Sleeping With the Entity

Review is also posted here: http://sofia-loves-books.blogspot.gr/2013/06/sleeping-with-entity-by-cat-devon.h....

Many reasons contributed to the 4 star rating. One of them is the taste Daniella has. She has watched True Blood and Twilight and listened to Muse while she was baking. I love Muse, True Blood and Twilight so I was a little more warmed into the book after that. It had one or two Twilight jokes (not against the movie, just to tease a character). I could see the similarities between the book and the vampire stories above but it had originality too. The author used her imagination. though I think she has seen many vampire movies/ TV series. In this world exist vampires, druids, witches, zombies and werewolves.

I liked Daniella's show more reaction when she found out what Nick really is. It is not normal to learn that someone is a vampire and say "Ok, why didn't you said anything sooner? Are still on for tonight?". I wanted to see someone freak out even a little and Daniella did that. I read some reviews for this one and some were complaining about Dani and pink. It's her favorite colour and she has a pink vespa and a pink fridge but not all her world is pink. Everyone has some stuff that have their favorite colour, some more than others but if you hated orange would you want to paint a room in your house orange? I don't think so.

While you might not get a 6-pack from laughing you will not get blues either. It's not overly funny but it's not funeral appropriate. There is a tiny of humour and it worked well. It had a plot and it was almost like a plain romance book. (by plain I mean non paranormal). Nick and Daniella had a conflict of interest first. She wanted to open her cupcake store and he wanted to keep the vampire existence a secret from the human world. Pat and Bruce were great secondary characters and I would love to see more of their story. I still have my doubts for Xava (or is it Xandra, you will have to forgive me I cannot recall the name exactly). I think there is story behind her that is untold.

It might not be a book that you will read again but you should give it a try. show less

I was first introduced to this series when I picked up book two and read it. What really drew me to this series is the witty humor and sex appeal between the male and female leads. I have since than read a Christmas story and when I was looking for something to read, I came across this book in my to be read pile. It was like I had not been gone a long time from this series when I picked up this book. The witty humor was still there as was the sex appeal but in this book the sex appeal was hot but with a comedic twist. "Funny is sexy".

Daniella is a strong, bullheaded, sweet as sugar woman. It was her charm and the fact that she could not be controlled or scared off by Nick that instantly had me making an human connection with her. It was show more like everyone that she met could not resist her cheerful attitude. Under all of Nick's tough exterior, he was nothing more than as sweet as one of Daniella's cupcakes. show less

A quick, entertaining read, provided you don't expect too much of it. Likeable characters, formulaic plot. The author did a very good job with setting and description - I could easily imagine the street in Chicago where the vampires called home. Her descriptions of the cupcakes were almost fattening themselves.

All in all, a fun read the held my attention.

Trigger warnings: adoption, offensive language, gambling addiction

Daniella Delaney is opening a cupcake shop in a suburb of Chicago that unbeknownst to her is unironically called Vamptown by the local vampire clan. If that bit of on-the-nose writing bothers you, you’ll like this book as much as I did. Before I proceed, I feel like I should explain my rating process. I start every book off with five out of five stars. As I read, I deduct half stars or whole stars depending on how severe I judge something to be. I was ready to give this book two stars until the very end when it fully earned the rating that I gave it.

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Although the beginning was awkward and the dialog a little stilted, by the end, I think it got better. Interesting world and I am curious to see how the series plays out.