Book Review: At Grave's End

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Title:  At Grave’s End
Author:  Jeaniene Frost
Pages:  342
Publication Date:  2009
Version:  Paperback
Genre:  Fiction/Romance/Paranormal

Summary Via Goodreads.com:
"It should be the best time of half-vampire Cat Crawfield's life. With her undead lover Bones at her side, she's successfully protected mortals from the rogue undead. But though Cat's worn disguise after disguise to keep her true identity a secret from the brazen bloodsuckers, her cover's finally been blown, placing her in terrible danger. 

As if that wasn't enough, a woman from Bones's past is determined to bury him once and for all. Caught in the crosshairs of a vengeful vamp, yet determined to help Bones stop a lethal magic from being unleashed, Cat's about to learn the true meaning of bad blood. And the tricks she's learned as a special agent won't help her. She will need to fully embrace her vampire instincts in order to save herself—and Bones—from a fate worse than the grave. "

My Review:
What more can be said about this wonderful book except….it is Cat and Bones!!!!!  What’s not to love?  This book had Cat and Bones as a team and newlyweds doing the job they have always done, kill bad vampires.  A lot happens in this book though, it is a true page turner from the start.  Cat is still being hunted by her vampire father, Bones wants to give Cat a “real” wedding, Cat’s Mother still hates Bones, Cat and her team still hunt vampires, but there are many added twists in the road.  A Master vampire Patra is after Cat, and not to talk to her…she wants her dead.  Cat, Bones, and the team go on a hunt for Patra after Cat is almost killed.  I don’t want to give too much away, but one of the surprising things that happens in this book is that one of Cat’s vampire hunting team members wants to become a vampire.  He wants to be a vampire to be more useful to the team and Cat.  As a vampire he will be stronger, harder to kill, and can protect Cat more.  Who does it?  The team member you would least expect that’s who.  Will Bones really agree to make a new vampire though, even if it is part of his deal with Cat’s boss?  Will it really matter at all what they do anyway?  There is a Master, old, really powerful vampire trying to kill them after all who can’t be stopped easily or without sacrifice.  The one person who knows how to end her, is the most powerful vampire of them all, but he also happens to be her husband.  Can he really help condemn his wife to death to save Cat?

I have to say I loved this book just as much, if not more, than the first books in the series.  I am in awe of Jeaniene Frost.  She keeps the adventure going in this book, maybe even more so than the first books.  There is a fantastic mixture of adventure, suspense, romance, friendship, and horror all tossed into a wonderful page turning book.  I will have NO reservations going into the next book of the series!  I can’t wait to see what Cat and Bones and the other wonderful characters have to deal with next.  Frost is truly a wonderful author with a very vivid imagination and writing style.  As I read I can see the book playing out in my mind right down to the last bloody drop.  

4 out of 5 stars!

This book counts toward the following challenges of mine:  100 Books Read, 1,000,000 Pages Read, A to Z Title Challenge, Read Your Name Challenge, Romantic Suspense Challenge.