Accidental Sire (Half-Moon Hollow, #9.6)

by Molly Harper

In Molly Harper's paranormal romantic comedy, Ben must find a way to save his new love after a freak accident. But will she want to live after she finds out how Ben had to save her?

In this exciting addition to Molly Harper’s beloved Half-Moon Hollow series, the focus is on Gigi’s ex-boyfriend Ben. When his new girlfriend is killed in a freak Ultimate Frisbee accident, he’s determined to save her, no matter the cost, even if it means bringing her into the darkness of vampire life!

• ISBN10: 1476794413
• ISBN13: 9781476794419
• Publish Date: 24 July 2017
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Pocket Star
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[Berls]

Molly Harper and Amanda Ronconi have never let me down, and this was no exception. Not my favorite, but total fun. Lots of snark and lol moments. They were kinda oblivious to what I thought were pretty obvious "bad guys" but that really didn't hurt the story at all for me. And it was just so fun to be with the gang again :)

[Melanie]

My review and an extended sample of the audiobook are posted at Hotlistens.com.

I’m a huge fan of of the Half-Moon Hollows series. This series is always able to make me laugh. They are fun and quick reads that I know will put me in my happy place. This one is exactly what I expected from this series. It was exactly what I needed when I started this story (which I listened to in a single day).

So this story starts off at University of Kentucky with Meagan Keene (who we met in Big Vamp on Campus). She is friends with Ophelia (can you believe she has friends??). She was talking with Ben Overby at a party. Just moments later, she is hit with a 45 pound barbell that was being used for Ultimate Frisbee by some vamps. She accepts being turned into vamp instead of dying, which is what would’ve happened. A guy named James Marsters (love the Buffy reference here, though I’ll admit that the name makes me think more of Harry Dresden than Spike) offers to turn her and then disappears. Problem is that this isn’t normal. Meagan wakes up way too soon. She also bites Ben when he was visiting her (while she should be dead to the world). He is turned too, which shouldn’t happen.

So in this story, Jane has to figure out what is going on. She takes Meagan and Ben back to her place to keep an eye on them until everyone figures out what is going on and they are able to control themselves around humans. They are both working for Jane at the council. The scientist doctor there has an unhealthy obsession with figuring them.

This was another fun addition to the series. I loved seeing Jane and the gang again. Georgie has a larger presence in this story, which I really enjoyed. I liked Meagan and Ben’s story. I liked the mystery as they searched for why Meagan and Ben are different from all vampires before them. There are a ton of fun one-liners that made laugh out loud several times (as in all Molly Harper books).

Narration
I love Amanda Ronconi’s narration of this series. She is perfect for this series. She really brings out the humor between the characters. I can’t even imagine reading this series. I started off with audiobooks and I don’t see that ever changing. If you haven’t tried this series on audio, I highly recommend it.

[EBookObsessed]

This was a blend of the good and the bad. It had an interest twist for the series but the romance was sadly lacking.

This story started at the end of Big Vamp on Campus. Meagan Keene was just a co-ed in the new mixed vamp/human hall at Kentucky University until the night she was in the wrong place at the wrong time when she was hit in the chest with a 45-lb free weight being used by the vamps in a game of ultimate frisbee. Things had just been looking up for Meagan. She only had a few more classes until graduation and a cute boy named, Ben, was just asking her out.

Next thing she knows, she wakes up and is snacking on the sweet boy who could have been her boyfriend. When he suddenly collapses, no one knows yet if he will wake up turned or never wake again.

Becoming a vampire is more than enough of a shock but apparently nothing is going “normal” with Meagan’s transformation, and vampires aren’t known for liking change. Some it seems are still holding out an opinion on that whole “electricity” thing. Meagan shouldn’t have been up yet. Vampires rise in three days not 24 hours. And they shouldn’t be able to turn another person without a blood exchange. And what the hell is up with Meagan’s two sets of fangs?

Not knowing what to expect, and not being able to risk Meagan controlling her bloodlust and not changing the whole student body in one afternoon, Jane Jameson-Nightengale has Meagan under lock-down confinement at her home in Half Moon Hollow, soon to be joined by the newest vampire, Ben Hanscomb.

While most of the vamps who know about Meagan and Ben are worried what their differences mean to vamps in general, the scientists at the Vampire Counsel are peeing themselves with excitement to see just how different these new vamps are from the standard vampire.

This new twist breathes new life into the series, and gives reason for all prior Half-Moon Hollow residents to show up in this story, but the romance which was set between Meagan and Ben at the end of Big Vamp on Campus falls flat in this novel.

Ben spends most of the book holding a grudge against Meagan for messing up his life plans by turning him into a vampire, but he was the first one calling for a vampire sire when Meagan was dying, giving no worries for the changes it would be bringing to her life. Yes, it wasn’t something he chose, even though he was friends with all vampires in this town, but Meagan didn’t do it to him on purpose and it took him way to long to get past it. By the time he does, he has to get over it quickly since we were almost finished with the story and therefore, it ended up being too little, too late to give us any real romance.

Molly Harper’s usual snarky fun was seen throughout the story. Ben and Meagan’s unusual turning and trying to discover the facts behind it all made for an interesting story. This one just lacked a good romance.