Peace, Blood, and Understanding (Half-Moon Hollow, #9.7)

by Molly Harper

[Melanie]

4.5 stars

While I’ve had a lot of fun in Mystic Bayou, I’m so happy to be back in Half Moon Hollow. I just love Jane and the gang. This book follows Meadow Schwartz a fairly new vampire under the care and supervision of Jane and Dick Chaney. Meadow had some issues in her past and has more family issues than most, but she’s really gotten her life together now in Half Moon Hollow. Things are really looking up.

Now Erik Weston has come to town to investigate Dick and Jane’s (how did I not notice the Dick and Jane thing before, we need a Dick and Jane vampire kids book. LOL) unconventional management of the vampires in Half Moon Hollow and the surrounding area. He will now audit everything for the council and determine if Jane and Dick team should be replaced and new management brought in.

Some weird things are happening (because there are always weird things in Half Moon Hollow), but it is worse because Weston is here to see it all. But I think it ended up only showing them how good Dick and Jane are at their jobs. They are able to take it all in stride and keep the area safe.

This is another fun story. There are two things that really brings me to this series, the characters and the humor. Yes, there is romance, and I generally like the romances. There is also usually some sort of mystery that must be solved. And I enjoy that too. But it is the extreme fun characters and their sense of humor. They are characters that I would love to spend a weekend with (I wish it was a real place to take a vacation). If you haven’t tried this series, I highly recommend it (though I would start with the Jane Jameson Urban Fantasy series, which is only four books long and takes place, chronologically, before this series, but part of that is I like to start at the beginning of all series.).

Narration
I think Amanda Ronconi really takes this from a good to a great series. She has a great ability to bring the humor out in a story. This series also has a very large cast, which Ronconi appears to handle with ease. If you’ve never listened to her read a story you’re really missing out.

**I'd like to thank the publisher for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.