This gets the full 5 stars because some of the best moments of the series happen in this book and will live rent free in my mind forever. ( )

3.5 stars

When I read the first in this series, I predicted it would get better as it went along. This is only the second book, but so far my prediction is coming true. I liked this one more, and I continue to love Bones. Cat can still be annoying, but nothing close to how she was in the first book, and it was refreshing to see her following her heart and mostly being reasonable about Bones instead of being a big martyr. I was worried there might be a lot of angsty relationship dithering when they were together again, but I was pleasantly surprised at how that played out. I didn’t want it to be dragged out, and it wasn’t.
I’m up for another for sure. The author is full of surprises, and I liked getting a little more characterization of the supporting characters. I could do without so much female rivalry and so many characters lusting after Cat, but with how it ended, I’m hoping that will be behind us in the coming books.
I’m trying to think of what series it’s most similar to. Maybe more Sookie Stackhouse than Mercy Thompson, given the number of sex scenes and their explicit descriptions. I think It would be a good match for the Sookie fans, and anyone looking for action-packed paranormal romance.
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I love this series. Cat and Bones are so good together. ( )

Wow, this had so much plotting and character development. Half-Vampire Cat is now working for the government, and hasn't been able to get over her feelings for her ex, Bones. Now Cat is being _targeted for assassination and she may need Bones's help once again. We meet new characters in this one and I loved how the relationships developed and also how the world-building was fleshed out. Loved all the action for Cat's character and how she became such a kick-butt fighter! And the Cat/Bones was divine! ( )

Trigger warnings: sexual harassment, transphobia, bad writing
It’s been nearly five years since the events in Halfway to the Grave. Catherine “Cat” Crawfield has settled into her new life as Special Agent Catrina Arthur or maybe it’s Cristine Russell or Red Reaper or Brunette Reaper or somehow still Cat despite staging her death under that name. Not even a quarter of the way into the book, everyone gives up on any of the new names and all the characters call her Cat. The reason she needed a new name in the first place is because she killed the governor of Ohio at the end of the previous book, and a prerequisite to working for the secret government agency was to fake her death. Her mother, teammates, and even a new friend, Denise, call her by her old name except when they’re in public, but they don’t even seem to remember to do that all the time. Because of her noncommittal to her new identity, it wouldn’t be difficult for bad guys to track her down (spoiler alert: that’s what happens).

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