Review: real people, real issues, real romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2012
It starts out like it is going to be about this secret underground vampire world right under our noses but that storyline is wrapped up pretty quickly.  It was really just to show what a jackass Jonah is.  Diandra gives him a second chance, and third and fourth and he continues to blow it.  He just cannot see how any of this is his fault.  It is all Lizbeth's fault.  If she wasn't there, in his old job, in his old house, with his wife and his daughter, then he could step right back in.  Dia isn't having it from him.  Honestly she put up with him for longer than I would have in her place.  She is trying to be the better man (no lesbian pun intended).This book was more Lizbeth heavy than the first and I, for one, was glad to see her back on the force.  It seems to be an identifying bit of her personality that was missing in the last book because she was not a cop, just an ex-cop.  I enjoyed having more police/crime drama in there.  I would have enjoyed more of the detective stuff, the hunt for the bad guy, the figuring it all out, ect.Dia and Lizzy don't have a perfect relationship.  They are really struggling to make it work.  Dia seems to be unsure of what she needs and wants.  She says one thing and then does a complete 180.  I think the emotionally stunted marriage she had to Jonah really messed with her.  She wants to have an open and honest relationship but she is used to having things taken care of for her.  Her life before this was pampered, her troubles glossed over.  As a result she doesn't have the equipment necessary to deal with any conflict.  When something threatens her, the vampire side comes out and takes care of it.  And believe me, that is not something you would want.  Dia's vamp side takes care of things by killing.I am looking forward to book three: Taste of Grief.  I want to see what the DA is up to, what his plans for Lizbeth are, if love is enough to keep Lizzy and Dia together, more about Eamon and just what all that little RaeLynn is capable of.  I need to see Diandra's reaction to being told by the woman she loves that 'I don't want to be like you'.  Yikes.  That is a fight I wouldn't want to have with my vampire girlfriend.