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Biting Love #2
Biting Nixie
Nitro? Meet glycerin...
Biting Love Book 2.
Punk musician Nixie Schmeling is a hundred pounds of Attitude who spells authority a-n-c-h-o-r and thinks buying insurance is just one more step toward death. So she really feels played when she's volunteered to run the town's first annual fundraising festival. Especially when she finds out it's to pay for a heavy-hitting lawyer--who's six-feet-plus of black-haired, blue-eyed sex on a stick.
Attorney Julian Emerson learned centuries ago that the only way to contain his dangerous nature is to stay buttoned up. He's come from Boston to defend the town from a shady group of suits--and an even shadier gang of vampires. But his biggest problem is Nixie, who shreds his self-control.
Nixie doesn't get why the faphead shyster doesn't understand her. Julian wishes Nixie would speak a known language--like Sanskrit. Even if they manage to foil the bloodthirsty gang, what future is there for a tiny punk rocker and a blue-blooded skyscraper?
And that's before Nixie finds out Julian's a vampire...
Contains more eye-popping sex, ear-popping language and gut-popping laughs than can possibly be good for you. And vampires. Not sippy-neck wimps, but burning beacons of raw sexuality--this means passionate blood-heating, violent bloodletting, and fangy bloodsucking. Oh, and cheese balls. Those things are just scary. (This title contains explicit sexual language.)
A Guide to Nixie's Slang is maryhughesbooks.com/Nixie%20Slang.html
Biting Love Book 2.
Punk musician Nixie Schmeling is a hundred pounds of Attitude who spells authority a-n-c-h-o-r and thinks buying insurance is just one more step toward death. So she really feels played when she's volunteered to run the town's first annual fundraising festival. Especially when she finds out it's to pay for a heavy-hitting lawyer--who's six-feet-plus of black-haired, blue-eyed sex on a stick.
Attorney Julian Emerson learned centuries ago that the only way to contain his dangerous nature is to stay buttoned up. He's come from Boston to defend the town from a shady group of suits--and an even shadier gang of vampires. But his biggest problem is Nixie, who shreds his self-control.
Nixie doesn't get why the faphead shyster doesn't understand her. Julian wishes Nixie would speak a known language--like Sanskrit. Even if they manage to foil the bloodthirsty gang, what future is there for a tiny punk rocker and a blue-blooded skyscraper?
And that's before Nixie finds out Julian's a vampire...
Contains more eye-popping sex, ear-popping language and gut-popping laughs than can possibly be good for you. And vampires. Not sippy-neck wimps, but burning beacons of raw sexuality--this means passionate blood-heating, violent bloodletting, and fangy bloodsucking. Oh, and cheese balls. Those things are just scary. (This title contains explicit sexual language.)
A Guide to Nixie's Slang is maryhughesbooks.com/Nixie%20Slang.html
310 pages, Paperback
First published January 13, 2009
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March 12, 2015
3.5/5
Uproariously funny, heavy on slapstick humour, Biting Nixie is bound to get you out of your funk when you desperately need it. The plot is not overly clever or even twisted, it's the execution of the story which you'll shell your money for. I was giggling all the way throuh it was just THAT silly! Read it.
Uproariously funny, heavy on slapstick humour, Biting Nixie is bound to get you out of your funk when you desperately need it. The plot is not overly clever or even twisted, it's the execution of the story which you'll shell your money for. I was giggling all the way throuh it was just THAT silly! Read it.
May 13, 2010
I just could not get into this book. It is not a young adult book, but the dialog and interactions were so juvenile that I kept feeling like it was. I could not imagine Nixie as being 25, she behaved like she was much, much younger. And oh my goodness - we get it!! Yes, we get it already! You're cool and you use cool metaphors. Not. I constantly rolled my eyes at her need to exert her individuality. I know that the author wanted to portray the Julian and Nixie as being completely opposite, but come on! He's all proper English and she was on the worst side of slang. The worst. I did not find Nixe funny, just annoying.
Apparently this book can be labeled as smut. GR's showed that it is mentioned in the Kindle Smut group. I didn't read far enough to reach any smut! Hahaha. Should I feel lucky or cheated??
And what the heck is Daggy?? She is from outside of Chicago, right??
Apparently this book can be labeled as smut. GR's showed that it is mentioned in the Kindle Smut group. I didn't read far enough to reach any smut! Hahaha. Should I feel lucky or cheated??
And what the heck is Daggy?? She is from outside of Chicago, right??
June 23, 2015
*this review contains spoilers*
As a 5 foot nothing, no boobs, rocker style chick myself, I was fully on board for this book. Add in a hot guy who wears a suit and all aboard, we're hitting this story full steam!!!
I immediately liked Nixie. She was funny, snarky, and just my type of girl... when i could understand her. A lot of the time I had to go back and reread what she'd said to try and figure out what in the hell she had meant. Sometimes her strange lingo made sense like "legal eagle" means lawyer and baka is japanese for fool or stupid, it was simple stuff like that sometimes made her speech quirky and unique without it being so out there. The rest left me scratching my head in confusion and then moving on in defeat. It got so bad that after awhile it just felt like the author was trying too hard.
Worst of all, Julian just suddenly UNDERSTANDS it 2/3rds of the way into the book out of no where, with no explanation on how. Like a switch he goes from "wtf is she talking about" to "oh yeh i get it now *talks in her speech"
And don't get me started on the fact that even though she's supposed to be 25, her mannerisms are so childish that even the peppering of x-rated thoughts couldn't help it.
Think less this:
And more:
Are you grossed out now knowing that Nixie (who looks, dresses, and acts like a fucking child) thinks x-rated thought? Cause i sure was. The constant reminder of this (that she looks like a child/teenager, is as small as a child/teenager, etc) from the other characters didn't help at all either. Thanks a lot for that.
This got even worse as the characters quickly became ridiculous and over the top. Some were normal like her cop friend from the first book in the series (i don't like cop stories, they just dont interest me which is why i didnt read her book) but then they let so much weird shit pass right over their head like it was every day, not batting an eye lash. The characters that WEREN'T normal were fucking ridiculous to the point of nausea and the rest were normal but didn't react REALISTICALLY.
I didn't think it was going to get any better at this point(and i was only a chapter in). There was the main character who was so top heavy with her "quirky" and outlandish sayings, the other equally as silly side characters with their weird or dramatic mannerisms, and the fast pace straight from the get go that left me reeling and grasping for a ledge before I fell into this chasm of "WTF".
But i continued. I had too. Punk girl and suit guy are just two main characters i dont see everyday and i was in this for the long haul.
Aaaaand it didn't get better.
Too much happened too quickly. There was no real pacing to the story. It was just wam-bam-thank you maam and then on to the next scene. Little nuggets of information was given to you with no real set up; "hey look at this" "now look at this" "hey this too" "oohhh action" "habitual sex scene" "more this". You're thrown right into it, straight from the beginning when there was no need to. It was just too much too soon. (I mean Nixie has like a panic attack and then is immediately over it).
There was plenty of time to build up the relationship between Julian and Nixie. Plenty of time to build up the plot that (after figuring it out myself) was spilling over from the previous book. And there was maybe even time to throw Julian's point of view in there to really understand what was happening on the vampire side of things (be it plot wise or simply just Julian's feelings towards Nixie) cause i seriously got tired of hearing second hand accounts from Julian. BUT MOST OF ALL THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME FOR ALL OF THIS WHEN THERE ARE 326 pgs!!! That, by normal publishing standards, is a full length novel so there was time.
Instead, you're left with Julian constantly disappearing to do something, leaving the readers to the internal rambling of a 25 year old child.(And you think I'm exaggerating but Julian disappears at least five times) ONLY only to later come back to tell Nixie the exciting vampirey things that happened while he was away.
Let's also not forget that a lot of the plot was nonexistent. It was there simply to fuel this woman-child's tantrums and "woo is me, the problems of a well off white girl" attitude and to give barely tolerable reasons for the sex scenes between Nixie and Julian. I mean, that's well and good for a 100+ erotica or a novella but when there's- what- 300+pgs of material to fill (depending on which format you're reading), I expect A WHOLE LOT more than a shit tone of meaningless banter, obligatory vampire action, and a few sex scenes.
I wanted to love this book. I really, really did. And I started out really liking it. The pacing was good, Nixie was quirky and funny. But that only lasted for about half of the first chapter and frankly it was all rather disappointing from there.
As a 5 foot nothing, no boobs, rocker style chick myself, I was fully on board for this book. Add in a hot guy who wears a suit and all aboard, we're hitting this story full steam!!!
I immediately liked Nixie. She was funny, snarky, and just my type of girl... when i could understand her. A lot of the time I had to go back and reread what she'd said to try and figure out what in the hell she had meant. Sometimes her strange lingo made sense like "legal eagle" means lawyer and baka is japanese for fool or stupid, it was simple stuff like that sometimes made her speech quirky and unique without it being so out there. The rest left me scratching my head in confusion and then moving on in defeat. It got so bad that after awhile it just felt like the author was trying too hard.
Worst of all, Julian just suddenly UNDERSTANDS it 2/3rds of the way into the book out of no where, with no explanation on how. Like a switch he goes from "wtf is she talking about" to "oh yeh i get it now *talks in her speech"
And don't get me started on the fact that even though she's supposed to be 25, her mannerisms are so childish that even the peppering of x-rated thoughts couldn't help it.
Think less this:
And more:
Are you grossed out now knowing that Nixie (who looks, dresses, and acts like a fucking child) thinks x-rated thought? Cause i sure was. The constant reminder of this (that she looks like a child/teenager, is as small as a child/teenager, etc) from the other characters didn't help at all either. Thanks a lot for that.
This got even worse as the characters quickly became ridiculous and over the top. Some were normal like her cop friend from the first book in the series (i don't like cop stories, they just dont interest me which is why i didnt read her book) but then they let so much weird shit pass right over their head like it was every day, not batting an eye lash. The characters that WEREN'T normal were fucking ridiculous to the point of nausea and the rest were normal but didn't react REALISTICALLY.
I didn't think it was going to get any better at this point(and i was only a chapter in). There was the main character who was so top heavy with her "quirky" and outlandish sayings, the other equally as silly side characters with their weird or dramatic mannerisms, and the fast pace straight from the get go that left me reeling and grasping for a ledge before I fell into this chasm of "WTF".
But i continued. I had too. Punk girl and suit guy are just two main characters i dont see everyday and i was in this for the long haul.
Aaaaand it didn't get better.
Too much happened too quickly. There was no real pacing to the story. It was just wam-bam-thank you maam and then on to the next scene. Little nuggets of information was given to you with no real set up; "hey look at this" "now look at this" "hey this too" "oohhh action" "habitual sex scene" "more this". You're thrown right into it, straight from the beginning when there was no need to. It was just too much too soon. (I mean Nixie has like a panic attack and then is immediately over it).
There was plenty of time to build up the relationship between Julian and Nixie. Plenty of time to build up the plot that (after figuring it out myself) was spilling over from the previous book. And there was maybe even time to throw Julian's point of view in there to really understand what was happening on the vampire side of things (be it plot wise or simply just Julian's feelings towards Nixie) cause i seriously got tired of hearing second hand accounts from Julian. BUT MOST OF ALL THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME FOR ALL OF THIS WHEN THERE ARE 326 pgs!!! That, by normal publishing standards, is a full length novel so there was time.
Instead, you're left with Julian constantly disappearing to do something, leaving the readers to the internal rambling of a 25 year old child.(And you think I'm exaggerating but Julian disappears at least five times) ONLY only to later come back to tell Nixie the exciting vampirey things that happened while he was away.
Let's also not forget that a lot of the plot was nonexistent. It was there simply to fuel this woman-child's tantrums and "woo is me, the problems of a well off white girl" attitude and to give barely tolerable reasons for the sex scenes between Nixie and Julian. I mean, that's well and good for a 100+ erotica or a novella but when there's- what- 300+pgs of material to fill (depending on which format you're reading), I expect A WHOLE LOT more than a shit tone of meaningless banter, obligatory vampire action, and a few sex scenes.
I wanted to love this book. I really, really did. And I started out really liking it. The pacing was good, Nixie was quirky and funny. But that only lasted for about half of the first chapter and frankly it was all rather disappointing from there.
March 25, 2010
Laugh out loud funny -- great beach read
A quirky, offbeat musician who shuns authority, Nixie is a small town gal from a good family. Her mother is constantly trying to play matchmaker to find her a good husband. The Mayor ropes Nixie into coordinating a festival fundraiser to help save their town from 'annexation' by nearby Chicago. She's told the funds will be used to pay big time lawyer fees. When she meets Julian, the big time lawyer, she's surprised at her attraction to him--a suit! With many hijinks and plot twists, she plans the fundraiser only to learn there's a lot more going on than she knew about including the fact that the big time lawyer is also a very hot vampire.
Simliar in style the popular Queen Betsy books, I was pleasantly surprised by this laugh out loud funny paranormal romance. Couldn't put the book down! I enjoyed the characters, the fast moving story, and the silly, quirky humor. Julian and Nixie are great together--a true case of opposites attracting.
Although this is part of a series, this book can be read as a standalone with no problems. I didn't like the first book quite as well as this one.
A quirky, offbeat musician who shuns authority, Nixie is a small town gal from a good family. Her mother is constantly trying to play matchmaker to find her a good husband. The Mayor ropes Nixie into coordinating a festival fundraiser to help save their town from 'annexation' by nearby Chicago. She's told the funds will be used to pay big time lawyer fees. When she meets Julian, the big time lawyer, she's surprised at her attraction to him--a suit! With many hijinks and plot twists, she plans the fundraiser only to learn there's a lot more going on than she knew about including the fact that the big time lawyer is also a very hot vampire.
Simliar in style the popular Queen Betsy books, I was pleasantly surprised by this laugh out loud funny paranormal romance. Couldn't put the book down! I enjoyed the characters, the fast moving story, and the silly, quirky humor. Julian and Nixie are great together--a true case of opposites attracting.
Although this is part of a series, this book can be read as a standalone with no problems. I didn't like the first book quite as well as this one.
February 16, 2010
OK-- I started out really, REALLY liking this book. I like Nixie, the pint sized punker who falls for the suited lawyer Julian Emerson who just happens to be a vampire. I feel that this author was going for a paranormal Stephanie Plum. She began quite well, but by about 1/2 way through the book, it just got... wierd. I think that Hughes was just trying too hard. It got annoying. With what could have been a solid plot, she breezed over it and the details, going after the humor in the characters which just put me off the whole thing.
I enjoyed the ending and how it wound up, however, I wish there had been more editing on the plot. This could have been a VERY promising book had the balance between the characters humor and the important plot details had been more evenly balanced.
I enjoyed the ending and how it wound up, however, I wish there had been more editing on the plot. This could have been a VERY promising book had the balance between the characters humor and the important plot details had been more evenly balanced.
June 26, 2010
Tho the sex scenes are ....different.The language is harder to read than Latin! She is 25, a punk rock musician but I have no idea where the author picked up her 'english'.
My son is a punk rock musician and I will admit some of his language is different...just not like this.
Good thing this was free for my Kindle
My son is a punk rock musician and I will admit some of his language is different...just not like this.
Good thing this was free for my Kindle
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 8, 2012
DNF. Was expecting a smart-mouth heroine, but this one spoke (and dressed apparently) like she was 13 - a lot of random slang. It did not mesh with her actual age. Then we have the plot which was rather jumpy, a ton of characters that are difficult to keep track of, and a romance which involved a lot of raunchy sex. Couldn't get past chapter 4.
October 8, 2014
Note to self: never again should I download a free book from Amazon. I've only downloaded a few but they've been some of my worst reads ever.
Biting Nixie feels like it was written by a teenager. The author simply tries too hard, the characters are ridiculous and the dialogues some of the worst I have read in recent years...
Biting Nixie feels like it was written by a teenager. The author simply tries too hard, the characters are ridiculous and the dialogues some of the worst I have read in recent years...
February 12, 2010
Ok even though most of the slang through the book had me hitting wikipedia, I loved this book. There was enough danger and conflict to make it interesting, plenty of steamy sexy scenes, and the most unique proposal I have ever read.
April 7, 2010
I was able to finish it, despite the painful dialogue and sense that the author was simply checking off one requirement after another in crafting her paranormal romance plot. But I didn't like it so well that I'd spend any time reading any more in this series (or perhaps even by this author).
January 18, 2018
The more I read on, the more I see similarities in narration style as is in Shelly Laurenstons work. Lots of crazy oddball humour that can't help but make you do a double-take before bursting out laughing at the shear insanity. Let's not forget to mention the sex scenes; very hot indeed.
This follows the same writing style of the previous one, first person perspective from only the female protagonist. As a result the reader is kept in the dark about everything the same as the main character, with no exposition, allowing for a more natural feeling flow to the sequence of events. Won't deny that I usually like having some plot expo from other characters every chapter or so, but the lack thereof didn't deter too much from my enjoyment of this book.
Surprisingly long, or rather feels long, in a good way, because you don't want the action to stop.
This follows the same writing style of the previous one, first person perspective from only the female protagonist. As a result the reader is kept in the dark about everything the same as the main character, with no exposition, allowing for a more natural feeling flow to the sequence of events. Won't deny that I usually like having some plot expo from other characters every chapter or so, but the lack thereof didn't deter too much from my enjoyment of this book.
Surprisingly long, or rather feels long, in a good way, because you don't want the action to stop.
July 22, 2018
DNF35%
This is vampire PNR in the style of Buffy (the movie). It's utterly ridiculous. But where Buffy managed to be bad in a fun way, this just manages bad. Its attempts at humor are stupid (my god, the names were enough to drop the book alone), Nixie's oblivion was beyond the pale (if she's too stupid to figure out the obvious when people are shape shifting and dying in front of her, there is no hope for redemption), and she spent the whole time I read the book whining about not being a child while acting just like a child. And that's without addressing her ludicrous speech pattern. "Attitude" and anger don't equal character development on their own. I found her annoying on all levels. So, I see no reason to give this another second of my life. How disappointing.
This is vampire PNR in the style of Buffy (the movie). It's utterly ridiculous. But where Buffy managed to be bad in a fun way, this just manages bad. Its attempts at humor are stupid (my god, the names were enough to drop the book alone), Nixie's oblivion was beyond the pale (if she's too stupid to figure out the obvious when people are shape shifting and dying in front of her, there is no hope for redemption), and she spent the whole time I read the book whining about not being a child while acting just like a child. And that's without addressing her ludicrous speech pattern. "Attitude" and anger don't equal character development on their own. I found her annoying on all levels. So, I see no reason to give this another second of my life. How disappointing.
September 13, 2017
Biting Nixie by Mary Hughes is an excellent read. This is a laugh-out-loud funny romantic-comedy paranormal romance. It is book #2 in the Biting Love series. Features the classic opposites attract trope. I loved Julian and Nixie. Their story is filled with witty banter and blazing chemistry. Book could be read alone but for a complete and more enjoyable experience I recommend reading the books in order because of recurring characters and storyline plots. I absolutely recommend this book and this whole series. If you love rom-coms and/or paranormal reads you can not go wrong with this book and this series.
September 24, 2017
Well, let me say, this is the first book I've read of Ms. Hughes. I'm a diehard fan of the Paranormal. The story itself was good, but what made me give it 2 stars, was the constant juvenile, antagonists, slang the main character, Nixie used. I have no problem with her wanting to "rage against" the norm, but it became more irritating and a distraction after a while. The story had humor, suspense and hot chemistry. Again, for me Nixie's language took away from the story.
July 10, 2018
Very good
Nixie isn't your ordinary heroine. She's tiny, spunky, sassy and has more than enough 'tude for two people. I needed subtitles for half the stuff she was saying! And poor Julien was in the same boat. I have to admit I got a big kick out of his confusion, too. I loved how the two of them argued. And how he could never get her to stay put, even as tiny as she was. I highly recommend!!
Nixie isn't your ordinary heroine. She's tiny, spunky, sassy and has more than enough 'tude for two people. I needed subtitles for half the stuff she was saying! And poor Julien was in the same boat. I have to admit I got a big kick out of his confusion, too. I loved how the two of them argued. And how he could never get her to stay put, even as tiny as she was. I highly recommend!!
November 19, 2019
Wild meet responsible
Nixie finds strange things happening all around her. Then the Mayor wants her to set up and run a festival to raise money to pay a lawyer. In walks Julian and turns her world up side down. We now have hot orgasms left and right. Vampires trying to take over the town to still blood from blood bank. Can they be stopped? Can the town be saved?
Nixie finds strange things happening all around her. Then the Mayor wants her to set up and run a festival to raise money to pay a lawyer. In walks Julian and turns her world up side down. We now have hot orgasms left and right. Vampires trying to take over the town to still blood from blood bank. Can they be stopped? Can the town be saved?
April 14, 2020
Fun book even though I had trouble understanding Nixie. Julian was hot and Nixie, though quirky, was made of sturdy stuff and handled the changes very well.
November 6, 2020
Wonderful read!
Fabulous second book in this series. Great characters. Wonderful plot twist and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Fabulous second book in this series. Great characters. Wonderful plot twist and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
February 5, 2011
~* 4.5 Stars *~
What can I say about Biting Nixie to properly convey the sense of fun and quirky freshness that's wrapped up so neatly into this delicious little package? Nixie Schmeling is a punk polka queen with her own band (Guns and Polka) and her own language (which I'd love to give an example of, but I'd fail miserably), and thanks in part to mother issues, the death of her sister, and the influence of a favored aunt, she eschews anything resembling normal. She's a bawdy, sassy, chirpy little thing. Julian Emerson, on the other hand, is a high-priced, high-powered, buttoned-up attorney who represents just about everything Nixie's ever dissed and dismissed in life.
When Nixie is maneuvered into overseeing the Meiers Corners festival to pay Julian's extremely expensive price tag to keep The Coterie from annexing Meiers Corners into Chicago, these two disparate individuals smack into each other with all the force of a napalm blast, and if Julian could just get the fiery Nixie to speak English (instead of, apparently, something more complex than sanskrit), they may realize that they're meant to be together. Regardless of the very fangy secret both the city...and Julian...have.
Biting Nixie isn't a takes-itself-seriously urban fantasy. This isn't even a takes-itself-seriously paranormal romance. You'd be hard pressed to find more than a page or two through the whole book that's in any way serious - despite some obviously dangerous themes and Nixie's own loss of her elder sister. But the book's just not supposed to be a serious endeavor. It's supposed to be funny, and fun, and raunchy, and fun, and fast-paced, and fun, and sexy, and fun. There's a lot of graphically described sexual encounters here, even though some of it's couched in dialogue that at best vaguely resembles English. If you prefer your romances to be more mass-market flavored, then Biting Nixie isn't something I'd recommend. But if you don't mind sticking your tongue firmly in your cheek and laughing your way through several hours of enjoyment and sizzle, and you're not that hung up on some plot issues that other novels in the genre don't have...like the fact that even the vampires in this series don't have a very firm grasp on what a vampire can do (like getting plastered by taking blood from drunks) or even how one is made (and that is a weak point, as the mythos has been skirted around twice now, in both this book and its predecessor, Bite My Fire)...then I'd say go for it. Biting Nixie's just a fast, light, sexy read with a truly unique female lead and a male lead that's sizzling hawt and sweet.
If I wanted to really pick the book apart, I could mention that Julian's size (he's huge everywhere) painted a nearly painful mental image when paired with the five nothing and size zero Nixie - but I didn't look too closely at that mental image so it didn't bother me. I could also be critical of the way that both books, while heavy on detail of the whacky characters filling the town of Meiers Corners, are downright anemic on the topic of vampire mythos. After two books, I don't have any sort of defined picture of the vampire species in general, and got almost no history of the two male leads in each book, Bo in Bite My Fire and Julian in Biting Nixie. But I don't feel like being critical, as I had too much fun with what the book does have to worry too much about what it doesn't. And as I'll continue the series (with the next story in the series, an in between novella, The Bite of Silence) not expecting anything beyond the same sort of light, fun, bawdy, sexual good times, I won't miss it. I'm not looking for serious or intense with this series. If you're not either, sit back and enjoy, because it's a fun ride.
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Reviewed for One Good Book Deserves Another.
What can I say about Biting Nixie to properly convey the sense of fun and quirky freshness that's wrapped up so neatly into this delicious little package? Nixie Schmeling is a punk polka queen with her own band (Guns and Polka) and her own language (which I'd love to give an example of, but I'd fail miserably), and thanks in part to mother issues, the death of her sister, and the influence of a favored aunt, she eschews anything resembling normal. She's a bawdy, sassy, chirpy little thing. Julian Emerson, on the other hand, is a high-priced, high-powered, buttoned-up attorney who represents just about everything Nixie's ever dissed and dismissed in life.
When Nixie is maneuvered into overseeing the Meiers Corners festival to pay Julian's extremely expensive price tag to keep The Coterie from annexing Meiers Corners into Chicago, these two disparate individuals smack into each other with all the force of a napalm blast, and if Julian could just get the fiery Nixie to speak English (instead of, apparently, something more complex than sanskrit), they may realize that they're meant to be together. Regardless of the very fangy secret both the city...and Julian...have.
Biting Nixie isn't a takes-itself-seriously urban fantasy. This isn't even a takes-itself-seriously paranormal romance. You'd be hard pressed to find more than a page or two through the whole book that's in any way serious - despite some obviously dangerous themes and Nixie's own loss of her elder sister. But the book's just not supposed to be a serious endeavor. It's supposed to be funny, and fun, and raunchy, and fun, and fast-paced, and fun, and sexy, and fun. There's a lot of graphically described sexual encounters here, even though some of it's couched in dialogue that at best vaguely resembles English. If you prefer your romances to be more mass-market flavored, then Biting Nixie isn't something I'd recommend. But if you don't mind sticking your tongue firmly in your cheek and laughing your way through several hours of enjoyment and sizzle, and you're not that hung up on some plot issues that other novels in the genre don't have...like the fact that even the vampires in this series don't have a very firm grasp on what a vampire can do (like getting plastered by taking blood from drunks) or even how one is made (and that is a weak point, as the mythos has been skirted around twice now, in both this book and its predecessor, Bite My Fire)...then I'd say go for it. Biting Nixie's just a fast, light, sexy read with a truly unique female lead and a male lead that's sizzling hawt and sweet.
If I wanted to really pick the book apart, I could mention that Julian's size (he's huge everywhere) painted a nearly painful mental image when paired with the five nothing and size zero Nixie - but I didn't look too closely at that mental image so it didn't bother me. I could also be critical of the way that both books, while heavy on detail of the whacky characters filling the town of Meiers Corners, are downright anemic on the topic of vampire mythos. After two books, I don't have any sort of defined picture of the vampire species in general, and got almost no history of the two male leads in each book, Bo in Bite My Fire and Julian in Biting Nixie. But I don't feel like being critical, as I had too much fun with what the book does have to worry too much about what it doesn't. And as I'll continue the series (with the next story in the series, an in between novella, The Bite of Silence) not expecting anything beyond the same sort of light, fun, bawdy, sexual good times, I won't miss it. I'm not looking for serious or intense with this series. If you're not either, sit back and enjoy, because it's a fun ride.
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Reviewed for One Good Book Deserves Another.
August 9, 2012
Kitty's review posted on Guilty Pleasures
4.5 Stars
Ah, Nixie. What a wonderful, whacky, loveable character she is. She had me rolling my eyes when we first met her in “Bite My Fire” and has me hysterically laughing in “Biting Nixie”. And Julian, well, what can you say about an uptight lawyer with abs of steel and pecs of iron? Um, yummy???
Nixie first encounter’s Julian when she is at City Hall and he saves her from her former Assistant Principal who still thinks she is a student. Yes, Nixie is small and everyone still thinks she’s a kid, even Julian, at first. Nixie is a musician with her own language (some of her slang is listed below). Julian is an old-world vampire who is sent to help stop the Coterie from taking over the blood-bank in Meier’s Corners. Nixie thinks she is raising money to pay Julian and totally resents that. But, the money is actually for the town to stop Nosferatu and Lord Ruthven from taking over. Julian just wants to get the negotiations over with and get on with his life. Nixie thinks Julian is really hawt – Julian can’t keep his hands or fangs to himself. What happens is an explosion of laughs and more vampire sex – lot’s of vampire sex.
So, all the wonderful characters from Meier’s Corners are back in “Biting Nixie” and we get to meet some other interesting people as well. The quirky Detective Ruffle’s is back along with Razor and the gang. Bo and Elena make an appearance or two with her trusty bazooka and we meet Logan Steele. And, Nixie’s mom is just a hoot playing matchmaker and trying to get Dietlinde to settle down. Yes, that is Nixie’s real name. The fundraiser was laugh out loud funny with the Cheese Balls and the Beauty Pageant. And, of course, there had to be some drama with the blood-bank. Again, there is no way to do a synopsis of “Biting Nixie”. Just too much is going on to try to explain it all. And I just would not do it justice.
Again, Mary Hughes had me laughing and smiling throughout the book. We moved from scene to scene seamlessly and got to know more about what the people of Meier’s Corner’s are up against. A whole lot of story-lines were left open which means there is more fun and laughter to come and I can’t wait to see what else she has in store for these people. There is a part of me that really hopes that, somewhere along the line, she finds a female vampire for Detective Ruffles. Maybe Drusilla??
Some of Nixie’s Vocabulary:
baka – stupid.
bump the jams – turn the music loud; don’t bump the jams means don’t get excited.
foozle, shizzle, fuzzmucked-up, etc. – any swear word with zz inserted or zzle ending.
pwn – gamer term meaning own
tossing – solo sex
SPECIAL NOTE – BITING LOVE SERIES READING ORDER
There is a bit of confusion about reading order because of publication dates. I got this reading order from Mary Hughes.
Bite My Fire (Biting Love Book 1)
(Biting Dracula–free short story)
Biting Nixie (Biting Love Book 2)
(A Biting Christmas Special–free short story)
The Bite of Silence (Novella, Biting Love Book 3)
Biting Me Softly (Biting Love Book 4)
(Oz Bites–free short story)
Biting Oz (Biting Love Book 5)
4.5 Stars
Ah, Nixie. What a wonderful, whacky, loveable character she is. She had me rolling my eyes when we first met her in “Bite My Fire” and has me hysterically laughing in “Biting Nixie”. And Julian, well, what can you say about an uptight lawyer with abs of steel and pecs of iron? Um, yummy???
Nixie first encounter’s Julian when she is at City Hall and he saves her from her former Assistant Principal who still thinks she is a student. Yes, Nixie is small and everyone still thinks she’s a kid, even Julian, at first. Nixie is a musician with her own language (some of her slang is listed below). Julian is an old-world vampire who is sent to help stop the Coterie from taking over the blood-bank in Meier’s Corners. Nixie thinks she is raising money to pay Julian and totally resents that. But, the money is actually for the town to stop Nosferatu and Lord Ruthven from taking over. Julian just wants to get the negotiations over with and get on with his life. Nixie thinks Julian is really hawt – Julian can’t keep his hands or fangs to himself. What happens is an explosion of laughs and more vampire sex – lot’s of vampire sex.
So, all the wonderful characters from Meier’s Corners are back in “Biting Nixie” and we get to meet some other interesting people as well. The quirky Detective Ruffle’s is back along with Razor and the gang. Bo and Elena make an appearance or two with her trusty bazooka and we meet Logan Steele. And, Nixie’s mom is just a hoot playing matchmaker and trying to get Dietlinde to settle down. Yes, that is Nixie’s real name. The fundraiser was laugh out loud funny with the Cheese Balls and the Beauty Pageant. And, of course, there had to be some drama with the blood-bank. Again, there is no way to do a synopsis of “Biting Nixie”. Just too much is going on to try to explain it all. And I just would not do it justice.
Again, Mary Hughes had me laughing and smiling throughout the book. We moved from scene to scene seamlessly and got to know more about what the people of Meier’s Corner’s are up against. A whole lot of story-lines were left open which means there is more fun and laughter to come and I can’t wait to see what else she has in store for these people. There is a part of me that really hopes that, somewhere along the line, she finds a female vampire for Detective Ruffles. Maybe Drusilla??
Some of Nixie’s Vocabulary:
baka – stupid.
bump the jams – turn the music loud; don’t bump the jams means don’t get excited.
foozle, shizzle, fuzzmucked-up, etc. – any swear word with zz inserted or zzle ending.
pwn – gamer term meaning own
tossing – solo sex
SPECIAL NOTE – BITING LOVE SERIES READING ORDER
There is a bit of confusion about reading order because of publication dates. I got this reading order from Mary Hughes.
Bite My Fire (Biting Love Book 1)
(Biting Dracula–free short story)
Biting Nixie (Biting Love Book 2)
(A Biting Christmas Special–free short story)
The Bite of Silence (Novella, Biting Love Book 3)
Biting Me Softly (Biting Love Book 4)
(Oz Bites–free short story)
Biting Oz (Biting Love Book 5)
August 30, 2019
This book was so amazing.
September 24, 2018
Nixie Schmeling is a pint-sized punk rocker full of attitude. Julian Emerson is a hot-shot suit-wearing lawyer from Boston. The two are as different as night and day, so when the mayor sticks Nixie with the job of running her small town’s fundraising festival to pay for Julian’s legal fees, Nixie’s less than thrilled, to say the least. But something strange is happening in the little town of Meiers Corners. Paranormal strange. Blood disappears into thin air, mysterious gangs start appearing, and strong attraction starts brewing between a serious, three-piece-suit wearing lawyer and a free-spirited, sarcastic musician.
Julian has come to Meiers Corners to defend it from being taken over by a group of shady vampires. He can’t afford any distractions, particularly not from a certain smart-mouthed rocker he can’t get out of his head. Though he can’t figure out why he desires her, protecting Nixie is of paramount importance to Julian. And when Nixie discovers Julian’s a vampire, things really get interesting.
Brace yourselves because Biting Nixie is a rockin’ thrill ride of action, lust, and romance. It’s fun, it’s quirky, and it has both a sexy vampire and a guitar named Oscar. What more could you ask for? The characters are all original and the town is delightfully off-beat, which gives the story a fresh feel. Nixie is strong-willed and packed with attitude, but there’s a sweetness about her that softens the edges and makes her incredibly likeable. Julian is preternaturally sexy; a devastatingly gorgeous, intelligent, protective vampire who makes use of his fangs in ways too deliciously wicked to say. On the surface Nixie and Julian would seem like an odd pair, but they matched one another so well I was rooting for their romance. Without saying too much, the only thing I would wish for is some sort of resolution to the problem of how one becomes a vampire.
Biting Nixie is a fast-paced piece of fun that was engaging from start to finish. The love scenes are explosively hot, the romance incredibly sweet, and the action entertaining. I adored this book and hope Mary Hughes has stories planned for some of the vampires we meet in the book (I will shamelessly admit I hope to learn more about the intriguing Logan). A love story with bite, Biting Nixie is a joy to read.
Recommended Read. Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed.
Julian has come to Meiers Corners to defend it from being taken over by a group of shady vampires. He can’t afford any distractions, particularly not from a certain smart-mouthed rocker he can’t get out of his head. Though he can’t figure out why he desires her, protecting Nixie is of paramount importance to Julian. And when Nixie discovers Julian’s a vampire, things really get interesting.
Brace yourselves because Biting Nixie is a rockin’ thrill ride of action, lust, and romance. It’s fun, it’s quirky, and it has both a sexy vampire and a guitar named Oscar. What more could you ask for? The characters are all original and the town is delightfully off-beat, which gives the story a fresh feel. Nixie is strong-willed and packed with attitude, but there’s a sweetness about her that softens the edges and makes her incredibly likeable. Julian is preternaturally sexy; a devastatingly gorgeous, intelligent, protective vampire who makes use of his fangs in ways too deliciously wicked to say. On the surface Nixie and Julian would seem like an odd pair, but they matched one another so well I was rooting for their romance. Without saying too much, the only thing I would wish for is some sort of resolution to the problem of how one becomes a vampire.
Biting Nixie is a fast-paced piece of fun that was engaging from start to finish. The love scenes are explosively hot, the romance incredibly sweet, and the action entertaining. I adored this book and hope Mary Hughes has stories planned for some of the vampires we meet in the book (I will shamelessly admit I hope to learn more about the intriguing Logan). A love story with bite, Biting Nixie is a joy to read.
Recommended Read. Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed.
July 20, 2013
I loved this! I have missed my Paranormal Romance reading so much. And this book drew me in and made me want to go back and start re-reading my PR that I already have on my shelves.
This book was hilarious!! I loved Nixie. She is different, smart, snarky, sarcastic, got an attitude, in your face, has a temper, is in a band and so short she is often taken for a child. Just don't call or treat her like a child or else she will go off on you. I loved Julian who is our hero to Nixie and her love interest but Nixie makes this book. Yes, Julian is a HUGH part of this story but it is Nixie who is the star and steals the show.
At times I was thrown for a loop with what I am now calling Nixie talk but I get it and I love it. This book give you a girl in a band, vampires, humor, the horror of having a parent trying to set you up, fight scene with heads being cut off, great sex scenes and lots of blood and hearts being pulled from vampire chests and being flung to splat against the wall. I loved it. Blood, vampires and sex I can't ask more from any book. This book put me in heaven.
It had me laughing out loud in a couple of spots. I really want to look into getting the rest of this series. This was a free read that I downloaded to my daughters kindle cuz Kobo doesn't carry this series. Yeah I know it SUCKS!!! If this is out in paperback I will probably have to get them that way. Don't know I will have to see.
All in all I loved this and would recommend it to others.
This book was hilarious!! I loved Nixie. She is different, smart, snarky, sarcastic, got an attitude, in your face, has a temper, is in a band and so short she is often taken for a child. Just don't call or treat her like a child or else she will go off on you. I loved Julian who is our hero to Nixie and her love interest but Nixie makes this book. Yes, Julian is a HUGH part of this story but it is Nixie who is the star and steals the show.
At times I was thrown for a loop with what I am now calling Nixie talk but I get it and I love it. This book give you a girl in a band, vampires, humor, the horror of having a parent trying to set you up, fight scene with heads being cut off, great sex scenes and lots of blood and hearts being pulled from vampire chests and being flung to splat against the wall. I loved it. Blood, vampires and sex I can't ask more from any book. This book put me in heaven.
It had me laughing out loud in a couple of spots. I really want to look into getting the rest of this series. This was a free read that I downloaded to my daughters kindle cuz Kobo doesn't carry this series. Yeah I know it SUCKS!!! If this is out in paperback I will probably have to get them that way. Don't know I will have to see.
All in all I loved this and would recommend it to others.
July 26, 2011
This book had me roflmao! I won't say I din't have a slight problem with the "hip" language, I may not be from the 1600's, but I guess I am hopelessly stuck in the 80's!But as Julian figured out the vernacular so did I. Generally I am not thrilled with books written in 1st person, but being inside Nixie's brain was a hoot!
Nixie (Deitland)Smelling is a diminutive punk rock musician. Nixie the pixie she is called, 5 foot nothing and a size 0 (can we kill her now!) Julian Emerson is a 6 foot 5 Inch, Immortal Lawyer in a Armani Suit. Doesn't sound like a match made in heaven ( or Hell for that matter ) But when they are thrown together to try and keep Meier's Corners from being annexed by Chicago,and the nasty Chicago Coeterie, (evil vampire conglomerate) The sparks fly in every direction.
This little town is hilarious! From Cary Grant who runs the bar, to Dolly Barton at the Curl up and Dye, Denny Crane, the town lawyer and Nixie's german Mother who is head of the LLAMA's (luthern ladies something or other) I just fell in love!
This is a great read!
Nixie (Deitland)Smelling is a diminutive punk rock musician. Nixie the pixie she is called, 5 foot nothing and a size 0 (can we kill her now!) Julian Emerson is a 6 foot 5 Inch, Immortal Lawyer in a Armani Suit. Doesn't sound like a match made in heaven ( or Hell for that matter ) But when they are thrown together to try and keep Meier's Corners from being annexed by Chicago,and the nasty Chicago Coeterie, (evil vampire conglomerate) The sparks fly in every direction.
This little town is hilarious! From Cary Grant who runs the bar, to Dolly Barton at the Curl up and Dye, Denny Crane, the town lawyer and Nixie's german Mother who is head of the LLAMA's (luthern ladies something or other) I just fell in love!
This is a great read!
May 25, 2010
I love Nixie.. As far as punkish musicians go she's great. I easily understood her with out needing the explanations. She brings lots of humor.. I laughed out loud for most of the book leaving everyone around me looking at me like i'd lost my mind. From Nixie's mom trying to set her up, her not wanting to fall for suit guy Julian Emerson,feeling like she sold her soul if she was forced to get a 9-5 and having to save the festival she was forced to run from a vampire gang... Nixie's a treat. The story is told at a good pace. The humor, sex, characters.. they all keep it interesting with out being so overly comical that you lose your desire to read. I think part of what makes it so funny is that the situations if you remove the vampire part.. The situations could happen to anyone.
November 3, 2013
Quick, funny and hot. Nixie is a musician, frowns on control and spits in the face of responsibility. Julian is a lawyer, vampire, always in control and very responsible. These two opposites colide, when Julian is hired to protect Nicie's town from a takeover by Chicago vampires. I liked all the characters in the story, they were quirky and unique without being annoying. The chemistry between Julian and Nixie was hot and believable. They should have butted heads at every turn but they brought out the best in each other. The story was funny, made me smile and laugh a few times, and not once did I think the humor was lame. Really enjoyed this one.
December 24, 2015
Not really my cup of tea. I'm not a fan of slapstick, zany silliness (no Stephanie Plum for me!). The main character (the h) was annoyingly immature and used excessively hip jargon -- a LOT of it. But it was part of her personality -- and she was supposed to be shown as growing and maturing throughout the book. The growth was subtle but present.
So I will not be reading any more by this author.
That said, despite those aspects, the book was surprisingly engaging. After all, I read the entire book in 1 1/2 days and didn't dump it when I realized that it was silly. So if you enjoy silly humor, paranormal romances, and hot sex scenes, I would recommend this series.
So I will not be reading any more by this author.
That said, despite those aspects, the book was surprisingly engaging. After all, I read the entire book in 1 1/2 days and didn't dump it when I realized that it was silly. So if you enjoy silly humor, paranormal romances, and hot sex scenes, I would recommend this series.
August 4, 2011
BITING NIXIE by Mary Hughes is HOT, HOT, HOT! This vampire book has one sassy heroine who reminds me of the lead in the movie JUNO, although Nixie is no teenager. Good thing because the sex is hot enough to steam your reading glasses. Nixie's sass is admirably counterpoint to her surprisingly buttoned up/buttoned down vampire hero. This is a fast-paced, fun. hard-to-put down book with great characters and a quirky setting. This is the first one I've read in this series, and I'm looking forward to the rest.
August 9, 2011
If I could give this 2.5 stars I would. There were great and fun things about it and then there were stupid things about it. The story was good, the characters well written and I adored the male lead. I detested her modern talking. I love a good spunky character like nixie and if her verbal skills were less computer/techie driven it would have been wonderful. Julien (male lead) was an amazing character, I loved everything about him and loved that he felt so strongly towards Nixie, but she still found a way to irritate me in the end.
July 23, 2013
I've read the series a bit out of order so it was fun to see how these two characters got together. The book is funny and adult but the terms used are a bit wild leaving me reaching for a dictionary more than once. Although I enjoyed the book it felt a bit like a whirlwind (a wild ride but you're not entirely sure what just happened). The world and characters lacked the depth I need to make it a favorite series. I'd read more if the books were free.
If you're looking for something wild and fun this book is for you.
If you're looking for something wild and fun this book is for you.
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