Cindy (USA: NV) (2009/04/13): Good read. For those of us who started with the world of the Others back in the Fantasy Fix ebook days [fyi: Fantasy Fix was rewritten as One Bite With a Stranger] it's good to finally see Ava fall. Her sarcastic 'Queen Bitch' attitude is alive and well - even though it takes a hit when she is violently turned from human to vampire. Her teeth-grinding suppression of her prejudices and fears of the Others community, even and perhaps especially her dearest friends, makes becoming a vampire herself even more terrifying...Of course there's Dima - her not-quite-in-time rescuer who eases her conversion and wants to teach her how to be a successful [and happy:] vampire. But Ava doesn't want to be a vampire and she doesn't want to be happy - she just wants her old life back. So maybe if she just ignores everything it will all go away... Complications abound - there's a connection between Dima and Reggie's Dmitri, there's political maneuvering between the European Vampire Council and the American Others, and then there's the insane female vampire who plans to take over the world...one body at a time. Fixed 1. Fantasy Fix (2003) 2. Fur Factor (2003) 3. Faer Fetched (2004) 4. Fighting Faer (2004) 5. Fur For All (2004) 6. Fur Play (2003) Fantasy Fix Novels of the Others 1. Wolf at the Door (2006) 2. She's No Faerie Princess (2006) 3. The Demon You Know (2007) 4. Howl At the Moon (2007) 5. Walk On the Wild Side (2008) 6. One Bite with a Stranger (2008) 7. You're So Vein (2009)
sue (USA: NE) (2013/01/23): One Bite with a Stranger is the first novel of the others. It is Regina's and Dmitri Vidame's story. It was also titled "Fantasy Fix". Ava's story is in the book titled "You're so Vein". It is Ava Markham and Vladimir (Dima) Rurikovich's story. Vladimir is Dmitri Vidame's brother
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