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Etienne Argeneau can turn one human into a vampire in his lifetime - an honour his kind usually reserved for their life mates, to let their love life forever.
But it's all a bit more complicated than that. Rachel Garrett, a beautiful coroner, has just saved his life and now she's about to lose hers. Etienne has a choice: he can save her life in turn, and thus doom himself to an eternity alone, unable to create his own life mate. Or he can watch his saviour die in the name of a love he has yet to meet.Her life and his love weigh in the balance, and whatever Etienne does he may live to regret for eternity . . .
The first book in the Argeneau series introduces the Argeneau family, and features a chaotic romance you can really sink your teeth into.
I bought this because I was so drawn into the blurb. Lately, I've been attracted to books which in part deals with difficult choices, and this one incorporates romance into that. Couldn't be bad right?
Love Bites is the book that got me back into reading. After Twilight I went into a total fan-girl (also known as bitchy) mode and closed my doors to any YA or paranormal romance books. Love Bites was so promising it just flung those closed doors open.
I absolutely fell for the really really cute humour that is the whole book. Rachel is such a funny character - she's strong and naive at the same time, whiny and independent and she's such a girl-next-door type that anyone can relate to. Etienne - and the rest of the Argeneaus for that matter - I found rather immature for their age, which is an element that I never would have thought I would like.
Technically, Etienne's decision is made pretty early in the book, so I was slightly disappointed by that. Most of the actions and the humour however, occur after that decision, and I hugely enjoyed it. The resolution was slight quick for my taste but that is ignorable, and besides, there are always those other characters that would help - cliche, yes, but in Love Bites, the way those other characters help was honestly funny.
A great read for any romance lover.
Four stars.
