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4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Read for Booklovers of Urban Fantasy!
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2018
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The first 2 books were a page-turner. (This review is for books 1 and 2)

Pros: I loved the characterization, the voice, and the characters. The plot was good if somewhat predictable, with a Buffy vibe (the Buffy and Angel forbidden love thing between Aurora and Fane), but I still really enjoyed it. The pace was quick, and the romance scenes were sweet and touching. The dialogue was amazing, too.

The cons...
In the first and second book, I hard time with the suspension-of-disbelief over a few plot points that almost made me stop reading. One, this secret government sector that hunts vampires was never fully explained or how they picked people to join. Two, Aurora is 18, so her mom couldn't legally sign anything on her behalf. Three, I felt like Aurora didn't ask enough questions about these agents or do any research on them. She just kinda accepted this program without too much of a fight or questions. Or her mom for that matter. Why didn't she question these guys or look into them, or consult her husband before signing the contract? I mean, I get it. I would do anything to save my own kid, but I'd have questions. Lots of them. Five, the reader is told (never shown) that Aurora is taking martial arts classes after school. But when? It is mentioned, but after school, she never goes. She never uses any fighting skills or talks about her kickboxing classes. She never once mentions the training or how the course is going, or feeling exhausted afterwards. Those type of classes leave you sore and worn out! Six, the grammar needs to be polished. It didn't really hurt the reading quality, but with a better edit, it would read more smoothly. Seven, how could the government possibly known that Aurora had an AB negative blood type? An explanation would be good.

Anyway, besides my few complaints, these are great books. I already ordered book 3, and I can't wait to read it!
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Teresa
5.0 out of 5 stars "NORTHERN BITES ~ Excellent Second in Series"
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2015
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NORTHERN BITES is the terrific second volume of AURORA SKY, VAMPIRE HUNTER. Several things happen in this second book but everything is so well put together it makes it especially good. Aurora, as we know from book one had been saved from dying by a government agency but has to work for them as a vampire hunter. She learns that there are others she knows who are also in the program but they’re not especially friends. She has a thing for a guy named Fane who’s a vampire but he’s the exception. He really screws up though. Dante is the guy whose her handler or partner so to speak and he’s the one her mother really likes. He’s definitely a huge flirt and there’s some mature but tasteful content. And speaking of mom, Aurora’s parents are thinking of divorcing which is bothersome for her. She’s worried about her mom which humanizes her even more as the lead character.

Aurora tries to maintain a normal life at home and school but some things can’t be avoided. She had learned that a few other girls at school, Noel and Valerie who weren’t her friends, were also saved by the Agency and are vampire hunters as well. She meets a guy she likes named Mike who also likes her. He followed her to a party she was invited to and had an encounter with a vampire. The next day the girls get called out of class on an assignment and she learns that he’d been killed. She also learns she has to go to northern Alaska with Jared and Valerie, who has an attitude and whom she’s fought with.

With Aurora and Valerie thrown together on a job and having to share a hotel room, Valerie opens up and they become closer as friends. Aurora also learns that Jared is infected and is a vampire but his case is classified. Jared has a long interesting history which makes him a great character. Aurora is going to become a mentor in the program and is being sent to a new location before she goes to college which is what she really wants. This is a great series and I really enjoyed volume two. It opens the characters up more and leaves room for more in the series. It has everything going for it including a suspenseful ending with Marcus and Jared. I look forward to more in the series. Great work by NIKKI JEFFORD.

EM ELDRIDGE is absolutely perfect as Aurora Sky. I love her character and Em really embodies who she is. She has a great voice with the right voice inflections plus a little sass. I always knew which character was speaking and she kept the story moving at a good pace with good tone. I’m really looking forward to volume three. Fantastic job by both author and narrator.
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Jeff L. Day aka The Dark Quill
5.0 out of 5 stars Nikki Jefford will one day be listed along side Stephen King and Ann Rice, she will be one of the literary giants.
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2015
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What do YOU want? It is here? Vampires? Vampire Hunters? Sensuality, romance, exotic and unusual locations. Sinfully deep and truly delicious characters that are so unerringly human, you forget they are INHUMAN. Characters with so very much life in them that you forget they are the undead? Bloodsuckers so flawed and "mortal" that you forget they are immortal? Oh, what a tangled web Nikki Jefford weaves, she creates such reality, that you forget it is an illusion; the true mark of a master of their craft.
I have become a tremendous fan, Miss Jefford joins the ranks of great epic novelists like Dana Fuller Ross of the Wagons West! series and Dana Clayton Porter of the White Indian series.
She creates a unique breed of vampire that I find appealing and as an author myself, [author: J.L. Day http://darkquill.jlday.net I have never really discovered written or cinematic vampire characters to my liking, other than my own. Miss Jefford, however; has managed to completely entice and captivate my attention and I have found myself smitten with her characters and this entire series.
I breathlessly anticipate her next release and cannot WAIT to see what her next offering is after she finishes the Aurora Sky series. I am thinking that as much as I have enjoyed my tryst with this series, I should go back to Amazon and purchase her Spellbound trilogy. I really am enchanted with this author and have great hopes that we finally have another Great One to add to the ranks, it has been too long since we had someone that was truly synonymous with the genre.
The author delivers on every plane, gets your heart pumping for a plethora of reasons and makes you feel what the characters are experiencing in ways that leave you sweating
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Han Ormerod
5.0 out of 5 stars Team Aurora!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2015
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A great follow up to the 1st book of this series.
Aurora continues to be one of my favourite book heroines with her humour and feisty tood! I'm totally team Fane now,Dante grates on me. I like Noel but I do also find myself on Team Valerie and I hope we get to read more about her as the series goes on.
We're introduced to a new character,Just Jared who has joined Melcher in my bad books,along with Aurora's dad, what a douchebag he turned out to be!
This book had a great storyline, new characters, quips and a few OMG moments. Yet again I can't wait for my next fix
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L Gilson
4.0 out of 5 stars Northern Bites (Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter 2)
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2015
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Flowed from the previous book, same high standard of writing throughout with all the twist and turns and unexpected surprises chucked in of who is connected to who and what they are. Still quite a bit of mystery involved which hopefully will be answered in the series.
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Pips
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2018
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Good read something a bit different
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Patricia Dexter
5.0 out of 5 stars More Please!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2016
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I wasn't sure if I would get into this series but after a slow start found that the story was different to other vampire books and the more I read the more I enjoyed it. I have now read Volumes 1 and 2 back to back and will immediately purchase volume three.
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PAUL
5.0 out of 5 stars Northern Bites (Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter vol. 2)
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2017
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Well this series gets more interesting the more you read, this is really starting to warn up see what happens in the next book
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