Drink Deep

Chicagoland Vampires, Book 5

By: Chloe Neill

Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway

Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Clouds are brewing over Cadogan House, and recently turned vampire Merit can't tell if this is the darkness before the dawn or the calm before the storm. With the city itself in turmoil over paranormals and the state threatening to pass a paranormal-registration act, times haven't been this precarious for vampires since they came out of the closet. If only they could lay for a bit, and let the mortals calm down.

That's when the waters of Lake Michigan suddenly turn pitch black - and things really start getting ugly. Chicago's mayor insists it's nothing to worry about, but Merit knows only the darkest magic could have woven a spell powerful enough to change the very fabric of nature. She'll have to turn to friends old and new to find out who's behind this, and stop them before it's too late for vampires and humans alike.

Bite into another Chicagoland Vampires novel.

©2011 Chloe Neill (P)2011 Tantor

Critic reviews

"A wonderfully compelling vampire heroine." (Julie Kenner)

My favorite "Chicagoland Vampire" book so far.

After listening to the fourth book in the CHicagoland Vampires series I didnt know if i would be able to get through this book. But the author did a really good job with this story. I thought it was smart, fun, excciting, and had the perfect ending. this is one of those books i would listen to again and i cant wait for the next book to come out in August.

Great series!

I really like this whole series. This one is a bit slow in certain spots, and all in all, the narrator is only OK. She can NOT do an English accent to save her life, but she's really not as bad as some of the reviewers have suggested, though I do wish she could say undoubtEDly instead of undoubtUBly (I also pray that EVERY narrator will someday learn to pronounce cavalry as CAV-uhl-ree and not CAL-vuh-ree) because a little piece of my sanity erodes away at every cringe and distracts me from the story. However, the characters are interesting, and there is a lot of humor and good dialogue. I am looking forward to the next installment in August.

Best Book of the Series

Just like my headline says, this is (by far) the best book of the Chicagoland Vampires series. Chloe Neill really packed some punch with this book. There are so many layers to the story that you just can't seem to absorb the content fast enough. Just when you think you've figured out what is going on (and who's behind it), then the rug gets yanked out from underneath you, and another layer gets added to the story.

I can't really do a full review on this book b/c there would be way too many spoilers. All I can say is that I can hardly wait for Book 6, Biting Cold to come out in August 2012!!!!

Narrator drives me nuts with mispronounced words!

The series is fun and engaging. I like the depth of the characters as they develop.

The narrator, though, has some serious problems with several words that are commonly used. It is distracting and annoying. I've listened to other series that she's narrated and did not notice this many errors. Aren't audio editions edited like print versions? If I were the author, I would be unhappy that my work was being so poorly presented.
Hoping the next book with new narrator will be better read.

really good

i almost didn't get this one after what happened in the last story. i can admit i was worried about it, but i truly enjoyed this book. i also love how many twists come into play in the story.

Drink Deep

Well I did kind of suspect but I sure as heck did not see that coming!!

Things are heating up in Chicago and Merit is right smack dab in the middle of it all and not by her choice.

I really like the new relationships she is making, I don’t think she is moving on per say I think she is living on as he would have wanted.

Again I am loving the narration.

A Step Backwards

I really expected more from this book. In each of the four previous books Chloe Neil showed growth and greater skill in her writing in each installment. Unfortunately, Drink Deep is a step backwards.

Ms. Neil reverts back to the lazy conversation descriptor "sardonic eyebrow" on several occasions and any ability to describe her environments and bring them to life through words remains absent. Her heroines remain the same vacuous escapees from a high school beauty pageant and the men, supernatural or not, have all the depth of a six -week-old puppy looking for attention. Cynthia Halloway, of whom I'm no fan, only adds to these problems with her atonal Larchmont lockjaw portrayal of these characters.

The plot, if that's what you can call it, was predictable from the beginning. From the aspiration of love from a new suitor to the "ghostly" dream sequences, from the resurrection to Luke coming over to the dark side... oh, wait, that was her girlfriend, Mallory.

Previously, the books have been an amusing read. They have made for a fluffy filler in between novels in my more preferred epic series. Book 5 was simply painful. I'm in no hurry for the next one.

Great series

Chloe Neill hit another home run with this new addition to the Chicagoland vampire series! Once again Cynthia Holloway did an amazing job bringing the story to life!

Narrator needs pronunciation lessons

What did you like best about this story?

Story line has some more twists and turns that will surprise. Thought I knew what was going on.....I was wrong.

What didn’t you like about Cynthia Holloway’s performance?

AudioBook Review: Narrator is at it again. She doesn't seem to know how to pronounce many common words like acumen. And there were a few more I noticed as well. Narrator still is mixing up male voices and give numerous male characters the same voice. We'll see what happens in the next book. I understand there is a new narrator for the next few books of the series at least. We'll see how she does. Can't be much worse.

Much better than last book

Where does Drink Deep rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I loved the book because they brought back Stephan!!

What about Cynthia Holloway’s performance did you like?

I love her voices she uses for the characters.

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

I was so happy when they came together and they looked into each others' eyes. I was so glad for their reconnection. I was so...ooo frustrated before. What a relief!

Any additional comments?

I hope the author doesn't split them up AGAIN!!! Reading their fights wears me out to the point I've almost given up on reading about them anymore!