So without waiting here is my opinion on "Home for the Holidays", published as part of the anthology " The Bite Before Christmas"
Happy Reading!
Publisher: William Morrow
Publication: 2011
Genre: paranormal romance, holiday
romance
Violence: strong
Language: normal
sex: mild
Public: 18+
Source: boughtViolence: strong
Language: normal
sex: mild
Public: 18+
This holiday season, join two of today's most popular paranormal authors for a special look into their worlds, where creatures are always stirring and no one sleeps through the night. . . . The Bite Before Christmas.
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Home for the Holidays by Jeaniene Frost Cat and Bones are looking forward to a normal holiday--at least as "normal" as it gets for the combustible vampire couple and their otherworldly friends and family. But their yuletide plans are shattered when a stranger shows up and reveals long-buried family secrets that threaten to take a bite out of their holiday cheer . . . and lives.
My opinion:
It’s always a great pleasure to read a book or a novella from the Night
Huntress series. I really love Jeaniene Frost’s writing style and the ambiance
of the story so when I hear about this novella I couldn’t miss it.
Cat is planning a birthday party for
Bones with the guests staying longer so they spend the holidays all together
like a family. That should be simple but with Cat and Bones it’s never as it
seems and soon unwanted surprise transforms the happy time in a near war state.
Bones doesn’t like himself and even worse he excludes Cat from his line. In all this havoc Cat can only count on her
friend ghost Fabian, and his girlfriend, Denise and a surprising useful Ian.
I loved to see more about the powers
sources in this world, we got little details about demons in Denise’s story yes
but here we delve deeper and the paranormal world Cat is discovering is even
more complex that what she expected. However what I enjoyed the most was Ian.
Until now I accepted the fact he was loyal to Bones at least in a measure but I
couldn’t stand him. He was too selfish, arrogant and a real pervert but in this
novella I saw him under a new light. He is more knowledgeable than it seems and
he can act when needed. He also has his
own form of honor and I liked how he bickered with Cat but was also able to
listen and comfort when it was needed. He really loves Bones and he has proven
his loyalty. He was also kind with Denise.
Now I must admit that he also made me
curious about the reason he got his tattoo and I hope the author will tell us
more about that one day. I mean it will help to see how he matured too since it
was long ago ( I hope for him^^).
It was funny to see how the girls teamed
together to get their vampire mate back, I wouldn’t want to be on their bad
side. And of course, love is stronger than evil even if it’s via the vampire’s
territoriality^^.
A good novella perfect for the season
and all year long for all the fans. I recommend it but preferably for the fans
of the series, it can be read as a stand alone yes so if you don’t know this
universes it could give you a taste of it but
you will appreciate even more as an addition to the series^^.
Score: 4/5
Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and
no compensation was received in exchange for this review
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