Tantalize

By: Cynthia Leitich Smith

Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest

Are you predator or prey?

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Quincie Morris has never felt more alone. Her parents are dead, and her hybrid-werewolf first love is threatening to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. Then, as she and her uncle are about to unveil their hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef. Can Quincie transform their new hire into a culinary Dark Lord before opening night? Can he wow the crowd in his fake fangs, cheap cape, and red contact lenses — or is there more to this earnest face than meets the eye? As human and preternatural forces clash, a deadly love triangle forms, and the line between predator and prey begins to blur. Who’s playing whom? And how long can Quincie play along before she loses everything? Tantalize marks Cynthia Leitich Smith’s delicious debut as a preeminent author of dark fantasy.©2008 Cynthia Leitich Smith; (P)2008 Random House, Inc.

Just Eh

This just didn’t wow me. I kept waiting for character development or to understand character motives, but that never happened. I kept waiting for a blossoming relationship to come to fruition, but it really didn’t. The ending almost seemed forced & abrupt. I knew who the vampire was from the second he was on the scene. I really wanted this to be good, but it just wasn’t.