The good thing is that this book does not read like a debut novel. His cheekbones could have been chiseled from marble, and that flawless diamonds-and-cream skin gleamed from under his shirt collar.” He was also British and spoke with a British dialect: “blimey”, “bloody hell”, “luv”, “fancied.”

nearly white under the intermittent lighting. The strongest similarity for me, wasn’t the heroine, but the hero. I will not be surprised if nearly every review of this book mentions the Buffy connection because it certainly seemed to be a strong influence on the story and the characters. The youthful tone of the book combined with the explicit sex scenes had me squirming uncomfortably in my chair and not in a good way. She could have easily passed for a teenager rather than a 22 year old. It sounded very young adult, or at least the heroine sounded young. “I hope you choke on my blood, you jerk” and “Kill me already, you pathetic suck-neck!” are examples of her dialogue. The problem is I found Cat to be very youthful in her narratives. Their interaction was the best part of the book.

“It’s a damn good thing most of the recent generations are nearly illiterate or we’d all be in serious trouble. “Are you telling me bloody caramel apples and books taught you how to kill vampries? Is that what you’re saying?” He started to pace in short, rapid lengths.

He’ll let her live and in return she agrees to train to become a killing machine.Ĭat is smart mouthed but not too smart mouthed and Bones has a wicked sense of humor. Instead, she convinces him that she’s not a danger to him and he proposes an alliance. He initially plans to kill her because he too is a vampire hunter. Unfortunately, being a self trained vampire killer has its drawbacks and that is apparent when she runs into Bones, a master vampire, and he snuffs out right away that she isn’t the easy lay she pretends to be. Because of her part vampire blood, she has a few special skills that enable her to have killed a good number of them by the time she turns 22. Spurred on by her mother’s hate, Cat hunts vampires. She was created violently when her mother went out on date with a vampire and was raped (this is actually not what I remember about the Buffy/Angel pairing but admittedly I have not watched many episodes). The back of your book reads “If Buffy and Angel had a daughter, she’d be just like Cat Crawfield.” What wasn’t included was that Buffy’s daughter would then end up dating and falling in love with Spike, her mother’s boyfriend.Ĭat Crawfield is a half vampire/half human woman. Jane Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category Jeaniene Frost / vampires 29 Comments OctoREVIEW: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost