can't remember ( )

Now on book #3, I can see that these always follow a pattern. Each book ends with a cliffhanger and that is very irritating, even when I own the sequel. The books are entertaining, but I would not pay much for only 200-some pages that doesn't really end. Elvis-really? It was kind of cute in the Sookie Stackhouse series, but feels like an unnecessary duplication here. It also looks like she is going to turn her seven year old son into a vampire since he's dying and I am hoping the heroine doesn't go there. ( )

Samantha meets Fang, her long-time internet confidant and she is shocked to learn who he is. Will it make a difference?
This series keeps developing new situations that require reflection. I hope it keeps growing as I am enjoying the ride. ( )

American Vampire
Vampire for Hire, Book 3
By: J. R. Rain
Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
This is a very emotional book...wow. I love this series, I am so hooked. There is so much in here. PI jobs, family, friends, what it is like to be a vamp, to be a vamp mom, cravings, supernatural friends, finding new powers and how to use them, and so much more. It is so packed with each book. Written so well!
The narration is so good, voices from a tiny girl to gruff men done perfectly! Emotions perfectly too. ( )

Just ok. The most exciting scene came at the end of the book. A lot of emotional sadness with the main character; but it is understandable. Reasonably decent storyline, plot, and character development. ( )

The third book in the American Vampire Series was really good! I've really enjoyed seeing Samantha change and grow throughout this series. Her supernatural abilities have grown so much since the first book and it's been very interesting to see where it's leading her.
In this book we finally get to see who Fang is, although I'm still not sure what to think of him. I don't know where things are going to go with the two of them. Her relationship with both Fang and Kingsley is a little murky and it's hard to tell what is going to happen relationship-wise with them.
Also, Sam is trying to find and save a missing child from an evil man. Her son gets extremely sick and she has to make a very tough decision. This was a really emotional book for me, it was hard to see Sam struggle with the decisions she had to make. Being a mom too, I could feel her pain and indecision as if it were my own.
The story was interesting and I stayed up late yet again to finish this book and I wasn't disappointed. The story moved right along and kept me interested the whole time. It was emotional, funny and all around good!

***Review copy provided by NetGalley***
Review also published on my blog http://www.bookliaison.com ( )

PI Vampire, Samantha Moon, has been online chatting with a guy going by the name of Fang for years now. He knows everything about her as she’s poured out her heart and soul and she believes she loves him. This book starts off with meeting him for the first time, only to discover she has already met him a number of times and now doesn’t know what to think.

Two cases are worked on. One involves a missing child who somehow phones Sam for help. The other is a missing item taken from a small museum. But taking up a good chunk of her focus is on a family matter.

I like the story itself as well as the situations and characters. We’re starting to build more on a back story and it will be interesting to see where that goes. But two things were really bugging me. The more obvious one is the sudden cliffhanger, which quite frankly reminds me of watching episodes of Batman. Tune in tomorrow to see what happens. I’m glad I’m reading this years after the initial release so I don’t have to wait for the next book if I don’t want to.

The other issue that came up this time is repetition within the story. I’m not talking about things described in one book and described again in the next. I’m talking about repetition in this book alone. At least 3 times we’re told something we’d already read.

The story is entertaining, but additional effort needs to be put into editing and continuity. Heck, a character from the last book was named Monica in Vampire Moon and in this one we’re told it’s Cynthia. ( )

OMFG, people check this series out.



Samantha Moon goes through quiet a bit of trauma during this installment. From getting a mystery call from a little girl who has been abducted; to finding out her son is deathly ill. She finally meets her instant message buddy Fang.

More review to come...
Cheers Pretties! ( )

This series just gets better and better. Samantha Moon is evolving into a force to be reckoned with. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire and even though she doesn't totally embrace her "darker" side she has no problem using her powers to give justice to those who are powerless to do it for themselves. I so love these books. ( )

This book had a lot of very disturbing things in it, but understandable from a vampire point of view. However, I liked this less than the other Moon books, I don't like who Fang really is, and that she's actually contemplating making him into a vampire. He's not who she thinks he is, I'm sure of it.

I also truly hope she won't try to transform her son into a vampire, he understands that he's dying, and he's OK with it. Even if he is her little boy, I don't think it's good to hold on to him that way.

I guess I'll see what happens... ( )

I read this immediately after book 2 in the series. The prologue of this book is an exact repeat of the last chapter in the previous one... bit annoying because a) I just read book 2, and b) the book is already so short I suspect it should be sold as a short story rather than a novel.

Of the 3 books so far in the series, this was my least favorite, mainly because Sam's reactions to her son's illness were not very believable. Either she didn't care about him (but her words say otherwise) or the writer doesn't know how to write a grieving mother.

That, and this book has a definite cliff hanger - one that is annoying because the main thread of the story is not resolved at the end. It feels exactly like the author had one longer novel which he chose to chop exactly in half, making book 3 (this one) and book 4 (where the main thread from book 3 is continued). A cheesy way to make a sale, btw.

I did end up buying the next book and I really like the character development and story-telling and I do want to find out where Sam goes next, but I'm not sure I want to be subject to another 'let's chop the story in half so they'll have to buy another book' sales tactic. ( )

Compelling series that seems to get progressively darker. Basically the story of a normal woman who's a wife and mom, and also a Federal Agent, who becomes a vampire when she survives a terrible vampire attack. As you can imagine, carrying on a "normal" suburban life gets more than a bit tricky. ( )

Continuation of the stories presented in Moon Dance and Vampire Moon. The story maintains level of interest but principle character loses some of her sympathetic qualities. This book suffers from the same problems as the previous two books, no conclusion and stops at a cliff hanger requiring purchase of the next book to find out what happens (unfortunately, this book isn't written yet). This could be a four or four and 1/2 story if it didn't use obvious manipulation to stimulate market. Read my two previous reviews for this series and my review of J.R. Rain's Teeth and other stories for arc of story and disappointment at being left hanging! ( )