Review: 4.5 Stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2013
So I'm not really sure how to review Diana's Hound.Which I would say never happens to me, but there's a reason I never review Moira Rogers books.And it ain't lack of interest.See, I got this ARC back in January. Early January. And I'm writing this review at the eleventh hour. No literally. It's 11 pm the night before the title is released.BECAUSE I WIN.Actually, it's because I don't feel the same about Diana and Nate as I did about Archer and Grace. Archer and Grace were perfection in a steampunk wild west couple with pseudo werewolves and vampires. Per-fec-tion. Plus their story line left the world's overall plot not so much wrapped up in a neat little bow, but I was okay with where it was.Then came along Diana and Nate and I was left going "aw h e double hockey sticks."First of all, Diana and Nate are kind of uber bad-a. Okay, not kind of. Really. Really uber bad-a. Female Bloodhound. Male Half-Bloodhound Half-Vampire. The bets, they are effing off. (I did not just giggle. I am professional.)(Okay, I giggled.)(Don't tell anyone...)Stuff gets real, real quick with these two. For starters, they have this mad crazy lust thing going on. For... uh... followers... they have this new mystery to take care of. A mystery that leads them into vampire infested waters. Because you can't have this much bad-a in the usual Bloodhounds setting. No way. You've got to drop them right into the center of a fake Venice right in the middle of vampire country.Which is where I ran into trouble.See, I think I read the book in 20 minutes. Or 20 days. I dunno, I opened the book and didn't set it down until I was finished. At which point the sun was in a different place in the sky, but I wasn't sick from hunger and/or thirst and my family hadn't left me. I read it so quickly though that I knew, I just knew, I wasn't going to like how this ended.Are Diana and Nate resolved? Yes. Of course they are, Donna and Bree are professionals and wouldn't leave you with romantic blue balls.The over all story arc of the world though? *expletive deleted* *expletive deleted* IF THAT ISN'T IN SOME KIND OF *expletive deleted* TURMOIL AND HOW *expletive deleted*  LONG DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOOK?! SERIOUSLY? ARE YOU *expletive deleted* KIDDING ME WITH THIS *expletive deleted*?!?!?!?!!oneelevnty!?!?!Oh Donna and Bree, you are cruel cruel women.Don't ever change.4.5 stars.(in summary, the romantic pairing was compelling, the plot was fast paced and exciting, and the world building was *expletive deleted* MY LIFE awesome.)