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New York Times bestselling author Christine Warren invites you to sink your teeth into the electrifying and erotic world of the Others.
Ava Markham is beautiful, savvy, chic, and more at home with Kate Spade than with the idea of fangs and fur. She can’t get quite used to the fact that some of closest friends have crossed over to the Other side. Then one night she is attacked by a rogue vampire, and her deepest fears are realized when her body begins a dangerous transformation from human to immortal—a change she cannot survive without the help of an alluring stranger who comes to her rescue…
YOU’RE SO VEIN
Vladimir Rurikovich, an elite member of the European Council of Vampires, is on the prowl for a murderous vampire fugitive on the night he saves Ava from the clutches of death. It takes just one look for Dima to know he cannot live another eight centuries without the stunning and seductive Ava—until he discovers a secret about her bloodline that could change everything…
“[A] sexy, engaging world…will leave you begging for more!”—New York Times bestselling author Cheyenne McCray
The European Council of Vampires has sent Vladimir "Dima" Rurikovich to America to find the rogue vampire serial killing humans. Although she hates the monsters of the Others, Ava Markham is fortunate that Dima arrives in time to rescue her from the assault of the predator he seeks. However, he failed to arrive in time to prevent her draining and biting.
Ava is changing and Dima helps her by giving her his blood. Instead of euphoria, Ava awakens in rage as he has changed her to what she detests most in the world. Almost as bad is her attraction to the eight hundred years old vampire who knows he has found his soulmate, but she prefers ripping out his heart. However, the worst as far as the fledgling is concerned is the demand by a royal vampiress that Ava pledge her loyalty.
If a reader was trapped on WALK ON THE WILD SIDE and had to fight an eight century old vampire or the tyro to survive, we would go after Dima. Few characters are as ferociously angry as the heroine, who makes the tale fresh with her shove it up your butt mentality. The arrogant alpha Dima figuratively and literally loses a few gallons of blood while alos having his esteem trashed trying to mentor his "Nenaglyadnaya", but knows it is worth every ounce as he will never grow tired of her. Fans will appreciate this super Others urban romantic fantasy.
Harriet Klausner
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted July 14, 2012
Not my fav but still worth reading.
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Posted May 25, 2011
Great follow up. I wondered what happened to sassy Ava.
I just recently came across Christine Warren's series and I randomly picked a book (normally I start a series at the beginning) but it turned out for the best because Barnes and Noble has the series misnumbered. I had to check out Warren's site to make heads and tails of the order. Her publisher is re-releasing books but with different titles, and some titles that were available before will not be for a while.Don't let this deter you from reading the series! I am thoroughly enjoying every minute of it.
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Posted February 9, 2011
This was one of the easiest read out all the other series so far. Entertaining and it just kept moving forward.Christine Warren is a talanted writer however her characters and stories are all over the place. For example ever since the second book on the series she mentions the relationship between Graham and Missy and it's not until her 8th book that she writes their story. I'm a little put off by the back and forth of her timelines.
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Posted May 17, 2010
This book was a nice follow-up in the series. The main character goes through some emotional transformations along with the physical ones. It was a great read!!!
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Posted April 27, 2010
Ava, Ava Ava, boy is she a hand full & stubborn but I really enjoyed this story about her & her baptism into the world of the others. A vampire diva she definately is. This book is sexy, funny & a joy to read.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I could not put down for long of peroid. Same with all other series that I had fell in love with. Great story.
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Posted June 15, 2009
I have read the series from the beginning and Christine Warren goes from strength to strength! I can't wait to see where she goes next!
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.The book goes back to the beginning of this series but stands well on it's own. You must read the others in this series to fully understand all the characters. A wonderful read, fun and witty.
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Posted May 30, 2009
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I like this series and lover her conversion to her friends' lifestyle. I want more.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I thought I liked Warren's Others series, but I think I need to reread them and see if she has always written such trivial stories or if this was just a bad book. Overall... it's a quick read, but I wouldn't recommend it as a stand alone. The heroine is supposedly fraught with a horribly painful past that leaves her an emotional cripple unable to love or trust anyone but her few long time friends who in their own way has betrayed her too. Her horrible, painful past? Her daddy left her after a divorce when she was 12!! Weak!! Warren totally annihilated this strong, independent, take no BS woman and turned her into a whiney, self pitying, shell. Then the whole book is a build up for a huge battle that only consist of an ENTIRE half a page. The grand finale of this disappointing book is the authors attempt to tug at your heart strings, but instead reached for my gag reflex, the hero's last challenge is to win the heroine's heart (I paraphrased).
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I thought this book was very interesting. Dima and Ava make a dynamic couple. I really enjoy the writing style of Warren.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I've always liked the Other series. This is no exception. After "One Bite From A Stranger" I was worried Warren was losing some of her earlier appeal, but this one proved me wrong. Even though Ava is annoyingly arrogant, she is supposed to be that way. I was glad they kept her character the way she previously was portrayed in other books. My favorite stuff about this book was the way the men all banded together to save the day. The scenes were funny, much funnier than prior Warren books.
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Overview
New York Times bestselling author Christine Warren invites you to sink your teeth into the electrifying and erotic world of the Others.
Ava Markham is beautiful, savvy, chic, and more at home with Kate Spade than with the idea of fangs and fur. She can’t get quite used to the fact that some of closest friends have crossed over to the Other side. Then one night she is attacked by a rogue vampire, and her deepest fears are realized when her body begins a dangerous ...