DRINK DEEP by Chloe Neill
Publisher: NAL
Pages: 352
ISBN#: 0451234863
My Recommended Age Group: Adult
Released: November 1, 2011
Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway
Other work: Some Girls Bite (CV 1),
Friday Night Bites (CV 2),
Twice Bitten (CV 3),
Hard Bitten (CV 4), Drink Deep (CV 5), Biting Cold (CV 6), House Rules (CV 7), Biting Bad (CV 8)
Our Rating:
From Goodreads:
Clouds are brewing over Cadogan House, and Merit the vampire can't tell if this is the darkness before the dawn, or the calm before the storm. With the city itself in turmoil over paranormals and the state threatening to pass a paranormal registration act, times have never been more precarious for the vampires. If only they could lay low for a bit...
Then magic rears its ugly head when Lake Michigan turns black. The mayor insists it's nothing to worry about, but Merit knows a panic is coming. She'll have to turn to friends old and new to find out who's behind this, and stop them before it's too late for both the vampires and humans.
My thoughts:
These books are going to get me a speeding ticket.
Some series I have in paperback (or hardback) and some I have solely in Audible form. Chloe Neill's
Chicagoland Vampires are ones that I have only experience via Audible. That being said, it's hard for me to determine if the heart-stopping suspense or the adrenaline soaked action translates as well off the page as it does from Cynthia Holloway, the fabulous narrator of these books. My guess is that Ms. Neill's words translate well in any media form, the "reader" of one of her books will just be less likely to get a speeding ticket than a "listener."
I can't help it! One scene in particular involving four poles, and four vampires (not going into more detail than that) had me freaking out, leaning forward in my seat and putting the gas petal down before I realized what was happening. Thank goodness for cruise control during this one, otherwise I'd be travelling at warp speed, leaving the State Troopers eating my dust.
Just when you thought you understood the world that Chloe Neill had built up for us in this series she tosses it all up in the air and we get to watch in fascination as the pieces fall in new and interesting ways. I love the direction the series is headed. The added suspense, increased action, and crazy romantic tension makes this series, and DRINK DEEP in particular a book that's practically impossible to put down (or turn off in my case) for fear that you'll miss something absolutely vital on the next page.
As with any later book in a series, it's difficult to get into plot specifics without providing spoilers for the early books, but let's just say that Merit definitely has her work cut out for her. If it's even possible, I became more attached to Merit in DRINK DEEP and really felt for her at various points in the book. Both tugging on your heart strings and making you want to turn homicidal toward some of the characters, Neill continues to keep us actually caring about the story and its characters - not always an easy thing to do in a longer series.
Overall - A+. Instead of getting old and musty, Chloe Neill continues to inject new elements into this series that keeps us interested. The addition of new world elements and the constant building of the world should keep Urban Fantasy readers entertained from the first page throughout the last.
Okay, I know - this is normally my Friday feature. Let's change it up a bit!
