Wednesday, August 31, 2011

My Selection for Waiting on Wednesday: Overbite by Meg Cabot

Book Two
This day came around so fast, I almost missed it again! Waiting on Wednesday is the great meme started by that clever girl, Jill over at Breaking the Spine. I even saw an author mention this meme in the monthly addition of The Society of Children Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)! We're a part of something great, ya'll...lol...This week I'm going for a sequel. It's the second book in the Insatiable series by Meg Cabot. Insatiable was the first Cabot book I ever read and I thought it was a YA book, but it was an adult story. Loved it. Cabot poked fun at Twilight, the whole vampire trend, all while writing her own delicious story and putting her spin on the paranormal. She's not letting Meyers or any of the other new kids on the block get the better of her! She's determined to stay relevant and keep up! Let's see how the story continues...

Book One
Meena Harper has a special gift, but it's only now that anyone's ever appreciated it. The Palatine Guard - a powerful secret demon-hunting unit of the Vatican - has hired her to work at their new branch in Lower Manhattan. With Meena's ability to predict how everyone she meets will die, the Palatine finally has a chance against the undead.

Sure, her ex-boyfriend was Lucien Antonescu, son of Dracula, the prince of darkness. But that was before he (and their relationship) went up in flames. Now Meena's sworn off vampires for good . . . at least until she can prove her theory that just because they've lost their souls doesn't mean demons have lost the ability to love.

Meena knows convincing her co-workers - including her partner, Uber-demon-hunter Alaric Wulf - that vampires can be redeemed won't be easy . . . especially when a deadly new threat seems to be endangering not just lives of the Palatine, but Meena's friends and family as well.

But Meena isn't the Palatine's only hope. Father Henrique - aka Padre Caliente - New York City's youngest, most charming priest, has also been assigned to the case.
So why doesn't Meena - or Alaric - trust him?                                                             

As she begins unraveling the truth, Meena finds her loyalties tested, her true feelings laid bare . . . and temptations she never even imagined existed impossible to resist.
This time, Meena may finally have bitten off more than she can chew.


I'm a little late with this one as it came out last month, but I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into it. Has anyone else read it or the first book in the series?

Overbite released July 5, 2011 by William Murrow.

Toodles!

9 comments:

  1. I have the first book, Insatiable, but I haven't read it yet. I love Meg Cabot's YA books, so hopefully Insatiable is just as good, as well as Overbite. Nice choice this week!

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  2. i haven't read the first one yet but i've heard the series is great!

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  3. I haven't read the first book yet. I have it. I just gotta crack it open! Great blog. New follower!

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  4. I haven't read anything by Meg Cabot, but her books look very tempting. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. I like Meg Cabots work I am going to have to pick this up.

    Also I lovers the Forbidden badge in your sidebar...yes dare the world to read it. Everyone needs to. I have never cried so hard in my life.

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  6. I liked Insatiable quite a bit, but was really disappointed with Overbite. It just didn't keep the same light tone or humor. (I reviewed both of them on my blog.)

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  7. I kind of loved Insatiable...so that means that this one is a shoe in!!!

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  8. Awesome! This sounds like something I need to add to my TBR pile.

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  9. Sounds intriguing.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/08/waiting-on-wednesday_31.html

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