• First Drop of Crimson

  • Night Huntress World, Book 1
  • By: Jeaniene Frost
  • Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
  • Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6,015 ratings)

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First Drop of Crimson

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

From the New York Times best-selling author of the Night Huntress series comes a breathtaking new journey to the dark side of desire.

The night is not safe for mortals. Denise MacGregor knows all too well what lurks in the shadows - her best friend is half-vampire Cat Crawfield - and she has already lost more than the average human could bear. But her family’s past is wrapped in secrets and shrouded in darkness - and a demon shape-shifter has marked Denise as prey. Now her survival depends on an immortal who lusts for a taste of her.

He is Spade, a powerful, mysterious vampire who has walked the earth for centuries and is now duty-bound to protect this endangered, alluring human - even if it means destroying his own kind. Denise may arouse his deepest hungers, but Spade knows he must fight his urge to have her as they face the nightmare together, because once the first crimson drop falls, they will both be lost.

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

Critic reviews

“Book by book, Frost builds her reputation as an author who delivers only the best.” (Romantic Times)

“[Frost’s] gift for vivid plotting is enhanced by the confident strokes of a writer at the top of her game.” (Fresh Fiction)

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Read the "Night Huntress" series 1st!

I HIGHLY recommend reading all of the "Night Huntress" novels BEFORE this novel. This is a "spin-off" but there are spoilers for the other books. Unfortunatly only "One Foot in the Grave" is availble in audio format, all the books are excellent.
Although this book is about Spade and Denise, Bones and Cat do make a siginifcant appearance in the last 3rd of the book, just as their lives were at the end of book 4 of the Night Huntress novels.

As with her other books, the author does a great job with charater, story and plot development, however I wasn't especially fond of the main charater, Denise. Although she does display traits of strength and bravery, she waivers between those traits and being, well, just down right whinny and irritating at times. Spade was Bones with a bit more polish, and thier relationship develops in much the same way as Bones and Cat's did: our heroine resisting the "nasty" vampire, but eventually falls for his irrestable charm. Now with all that said, there was alot that WAS interesting about Spade's back story, thier circumstances, and the conclusion of story. For me personally, I shy away from stories w/ demons in them (I find them morally disturbing), the demon indeed was a nasty fellow, but he was actually a shapeshifter not Lucifer's minion (or if he was, that wasn't brought up in the book).

The narrator does an excellent job, and I especially enjoy her accents with the exception of one: Denise which she does with a slight southern drawl, for some reason it just didn't work for me. I don't know if that contributed to why I didn't care for Denise or the other way around.
In any event I look forward to the next installment of this series!

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LOVED IT

I'm going to be honest here... I was really hesitant to get this one to listen to (I've listened to all of the NH series while at work and LOVE them all). I didn't think I was going to like it as much as the actual series. I went ahead and got it anyway because I am addicted to these books and am dying here waiting for my next "fix" when the next book in the series comes out on Aug. 30th. So I figured why not go ahead and get it. I was surprised at how much I really liked it. This is a great book and I'm glad I did it because I liked getting to know these side characters a little better and how Kats BFF came to marry Spade. I love how they have had the same narrator throughout the entire series so far (it really bugs me when they switch narrators and the voices you have come to know and love change). Tavia does an awesome job with the accents! I'm in the process of downloading the next spin of as I write this. Now all she needs to do is a spin off with Vlad (he cracks me up)! If you love the NH series these are a must read (or listen) as well. I just wish that Audible would get the Anthologies as well, but for now I guess I will just get them for my Kindle and read them. Don't hesitate like I did to pick this one, it's worth it!

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First Drop of Crimson

Jeaniene Frost is a legend - I am addicted to her books and characters. Spade & Denise are fantastic & the fact that Bones & Cat are in the book makes it even more enjoyable. Keep them coming.. PS Audible there must be more than 2 of this authors books out there as Bones & Cat's relationship has moved forward. Get them to audio books asap

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Insipid

The reviews for this book were good, so I thought why not? Let me tell you why not. The heroine is a whiney, insipid southern belle with a penchant for anxiety attacks that do nothing to move the story along. The plot line does little to keep the book interesting and seems there only to sell the story in a popular genre. The hero becomes weak and sappy as soon as the word love is mentioned and as a romance this is almost painful. I do have to say the narrator was fine, but what a waste of time on both our parts.

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First Drop

I love both books that Jeaniene has out in audio, but I want to hear the rest of the stories. please bring them soon.

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A good book

The beginning started slow but it picked up after a few minutes of listening. The narrator was consistent with the characters all through out. You have to listen to this book if you like this genre.

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Jeaniene Frost has a new fan!!

This was my first Jeaniene Frost book and it will not be my last. I loved this book! It's been in my library forever (I went on a vampire strike for awhile). I'm glad I didn't give up on the genre forever because this book was great! The narration was excellent as well. Even though it's a spin-off from another series it is still a good stand alone book. I can't wait to read the rest of the Night Huntress series and I'm happy to see Tavia Gilbert narrates them too.

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Great book.

I liked Spade's story a great deal. Lots of characters you know in this if you read the night huntress series. (read those first. It's so worth it)
Best to read after novel 4 in huntress series. Very good weave of the characters and stories up to that point. I love that Cat and Bones make appearances in this.

I finished 2nd one as well, I hope she writes a story of Ian next!!

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GREAT bookWRONG narrater

I adore Frost's writing and have read each of her Nighthuntress offerings more than once. . .and was consequently thrilled to purchase the audio version on Audible. It was so disappointing to hear the narrator choice, I decided to submit my very first "customer review". All I can say is Wrong, wrong, wrong, for both Bones voice in the first book (the cockney high toned voice makes me actually cringe) as well as Denise in FDOC (is the reader TRYING to make her sound blonde and clueless)??? One only has to compare narrator's within this same genre to understand how critical the choice of narrator is to the successful presentation of a truly terrific series such as this one. Nalini Singh's Archangel audiobooks have accomplished that perfect match of writing/voice. . ."Cat and Bones" deserve the same chance when listening to their stories. . .

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Great!! I Listened to This Book After Reading It

Even though I'd already read it I wanted to HEAR it. After being caught up in the story and voices (which the narrator did a fantastic job in) of Jeaniene Frost's 'One Foot in the Grave' I just couldn't wait to hear Spade and Denise in this book. I wasn't disappointed!! Once again the narrator did a great job of capturing the characters and bringing the story to life. I highly recommend this book and will definitely listen to it again!!

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