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

by Molly Harper

[EBookObsessed]

It was so great to be back in Half-Moon Hollow again.

Meadow Schwartz was not born by that name but her story is one you hear everyday. She was raised a rich debutante to an illustrious family who raised racehorses until their luck turned and they used their vast property and barns to cook meth. Things were great until they crossed the wrong people who turned their only daughter to teach them a lesson. Since having a vampire daughter wasn’t yet something the socially elite did yet, they abandoned their daughter to her anger and she then left a trail of blood as she tracked down the people who did this to her. You know — normal rags to riches or rich to vampire story.

Under the tender loving guidance of The Vampire Council, Meadow lucked out by having her probationary period (better known as don’t screw up or we’ll stake you) supervision under Jane Jameson and Dick Chaney in Half Moon Hollow. In Half-Moon Hollow, Meadow has embraced pacifism and become a “hippie-dippie” as Dick likes to call her. Her naturally blended teas have become very popular amongst vampires who like to blend them with their blood to promote better vampiric health. She is also the stand-in for the Council Chapter’s archivist who is on a semi-permanent vacation.

Meadow has finally gotten her undead life together and found some peace at least until Corporate Jackass Erik Weston arrives in Half-Moon Hollow to audit the leadership of Dick and Jane. He is so pompous and takes every opportunity to bad mouth everything from the Town to the people in it. Of course, someone is taking advantage of Weston’s arrival to make Dick and Jane look really, really bad which is not helping matters. Meadow will do whatever she has to do to save their jobs because not only could Meadow be shipped under the supervision of another vampire who isn’t so caring as Jane but her friends in Half-Moon Hollow have become her new family.

I always enjoy returning to Half-Moon Hollow. I like Jane Jameson and all of our favorite characters from this series. This is also one of my favorite audiobook series Amanda Ronconi does such a great job.