Review: A must read for Night Huntress fans!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2014
Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series is the first urban fantasy series I ever started reading, and the characters and stories put the urban fantasy genre on my "go to" list. I will read anything that Ms. Frost writes because of my love for this series. I saw that the novella: Home for the Holidays was available (#6.5 in the Night Huntress series) and I thought it was perfect timing to read it before I read the series finale: Up From the Grave. Home for the Holidays was amazing! So good and intense that I am SHOCKED this story was set aside for a novella and not a full-length novel! It's that good, and it includes information that affects the characters and series. Whatever the reason, I'm sure Ms. Frost put her readers' enjoyment first when she decided to make this story a novella instead of book #7. That said, I think this novella is a must read for fans of the Night Huntress series.Home for the Holidays shows all our favorite master vampires in a very vulnerable state, and Cat has to team up with Ian to save Bones and the others. This 150 page novella is a page turner and leaves the reader satisfied with yet another great story added to an amazing series.My favorite quotes:“You consider damning souls a job?” “What would you call something you have to do in order to fit in, where you’re bitched at whenever you underperform, yet you’re never, ever appreciated for when you do it right?” Another snort. “I guess marriage also qualifies, but for me, it’s contracting souls.”"But you're demons!" I burst out. "Scary, powerful, soul-snatching scourges of the underworld! How can you not do something as simple as keep in touch about who you brand?" A shrug. "We're independent contractors. Don't like it? Complain to management. Maybe dialing 666 will get you someone.""By unsoiled blood, do you mean freshly shed instead of bagged plasma?" Balchezek exchanged a glance with Ian, who rolled his eyes. "Times like this I feel old," Ian muttered, to a grunt of agreement from the demon. "He means virgin's blood." I bristled. "Are you trying to say that if a chick gives it up, she's considered soiled? What kind of bullsh** is- " "It can be male blood, too," Balchezek said, winking at me, "Whatever turns you on."