A woman who joins a society of vampires that are pro-human rights and freedom, goes undercover into a nightclub in order to bring down her boss and his evil ways. But the hero is anything but evil. Sure he's a womanizer and flirt but he's kind to his employees and allows them to speak to him in ways I couldn't imagine speaking to by boss. The heroine is skittish after her traumatizing turning, she's pale from surviving on animal blood and she's not a very good spy. She tries to bring the club down by setting off the sprinklers and turning rats free and calling the health department but both fall miserably and in comical fashion. The hero is immediately drawn to the woman who is far from his type he questions his sanity. She does run very hot and cold, which she admits to and the hero is understanding to a point but gets frustrated sometimes as well. She knows nothing about vampires despite being on herself for a hundred years and the hero swears off biting humans if she always him to show her how fun her life can be. It was a cute story. The hero seems like this bad boy at first but he doesn't like arguing and allows the heroine to come to terms with her feelings even though he wants her so badly. I really liked this book. ( )

Predictable ( )

I have mixed feelings about Kathy Loves books. Most of the one's I've read haven't left much of an impression and were just good fluffy fun at the time, but after I've finished the book I often sit down to write a review and am left wondering why I enjoyed a story that seems so cliched. The answer is that Love has a great writing style which is just humorous enough to make you forget that you're reading about a rake vampire falling for the awkward woman who stumbles into his path.

In this case, Wilhemina Weiss (aka Mina) is the clumsy, socially awkward woman who unintentionally attracts the attention of womanizing vampire Sebastian Young. This attention is the last thing Mina wants since she's covertly trying to bring Sebastian and his club, Carfax Abbey, down. Mina is involved with an organization of supernaturals dedicated to stopping their peers from hurting mortals and Sebastian happens to be number 3 on their "most dangerous" list. Of course, this is all a huge misunderstanding as Sebastian doesn't hurt any of the mortals who come to his club. So when Sebastian discovers that Mina, his newest waitress, has been trying to unsuccessfully sabotage his club, he's determined to convince her that he's rather harmless. This results in the two striking a bargain. Sebastian will abstain from biting mortals for a month, if Mina lets him show her the perks of being a vampire.

Like I said, this all seems pretty cliched but I had a really fun time reading about Mina and Sebastian. I have a thing for carefree heroes who are sweet and just enjoy life. Sebastian fit this to a tee. He's just not an angsty guy, which is such a relief after reading so many PNRs where the vampire heroes are tortured and brooding and woe is me about everything. So it was nice to have Sebastian who is quick to forgive people and move onto appreciating what's around him.

Mina, on the other hand, tended to drag the book down at certain points. She was forcibly turned into a vampire about 100 years ago and has decided that all vampires who bite mortals are, essentially, evil. While I understood her motivations in the beginning and could sympathize with her, I felt like she took too long to get over it. So when the revelation of her past took place I was bored with her angst surrounding that event and couldn't muster anymore sympathy for that whole situation. However, I did enjoy that there was no make-over/transformation of her character from clumsy and plain to a graceful knock-out. Mina also scored some serious points from me for not bemoaning her looks or lack of coordination. She seemed to kind of just brush that off as a fact of who she is and that was so great to see.

Aside from this, there were only a couple of moments in the story that had me rolling my eyes. (Like the part where Sebastian rushes to the rescue of a crying toddler.) Otherwise, this is a pretty good read if you're in the mood for something light and airy to read. ( )

As opposed to the other reviewers this was my first venture into the Katy Love vampire books. I will have to agree that this book does tend to fall flat towards the beginning there were several times when I thought of just giving it away. As she does develop the characters, Mina and Sebastian it gets better. Wilhelmina aka Mina is a waitress in Sebastian's bar. She's there on a mission to put him and his bar out of business. She belongs to a group which wants to see the vampires who use and/or kill humans stopped. As she tries a few times and fails Sebastian makes a deal with her, he won't bite any humans for one month if she will let him show her the good things about being a vampire. Slowly but surely they fall in love. A twist comes up near the end when someone from the group threatens to out Mina to the group. ( )

Hm... Well I liked the first couple of books. I actually loved the first because it was funny as hell. There was very little humor for me in this book. The only part that I really found humorous was his encounters with his brothers.

So not humorous but that doesn't necessarily mean it is not a good novel. Well this is a romance and it was OK as such accept, I kept wondering why Sabastien was attracted to Mina. Close to the end of the novel, Mina asks herself, "what does he see in me?", and I never got that answered. Mina is a clumsy, not well feed (so pale and undernourished), emotionally damaged, vampire, who continually does the wrong thing when it comes to judgments. I never disliked her, but never liked her. I thought she was ignorant and easily manipulated.

So I still liked Sabastien and liked how he "taught" her. Really that and the "Bad Guy" were the only plot.

Just OK. Hope the sister's book is better.
Amy ( )