Review: 2 1/2 Stars
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 9, 2011
I was on the fence about Book One in this series (Bitten (Bitten Series)) but was interested when I ran across Book Two for free.  It took several sittings to finish as I found it too easy to put it down.  This book failed to live up to the flashes of promise shown in the first one.The story picks up right where it left off, Ally has been kidnapped by Moira and thrown into a dungeon along with her two besties (Trish and Pam) to prevent her from marrying Ben.  The dialogue between the girls was stilted and I never understood why these three girls were best friends.  I found very few flashes where Ally's character became as vibrant as in the brief teaser called Book One. We are also introduced to Gabe, the friend Ben was talking to when Moira took Ally, and I liked the subplot of his family's feud with the Verdons (Moira's family).  Ben spends a lot of time worrying about Ally's pending transformation into a vampire (it could go very bad and she might crave human flesh) but although a lot of time was spent voicing his thoughts, more first person action would have been preferred.My issues with the heroine/hero romance and serious need for proof reading makes this book hard to recommend.  Why would Ally who has never fallen in love before, fall in love with someone who constantly waffled and was such a bad judge of character?  Ben did not want to have a traditional vampire marriage and was willing to postpone his arranged one to Moria 4 times and yet constantly said that if he hadn't found his true love, he would be okay with spending eternity with Moira. Huh?  Also, Ally spent only a few hours with Ben before falling deeply in love and was willing to give up everything. Maybe 10 pages were spent together and the rest of the time was spent trying to find each again.  I just couldn't feel it for these two.