels deep. I can only hope that more of what makes this book strong, finds its way into further volumes. Ms. Raye should realize she doesn't necessarily need to follow the formula of other successful vampire fiction to create her own gem here.
May 9, 2024
Our Heroine Lilliana Arrabella Guinevere du Marchette is not your typical vamp. Sure, she's a primo matchmaker and owner of the Dead End Dating Service and of course a slave to fashion, but isn't every five-hundred-year-old born vampire? What else is there for a knock-out, sophisticated woman to do? Someone has to show those insidious humans how to hook up with the right person while having the most incredible sex of their lives. Hanging around for half a century does have its perks. Too bad Lil's love du jour, Ty Bonner, has vanished with no clues as to his whereabouts yet somehow he is telepathically sending Lil messages for help. Go figure! Enter hot, homicide detective Ash Prince to the scene and things start to get a little steamy as the pair team up while resisting the urge to do their own version of the tango in between the sheets. Add Lil's crazy mother who wishes her future daughter-in-law will magically disappear despite her brother's undying love for his future bride, and you have conjured up just an ordinary day in life of Lil Marchette. And just when she thinks things can't possibly get any worse, she finds herself as a contestant on Manhattan's Most Wanted dating show with a bunch of desperate woman who hope to hook up with the local, hot weatherman. Please! Where's a sexy, unattached vampire when you need one?
September 1, 2008
Out of the three books in this series this is my favorite, even with the lack of Ty front and center (ash took his place in the hottie category for a while.) I am warming even more to the charcater of Lil, loving her antics and scheming, like how she handled being picked for the dating show. The only grip I had was she at times seemed almost too blase about the fact she knew Ty was in trouble. I know she could not do much and was helping Ash as much as she could, and she really was trying to fight her attraction to Ty as she has in all three books (made vamp + born vamp = no no), but at times she seemed to forget all about him as she went about her life. There are the little signs that she was thinking about him even when she wasn't though, like being off-kilter enough to adopt a stray cat (I loved that turn in the storyline but could not figure out if she could actually talk to the cat or if it was her making up his dialouge) I guess I just wanted her a bit more frantic. Overall, my favorite of this series and I love Lil's big mushy heart and need to make everyone happy.
So now that Ty is out of the picture (so to speak) will Lil hook up with Remy? Ash? Hmmmm...
So now that Ty is out of the picture (so to speak) will Lil hook up with Remy? Ash? Hmmmm...
November 30, 2008
BEING DEAD CAN KILL A SOCIAL LIFE!
For Lil Marchette, the owner of Manhattan’s premier dating service for vampires (and a dazzling denizen of the dark herself), death is all in a night’s work. Unfortunately, it’s going to take more than matching up vamps to pay the bills and fund Lil’s cosmetics addiction. Dare she add actual humans to the mix?
Eager to diversify, she signs up for a popular dating show, Manhattan’s Most Wanted (MMW), to pitch her expertise to the perfect target audience–eligible women looking for eligible men.
Of course Lil is trying to forget the one man she’d love to sink her own teeth into: Ty Bonner, the ultraseductive vamp who broke her heart after she gave him the hottest night of his afterlife. Problem is, she and Ty have an intense mental connection and she’s sensing he’s in deep trouble.
Even worse, she soon finds herself heading for MMW’s grand finale (cameras are so not a vamp’s best friend). The race is on as Lil struggles to save Ty (and herself) before all hell breaks loose.
For Lil Marchette, the owner of Manhattan’s premier dating service for vampires (and a dazzling denizen of the dark herself), death is all in a night’s work. Unfortunately, it’s going to take more than matching up vamps to pay the bills and fund Lil’s cosmetics addiction. Dare she add actual humans to the mix?
Eager to diversify, she signs up for a popular dating show, Manhattan’s Most Wanted (MMW), to pitch her expertise to the perfect target audience–eligible women looking for eligible men.
Of course Lil is trying to forget the one man she’d love to sink her own teeth into: Ty Bonner, the ultraseductive vamp who broke her heart after she gave him the hottest night of his afterlife. Problem is, she and Ty have an intense mental connection and she’s sensing he’s in deep trouble.
Even worse, she soon finds herself heading for MMW’s grand finale (cameras are so not a vamp’s best friend). The race is on as Lil struggles to save Ty (and herself) before all hell breaks loose.
December 31, 2014
This is book 3 in the Dead End Dating series. FYI, book 6 which has been on hold since 2010 is now scheduled to be released as an e-book in the fall of 2012. This was a fun, lighthearted vampire lifestyle book. I wouldn't really call it a romance since it doesn't fit the usual romance formula. It was more in the area of Molly Harper's Jane Jameson series but set in NYC. I haven't read the first 2 books in this series - I saw this at a library sale and decided to go for it. It was a totally fun summertime read, the whole series could be knocked out during a beach trip! While I'd love to find out if Lil gets her made-vamp Ty in the very end of the series I don't think that I'm going to bother reading the others in the series; my TBR pile is just too big.
Update 2014 - I finished up that giant TBR pile and I decided to get the rest of this series. On 12/30/14 I started reading book 1 - Dead End Dating.
Update 2014 - I finished up that giant TBR pile and I decided to get the rest of this series. On 12/30/14 I started reading book 1 - Dead End Dating.
July 2, 2009
Genre: I’m not sure... it could be urban fantasy, vampire romance, paranormal detective... it's just not clear. The tone is rather romance, but the heroine's relationships don't resolve the way romance novels’ usually do. There is a kidnapping mystery going on, but the point-of-view character, Lil, is not an investigator - she's very interested in it but does not have the skills to follow up; there aren't really clues for the reader to pick up and try to solve. We find out the same way Lil does. Lil is certainly a vampire, but not a vampire like any I've read before - she's talkative and lighthearted and having the correct designer shoes is the most important thing of her day. She pays her bills by running a dating service. Really, the book is a screw-ball comedy more then anything else, and as such I was totally enthralled!
March 29, 2011
I love Kimberly Raye's Dead End Dating books. They are so much fun.
I'm not a label hungry fashionista, but I can appreciate the humor behind Lil Marchette's character being so inclined. She's a 500 year-old vampire (and holding) that's part niave, part hopeless romantic, and part entrepreneur...and the sum of those parts make Lil such a likeable character.
Lil not hearing from Ty, her hunky bounty hunter, is a serious bummer, but she doesn't have time to sit by the phone waiting on him. She has a business to build.
When she gets a telepathic message from Ty and realizes he's been kidnapped, Lil finds herself in plenty of trouble when she tries to find Ty.
Though I was a little disappointed with the ending of Your Coffin or Mine?, I know when I pick up a Kimberly Raye book I'm in for a fun, quick read guaranteed to make me laugh!
I'm not a label hungry fashionista, but I can appreciate the humor behind Lil Marchette's character being so inclined. She's a 500 year-old vampire (and holding) that's part niave, part hopeless romantic, and part entrepreneur...and the sum of those parts make Lil such a likeable character.
Lil not hearing from Ty, her hunky bounty hunter, is a serious bummer, but she doesn't have time to sit by the phone waiting on him. She has a business to build.
When she gets a telepathic message from Ty and realizes he's been kidnapped, Lil finds herself in plenty of trouble when she tries to find Ty.
Though I was a little disappointed with the ending of Your Coffin or Mine?, I know when I pick up a Kimberly Raye book I'm in for a fun, quick read guaranteed to make me laugh!
July 26, 2016
Paranormal is not really my thing, but I read the book anyway. To my surprise it was funny quirky and easy to read.
Vampires, werewolves and humans all living together like it's a normal thing. Lil Marchette a very sexy vampire who owns a dating service in Manhattan has her hands full trying to match vampires, humans and Others with the right partners. While her love life is a little shaky as well. The only man she really wants is Ty. He is a self made vampire, but with true vampire etiquette vampires cannot cross breed unless he a true vampire.
Lil has her hands full trying to pay all her bills, making her dating service work and thinking about Ty that seems to be in trouble and needs her help.
It was an interesting book. I think you really need to like the paranormal to enjoy this quirky book.
Vampires, werewolves and humans all living together like it's a normal thing. Lil Marchette a very sexy vampire who owns a dating service in Manhattan has her hands full trying to match vampires, humans and Others with the right partners. While her love life is a little shaky as well. The only man she really wants is Ty. He is a self made vampire, but with true vampire etiquette vampires cannot cross breed unless he a true vampire.
Lil has her hands full trying to pay all her bills, making her dating service work and thinking about Ty that seems to be in trouble and needs her help.
It was an interesting book. I think you really need to like the paranormal to enjoy this quirky book.
December 16, 2008
Okay, I finally figured out what it is about these books that was bothering me. Whatever it says on the back cover, that's NOT what the book is about. It's the sub-plot. This one says that Lil spends the book searching for Ty (referred to Tag at one point; more sloppy editing) and trying to drum up business by going on a local Bachelor-type tv show. What she actually does is spend most of the book on her brother's wedding and avoiding the hunt. She doesn't actually go looking for Ty, she waits for updates from the guy who's looking for him.
Still, these books are a fun read, and the fourth one is out, so I'm probably going to search that one out, too.
Still, these books are a fun read, and the fourth one is out, so I'm probably going to search that one out, too.
October 16, 2013
It's been a long time since I read an adult paranormal and it will probably be awhile until I read another. I used to eat these right up, but maybe I have a different standard now? For some reason YA books seem to be much more well written and they entertain me more.
Back to the book-it's part 3 of a series that I started awhile back. If you like chick lit and paranormals it is a decent read. Lil is not a terrible protagonist, just a little too into designer clothes (I could care less). I guess it's just not really my thing anymore.
Back to the book-it's part 3 of a series that I started awhile back. If you like chick lit and paranormals it is a decent read. Lil is not a terrible protagonist, just a little too into designer clothes (I could care less). I guess it's just not really my thing anymore.
September 29, 2007
When Lil receives a psychic call for help from Ty, who has been incommunicado for months, she has to find him. At the same time, she is a contestant on a Manhattan dating show.
Very subpar. I kind of raced through it, skimming for the important information. I just couldn't really get into it. Lil's lack of responsibility and common sense started out slightly charming but has grown to be very annoying.
Very subpar. I kind of raced through it, skimming for the important information. I just couldn't really get into it. Lil's lack of responsibility and common sense started out slightly charming but has grown to be very annoying.
December 10, 2009
Again, just hilarious, fun reading! This one was exciting, too, because her favorite bounty hunter is in danger, and she has to save him. I kept thinking, "Stop talking about your clothes, and go SAVE him!" :) She could only do so much, though. Sometimes she had to wait, and while she was waiting, she talked about her clothes.
By the way, I'm not much on fashion, but I would wade through all of the shoe-talk again for this book!
By the way, I'm not much on fashion, but I would wade through all of the shoe-talk again for this book!
January 23, 2010
I quit reading this book around page 50 because it was just plain stupid. I don't know how I got through the previous books in this series, but there was nothing funny or even remotely witty about Lil's character. The inner monologue was super-girly fluff, and it was bad in comparison to Davidson's Undead series, which is much more enjoyable. I will not be reading any more books from Kimberly Raye.
May 18, 2013
Lil Marchette is a born vampire. She is one busy woman, Dead End Dating is her business. Her mother is driving her crazy be either setting her up with born vampires, or trying to put a stop to her brother's marriage to a mortal woman. She has unusual clients for her dating service and ends up competing on a bachelor publicity show. All the while she is trying to figure out what has happened to Ty Bonner, the made vampire from Dead and Dateless, book 2.
April 14, 2013
Well, I will say that I'm flying trough these books so they are quick easy and fun reads! However, it seems all the action in them takes place in the last 2-3 chapters. The rest is just kind of ditziness. In this book, the sexy bounty hunter vamp who Lil lusts after us kidnapped. But does se devote her full efforts to save him? No...that just doesn't make sense. Plus, there is the sexy vamp police Chief and sexy vamp demon...love triangle possibility that was so missed!!!
June 21, 2015
It was a nice book, same as the other ones in the series, I was expecting some more Ty moments, but all in all, it was quite entertaining. A bit disappointing at the end, but I have high expectations that there's an unexpected-yet-hoped-for-twist in the book that makes everything ok, everybody happy, including Jack, his mother less bitchy, etc. hey, a girl can hope, right?
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