Love Bites (An Argeneau Novel Book 2)
“Sands writes books that keep readers coming back for more.”
Katie MacAlister, author of A Girl’s Guide to Vampires
In the world of the sexy and seductive Argeneau family of vampires, true love is good from the first bite to the last. Love Bites is a classic from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lynsay Sands, the second volume in her much beloved Argeneau series—the story of an achingly hot three hundred year-old bachelor immortal and the beautiful coroner he chooses as his lifemate. Paranormal romance just doesn’t get any tastier than this!
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Read Too Young For My Tastes
This book read too young and cutesy for my tastes. I would think the target audience was pre-teens except for the numerous explicit sex scenes. Up to now I thought the “Twilight” series had the most watered-down vampires, but this series takes that crown hands down. Not too impressed with Rachel a head coroner, who acts like a teenager with raging hormones and very little intelligence geared toward reasoning out much after being “turned” into a vampire. She believes she is dreaming and does she enjoy her wet dreams. I was further disappointed with Rachel when she does not seem upset, rather she is just thrilled to have all these super powers. A vampire fan girl just adds to my distaste of her. I almost stopped reading, but decided to give this book a chance and finished it. Typical routine love story with a bit of danger to the damsel in distress. The heroine is just window dressing for the hunky Hero with the usual minor love crossed misunderstandings. I like my vampires dark and dangerous and this does not interest me. A quick refund is in order.
Need laughter? Read this series!
First, I have to confess, I began this series by checking out books 1-10, from my wonderful King County Library System several years ago! Since then I have usually purchased the series for my Kindle devices. I was intrigued by the concept of longevity, blood requirements, and the humor of people who are currently living in my own time. Lynsay Sands writes with such fun, instead of "wooo-hooo vampires" that addiction soon followed. From being able to read thoughts, unless they turn out to be their one & only, to suddenly becoming ravenous for food & lots of sex, which by the way, causes fainting, no matter the location, explanations re: Atlantis, etc. Crazy situations, family dynamics, the use of blood banks, and reactions from those who are "normal"! Scenarios are unusual, and laughter follows....
4½/5 stars
Love Bites by Lynsay Sands Book #2: Argeneau Series Source: Purchase (Print and Audible) My Rating: 4½/5 stars After more than 300 years of living, Etienne Argeneau finally has some new entertainment. He has a Pudge. More specifically, Pudge is a completely disturbed human who has decided, in sad, his muddled mind that he must kill Etienne. After 300 years, Etienne is willing to play along until he or his family can come up with a way to safely dispose of the disturbed man. And then Etienne lands himself in the morgue . . . . twice! Rachel Garrett considers herself to be a rational woman of science, but when the corpse of the seriously hot man appears in her morgue, twice, it’s time to start questioning some things. Since a person can’t die twice, there must be an explanation. Thankfully, that explanation comes in two forms: 1) the first time he “died” was just a hallucination brought on by the flu; 2) the second time he “died” was because something called Pudge blew him up. But, what the hell is a Pudge and why was he going on and on about the dead man being a vampire and why are all the crispy burned bits flaking off? When Rachel eventually comes to, she has a metric ton of questions. One would think, after 300+ years of life, Etienne would be far better at answering questions. He is not, and it takes about 30 seconds for him to convince Rachel she is in the midst of a dream. A very long, very heavily populated, weirdly erotic dream, that involves Etienne’s mother . . . . wait, what? Since no one’s mother should ever appear in a wet dream, Etienne’s mother and sister take over and have a serious conversation with Rachel about her new life situation. Though Rachel is justifiably freaked out by her situation, she’s learning to cope with it with Etienne’s help. Though Rachel frustrates Etienne, she also challenges him and brings to life thoughts and feelings he has firmly tucked away for many a long and lonely decade. She’s sexy and smart, funny and capable, and willing to put in the hard work needed to adjust to her new life. She also loves his video game 😊 As if the new life training wheels weren’t enough, Rachel and Etienne also have to deal with the continued presence of Pudge. Dealing with Pudge is a necessity and as Rachel and Etienne soon find out, it is a necessity that will have to be dealt with sooner rather than later. Pudge has plans . . . . The Bottom Line: I liked this installment of the Argeneau series even better than the first! Rachel is hilarious in her determination to believe she is caught up in a dream, and Etienne’s “stupidity” after 300+ years of life is stunning. His poor mother 😊 There are so many funny, sexy, silly moments in this book that I couldn’t take my headphones off. Yeah, I listened to this one cover to cover, so to speak, in a single sitting and loved every minute. I particularly enjoyed watching Rachel unravel Etienne’s world and reminding him that he may be old, but there is a lot more living yet to be done. As for me, I have many more Argeneau’s to rediscover so it’s onward and upward . . . . .
More Matchmaking!
Etienne Argeneau has a stalker who has shot him near the heart which was then the 1st time he met Rachel Garrett, the ME; he was brought in as a corpse. The 2nd time that he met Rachel was after his stalker tried to blow him up with his car & he was brought to the morgue again; but this time Rachel was killed by his stalker when she tried to save his life, so he turned her to save her life. & now the fun really begins as he & his family try to convince her that she's not a "blood sucking demon". Etienne as he can't read her mind or sway her in anyway knows that she's his life mate & tries to woo her on many occasions. His cousin Thomas helps out a couple of times in this book. Etienne's stalker also shows up to do some more damage to Etienne & Rachel, but you will have to read the book to find out what happens. This book has a good vs bad vibe, lots of sex scenes & vampires in it & I was hooked & stayed up late to finish this book. Side note: This book was a re-read for me however, I had never written a review before & because this series has been on my mind I am now re-reading & giving a review. I haven't read this series in ages & I have most if not all in paperback so I'll be giving my kindle a break for awhile.
Witty and page turner
Rachel works in the morgue and a handsome john do comes in as a shot victim. While doing her job mr sexy dead is up talking or is it the flu induced fever ahe ia suffering. She faints amd life go back to normal since mr sexy is a vampire and wipe her memory. Etienne has a human on his trail to end him amd at first he thought this game was humorous but now it becoming dangerous since he ia now again at the morgue under the beautiful Rachel again as a burn victim. When his assassin accidentally axes the woman he decides to save her and make her his life time mate. This is where the fun begins not coming to terms with her change thinking it all a dream the witty thought in her mind and nervous talking ... Love this series funny sweet hot page turner for sure
Reality or Fantasy
Rachael hates the night shift! She is a medical examiner who only works the night shift but has put in for a promotion that will have her working days when a body is brought in with a gunshot. He was perfect and she hesitated starting the autopsy. Etienne was weak but waking and sees a red haired woman who looks feverish and pale. When she faints and a coworker shows up he mesmerized him, has a quick bite, and goes home to call in a clean up. When a burn victim is brought in and a crazy man comes in claiming the victim is a vampire and tries to cut off his head Rachael steps in the way. Now things get tricky and Rachael is in for big changes in her life.
Sands Vampire series leaves me a bit drained......
I really like the Argeneau Vampire series -The Argeneau family is fun and lively and their quirks are a hoot! That being said after three books with the formula being the same in all three - Fill in name of Argeneau family member - have him/her meet their life partner, and have them encounter a couple of road blocks and all ends well - it's starting to get old fast. At $7.00 a book I am thinking that I really don't want to read them all as I can't see where any of the rest of them are going to be different. I feel these books should have been priced at $2-$3. No higher. I don't know if Ms. Sands is just trying out this many volume d series fad, but I hope she will return to truly inspired stories like The Switch, The Husband List, The Reluctant Reformer, Lady Pirate, Bliss etc. etc. etc. Now those were stories worth reading!!
Aged well
As I read this for the third time I think, I still have a hard time believing it was written over 11 years ago! Some books show their age through slang or fashion, but everything is done in a way that your imagination makes the "black leather skirt with a dressy shirt" something you could imagine as someone wearing today!! The whole book works that way, aging well and able to adapt to any time frame of the current era at least.
Taking the midnight watch
How many times can one person die without being dead? When you read this book you will see how the author gave us so many interesting scenarios. Plus she did what she is best at bringing love to her characters in the middle of a whirlwind. I enjoyed reading this book and learning more about the Argeneau family. So many characters that I hope to see find their HEA. I’m looking forward to reading the next book and have already loaded it on my device.
Great read!
When I first had heard of the Argeneau Vampire series, I was instantly hooked. This one is the second one of the series and one again, I loved it! This one tells of a woman named Rachel, who works in a morgue on night shift. As a a "dead" body rolls up, a mysterious man shows up wanting to kill the "dead" man, claiming of him being a vampire. The now seemingly undead man saved her life. She hates him from keeping her to live her life, but little does she know that he has turned her and claimed her as his life mate. They eve fall in love with each other. This book is action packed, lustful and vampires(who doesn't like reading about vampires?). I absolutely love this series! Highly recommend!
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