• This Side of the Grave

  • Night Huntress, Book 5
  • By: Jeaniene Frost
  • Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
  • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (5,570 ratings)

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This Side of the Grave

By: Jeaniene Frost
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
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Publisher's summary

Danger waits on both sides of the grave…

Half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her vampire husband, Bones, have fought for their lives, as well as for their relationship. But just when they’ve triumphed over the latest battle, Cat’s new and unexpected abilities threaten to upset a long-standing balance.

With the mysterious disappearance of vampires, rumors abound that a species war is brewing. A zealot is inciting tensions between the vampires and ghouls, and if these two powerful groups clash, innocent mortals could become collateral damage. Now Cat and Bones are forced to seek help from a dangerous “ally”—the ghoul queen of New Orleans herself. But the price of her assistance may prove more treacherous than even the threat of a supernatural war—to say nothing of the repercussions Cat never imagined.

Love in vein: listen to more novels in the Night Huntress series.
©2011 Jeaniene Frost (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Cat and Bones are combustible together.” (Charlaine Harris, number-one New York Times best-selling author)

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cat is growing up

What did you love best about This Side of the Grave?

The over all atmosphere of the book which shows cat is growing up and growing into her relationship with bones

What did you like best about this story?

Chapter 21 wow

Which character – as performed by Tavia Gilbert – was your favorite?

Bones I love this guy so much

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Half breed

Any additional comments?

The most powerful love scene I have every heard

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Another new twist - very enjoyable

What did you love best about This Side of the Grave?

The scene with The Voodoo Queen (beginning and ending ones)

What was one of the most memorable moments of This Side of the Grave?

Too many to count

What about Tavia Gilbert’s performance did you like?

She is just overall fantastic - she should never want for a job!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

No clue :-)

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Intense but Warning, "X rated love scenes"

Intense but Warning, "X rated love scenes" Engaging story line, really enjoyed, kept listening to to the whole series but the love scenes are over the top. Found fast forwarding helped, really enjoyed the stories but had to let me kids to be aware. I wish some of these had rating systems but addicted to the characters.

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Absolutely Fabulous Series

What did you love best about This Side of the Grave?

The narrator for this series is absolutely one of the most entertaining readers I have ever experienced. I loved each and every book. The author writes great books and Tavia Gilbert is an excellent narrator.

Which scene was your favorite?

the whole novel was fantastic

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

when her uncle died

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This is a MUST READ series

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another great story

loved every book so far and this is no exception. tavia does a great job

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Great!

I listened to all the Night Huntress books and they are all great! This one was especially fun to see Cat come into more of her powers. Definitely recommend!

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Time and time Again!

Frost just does it over and over again, keeps me coming back for more at the end of every book. I've fallen in love with the characters and Frost is nothing short of incredible. Tavia
has an absolutely Explosive talent- WOW! Thank you both- I'm on the next one!

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Excellent and Tearful

This book was great many reasons. One of the reasons is that Cat and Bones didn't argue as much is this book. Also, the anks that occurred impasse books Disappeared, because their relationship is now completely solidified. They have confidence in each other and are secure. The other Disappeared, because their relationship is now completely solidified. They have confidence in each other and are secure. The other Was the exceptional writing and story weaving of Jeaniene and the emotive and distinctive narration of Tavia's delivery.

This book also unleashed some painful memories towards the end with one of the characters making me pause the book as I was wracked by my own emotions.

Excellent book!

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4.5 stars

I absolutely love Vlad! His and Cats friendship is so fun! Another great story in the series.
And Tavia rocking out the narrative as always🥳

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Loving the performance!!

This is one of my favorite series to begin with, but Tavia Gilbert just really brings it to life!

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