Night's Kiss (The Ancient's #2)

by Mary Hughes.

A decent enough book, Night's Kiss followed vampire hunter Kat as she takes down rogue vampires on a quest for vengeance after vampires killed her parents when she was a kid. Bring in ancient vampire Ryker and sparks fly, just not necessarily the ones Kat was expecting.

The story is good, a fairly typical vampire romance so it's a little predictable. I thought both main characters were stubborn loners who eventually overcome their egos to let someone in but are a little annoying until they get there. Some of the characteristics of the vampires are a little different than your run-of-the-mill vampire stories so that at least added a little something different. I'll give it four stars though really 3.5 is probably most accurate in my opinion.

Dead in Dublin (The Dublin Driver Mysteries Book 1)

by Catie Murphy.

This is an excellent cozy mystery for a new series by Catie Murphy. It follows limo driver Megan and an eclectic band of characters in Dublin. After a food critic and then a club owner are murdered, Megan sort of accidentally helps the lead investigator with solving the case.

I loved the quirky characters and the attention to the setting, including all the different phrases and expressions common in Dublin. It did a good job of immersing the reader in the culture. The characters were realistic and the plot interesting. Hopefully there will be more to come.