Review: Buckle up for a wild ride
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2013
Carrie Clevenger does it again. This novella sucked me in, kept me sitting on the edge of my seat for the entire, breath-taking ride, and even brought tears to my eyes at one point.Xan is the perfect anti-hero; funny, snarky, a little slow on the uptake and sometimes so loveable that you forget he's an ass kicking vampire with a past as an assassin that has yet to be fully revealed. He's laying low as a bass playing musician in Pinecliffe, Colorado, trying to live as normal a life as he can when he's ordered out of retirement to make a hit in Texas. Nin, a different clan of vampire than Xan, tags along, adding to the tension of the job since he cannot trust her...or his undesired attraction for her, especially since she's already betrayed him once.This story is a wild ride, told from Xan's perspective and has enough dips and turns to keep your interest piqued from beginning to end. Carrie Clevenger's writing is, as always, smooth, dotted with musical references, car love, deceptively romantic, va-va-va boom sexy, and offers a delightfully fresh perspective on the vampire mythos that leaves you begging for more.Can't wait to read more.And make sure you check out Crooked Fang and Blood and Fire to catch up on Xan's adventures.