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Lady and the Vamp (Immortality Bites, Book 3)

Michelle Rowen
Forever (2008)
ISBN 9780446618632
Reviewed by Melissa LaMunyon for RebeccasReads (5/08)

Michael Quinn has a problem. Most problems really aren’t all that significant in the grand scheme of things, considering that most people won’t care about whatever their current problem is a year from now, much less at the end of their mortal life. But now that Quinn is a vampire, and his problem is that he is an immortal bloodsucking fiend--he thinks that qualifies as a problem with a capitol P.

Or is it a capitol J? Because the only person in the way of Quinn regaining his mortality and becoming human again is a cute, and now deadly, blond from his past: Janie Parker. In Quinn’s mortal past, Janie was the annoying kid sister of his best friend. Now, Janie Parker is all grown up and still being annoying. If only she weren’t so cute, maybe Quinn could overcome this obstacle...

Oh, and as if things weren’t bad enough--Quinn used to be a Vampire Hunter, one of the best in the business. Yeah, and now he is a vampire, one of the scourge that he had dedicated his life to destroying. The irony is not lost on him either. He’d laugh, if he weren’t so depressed.

Now both Quinn and Janie are after an ancient, powerful relic: The Eye. Hidden for centuries, The Eye is reputed to have the power to grant its holder any wish. Quinn wants The Eye in order to wish himself human again so he can re-dedicate his life to good. Because, vampires are evil, right?

Janie is between a rock and hard place…if the proverbial rock is her demonic boss who is holding her sister ransom and the hard place is her old childhood crush, Michael Quinn. Unless she finds The Eye and gives it to her boss, for whatever nefarious purposes, both she and her baby sister are done for. Janie doesn’t care all that much about herself, but she can’t let anyone hurt her sister.

However, Janie and Quinn are about to find out that the stakes have been raised and the rules of the game they’re playing have changed without them knowing. Because they aren’t the only ones after The Eye…and it might be more than their lives are worth to keep The Eye from being used for unspeakable evil.

A fun twist on the paperback romance, I enjoyed “Lady and the Vamp.” Michelle Rowen’s fans should be thrilled that Quinn is back and hotter than ever. Typical characters and a predictable plot aside, the amusing writing style and character additions--Quinn’s psychic werewolf friend is great fun--“Lady and the Vamp” was a fresh twist on a timeless format. I wish that things had been a bit steamier between Janie and Quinn and that Janie had kicked a bit more butt, but all in all it was a fun read.

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