"Exciting addition to the Bloodhound Files series!"

By: DD Barant

Genres: Fantasy Urban

Posted: May 28, 2012

Jace Valchek figures she's pretty much gotten a hang of this whole being-in-a-parallel universe thing, until she has to battle a recent werewolf bite with vampirism in order to keep from losing herself. Not only does she have to focus on doing her job while trying to keep everything from erupting in gang warfare, she also gets to learn how her situation and choices affect those to whom she's closest.

The Bloodhound Files is a great series, and BETTER OFF UNDEAD is extremely satisfying for long-time fans. It can stand alone because of great exposition, but the end is more meaningful if you have read the prior books in the series. I devoured each page because the characterization and fast- paced action doesn't miss a trick. In addition, Barant's work often takes intriguing twists that surpass most other urban fantasy works.

Book Summary

Dark magic, unknown enemies, monsters of every stripe—FBI profiler Jace Valchek has seen it all. In this bizarre parallel universe, shape-shifting werewolves and blood-thirsty vampires don’t even warrant a raised eyebrow. That is, until Jace has to face what life might look like as one of them …

It starts off as just another run-of-the-mill assignment: to track down the rogue don of a mafia werewolf family before he upsets the delicate balance of the underworld. But Jace wasn’t counting on being bitten…and soon she’s fighting the growing wolf inside her with a startling antidote—vampirism. Stopping a bloody gangland war won’t be easy when Jace is feeling some new, and very inhuman, desires …

Better Off Undead by DD Barant

Better Off Undead

by: DD Barant

St. Martin's Press
October 1, 2011
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Featuring: Jace Valchek
352 pages
ISBN: 0312545053
EAN: 9780312545055
Paperback

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