Book Review: Overbite - Meg Cabot

Overbite - Meg Cabot

Meena Harper has a special gift, but i's only now that anyone's ever appreciated it.  The Palatine Guard--a powerful secret demon-hunting unit of the Vatican--has hired her to work at their new branch in Lower Manhattan.  With Meena's ability to predict how everyone she meets will die, the Palatine finally has a chance against the undead.

Sure, her ex-boyfriend was Lucien Antonescu, son of Dracula, the prince of darkness. But that was before he (and their relationship) went up in flames.  Now Meena's sworn off vampires for good...at least until she can prove her theory that just because they've lost their souls doesn't mean demons have lost the ability to love.

Meena knows convincing her co-workers -- including her partner, uber-demon-hunter Alaric Wulf -- that vampires can be redeemed won't be easy...especially when a deadly new threat seems to be endangering not just the lives of the Palatine, but Meena's friends and family as well.

But Meena isn't the Palatine's only hope.  Father Henrique---aka Padre Caliente--New York City's youngest, most charming priest, has also been assigned to the case.

So why doesn't Meena--or Alaric--trust him?

As she begins unraveling the truth, Meena finds her loyalties tested, her true feelings laid bare...and temptations she never even imagined existed, but finds impossible to resist.

This time, Meena may finally have bitten off more than she can chew.

3/5 stars (liked it)

This book was better than the first one.  Even though I was not crazy about Meena and Lucien in the fist book I grew to like them more in this one.  Although I would l love to see a novella on Alaric Wulf and his back story.  He's one of my favorite characters in the book.   Another favorite character is Jonathan, Meena's brother.  His little love story was adorable!  The book had a slight predictable ending, although I did like the ending.

Book Review: Insatiable - Meg Cabot

Insatiable - Meg Cabot

Sick of hearing about vampires?  So is Meena Harper.

But her bosses are making her write about them anyway, even though Meena doesn't believe in them.

Not that Meena isn't familiar with the supernatural.  See, Meena Harper knows how you're going to die.  (Not that you're going to believe her; no one ever does.)

But not even Meena's precognition can prepare her for what happens when she meets--then makes the mistake of falling in love with--Lucien Antonescu, a modern-day prince with a bit of a dark side.  It's a dark side a lot of people, like an ancient society of vampire-hunters, would prefer to see him dead for.

The problem is, Lucien's already dead.  Maybe that's why he's the first guy Meena's ever met that she could see herself having a future with.  See, while Meen'as always been able to see everyone else's future, she's never been able to look into her own.

And while Lucien seems like everything Meena has ever dreamed of in a boyfriend, he might turn out to be more like a nightmare.

Now might be a good time for Meena to start learning to predict her own future...

If she even has one.

2/5 stars (it was OK)

Sadly I was expecting something different in a vampire book, instead I got the cliche of a woman instantly falling in love with a vampire.  A vampire with a temper who doesn't kill humans.  I actually didn't care too much for Lucien or Meena.  The characters I really liked were Alaric Wulf the vampire-hunter that works for the Palatine and Meena's brother John.  Who I was very sick of hearing about was Jack Bauer, the dog.  I felt like that's all we heard about was the dog.  Also did not like the chapter headings of time and exact locations.  If Alaric is in the next book more then I will definitely read it.