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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780446617000
ISBN number: 0446617008
Label: Forever
Manufacturer: Forever
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 400
Printing Date: January 01, 2006
Publishing house: Forever
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Sarah Dearly has had a bad date. What else would you call being buried alive before dessert? Not to mention that bite mark on her neck, and the creepy way her date keeps saying that he’s sired her. Then those guys with the stakes show up and turn her date into so much dust! Sarah runs for her life, only to be rescued by a tall, dark, and handsome stranger. Sure, she interrupts him as he’s about to throw himself off a bridge – but as far as rescuers go, Thierry de Bennicoeur will have to do. Only problem is their age difference. He’s a six-hundred-year-old vamp with a death wish. She’s a new kid on the block with a need for someone with experience to show her the ropes. And to keep her one step ahead from the vampire hunters that are in town to rid Toronto of the ‘monsters’. Sarah doesn’t know what to make of all this. Sure, she’s got a healthy hankering for blood lately, but she doesn’t feel like a monster. Just an unemployed girl looking for love. Even if the object of her affection—Thierry—can’t go out in the sun for very long.
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Sarah Dearly is a hot mess, she is a good looking woman but she is such a disaster. I mean what would you think about Ms. Dearly if you learned that on her very first date, she was bitten by a very old vampire, was almost buried alive, turned into a vamp, watched her sire die, was almost killed herself, and then ended up being saved by a 600 year old vamp that was trying to commit suicide by falling off a bridge? Yep, see HOT MESS!
Let me tell you this story just goes on and on, in a good way! She gets picked up by a vampire hunter, Quinn, then saves his life once he's turned against his will. Falls in love with the psychotic Thierry de Bennicoeur who has a WIFE. Is looking for the cure for vampirism with her hunter friend Quinn, while trying to stay ummm... alive? All the while she has to attend her cousin's wedding with a vampire hunter officiate that tries to kill her after the ceremony. Bitten & Smitten is chock full of action and humor, I loved every minute of it.
Michelle Rowan has put so much spunk into her characters that you can't help but like them and want to continue reading the story to see what'll happen next. Bitten & Smitten was strangely amusing, up-beat, and witty. I am now a fan of Ms. Rowan's work, and if I were you, I'd pick up a copy of Bitten & Smitten, it is a book that will definitely keep you intrigued. 5 Hearts
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I just finished this book and found that it was lacking in some truly essential ways: the author wrote her characters into unbeatable corners but instead of saving them in a creative way or even believable way she sort of cheated and used a lazy way of writing them out of their predicaments (i.e. Ms. Dearly and Quinn were in the 'lab' of the "evil" doctor and were about to be murdered by Quinn's dad. The dad angrily confessed to killing his wife. Suddenly, the evil doc is no longer evil... he in fact shoots and kills the dad and then even goes so far as to offer help if they ever need it in future. I mean COME ON! If you are going to have an evil henchman have some world-shattering epiphany than you should at least lead up to it with description of what he may be expressing facially in reaction, have him interrupt in the conversation exasperatedly. Or, she could have saved them by having one of the vampire friends, possibly George, come to the rescue and kill the dad. Or, Sarah or Quinn could have tried to save themselves and discovered they had more of the ancient power than they previously thought.), Another disappointment was that the romantic tension and sexual tension between Sarah and Thierry was not at all developed well. There was really nothing developed for this Sarah character to later 'realize' she was "in love" with Thierry. In fact, the only true pursuer was Quinn. Even the ill-defined 'bond' between the ancient vampire (Thierry) and Sarah, and for that matter Quinn, was not defined or described in sufficient manner. Finally, I was looking for a really good understanding of Thierry's suicidal tendencies. It never appeared. I don't like books that have poorly defined characters, poorly or ill-explained plot lines and cheats to rescue the protagonists. Yes, it's a fictional vampire novel.. but lets at least TRY for some believability in personalities and situations. Even if the believability includes supernatural powers and amazing last-minute rescues. I'll meet you half-way there if you meet me the other.
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I was "smitten" with this book, cute book, story kind of dragged, zero romance, just kissing,. I read the book in a day & 1/2. Probably could have taken 1 day to read it, but had to sleep.
This book would be recommend for someone who likes paranormal (vampires), but can do without the heavy romance. I did not read any foul language or graphic detail. book made me giggle a little due to the main character.
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Ok I read a lot of paranormal romances, but this one is one of the worst books I've ever read. For one, there is every little romance in this book. Not even one sex scene. There is no chemistry between the main characters at all. For two, as a vampire book it leaves much to be desired. MaryJanice Davidson was quoted saying that Bitten And Smitted was "A charming, hilarious book! I'm insanely jealous I didn't write it." Not sure why she said that. The book wasn't charming or even a little bit hilarious.
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Three words for the quickie review. "I. Love. It!"
I hate to say it, and all you Anita Blake and Southern Vampire and Carpathian addicts out there -- don't stake me. This (and its sequel) are my favorite paranormal romance books. (Oh, wait, oops, I probably just offended said Anita Blake audience by lumping the books under that heading. Oopsies -- but I'll go into that when I do my Hamilton reviews...)
Why? Because, and I'll just take Bitten and Smitten and not sequel Fanged and Fabulous in this review... it's *not* a true paranormal romance. It has this little thing called plot. And believability. And it's a damned good plot. With bite.
I'll stop punning one of these days.
One thing I won't ever forget from a writing panel at a sci-fi convention I went to a few years back was a comment an author made about catching a reader right off the bat, and not to take half an hour of reading time to introduce every character before any action strikes.
Damn. Does Ms. Rowen take that advice, or what? I love it!
Sarah Dearly is a secretary. Er, executive assistant. Then she goes on a bad blind date and ends up in a cemetery. Hmm. Then, quickfire, the local hunter crowd wants to stake her and a hunky vampire rescues her.
Ohhh yeah, this book's gonna be good. And it also should be in Toronto's travel packet. I want to go see Toronto now. Heh.
Yes, I'm biased. Yes, I love Thierry, Sarah's vamp "flame". Yes, I want him... to get with Sarah. Yes, that really was what I originally planned to type. Really it was!
Thierry has all the makings to be a "generic" dark and brooding master-vampire-Angel character. But he's more... human than that. He's got dark and brooding and sexy down, but there's something different. There's an almost, dare I say it... boyish charm to him? And he's really a pain in the ass who does his share of stupid, masculine things. But I love him anyway.
The thing that I kept getting through the book is how damned believable it is! No, we're not dealing with the oh-so-soulless Buffy vampires, or the complex and twisted universes where the world has to be "altered" to let vampires have their play-room. These are real people that are vampires who can sun on a Mexico beach and show up in photographs. All the side characters, all the main characters. Michelle Rowen "gets" it.
Characters that take lots of interesting twists and turns. Though I must wonder -- will Sarah go through a few psychological issues where all her friends end up fangy? Clearly it's not the end of the world, but no more pasta? Ow. That's gotta bite.
(I promise to stop punning. Soon.)
Also, for the record, I adore Quinn. I am of Sarah's mold -- made for Thierry, but Quinn is... hot in an irresistably sexy-hunter-gone-sympathetic-character way. I'm just glad drooling is allowed for both, and unlike her, I don't really have to decide. Thank God.
Oh, yeah, before I forget, I like the "shard" concept. Like, love it. Heh. And yes, for those that must have their were-thing fix -- we have a werewolf. We do have a werewolf. absolutely adore that name, too. Barkley. And we get Buffyverse mentions! In a word, w00t!
Okay, I'll stop, and try not to gush and give away the entire book, but... twists and turns and more twists in an exciting plot that doesn't devolve at all as the novel goes on. Like the eternally-cliche energizer bunny, it keeps going and going and going... and the only disappointing part when it ends only in that it has ended! (Which is why there's "Fanged and Fabulous". Go buy it so you can jump from one book to the subsequent with no pain.)
The ending, too? Love the ending. And the book hits a good, "you-start-to-panic" climax, too.
In short, I love it! The book rocks. Go buy it. To the author: Fangs for this book!
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