Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
Series: Night Huntress #15
Published by Avon, HarperAudio on January 28, 2020
Genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
Length: 8 hours, 41 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Purchased
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Some promises are meant to be broken…
Veritas spent most of her life as a vampire Law Guardian. Now, she’s about to break every rule by secretly hunting down the dark souls that were freed in order to save Ian. But the risks are high. For if she gets caught, she could lose her job. And catching the sinister creatures might cost Veritas her own life.
Some vows are forever…
Ian’s memories might be fragmented, but this master vampire isn’t about to be left behind by the woman who entranced him, bound herself to him, and then disappeared. So what if demons, other Law Guardians, and dangerous, otherworldly forces stand against them? Come hell or high water, Ian intends to remind Veritas of the burning passion between them, because she is the only person seared on his mind—and his soul…
Please note that if you have NOT read the first book of this series, there may be minor spoilers ahead. Read at your own risk.
To say I devoured this book is an understatement. I’m not sure I’ve ever read/listened/consumed – take your pick – a book faster than I did this one. Wicked Bite is the second book in Veritas and Ian’s story. Shades of Wicked ended on a brutal cliffhanger. Ian is without his memories, yet he remembers how he felt about the little Law Guardian and is determined to find her. Veritas is wallowing in her own grief and attempting to fulfill the vow she made to her father to hunt down the souls released from Dagon when the story opens.
Veritas is one of my favorite characters to read. She is not a damsel in distress, she can kick your butt if she needs too. She is fierce, loyal, and despite all the bad things she seen and experiences, she remains good at her core. How can you not like her? Here we see a different side of Veritas. Her carefully cultivated emotional walls are crumbling. She let her other half out to play, and she has no idea how to stuff that and her feelings back into the proverbial cage she let them out of. Her entire world has upended, and to make matters worse, the man she is running from, the man who made her feel, the man who loved every piece of her is hunting her down, and she doesn’t know why.
Ian is Ian. There is no other way to put it. Of all the characters we’ve met in this series, Ian is the one you can count on no matter what. He’s always brought levity to the story, and he does that here, but also we are finally seeing what no one else has seen: his decency and goodness. Ian has a heart of gold, a depraved, sex-focused heart of gold, but still gold. Veritas sees straight through him like no one other than his sire Mencheres does. I love seeing this side of him. His single-minded focus to find her is endearing and of course he does it in true Ian fashion 
There is so much I could unpack about the plot of this one, but
Overall, I loved this one just as much if not more than the first. Ian and Veritas are simply perfect together. The banter is spot on. The action which drives the story is exciting and engaging. I absolutely did not want to stop reading it (sorry to the girls I buddy read with, I totally left them behind 
). If you are a fan of paranormal romance and urban fantasy and haven’t read this series, I highly, HIGHLY recommend it.
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Here’s your to-do list:
- Find your copies of these books, borrow them from a friend, get them at the library or buy them.
- Read Book 16, Wicked All Night, by February 5.
- Read Book 16.5, Grave Girl’s Getaway.
- Make note of a favorite quote or two as you read the book.
- If you haven’t read the books before, make a list of questions you have for the discussion. If you have read them, please don’t spoil new readers.
- Link up your review on Goodreads, FB or other site to the post.
- Enter the giveaway!
Games:
Who said (enter the answer in the Rafflecopter, don’t put in the comments)
Who said “Untrusting. Good to know you’re cautious about some men.”
There are other options in the rafflecopter for you to enter discussion questions and quotes to share.
The quote for Who said “”You’re allergic to monogamy, following the law and telling the truth! ” in Shades of Wicked is Cat.
The villain was Dagon.
Giveaway:
For a US winner, this will be one digital copies ( your choice of her books) generously provided by Jeaniene Frost (US only) but they can be from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Kobo.
For an Intl winner, it will be a print copy of Wicked Bite from Book Depository.
Observations and questions you shared from Shades of Wicked:
(Thank you so much for sharing!) If you can answer any of these numbered questions, you can do so in a comment.
- I like that Veritas is basically a phoenix.
- Simargls are so cool!
- I’m wondering what exactly Veritas’s dad IS… demon? angel? some combination of the two? god?
Quotes you readers shared from Shades of Wicked:
“Ian tended to take a death threat as a challenge, a joke, or an aphrodisiac.”
Ian grinned before leaning down to lick the blood off my lip. “I know, it’s a lot to take in. Never thought you’d be this happy, did you? Or this lucky. Blimey, go ahead and envy yourself. Countless other people will, I assure you.”
Bonus round – Read a Series in a Month January 2023:
We are doing the entire Night Rebel series for Series in a Month in January, posting on Sundays. We will have a review for the books with the team here at Books of My Heart plus some of our friends. We are following the author recommended reading order.
Jan 8: Shades of Wicked – Carole @ Carol’s Random Life in Books
Jan 22: Wicked Bite – Lillian @Mom with a Reading Problem
Feb 5: Wicked All Night – Anne
These are Sunday posts. There will be one COYER FB Chat at the end of the series on Feb 5th.
COYER FB Chat – Sunday February 5
Challenge is adopting our Read-along. You can read about COYER and join that challenge HERE. On the Sunday after the review posts, they will host a FB room (like we do for COYER book club) at 12 PT, 2 CT, 3 ET and 9pm Europe, for a one hour chat. You do not have to join the COYER challenge to participate, only the Facebook group.
If you can’t attend, there is also a Facebook messenger chat which has been fun and active, set up following the live chat.
About Tavia Gilbert
Tavia Gilbert (SAG-AFTRA) is an award-winning narrator with more than 150 audiobooks under her belt. Contemporary and literary fiction, biography and memoir, fantasy, romance, children’s literature, science, religion…Tavia’s range of genres is a direct result of her intuitive interpretation, clever diction and pacing, and sensitivity to each author’s or publisher’s needs.
Classically trained in voice and theater, Tavia attended the University of Washington and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Original Works in Acting from Cornish College of the Arts. She has been singing in choirs since she was 12 years old and has been working full time as a voice actor since 2006.
Tavia is also a producer with nine years experience. After moving to Portland, Maine in 2001, she studied audio documentary production at the Salt Institute. With 11 years of paralegal experience, Tavia has a clear understanding and appreciation for the business side of her world, including contractual language and legal strategy. Her creative eye, vivid personality, and experience and contacts help her cast the highest caliber of artists, including actors, musicians, videographers, and other talent. Her clients hire her again and again, recognizing her exceptional work and the advantage they have in someone with both a creative and business mind.
About Jeaniene Frost
Jeaniene Frost is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy. Her works include the Night Huntress series, the Night Prince series, the Broken Destiny series, and the new Night Rebel series. Jeaniene’s novels have also appeared on the Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, ABA Indiebound, and international bestseller lists. Foreign rights for Jeaniene’s novels have sold to twenty different countries.
Jeaniene lives in Maryland with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. In addition to being a writer, Jeaniene also enjoys reading, writing, poetry, watching movies, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking and traveling – by car. Airplanes, children, and cook books frighten her.
About Lillian @ Mom with a Reading Problem
My name is Lillian and I am a bookaholic. My addiction started at a young age because of my mom and grandmothers who read to me on a daily basis. It only grew from there as I became obsessed with the Goosebumps and BoxCar Children series. I moved from them to the classics (Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, etc.). Now I read anything I can get my hands on: Young Adult, New Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Historical based fiction and nonfiction alike, and of course I still love the classics. Now I want to pass my love of reading on to my own son and all of you!
The blog started as a dare from my husband in February 2014. I stumbled upon Goodreads and started reviewing the books I read for fun. On average I was writing 2 to 3 reviews a week. So one night while writing a review, my husband said, “Why don’t you just start a blog?” And thus Mom with a Reading Problem was born.
I read all types of books but my favorites are urban fantasy and romantic suspense.I like some romance and some action / adventure / mystery in everything.I like sex in my books but please, only between TWO people.Intimate conversation is equally important to the sex in a book.It lets me see the characters.The other thing I enjoy is humor.
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Lillian thanks for sharing your review with us. I’m glad you enjoyed the book so much and I enjoyed having you with us on the buddy read.
Robin thank you for sharing. I’m sorry about the snafu. I’m going to do some tests on a TEST post to see if I can figure out how it could have happened. My current thoughts are trying to leave the page without saving but it usually warns me, or just shutting down the tab without saving? Or saving the draft and closing the tab and it doesn’t save correctly? I will see if I can duplicate the problem because it’s so strange it wasn’t there when I checked a few times the last few days. Next time I’ll know to look for autosave also.
Glad you enjoyed this one so much! I’m not a big adult paranormal romance/urban fantasy, so haven’t tried this series. But I know people who are so I can share the recommendation!
Thank you Lisa. We are nearing the end of this Read-along with just one book left. It’s been awesome to read them as I’d only read half before we started. We pick all UF or fantasy or PNR for our Read-alongs. There is a small chance I will pick a mystery or romantic suspense some year but it’s slim. The ones we want to discuss are all in the former group.
Hi Lillian! I couldn’t read the review because of the spoilery nature but I’m so excited that Ian has his own series and am so excited that he’s finally met his match with Veritas! I never knew there was a person that could tame this unabashed ladies (and men’s) man!
Oh Elizabeth. If you have been reading the rest of the series, you MUST read these. They are amazing, the first two get 5 hearts from our smaller buddy read within the Read-along.
I know exactly what Lillian means. I remember not coming up for air when I read this book. I will have to do a re-read sometime soon.
These Ian books are like crack. Not that I know what crack is like. I should say they are like chocolate? Coffee? They are just amazing and easy to read.
Can’t wait for book 10 to read it
After the cliffie in the last book, I was revved to go with this one. Yes, Veritas is a tough fighter. Definitely building to a big finish. Great review, Lillian!
I definitely appreciate that we are reading these all in a month rather than over 3 months!
Wonderful review! I’m glad this addition to the series was great.
These Night Rebel books with Ian and Veritas are excellent.
LOL You are forgiven for leaving us in the dust this one time 😉
“Ian has a heart of gold, a depraved, sex-focused heart of gold, but still gold. ” <=== absolutely true. Love him 🙂 Great review! So excited to read the final book, but also NERVOUS
yes Lillian has shared an excellent review. Robin’s is also funny and true. I’d have never believed I’d love Ian more than Vlad but it’s true.
Love Tavia Gilbert!
She really seems to have improved over this series.
Thanks for the spoiler alert. This series is one of many on my tbr list.
The Ian books are SO good. I wish you could have read along with us this year but I know nothing is easy. But that’s why I try to announce in advance to make it more possible for people.
I loved it!
yes I loved it too! It was such a fast paced thriller. I loved learning more about demons and gods. Plus Ian & Veritas are endearing.
Glad you liked it that much!
It was really enjoyable.