House rules : a Chicagoland vampires novel

Format:

Book

Title:

House rules : a Chicagoland vampires novel

Author:

Neill, Chloe.

ISBN:

9780451237101

Publication:

New York, New York : New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2013]

Physical Description:

333 pages ; 21 cm.

Number in series:

Summary:

"At the tender age of twenty-seven, Merit became a sword-wielding vampire. Since then, she's become the protector of her House, watched Chicago nearly burn to the ground, and seen her Master fall and rise. Now she'll see her mettle--and her metal--tested like never before. It starts when two Rogues vanish without a trace. Someone is targeting Chicago's vampires, and anyone could be next. With their House in peril, Merit and her Master, centuries-old Ethan Sullivan, must race to stop the disappearances. But as they untangle a web of secret alliances and ancient evils, they realize their foe is more familiar, and more powerful, than they could have ever imagined"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject(s):

Merit (Fictitious character : Neill) -- Fiction.

Vampires -- Fiction.

Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction.

Illinois -- Chicago.

Genre:

Paranormal romance stories.

Paranormal fiction.

Fiction.

Occult fiction.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Monmouth Public Library	Fic (sf) Neill, C. 2013	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

In a city full of vampires, trouble never sleeps.

At the tender age of twenty-seven, Merit became a sword-wielding vampire. Since then, she's become the protector of her House, watched Chicago nearly burn to the ground, and seen her Master fall and rise. Now she'll see her mettle--and her metal--tested like never before.

It started with two . . . Two rogues vanishing without a trace. Someone is targeting Chicago's vampires, and anyone could be next. With their house in peril, Merit and her Master, the centuries-old Ethan Sullivan, must race to stop the disappearances. But as they untangle a web of secret alliances and ancient evils, they realize their foe is more familiar, and more powerful, than they could have ever imagined.

Author Notes

Chloe Neill writes the Chicagoland Vampires series and the Dark Elite series. She is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

Merit, Sentinel of one of Chicago's vampire enclaves, Cadogan House, and her boyfriend, Ethan, co-Master of that House, face murder, dastardly politicking and romantic discord in the seventh Chicagoland Vampires (Biting Cold, 2012, etc.) novel. As Cadogan House prepares to secede from the Greenwich Presidium, the vampire ruling body, the latter is determined to make that separation as acrimonious as possible. Lacey, a visiting vampire Master, is supposed to be easing the tensions of the process, but instead devotes most of her energy to attempting to replace Merit as Ethan's girlfriend. Meanwhile, a serial killer is beheading pairs of vampires, and the local vampire community calls on Merit and Ethan to investigate. There are a lot of plot ideas in here, but the author doesn't really trouble to flesh them out fully, wrapping them up neatly before any storyline can become more than a sketch. This best-selling series has an incredibly solid fan base, so it's doubtful that any reviewer's opinion could shake it. Nevertheless, some may find it hard to distinguish this urban fantasy from countless others that mix conspiracy, racism/speciesism, crime-solving and gorgeous supernatural beings having awesome sex into a now-familiar stew. As Willow of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (a series at least partly responsible for kick-starting this genre) says, "Bored now."]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.