Up From the Grave by Jeaniene Frost Series: Night Huntress #7
Published by Avon on 28 January 2014
Genres: Adult, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 384
Format: eBook
Source: Kindle Purchase
There’s always one more grave to dig.
Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war…
A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to raise tensions between humans and the undead to dangerous heights. Now Cat and Bones are in a race against time to save their friends from a fate worse than death…because the more secrets they unravel, the deadlier the consequences. And if they fail, their lives—and those of everyone they hold dear— will be hovering on the edge of the grave.
Up From the Grave is the last installment in one of my favorite series ever, and wow, did it take me for a wild ride! My emotions were all over the place, and this review is going to be very hard to write without spoiling anything – but I still promise there are no spoilers.
Cat is true to herself in Up From the Grave – always ready to give her all to save the ones she care about, and there is a lot of sacrifice going on in this story. However, a lot can be achieved with a little help from our friends, right? From on crisis to the next, there is never a dull moment, and a lot of characters who were present in prior books in the series make an appearance to do everything possible to keep everyone safe.
As the readers are taken both on a memory lane and on a new path, Up From the Grave has different paces for different situations, and I frankly thought my heart would both stop and break at times. I did get a little upset with the way Cat and Bones still did not completely trust each other after all this time, though. They are my favorite couple, one of those couples that lasts, and I would have enjoyed this story even more if they had been more open with each other when the shit hit the proverbial fan.
There is still character development in Up From the Grave, though, but there is also a lot of heartache and hurt. And some pretty amazing fights, as well as a very strange resolution to some of the problems our friends face. All in all a satisfying end to a series I love, and I am hoping there will be other novels in the Night Huntress World series.
I stayed where I was. One cat waiting at the door was enough, thanks.
Then he took his coat off, revealing an indigo shirt that clung to his muscles as if reveling in them.
I didn’t know how he managed to make the question sound indecent, yet he did. I would’ve said the English accent helped, but his best friends were English, and their voices never turned my insides to jelly.
We’d been through so much together. Surely we hadn’t come this far to fail now.
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Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
I’m pleased that this was a satisfying ending for the series, Lexxie. This is a series that I’m not caught up on but I look forward to catching up because I too love Cat and Bones. Excellent review!
I hope you’ll have a wonderful Wednesday, Lexxie! *BIG HUGS*
Cat and Bones are the bestest ever! I hope you’ll continue to enjoy this series as much as I have, Brandee 🙂
I have had a wonderful Wednesday – busy and fun!
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Great review Lexxie!! I have to finish this series myself, but i heard there is a minor crossover with the Vlad books, so I really want to read them too!!
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Yes, there are crossover with the Vlad books, and there might be in other spin-off series as well 🙂
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Oh I really need to read this one, so curious and at the same time really anxious. But I have it in ebook, just need more time…
I know what you mean about needing more time, Melliane! Cat and Bones are one of my favorite fictional couples, though, so this series and the spin-offs make my day!
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I really need to finish this series! I’m glad you liked it, and I hope there are more books from this world too 🙂 And no worries about The Undead Pool–I completely understand. You didn’t need to explain, but it was very sweet that you did. MUAH 🙂
I’ve always heard such amazing things about this series and I’m very happy to know this last instalment was so satisfying. Fab review, Lexxie! 🙂
Love the sound of Cat, and I really need to start this series, I know you love it and have heard so many other good things about it.
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Now that it’s finish, I can comfortable binge on the series, ask my library to get all seven books. I’ve read the first book of the spin-off, it was meh. That or I need to read the original series so i can better appreciate the supporting characters leading the spin off.
Oh my goodness, Braine, I have to admit I’m a little jealous that you can just sit down and read all the books in one go if you feel like it 😀
I love the spin-offs as well, but as you said, I already knew the characters quite well when I read them.
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I really didn’t want to say goodbye but it really was a great ending…to at least Cat & Bones’ story. I’m still holding out for Ian 🙂
Oh yes! Ian! He’s one of the funniest side-characters I’ve ever encountered! I need to feature him in one of my Sidekick Showcase posts 😀
I have really enjoyed both the Vlad and the Mencheres spin-offs so far, though 🙂
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I read the first book in this series a while back, and really loved it! I miss Urban Fantasy reads! I’ve been reading mostly contemporary stories for the last year, and am getting burned out on them. This sounds like such a great series wrap-up. I love when the last installment brings previous characters together, goes down memory lane, and still brings surprises! Wonderful Review Lexx!!!
Lindy, now you have no excuse to not read the whole series – and the spin-offs 😀 I love Cat and Bones, and the whole universe in the Night Huntress series is awesome!
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Glad to hear that I wasn’t the only one who had a hard time writing a spoiler-free review! I’m super sad to say goodbye to Cat & Bones, but at least we still get one more Vlad book later this year. Great review!
Oh my, we should chat about those darned spoilers, Carmel! I’m sad to say goodbye to Cat and Bones, too, but there will be more books in this universe, so I can’t help but feel hopeful there will be some sightings 🙂
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I’m glad to see that you are enjoying this series. It is on my TBR list! 🙂
I’m looking forward to starting this series. Before blogging, it’s probably a series I would have overlooked, and I’m glad I won’t be missing it now. I just bought Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison a week ago and am looking forward to starting that series as well! Terrific review, Lexxie! 😀