Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
Hi guys! I'm having pretty much the busiest week ever but I managed a nice guilty pleasure read as a way of procrastinating. If I'm a bit quiet on the blogosphere please don't think I've forgotten you - I'll be back and catching up with all of you (and your wonderful blogs/bookstagrams/booktube videos) at the end of the week!
I think it's been about 4 years since I've read these, which means I didn't really remember what happens in Some Girls Bite anymore (but I definitely still remembered Ethan).
Merit is Merit
"What did you just do?"It's easy to feel sympathy for the protagonist, Merit - she is attacked, turned, experiences difficulty adjusting - but she also has some wonderful things going for her, so it's a nice balance. She becomes this pretty awesome person with new-found agency in matters going on around her, and at the end of the day she's always unapologetically herself. She's confident, and mature and I think the fact that she's a 27 year-old grad student makes this story a bit different from others.
"I don't know. Vampire Merit's a lot braver than People Merit."
The supporting characters are seriously amazing
The Vampireland series has a lovely cast of interesting, memorable people you just want to love. Ethan is the smug and arrogant lord of the house and he's very used to getting what he wants, so there's some... male posturing, shall we call it? But still, I have a soft spot for characters like him (besides, he's really hot). And you know there's room for character development!
The friendships portrayed in Some Girls Bite are cute - especially between Mallory and Merit, and some of the characters we meet along the way as well. Merit's relationship with her grandfather is really sweet as well.
One thing that makes Some Girls Bite so easy to get sucked into is that everything we're learning as readers is also new to Merit - so we share that learning curve and her reactions to things are easy to understand.
The friendships portrayed in Some Girls Bite are cute - especially between Mallory and Merit, and some of the characters we meet along the way as well. Merit's relationship with her grandfather is really sweet as well.
The plot has a few nice twists to it
There's a nice mystery related to Merit's attacker, and the politics that seem inherent to the complex vampire world are sufficient for your daily source of intrigue. I'd completely forgotten the ending to this [my memory is absolutely terrible] so I was actually kind of surprised at what happened. I feel like the main focus is on Merit dealing with being part of this new world, though.One thing that makes Some Girls Bite so easy to get sucked into is that everything we're learning as readers is also new to Merit - so we share that learning curve and her reactions to things are easy to understand.
Why you will love it
We're book lovers. Don't we all idly dream that our lives would suddenly take a turn for something amazing and magical? Sometimes I'd definitely like to be Merit - she (very grudgingly) exchanged working on her thesis for an action-filled life and a pretty sweet new skill at handling weaponry. You know, like swording. Swordery? Okay - sword-fighting. (There needs to be a nicer word for this.)
There is definitely a good reason why I loved this years ago. Wonderful characters, interesting mystery to solve, and a nice romantic interest (and by nice I mean sarcastic and perfect).
Sorry about the really bad pun in the synopsis! In my defence it's part of the blurb.
Have you read Some Girls Bite or other urban fantasy like it? Did Twilight turn you off vampires? Please let me know!
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