Halfway to the Grave

Night Huntress, Book 1

By: Jeaniene Frost

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father - the one responsible for ruining her mother's life. Then she's captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and is forced into an unlikely partnership.

In exchange for help finding her father, Cat agrees to train with the sexy night stalker until her battle reflexes are as sharp as his fangs. She's amazed she doesn't end up as his dinner…are there actually good vampires? Pretty soon, Bones will have her convinced that being half-dead doesn't have to be all bad. But before she can enjoy her status as kick-ass demon hunter, Cat and Bones are pursued by a group of killers. Now Cat will have to choose a side...and Bones is turning out to be as tempting as any man with a heartbeat.

©2007 Jeaniene Frost (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Take one half-human/half-vampire female with serious anger and parental issues, add in a sexy ancient vampire with his own agenda, and you have the makings for a truly combustible series. Sign me up for the sequel!” (Romantic Times)

Couldn't get past the narrator

I always preview the narrators before purchasing a book but this one fooled me! Her regular voice was decent but then she used her voice in her awful, terrible, no good fake cockney accent!, oh my lord it made me cringe in pain. I thought it would make my ears bleed. My daughter had previously purchased the kindle book and told me it was a good story and when I had her listen she was shocked. She said if his voice was really like that there is no way anyone could fall for him. Please give me my money back on this one

pretty good

What did you love best about Halfway to the Grave?

Love the fact it's sexy and adventurous without being overly raunchy.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Halfway to the Grave?

When Bones proclaims his true feelings

Did Tavia Gilbert do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Yes but Bones came across sounding like Russell Brand. Not how wanted to envision his character.... that was disappointing and couldn't get past that mental picture. :(

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I found myself laughing outloud

undecided

I think the person narrator hurts the book. She sounds like she is 15 so that makes it difficult to listen to at first. Then I australian/english accent is strange sounding but the kicker is the shy guys. When she does the voice of a shy guy, they sound like they are feeble old men. In the next book there is another shy and attractive vet that sounds like he is 80 years old and about to die.

Even better on audio!

Any additional comments?

I loved this book! This was a re-read for me but I have to admit that I didn't remember a whole lot of the book. I originally read this series around 5 years ago or so and fell in love with it. I remember reading the books in the series that were available back to back and barely coming up for air. I do recall the basics of the series but the details are gone so I thought it would be a good time to brush off the audiobook I purchased back in 2011 for a listen. I may have even liked it more the second time around.

This is the first book in the Night Huntress series so everything is new. Cat and Bones meet in this book and what a meeting it is. Cat is half vampire and rather unique because of it. She has spent her time going to college by day and hunting vampires by night. Bones is a charismatic vampire that proves to be a challenge for Cat. These two were so much fun together and I really enjoyed watching them meet again for the first time with this re-read.

Tavia Gilbert does an amazing job bringing this story to life. I am honestly rather mad at myself for not listening to this one before now. She does such a wonderful job with all of the characters in this story. I was especially impressed by her voice for both Cat and Bones. They are the focus of this story and their voices were so different from each other and I have to say I loved Bone's accent. I thought that the narration of this story really took things up a notch with exciting scenes suddenly feeling even more exciting.

I really enjoyed how the story was laid out. The world building in this book happened without stalling any of the action of the story. The story just seemed to flow from the very first page without ever slowing down. I thought that this book had a little bit of everything. It was exciting with a lot of action, sexy, romantic, funny, and even a bit heart wrenching at times.

I would recommend this series to others. It is a series that really does need to be read in order so this book would be the right place to start. I am really looking forward to continuing with my audio re-read of this excellent series very soon.

Fantastic story AND story telling

It can be oddly intrusive listening to other people read out the sex scenes in a book when the voice in your own head would never kick you out of the story and makes everything more personal, that goes for characterization too, but the narrator slayed it (ha!) I felt the performance was un-inhibited and I have never listened to an audiobook so fast or been so hungry for the next one!

I love Bones! And I think the challenges put forth with the mom make for a fantastic story. Great adventure, humor, sex, and slaying. Already downloading the next book.

Bone's voice

Even though I enjoyed the audio book told by Tavia. I would have preferred a man's voice for Bone's character.

Loved it.

Narrator was terrific. Another great story line in the series. Can't wait to start the next book in series.

Love! Bones voice?

Love love love... idk why but bones voice is just not what I pictured in my mind, it’s God awful to me... Don’t get me wrong narrator is super talented, but it took me a while to get used to her choice for him.

amazing

i have loved these books for years and the reader is absalutly amazing. 5 stars all the way!

One of my favorites!

I buy a lot of audiobooks and this series is at the top of my list of favorites!
This is a well written, thought out, intricate world of vampires that tells a story of a half-breed vampire that has more real characters than most authors can manage. The characters have more layers and personality than I usually expect from books in this genre or even many top list books. The approach the author took was fresh and the humor had me smiling at many points of the book! I admit I snorted when laughing a few times.