Review: Fun rainy day read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2014
I was really pleasantly surprised by Don't Bite the Bridesmaid, the first book in this series. It's lighthearted and sweet and most of all funny. Don't Blackmail the Vampire isn't as humorous (at least I didn't think so) and not quite as light. These characters have issues and a lot of angst. But it's still a lot of fun. In fact, it's kind of like the Vampire Winter Olympics with its skiing, ice skating and dog sledding. Not things you expect in a typical vampire novel.We met fiancées Brent and Kristen, Alice's ex-fiancé and ex-best friend, in the last book.This story features Kristen's sister Rachel, who is determined break up her sister's engagement, and Charles, Alice's new fiancé's brother, who is investigating Brent. Rachel convinces Charles to help her with her scheme and it gets complicated quickly. They pretend to sleep together, then pretend he doesn't like her, but he really does, and she doesn't want to like him, but she really does. Like I said, it's complicated. Charles has his own mission to accomplish but keeps getting distracted by Rachel and her schemes.Tiffany Allee does a really good job with this short novel format. A few that I've read have really needed to be longer and I could tell you exactly which scenes I would add. I haven't had that issue with either of the books I've read from Allee, although I do wish she would have done more with Brent's friend Cole in this one. He's just kind of there, and doesn't really contribute much.Although I didn't like it quite as much as the first book in the series, this was a fun way to spend my rainy morning.