Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
Pages: 341
Publication Date: April 7th 2009 by NAL Trade
Age Group: Upper YA
Source: Bought
Series: Chicagoland Vampires #1
Challenge(s): 150+ reading challenge, TBR pile challenge, Dusty Reads Challenge
Buy this Book: Amazon
Summary(from Goodreads):
Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn’t exactly glamorous, but it was Merit’s. She was doing fine until a rogue vampire attacked her. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker—and this one decided the best way to save her life was to make her the walking undead.
Turns out her savior was the master vampire of Cadogan House. Now she’s traded sweating over her thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan “Lord o’ the Manor” Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed, four-hundred- year-old vampire, he has centuries’ worth of charm, but unfortunately he expects her gratitude—and servitude. But an inconvenient sunlight allergy and Ethan’s attitude are the least of her concerns. Someone’s still out to get her. Her initiation into Chicago’s nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war—and there will be blood.
Some Girls Bite is a really great read, and the way it describes all the characters and sets up the groundwork for an intense storyline, I just know that this series is going to be one of my favorites. I participated in a read-a-long for this book, and I LOVED it. (please do another one soon!) So I read the book in 4 sections over the course of the month. This is much longer than I normally take, but it was nice to drag a book out. I got to savor it more, there were like built in cliff-hangers.
Merit is kick butt and awesome! And maybe a little stubborn and whiny at the beginning. But she went through so much, so I think we should cut her a little slack on the whining. She seemed to grow out of it about halfway through the book anyways.
The guy situation in this book is more complicated. There are a few guys- Jeff, Ethan, Morgan and Catcher. Ethan is hard to figure out. There is just something about him that I am still not sure about. I can’t wait to see where it goes in the next book, especially now that Morgan is in the picture too. I look forward to many moments of jealously all around! Morgan is nice too and I so want to believe that he is genuine in liking Merit, but I just don’t know about him either! I don’t like not knowing! Truth be told, I like Catcher most of all! It’s a shame that Mallory gets him all for herself.
Overall, The Chicagoland Vampires looks like it is going to be an amazing series, and I love that there are already lots of books out for me to read. I just need to go out and buy them, and get reading! I need to know what happens next!
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| 4.5/5 Gavels |
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Ashley Prince
It took me forever to start this series too! I am so ready to read the rest of them. 🙂
Great review. My thoughts exactly.
Jess
I saw the buzz about this book last month and the plot looks to be really interesting. I always want to read more vampire novels.
Leannessf
I agree with you on Merit being a kick-ass heroine, with having no intention of anyone, even Ethan, be the boss of her! I love the sexual tension also in the book – great start to a series!
Leanne
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Mara80
I need to stop and check out my book shelfs because I know I have books there that I haven’t read. I have been wanting to read this series. Wow 4.5. My local library only carries one book from series and it isn’t the first book. Hate when that happens. Thanks for this great review.
aurora M.
Looks a little campy but a fun read…maybe I will start this series. Thanks for the review.
LisaILJ
I haven’t even HEARD of this series. How did I miss this? The review was great, I will have to check this series out.
Mary @SweepingMe
I have been looking into getting this one. Thanks for the great review. It’s tipping the scales so to speak!
Mary
Jenni
I have never heard of this series before but it sounds really good! I will have to look it up and try to get ahold of it. I love the cover of the book also. Great review!
sheila
i love vampire books.maybe ill give this one a try