Pray excuse my while I sing the song of my people.

NO MORE MORGAN HIP HIP HOORAY
LET'S GO ETHAN HIP HIP HOORAY
GOD DAMN CELINA GO FIND A STAKE
HELLO GABRIEL SHIFTERS ARE THE BEST

So I'm case you're a Morgan fan or something (how can you be?) he ain't dead. he's just...finally figured out blackmailing a girl into making her Master hand her over in a silver platter does not make for a good way to start a relationship.

And I repeat--who doesn't want sex in a library and/or bookstore? As a book lover that's the most OBVIOUS PLACE to take a girl (or guy) to get some. ( )

This entire book is a one to one carbon copy of the first one including all the same bullshit the first was littered with and it gets even worse than the first one. There is no improvement, no character development, nothing. It just repeats a formula for success.
I truly have no idea why this series got so incredibly popular. ( )

This is the second book in the Chicagoland Vampires series. I strongly urge you to read book one first. The author does make an effort to bring the reader up to speed. However, you will understand the characters better if you have read book one.

I am trying to avoid spoilers here, so I'll just say there is still drama between Merit and Ethan. In addition, another traitor is discovered in the Cadogan House. So, lots of tense in the plot.

Enjoying this paranormal series. I especially like the snark and rebel in Merit. Makes for great entertainment. ( )

Second book in the Chicago Vampire series. I like books/series where the main theme is urban fantasy and very little romance. So far this series fits the bill. It is the continuing saga of Merit, Ethan, Mallory, Catcher, Cadogan house, and the other chicago houses.
it really helps to have read the previous book. ( )

Friday Night Bites
By Chloe Neill
Chicagoland Vampires #2

Arrrrrrgg!!!! Why do I keep doing this to myself? I read a mediocre or unexceptional book but think it may have potential so I buy the second book just to be disappointed. I thought this series would get better and that the protagonist would get a personality but I was wrong.

This book was worse than the first book. Reading this book was like watching a slug move across from the lawn over the sidewalk to the other side of the lawn where a big cat is sitting waiting to pounce on it. You have to wait forever for it to get there, watching its slow process and you know the cat is going to pounce on it when it hits the other side which will at least be a little exciting, if not a little sad for the slug but when the slug finally gets to the other side, the cat sees a chipmunk and decides to run after it instead. It’s good for the slug but a letdown for the audience because let’s face it, slugs are gross and not good for the garden. I may have gone way off course with that analogy but the point is that this book was slow. I had to endure almost every minute of Merit’s life, from the minute she got up to the minute she went to sleep. It was agonizing.

The plot was predictable again…in fact, it was the same threat as the last book because of course, instead of killing the bad guy…or in this case…bad gal, they sent her away to the vampire council in Europe which is the stereotypical vampire council with powerful old vampires who are disconnected from humans and modern society so they let Celina go. So, of course, Celina is back to cause trouble. It appears the author is going to milk the Celina threat for a long time.

Merit, the protagonist, never did grow a personality…in fact, she just got worse. She has a best friend named Mallory who supported her and was by her side when Merit was turned into a vampire but when Mallory needs her help, she blows her off until the last minute. When Mallory tells her that she thinks she is putting Ethan who has been nothing but a jerk towards Merit before everyone else because Merit secretly wants him, Merit gets ugly with Mallory. I think Merit is pathetically obsessed with Ethan. I hate women like her. The author seems to be trying to make Ethan and Merit’s relationship be mysterious and romantic but to me Ethan’s power over Merit and the way he treats her is abusive. I hope readers, especially young adult readers, don’t think this kind of behavior is okay.

It took me days to get through this book. I wanted to just stop reading but I forced my way through it. I won’t be reading another book in the series.

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