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Dear Ms. Frost
I think this is one book where I wish I hadn’t read the first one because while some of the vampire world building was better explained in Halfway to the Grave, the heroine read so differently it was like she had a lobotomy. One Foot in the Grave takes place four years after the end of Halfway to the Grave. The heroine has left her lover, Bones, behind and is working with a secret government operation designed to take out vampires.
In Halfway to the Grave, Cat’s appeal is her vulnerability. She is half human and half vampire and through luck and determination finds out that she can kill vampires. Her greatest asset is her humanity. Her heart beats and thus she can disguise herself amongst vampires and unwittingly lure them to their deaths.
In the first book, Cat’s dialogue was very youthful. She’s traded in her charming “I hope you choke on my blood, you jerk” and “Kill me already, you pathetic suck-neck!” for vulgarity filled insults. It seemed like her character development consisted of coarser language and superior physical skill. Outwardly she has developed, …
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