Quick reviews of the books I read in July towards 52 books in 52 weeks. Back to regular fiction! Paranormal is regular in my world. Yeah, yeah, I’m late.

• Kiss Me Again
  

  A totally slow, boring and forgettable free e-book. Plot was slow, characters were stiff and motives were thin. I can’t believe I even finished it.

• Moon Called
  

  I loved this book more than any other werewolf book I’ve ever read. It had the right amount of magic, mystery, suspense and reality. Patricia Briggs is great at keeping me glued to the book. I have book 3 waiting for me, but considering how fast I blew through books 1 and 2 I’m trying to savor some of the intensity from those and waiting a while before I dive into the rest of the series.

• My Soul To Lose
  

  A short story by Rachel Vincent, a prequel to her YA debut novel, My Soul To Lose. I wrote a full length review about this one, so check it out.

• Blood Bound
  

  Book 2 in the series by Patricia Briggs. Just as good as the first one but she’s added vampires into the mix. And not the campy, sparkly kind. The rip-your-throat-out-for-looking-at-them kind. Of course there’s an element of romance in this second book, but in no way the kind of romance I’m typically used to in vampire/werewolf books. This has more of the “oh shit” romance element, and I loved it. I’m looking forward to book 3.

• Halfway To The Grave, Night Huntress 1
  

  I’m a sucker for anything with vampires and this book had been in my To Do pile for a while. When I finally sat down to read it I practically read the entire book in one sitting. The main character, Cat, is a half vampire vampire hunter. Yea, you read that right. It takes a lot of Buffy-esque qualities on, since she falls for a vampire  and wackiness ensues. Even the government gets involved in the end (as usual). More on this one later, for a full review.

• One Foot In The Grave, Night Huntress 2
  

  Jeaniene Frost really breaks a few book 2 rules in One Foot In The Grave. Rather than picking up where Halfway To The Grave left off we jump a few years into the future with a whole new set of OMGs and WTFs. Frost changes almost everything up yet kept me interested and definitely hungry for more. She managed to keep things light just in time for you to get comfortable and then she rips the rug out from under you with non-stop conflit/resolution until the end.