Some Girls Bite

Chicagoland Vampires, Book 1

By: Chloe Neill

Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

They killed me. They healed me. They changed me. Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn't exactly glamorous, but it was mine. I was doing fine until Chicago's vampires announced their existence to the world---and then a rogue vampire attacked me. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker...and this one decided that the best way to save my life was to make me the walking undead. Turns out my savior was the master vampire of Cadogan House. Now I've traded sweating over my thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan "Lord o' the Manor" Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed, four-hundred-year-old vampire, he has centuries' worth of charm, but unfortunately he expects my gratitude---and servitude. Right. But my burgeoning powers (all of a sudden, I'm surprisingly handy with some serious weaponry), an inconvenient sunlight allergy, and Ethan's attitude are the least of my concerns. Someone's still out to get me. Is it the rogue vampire who bit me? A vamp from a rival House? An angry mob bearing torches? My initiation into Chicago's nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war---and there will be blood.

Bite into another Chicagoland Vampires novel.

©2009 Chloe Neill (P)2010 Tantor

Narrator stinks

Good story. Terrible, robotic, flat, unemotional narrator. It’s hard to think of listening to the other books in the series because her way of reading is so bad. May just have to read on my kindle instead.

Good

This was a great starter to a series. Reading the other ... however many... is for sure something I want to do.

Decent Series, but Narration is One-Dimensional

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Decent vampire series, but seems more geared to teens and young adults. The main problem with the book is the narration. It's completely one dimensional, and is, at times, very difficult to figure out which character is speaking. All of her voices sound the same. I'm giving the series one more shot and will listen to the second book, in hopes that she's added some different characteristics. It also appears that, starting in the 6th book, there's a new narrator. After listening to the sample, it seems they might get much better.

Enjoyed the storyline but...

I very much enjoyed the main character. I liked that she was different from all the other vampires, and struggled to just conform like everyone else that was turned. My main critic is that for some reason, I had a hard time paying attention. Usually I want to listen until an audio book is done. But with this one, I easily stopped it to go about doing other things. Since I enjoyed the storyline, I must lay blame with the narrator. Her voice was pleasant enough, but again, I struggled to pay attention after about 5 chapters. I will listen to the second book though because I am invested in the characters now..Hopefully, I don't have the same issue. Maybe it was me..shrug...we shall see.

oh hell yah

love this book series loved this lady doesn't let hot guys push her around oh hell yes!

DONT.SKIP.THIS.BOOK

The cover is cheesy, the description was meh and then I started listening and now I am desperate for the next book. Wow. Great story, great narration

good

story a bit drawn out at times boring very confusing at parts but the end made up for it

Performance

This narrator is not the worst I have ever heard but not the best either. She made the characters sound like old women not like the 20 somethings they should be. I don’t mind the accents but no 27 year old woman I know sounds like that. I see that there is a change in narrators for book 3 I think so I will skip to that one to see what she sounds like. I’ve read this series and it’s good enough for passing time.

Need More

absolutely enthralled by this series, Its captivating and just leaves you needing more.
Great performance from Narrator. I just wish that the MC would stop being a women and dam accept her feelings for the vamp in question(Ethan), I love morgan and i feel so sorry for him because its obvious that he isnt gonna get the girl but i am hoping somewhere along the line he will get his Happy ending. As the summary of this book goes its a vampire paranormal with no kinky lusty tadbits that make you block your ears in order not blush red in the face, yet it is teasing and inviting and a great read :-)

great read

loved it great story with a strong lead with some sexual tension. how to become a great vampire 101