This was my first book by Kristen Painter, and I had high hopes for it considering the story is a vampire urban fantasy one. Our heroin, Belladonna Barrone, is a 49-year-old mob wife who loses her husband in a car accident at the beginning. I enjoyed the drama surrounding her attempts to escape the life she’d always known. Painter crafted a great to cast of characters and a compelling plot flow that forces Belladonna to find her inner strength. I can see this but a good book, I unfortunately, did not become invested enough in this world to read the second book. This can be checked out on kindle unlimited, so you can try it before you buy it. (2.5/5 rating)
Tag: Vampires
Book Review – Midlife Witch Hunter (Forty Proof 6) by Shannon Mayer
I just finished the 6th book of this series, and the 7th is due out in August. This is my second series by Mayer. I loved the premise of this series: middle aged witch finding her way, group of friends helping her battle evil, and potential love interests scattered throughout. In this book, they must travel to France at the Council’s request, and save a witch from being sacrificed for a vampire army. I really enjoyed this story in the first few books, but it seems to have stalled. I love the idea of Bree, but she hasn’t seen any growth as a person in six books and her hot and cold relationships with the love interests of this series. Her episode with Crash kind of ruined this for me. The magical side of this book was great but the relationship side of this left a lot to be desired and this may be the last book I read for a while. I really wanted to love this the same way I loved KF Breane’s similar midlife series, but Mayer has made that impossible. (3/5 rating)
