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Hunger
Love might stand a chance if they can keep from killing each other.
Holly Spinnaker is a monster. Really. Fangs and all. Never mind the petite figure. Pay no attention to the once-bouncy blonde mane. When Jarvis Winters first encounters" it "he prepares to exterminate freak number one hundred thirty two without a flinch.
Mistake number one: following it back to its lair. Mistake number two: watching and listening to her" it "replay voice mail messages from loving, clueless parents again and again and again. Mistake number three: having an actual conversation with a bloodthirsty fiend.
Make them see you as a person. Holly remembers the advice from a self-defense class her mother made her take her freshmen year. She couldn t save her own sister, who ended up a pile of ashes at her feet only one month ago. The night they both found out monsters were real. The night her sister embraced the change. And Holly began to fight it.
Make them see you as a person. Kind of hard when you aren t even sure if you are a person anymore."
Holly Spinnaker is a monster. Really. Fangs and all. Never mind the petite figure. Pay no attention to the once-bouncy blonde mane. When Jarvis Winters first encounters" it "he prepares to exterminate freak number one hundred thirty two without a flinch.
Mistake number one: following it back to its lair. Mistake number two: watching and listening to her" it "replay voice mail messages from loving, clueless parents again and again and again. Mistake number three: having an actual conversation with a bloodthirsty fiend.
Make them see you as a person. Holly remembers the advice from a self-defense class her mother made her take her freshmen year. She couldn t save her own sister, who ended up a pile of ashes at her feet only one month ago. The night they both found out monsters were real. The night her sister embraced the change. And Holly began to fight it.
Make them see you as a person. Kind of hard when you aren t even sure if you are a person anymore."
246 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 3, 2009
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About the author
Barbara J. Hancock
40 books104 followersComing in July 2023, writing as Willa Reece, WILDWOOD MAGIC from Orbit/Redhook. Were the Ross women really witches? A magical tale about coming home when the only home you’ve ever known is gone. Also be sure to check out the first book set in a mystical mountain wood, WILDWOOD WHISPERS.
For Harlequin Nocturne, I've written as Barbara J. Hancock, a Faustian series featuring men who've sold their souls and the women who save them--Brimstone Seduction, Brimstone Bride, and Brimstone Prince. And a fairytale shifter series featuring three Russian wolf shifters-- Legendary Shifter, Legendary Wolf and Legendary Beast. Also a YA Gothic Thriller for Entangled Publishing. When I'm not writing, I'm the adopted mom to many rescued pets. I live in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia with my soulmate where ghost stories are often told on a dark side porch in the flicker of firefly light.
For Harlequin Nocturne, I've written as Barbara J. Hancock, a Faustian series featuring men who've sold their souls and the women who save them--Brimstone Seduction, Brimstone Bride, and Brimstone Prince. And a fairytale shifter series featuring three Russian wolf shifters-- Legendary Shifter, Legendary Wolf and Legendary Beast. Also a YA Gothic Thriller for Entangled Publishing. When I'm not writing, I'm the adopted mom to many rescued pets. I live in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia with my soulmate where ghost stories are often told on a dark side porch in the flicker of firefly light.
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December 26, 2020
Great Story!
This storyline was interesting and I really appreciated how Holly's story was told. I liked the way everything played out and I truly hope more comes from Holly and her family and friends!
This storyline was interesting and I really appreciated how Holly's story was told. I liked the way everything played out and I truly hope more comes from Holly and her family and friends!
April 7, 2014
(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
Over the years, I've read a range of books with vampires in. Some of them have been really good to read, while others have put me off completely. (Interestingly enough, L.J. Smith's Night World books fall into the first category, while the Vampire Diaries ended up in the second category).
This book also fell into the first category. When I began reading it, I was surprised at just how easily I was pulled into the book. The blurb did promise that this wasn't a vampire lite book and I was pleased to see it didn't lie.
This was one of the only books that I felt the love triangle actually worked, made sense and didn't make me roll my eyes.
I felt the author did a really good job of showing Holly's struggle against her nature and how things developed between her and Jarvis. I could really connect with both of the main characters in this book.
There were some moments that were creepy and others that were downright heartbreaking. More of the vampire characteristics were kept in this book and it was nice to see the vampires had some of the same weaknesses. I also noticed that this book actually had blood drunk by the vampires work in a realistic way - causing blood pumping through the vampire's veins and actually warming up. Unlike the myriad of vampires who are somehow able to have sex, despite being pale and cold.
It was also good to see that there was a reason - and one that actually made sense - for why Holly came across as different to other vampires.
Towards the end of the book, I was really eager to find out what was going to happen. By the end of the book, I could believe in the relationship between the two characters.
All told, this was a really well-written, darker paranormal moments with some very sweet moments that were a nice change to the tension. I would be interested in reading more books set in this world in the future and would be interested in checking out other books by this author.
(This review may contain spoilers).
Over the years, I've read a range of books with vampires in. Some of them have been really good to read, while others have put me off completely. (Interestingly enough, L.J. Smith's Night World books fall into the first category, while the Vampire Diaries ended up in the second category).
This book also fell into the first category. When I began reading it, I was surprised at just how easily I was pulled into the book. The blurb did promise that this wasn't a vampire lite book and I was pleased to see it didn't lie.
This was one of the only books that I felt the love triangle actually worked, made sense and didn't make me roll my eyes.
I felt the author did a really good job of showing Holly's struggle against her nature and how things developed between her and Jarvis. I could really connect with both of the main characters in this book.
There were some moments that were creepy and others that were downright heartbreaking. More of the vampire characteristics were kept in this book and it was nice to see the vampires had some of the same weaknesses. I also noticed that this book actually had blood drunk by the vampires work in a realistic way - causing blood pumping through the vampire's veins and actually warming up. Unlike the myriad of vampires who are somehow able to have sex, despite being pale and cold.
It was also good to see that there was a reason - and one that actually made sense - for why Holly came across as different to other vampires.
Towards the end of the book, I was really eager to find out what was going to happen. By the end of the book, I could believe in the relationship between the two characters.
All told, this was a really well-written, darker paranormal moments with some very sweet moments that were a nice change to the tension. I would be interested in reading more books set in this world in the future and would be interested in checking out other books by this author.
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