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Title: Dead and Dateless (Dead End Dating | Book 2) |
Review of Dead and Dateless (Dead End Dating, Book 2)
- SHEâD LIKE HER BLOOD BOTTLED, PLEASE!
The sassiest vampire in all of Manhattan, Lil Marchette, is the owner of Dead End Datingâa matchmaking service for hip, intelligent singles like herself. After only three months, business is booming, and she can finally pay her bills (or, more important, feed a hungry cosmetics addiction). But when one of her clients turns up dead (as in never coming back), Lil is named as the prime suspect.
Murder?
Sure, sheâs a vampire, but she canât even work up her nerve when it comes to blood-sucking. Hacking somebody to pieces is so out of the question.
To make matters worse, Lil must also contend with a pack of werewolves who askâno, demandâthat she find each one a tall, dark, and handsome mate before the next full moon. Plus, the to-die-for-if-I wasnât-already-dead Ty Bonner, a lusciously sexy lover but totally unsuitable eternity mate, is never far from her midnight fantasies. But Lil has no time for such thoughts. She must prove her innocence and focus on pairing off the dead and the furryâand maybe stake a claim to her own tasty true love.
âKimberly Raye is hot, hot, hot!â
âVicki Lewis Thompson, author of Nerds Like It Hot
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Comments for Dead and Dateless (Dead End Dating | Book 2)
- Posted on 2008-08-11
Extremely quick
Thanks for the book! It came really fast considering I'm over seas and what not. I appreciate the quickness!
Score: 3
- Posted on 2008-02-10
More entertainng than the first....
Ok, I liked this book quite a bit. Lil is a trip, and Raye has come along way since the first book in fleshing out Lil's character. She isn't quite so much a MJD Betsy clone in this one. I laughed out loud in several parts, and the pace definitely remained a page turner. Once again, nothing too deep here, some pretty good chuckles, and an entertaining heroine. I'm planning on purchasing "Your Coffin or Mine" if that says anything.
Score: 3 - Posted on 2007-08-07
Lil is back!
And she's shaking things up yet again. Her business is great, but she's on the run from the police, who say she's wanted for murder! Raye comes back with Dead and Dateless, making us howl at Lil's thoughts and actions. While Lil is on the run, she has to keep her business up and running, (how else will she get that new Prada bag?) keep herself from falling in love with a made-vamp, and evade the cops. What's a girl to do? Anyone who knows Lil from Dead End Dating knows she's not the murder, but with no other suspects, she'll have to solve her own case, with the help of luscious Ty, of course. This one will have you wanting an early release for "Your Coffin or Mine?".
Score: 4
- Posted on 2007-07-30
Didn't love it, didn't hate it = 3 stars
I am pretty ambivalent about this book. It fell somewhere in the middle. Plot was ok .. interesting mystery trying to determine who framed Lil for murder. The writing style is very casual and relaxed, lots of (comments in asides). It began to get a little annoying.
But, the story is interesting. There is heat between Lil and her vampire bounty hunter, and it's fun to watch the characters fight the chemisty between them. Lil's mom is a hoot.
Overall, it's not a keeper, but I'm still glad I read it. Hoping that book 3 can grab me the way the first in the series did.
Score: 3 - Posted on 2007-06-28
Vampires & Romance
I love the first book and I loved this one as well. I was worried that it would be a repeat or wouldn't hold up to the mustard like the first. But, it did. Lil (or wonderful born vamp who even breaths like a human - or at least tries) is back and just as lovely as the first book. The story starts off with a bang and keeps you guessing as to the killer throughout. As a matter of fact, I didn't know who the killer was until the very end. Lil is up to her old dating games and of course the hunky bounty hunter is back. The story ends and you will wish that you had the third book. A great summer read.
Score: 5
