**THERE ARE SPOILERS. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK**
I just finished the book last night. I have to admit that I kind of liked it. I had originally read "Halfway to the Grave" and didn't really care for it at all. I think I was kind of disappointed in Cat. Maybe it was something in her personality, I don't know. In any event, I really liked Spade when he was introduced and was excited that he was given his own book.
Things seemed a little rushed for me though. I mean, here is this woman, Denise, whose husband was killed a little over a year ago and she vows to distance herself from all things vampire and otherworldly. Then suddenly a demon shows up and she goes running to the very people she felt were responsible for her husband's death.
She seemed a little to calm about having them re-enter her life, and yeah she did have a massive panic attack during a vampire ball but still, it wasn't much of freak-out. I guess I just wasn't convinced that she could fall in love that quickly but what the hell do I know.
I any event, regardless of Denise, I still liked Spade and I loved when Bones showed up. Those initial interactions between the two best friends were funny as hell and it didn't surprise me one bit to have Bones showing up and inquiring about his wife's best friend's welfare. It was oddly sweet seeing Bones play the big brother to Denise and his ability to read her thoughts only helped the matter in that we were able to cut right to the chase of things.
Still, I was rather surprised by the ending. Denise's willingly offered to drink Spade's blood so as to no lose her "humanity" was okay for her. Now she's all gung-ho about her new demon status. Really? I would have freaked the f**k out considering how unrelenting she was being anything but human.
Like I said, I only read the first book in the series and at that time Cat didn't know Denise. I've got the second book on hold and I'm hoping that by skipping past all the crap that I didn't like about the first one (namely her mother and their relationship) I might actually enjoy the series especially since there is another spin-off in the works and that sounds just as interesting as this one was.
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