[Review] Death Takes a Holiday by Jennifer Harlow

Death Takes a Holiday

Jennifer Harlow
August 1, 2013
Midnight Ink


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CLASSIFIED: F.R.E.A.K.S. On Vacation

If anyone ever needed a holiday, it’s Beatrice Alexander. Crushing a forty-foot snake with her mind? Easy. Dealing with the drama that’s tearing apart the F.R.E.A.K.S? Not so much. Being used as a tug-of-war rope between a wounded werewolf and vain vampire has stretched Bea to her breaking point. So she travels home to the sunny beaches of California for Christmas. 

Despite the welcome distractions of family, friends, and her seemingly normal ex-boyfriend, her mind and heart remain thousands of miles away with her knights in tarnished armor. But a F.R.E.A.K. can never really go home again. After helping a teenage vampire companion, Bea and her family find themselves in extremely hot water with the vampire Lord of San Diego, who gives her an ultimatum—leave the F.R.E.A.K.S. to become his concubine or die.

I am a big fan of Jennifer Harlow since I picked up Mind Over Freaks a year ago. I love the F.R.E.A.K.S. series. I love sassy heroines that aren't perfect and are full of snark. Beatrice Alexander fits that description to perfection. She is a powerful telekinetic in love with a werewolf and in like with a vampire. If that doesn't get anymore screwed up then I don't know what is.

Hoping to escape the tension from having two alpha males fighting for her. Bea leaves the F.R.E.A.K.S. headquarters to go home for the holidays. Of course, she finds herself entangled up with a lord vampire who wants to make her his mistress. She also finds herself kidnapped and fighting for her life all in the same vacation.

I liked this latest installment in the series. It was nice to see Bea go home and get more interaction with friends and her grandmother. I love that Bea really does find out who she cares for in this book and who the real monsters are in the end. I love that she decides to fight for what she wants in the end. The whole we will never work I am drinking the pain away angst was getting old. I liked that Bea grew some lady balls and is finally going to fight for love.

In the end, Death Takes a Holiday was an enjoyable read. I am looking forward to the next book in the series. This book was fast paced, full of action, hunky men with accents, and of course, snarky attitude. All the while keeping some of that Christmas magic that makes the holidays about love and forgiveness. That is why I really liked this installment, because it is the only way Bea, the feisty telekinetic FBI agent, can do Christmas. If you have not read the series I highly recommend it, and if you have not read this book then do get caught up because there are some nice surprises in store. I give Death Takes a Holiday four laser pistols.