Review: Building the blocks of a really good tale....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 14, 2012
I think this is a realistic story of loss, love and adaptation...."Love Bite" is the first book in the "Just One Bite" series. Diandra's husband, Jonah, is killed the day she discovers that she's pregnant. Diandra befriends the homeless ex-cop, Lizabeth, and takes her in and helps her get on her feet. Turns out that Jonah isn't as dead as thought but a vampire who comes back to the house and, in a fit of rage, turns Diandra. What will this mean for the unborn baby and Diandra and Lizabeth's budding relationship?Normally I can make an excuse for an author saying, "This is the first book of a series so she/he is getting to know the characters themselves." No need in this case. I think these are characters that Glass has been working on for a long time and knows them well so she's able to give us a very clear view of who they are in the novella form.A lot of this story is Diandra losing Jonah and falling for Lizabeth. In a lot of romance stories you have that air rushing out of the lungs when they meet and instant attraction where you close the book and say, "Yeah, that's not gonna last." In the case of Diandra and Lizabeth we have a believable relationship. No one is perfect and they build on friendship and lead to love. The connection was well written and presented in a way that the reader could buy.There are graphic sexual scenes. If you cannot see yourself reading lesbian sex, this series is likely not for you. There is a fair amount of sex in the first novel - though there's a lot going on overall so, really, if a reader is adverse to the coupling, it's something that could be skipped over with little lost from the story.I do have a complaint in the first novel in that too much was made of Diandra's size. We get it, she's overweight. Her size was mentioned over and over again. I get why it was mentioned as she dropped 40 lbs when she turned into a vampire (where do I sign up for that weight loss program? Eternal life AND weight loss?) but it really felt like Glass wasn't sure we would remember for when the weight loss happened.This was a good, solid, read. I suggest it be read with the second book because as a whole they get five stars. The second "Bitten by Regret" is REALLY good.