Venom & Vanilla

I truly enjoyed Venom & Vanilla. I've liked Mayer's work before, and V&V lived up to my expectations. It is a fresh urban fantasy, a new twist on a genre that's becoming a bit stale. I'm a bit disappointed in the possibility of the vampire as love interest, because the whole “I hate him but I'm attracted to him” thing has been done to death - but I have hopes that Mayer will change that tune, as well.

Alena is dying from a fatal illness that comes from “Supes”. But there is a cure. Turn into a supernatural being by Merlin. She is turned by Merlin but she isn't just any ordinary Supernatural creature. She is different and gains the attention of the Greek Gods but in particular Achilles who wants to kill all the monsters.

When we meet Alena is a very mild well manner baker. She needs to come into her supernatural being to survive. I really enjoyed this story. I have had it forever and finally read it, now I want to read the rest of the Trilogy.

This wasnt a terrible book. It was fun, it was fast paced, it was ridiculously cute when it came to Alena and Remo, but a lot of it felt thrown together. The world built here feels a little fragile, especially compared with the world in the Rylee Adamson and Elemental series.

I have a lot of unanswered questions, especially about Yaya, that I dont know will be answered in a trilogy. This really is a spoiler Spoiler If Yaya was a priestess of Zeus, then would that not make her a supernatural? And if she is not a supernatural like suggested so far in the book, then how old is she? HOW did is she still alive?

Oh, and the beginning of the book really, kind of hooks you. Its a little morbid, ok a lot. And Alena's husband is SUCH as ass, I just want Alena to have the strength to slap him. It was a fun, short read. Thats what I love most about SM books, they are always so quick.