Bad Blood by Nikki Jefford

Bad Blood (Aurora Sky Vampire Hunter, #3)

by Nikki Jefford

A hunter in love with his partner. A vampire who can't stay away. A secret that changes everything.

I thought I could escape the past, but now it's time to face the music--and the mess I left behind. Apparently I'm a disaster magnet.

Naturally, Melcher's waiting with a new assignment that he swears won't interfere with college classes. Why don't I believe him? He could have at least warned me about my new roommate. Hell to the No! And guess which fanged fiend shows up at my doorstep? If only vamps required permission to enter.

Also, it turns out text flirting while at boot camp has consequences. I must have been in the desert too long because suddenly my goofy mentor looks like a bronzed Titan god with lips that could divide and conquer.

College is starting, and so is my undercover assignment at a network of swanky parties known as "Tastings" for high rolling vamps who like their blood laced with fine wine.

I'm not the only one on the prowl. An underground investigation is underway to find out who killed one of Anchorage’s most prominent vampires. Guess who is the prime suspect?

That's just the beginning. Things are about to get really messy with a side helping of messed up!

Arm yourself, pucker up, and prepare to go head-to-head with baddies who bite, roomies who don't respect boundaries, and hotties who never give up.

*Recommended for mature YA and up.

Reviewed by Angie on

4 of 5 stars

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Bad Blood is another fantastic addition to this series! Picking up six month later, Aurora is done with boot camp. She has her field test, and then it's back home where she'll be starting college. Of course, her test is to kill a vampire, so the book starts out with immediate action! But Aurora's trials don't stop when she returns home. She's focused on taking out Jared and there's the issue of her new housemate, and a lingering ex-boyfriend. Not all is bad in the life of Aurora Sky though; she's got the attention of the swoon worthy Dante!

I need to get my Dante gushing out of the way. His first scene in Bad Blood...SWOON! My heart! My...places lower than my heart! Seriously, that was hot. If Aurora doesn't want him after that, I will gladly step in! Of course, other than that, Dante is his usual goofy self, always making me smile. But then that ending! No! No! No! Why?! No, I'm not telling what happened! But I do need Hunting Season ASAP!

Bad Blood focuses a lot on how Aurora's life is falling to pieces. She's in college, not at the one she wants to be, but she's got that bit of normality at least. However, her living situation is not ideal. She and her housemate do not get along at all, but it's understandable. Although I was inwardly screaming "Tell her the truth!!!" most of the time. There's also the pesky matter of someone out for revenge on her and Valery. Events from Northern Bites are certainly coming back to bite them. Pun intended. I need to punch Melcher in the face, really hard! What is with that man?! Aahhh!

I really enjoyed Bad Blood. It's got everything I've come to love about this series, and the stakes just keep getting higher! I would highly recommend reading Stakeout and maybe Evil Red before this one, since these novellas fill in a few gaps. Although their contents are somewhat revealed in Bad Blood, it added some extra tension for me, since I knew something Aurora didn't and desperately wanted someone to tell her!

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