Author: Jennifer Rardin
Version: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 9780316043557
Published: August 3rd, 2009
First Published: December 6, 2007
Publisher: Orbit
Voice: First PersonGenre: Paranormal Fiction
Number of Pages: 363
SYNOPSIS: In this second installment in the Jaz Parks series Jaz, Vayl and their brand new team go undercover at the Corpus Christi Winter Festival. On this assignment the team has to find Chien-Lung, a vampire that is slightly off his rocker, and steal back the vital piece of biotechnology that he has stolen. This very special piece of armor, made by Jaz's old college roommate Bergman, renders Chien-Lung invulnerable while wearing it and he never takes it off. Matters are further complicated when Jaz discovers that not only does Chien-Lung believe that he can transform himself into a dragon but worst of all she has to go undercover as a belly dancer.
As the team begins to get settled in their new roles as a travelling gypsy family they find that things are always as simple as go in, retrieve the weapon, do a little dance and then leave. Chien-Lung never takes the armor off, he is guarded day and night by warrior vampires and to top everything off the already pissed Jaz finds out that the festival is being attacked by reavers, ancient fiends who murder innocents by sucking their souls and seem to be invulnerable. However Jaz can see a break in their armor and is able to kill them, which releases some of her pent up frustration. She really doesn't like belly dancing.
As the assignment continues on Vayl and Jaz try to figure out just how to go about killing Chien-Lung in order to get the armor back. With emotions running high, resolve beginning to crumble and the kill looking impossible everyone starts feeling as if they are jumping out of their skin. Jaz and Vayl really have to work hard to not only get the job done but keep all of their people in one piece and safe. The question becomes can they really do everything, or will this mission be their undoing?
REVIEW: I love this series. And this book was just as fantastic as the first. It was full of intrigue and mystery, tension and wonderfully crazy insights from Jaz's many helpful personalities. It was yet another win for Jennifer Rardin!
The story in this one was just as rich and wonderful as the first and at the same time it was fuller. It's something that you have to read to really understand but it had more of a spice to it that I couldn't tear myself away from. I intentionally left the synopsis vague and short because these books have so many twists and turns in it that I didn't want to reveal anything that would spoil the surprise. I'll just leave it at this, the story is great and it's one you can't put down.
Again the writing was superb by Jennifer Rardin. The way she writes is both humorous, without being over the top, and serious without being a big drag. She is brilliant at the way she writes Jaz and her many personalities, each really becomes a separate character and each are undeniably lovable. In fact all of the characters she writes are lovable and so well done it's almost eerie. But I really love it! Jennifer Rardin was a truly talented writer that is the the whole package.
I really, really love this book and after reading it I went right into reading the third one. This is such a good series that I really feel is something that no one else is doing right now. It's not just vampires being all broody it is so much more and that is amazing. I highly, highly suggest this series and this being the second book in the series I recommend it! Go out and find yourself a copy of the first book in the series so that you can zip through it and get to this one because they just keep getting better and better.
MORE FANTASTICAL FICTION:
"Once Bitten, Twice Shy" "A Discovery of Witches"
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