ARC Review: Bite Me, Try Me, Fang Me

Author: Parker Blue

Genre: Urban Fantasy, YA, Paranormal

Release: March, 2011

Source: Netgalley

Rating: 5/5

Description: An edgy book for teens that spans the gap between YA and adult fiction. Life after high school is tough enough without having to go 15 rounds with your inner demon. Val Shapiro is just your ordinary, part-demon, teenaged vampire hunter with a Texas drawl. And a pet hellhound named Fang. Soon enough she finds herself deep in the underbelly of the city, discovering the secrets of the Demon Underground and fighting to save those she loves. Whether they love her back or not.

Author: Parker Blue

Genre: Urban Fantasy, YA, Paranormal

Release: March, 2011

Source: Netgalley

Rating: 4/5

Description: This part-demon teen vampire fighter and her faithful terrier hellhound are once again patrolling the dark city streets of San Antonio, Texas. Val's hunky human partner, Detective Dan Sullivan, is giving her the cold shoulder since she beheaded his vampire ex-fiancée. Vamp leader Alejandro is struggling to keep the peace between vamps, demons and humans. The mucho powerful Encyclopedia Magicka has been stolen, someone in the Demon Underground is poisoning vamps, and Val's inner lust demon, Lola, is getting very restless since Val's now partnered with sexy Shade, the shadow demon with the blond good looks of an angel.

The second book in Parker Blue's Demon Underground urban fantasy series plunges readers deeper into a heady world of passion, friendship, intrigue and mystery.

Author: Parker Blue

Genre: Urban Fantasy, YA, Paranormal

Release: March, 2011

Source:Netgalley

Rating: 4/5

Description: The vampires want it. The demons want it, too. And someone is willing to kill Val for it.Val and Fang have to find the powerful Encyclopedia Magicka before either of San Antonio's warring underworld factions locate it or the consequences will be deadly for the entire city. As usual, Val's vampire enemies (they still call her The Slayer) want her dead.

Even some of her fellow demons may be less than trustworthy, since they'd like to grab the legendary book of spells before she does. Val has a personal claim to the Encyclopedia--her demon father left it to her when he died--but someone stole it recently. And that can't be good.Battling vamps and dodging demons, Val struggles to unravel the mystery and find the thief.

At the same time, she's fighting her attraction to sweet, sexy Shade--her favorite shadow demon. Rumor has it that Val will lose her part-demon, vampire-fighting powers if she gives herself to him.With a crowd of vamps and demons out to trick her or kill her, it's not a good time for her to risk her job as the city's best vampire hunter by falling in love. The stakes are high and aimed right at her heart. But Lola, Val's hungry little lust demon, doesn't like being denied. Will Lola finally get her way?What's a part-lust-demon-teen supposed to do? Whatever it takes.

Review: I love the character of Valentine "Val" Shapiro! She's definitely kick-ass, and I love that her vulnerable side shows also. Fang, her dog (part hell-hound) is seriously one of my favorite characters. The banter between him and Val is funny. In Bite Me, I liked how the love interest, Dan, stood up for Val to her family. I didn't quite like how he treated her in the end, but that only left the door open for Shade to move in. The reader sees growth in Val throughout the three books. In Bite Me, she's trying to find herself...by Fang Me, she has answers. This series is definitely fast-passed. It has action for the action junkie, romance for the romance junkie, mystery for the mystery junkie...you get my idea. And the ending of Fang Me...I so hope there's another book in this series!