Bad to the Bone

WOW Ciara sure has a lot of things happening in her life! Can't wait to read the next installment! ( )

Another great book. If you read the first one and continued to this one then you are in for a good read. I am still surprised how much I love this series. I think her vampires are weird. Like being stuck in their era and eventually fading out. It doesn't sound like any vampire story I've ever read. But she just does something to these characters that makes you connect with them. I am so mad my library doesn't have the 3rd one, I am on the hunt for it!! ( )

And were back, with Ciara and crew here at WVMP. This time the DJ’s are having trouble with a group of people who seem to hate both women and vampires. The evidence to support these claims comes every time Regina gets on the air or a female artist is played, because when that happens a “God-fearing” rant cuts in the air waves and takes over. It is putting quite a damper on the ratings and the image Ciara has worked to build for WVMP. Speaking of Ciara, she has seriously grown on me as I read these books. I love her con-artist nature and I think it does a lot to help keep her alive in the world she now finds herself living in.

Shane is also ever present in her life, pushing her just a little bit to try and take their relationship one step further. Which I love about him. He knows if he advocates too much for something, he might just push her out the door. That doesn’t stop him from trying though, and I love watching Ciara try to deal with it when he does. One thing I don’t love, is watching Shane slowly become more and more obsessive compulsive. I know he is still young, but because of the way vamps are in this world, they do not keep their wits about them forever and that worries me for his future, and for Ciara’s. I have grown attached to them and because of that I want to see them happy, how that is going to happen is still undecided.

Mystery shrouds the story and you are left in the dark for quite a while before everything starts to unravel. Just when you think the book has reached it’s climax and the story is coming to an end, you are wrong. Jeri always keeps a few little surprises until the end and I love that. At the end there is also an unexpected, sad, event that Jeri has somehow turned into an intriguing opportunity. I think I should have seen it coming, but I didn’t, so I will be interested to see what happens in the next book with that little scenario.

Overall, this is a great series and I have really enjoyed being along for the ride. If you have not picked them up I highly suggest that you do. Jeri Smith-Ready is a great author and her books will leave you thirsty for more :) (and yes, I went there!) ( )

I enjoyed "Bad to the Bone" a little bit more than the first book "Wicked Game". The main reason is because I liked Ciera Griffin much more this time around. She was really thinking of other people and she's cleaned up her con artist act quite a bit. In this story, the radio station's shows got interrupted by a Christian talk radio show signal each time Vampire DJ Regina was on or a song by a female artist was played. This fanatical group, on its surface, is against women as well as the vampires or `vampire gimmick' the station employs. Of course there is more going on under the surface...much more. I really liked getting to know Shane's character better and there was a fun side story with his family that I enjoyed. We learn more about Ciera's back story and we watch the relationship between her and Shane change. All our favorite vampire DJ's are back though only Jim and Regina's characters get fleshed out more. The introduction of Dexter the vampire dog was a true highlight. Smith-Ready has proven to me that she can write a good story. She also has a way with writing realistic relationships and doesn't shy away from the bad sides of those. There was a very funny scene where Ciera meets up with an acquaintance in a store which had me laughing aloud. I have only two complaints. The first is that the other vampires don't seem to have much personality yet. We really only know what era they are from. I hope this can be remedied in future installments. The second is that I'm not sure that I like that Ciera's blood is special. I tend to like heroines more when they are average human women stuck in paranormal situations much more than those that are kick-butt and discover they have more and more special abilities. I found "Bad to the Bone" to be a real page turner and I can't wait for the next book to be released. ( )

I just loved Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready, that I was excited when I heard that we were going to see more of Ciara and all of the Djs. Of course, Jeri kept us up to date with all of the stories of the DJs lives and such!

Okay, os this might contain some spoilers, just in case you might want to stop reading here. But if you're anything like me than you won't ... lol. Okay, so Ciara is with Shane - the hot vampire from the latest century. As you might know, the vampires are pretty much stuck in the time when they were alive (before they were changed). So things have calmed down slightly since we saw them in the last book. Gideon is gone forever but it seems that someone else wants to cause some problems. Okay, not just someone but a group of someones!

Ciara is still the marketing manager of WVMP, but to the outside world she is known as Elizabeth, a vamp that had been killed in the lasat book. But her boss, David had a thing going with Elizabeth so it makes for an interesting and slightly uncomfortable time for Ciara and David. Next thing they know their radio station is being pirated by some outside force of vampire haters, telling them that they are going to go to hell and such, but it only seems to happen when Regina is on the air. And then there is that strange, HUGE cross shows up in the distance.

Ciara also makes a new friend, who happens to be a vampire dog! I WANT ONE! LOL Ciara also decides to take matters with the Control and try to get inside this sick little world that wants to destroy the vampire species. But once she is inside she finds herself having to get rescued by the Control and of course, Shane. And of course, she does make a sacrifice for Shane. So all in all, it was a fantastic book!

Thank you so much Jeri for letting me be a part of the WVMP Street team. I loved the book and I can't wait for more. And all of you out there, that haven't read the first book in the series, do so cause it just came out recently in mass paperback and this one just released this month!!! Get 'em! ( )