Review : Forsaken By Others by Jess Haines (UF)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16161852-forsaken-by-the-others

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Book Blurb

The Others–vampires, werewolves, things that go chomp in the night–don’t just live in nightmares anymore. They’ve joined with he mortal world. And for private investigator Shiarra Waynest, that means mayhem…

Have a one night stand with a vampire, and you can end up paying for it for eternity. P.I. Shiarra Waynest, an expert on the Others, knows that better than most. Yet here she is, waking up beside charismatic vamp Alec Royce with an aching head…and neck. Luckily, Shia has the perfect excuse for getting out of town–namely, a couple of irate East Coast werewolf packs who’d like to turn her into a chew toy.

On Royce’s suggestion, Shia temporarily relocates to Los Angeles. But something is rotten–literally–in the state of California, where local vampires are being attacked by zombies. Who could be powerful enough to control them–and reckless enough to target the immortal? Following the trail will lead Shia to a terrifying truth, and to an ancient enemy with a personal grudge…

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Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala

This is the next installment of the Others series by Jess Haines. Shiarra finds herself bound to Royce. She is furious. She is glad that she didn’t change into an Other, but she isn’t positive that this is not worse. After she saved Royce and virtually set him free, he was determined to win her. He was undeterred that he was a vampire and she a human. Now that she was bound to him, he would prove to her that she is still the same. She would never be his blood toy or his slave.

Things are not safe and Royce sends Shia and her friend Sara to LA. Once there Shia is to deliver a message to the pack of werewolves, possibly endangering herself in the process. She is suffering from some infection in her blood. Her blood is tainted with werewolf blood as well as vampire blood. If she is around werewolves during the full moon she could still turn.

Then she and Sara get involved with tracking down zombies and who is controlling them. They are hired by their LA host while they are guests of his. Is it the other rival vampire in LA or the White Hats that hunt the Others? Once they have an idea, Shia and Sara decide they have stepped into something more than they thought. Too many questions go unanswered and how safe are they really in LA. With no way to call Royce to inform him of what is happening, they continue to investigate the situation.

Their investigations lead them into the west headquarters of the White Hats, the house of a werewolf, the lair of a rival vampire, and attacked by a army of zombies. Once they understand what is really going on, they become targets. They become liabilities to the ones behind all the zombie attacks. Shia and Sara have no idea what to do and who to trust.

I liked this book. It confused me at first since I had not read any of the previous ones. The adventure that Shia and Sara find themselves is actually humorous at times, but they stumble onto things that place them in danger. The story line was nonstop and a puzzle that the reader tried to solve along with the characters. I couldn’t put it down because I wondered what would happen next.

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I give it a 4 out of 5