Audiobook Review – A Quick Bite (Argeneau Vampires, Book 1) by Lyndsay Sands, Narrated by Victoria McGee (3/5 stars)

Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: 10 hours and 53 minutes (384 pages)
Publisher: HarperAudio
Release Date: September 15, 2009
ASIN: B002P9T86G
Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Argeneau Vampires series
Source: Audiobook from Audible.com
Rating: 3/5 stars

“That hot guy tied to Lissianna Argeneau’s bed? He’s not dessert—he’s the main course!

Lissianna has been spending her centuries pining for Mr. Right, not just a quick snack, and this sexy guy she finds in her bed looks like he might be a candidate. But there’s another, more pressing issue: her tendency to faint at the sight of blood…an especially annoying quirk for a vampire. Of course it doesn’t hurt that this man has a delicious-looking neck. What kind of cold-blooded vampire woman could resist a bite of that?

Dr. Gregory Hewitt recovers from the shock of waking up in a stranger’s bedroom pretty quickly—once he sees a gorgeous woman about to treat him to a wild night of passion. But is it possible for the good doctor to find true love with a vampire vixen, or will he be just a good meal? That’s a question Dr. Greg might be willing to sink his teeth into…if he can just get Lissianna to bite.”

This is the first book in the Argeneau Vampire series. Right now there are 28 books in the Argeneau Vampire series. This was a pretty typical vampire paranormal romance. It was okay but the plot was really thin.

I listened to this on audiobook and didn’t like the narrator much. The narrator sounded like a breathy public service announcer and was distracting and hard to listen to.

There were some things I enjoyed about this book that set it apart from other paranormal romances. I loved the explanation about the nanos that make these “vampire” immortals; there was some fascinating history here and it was an interesting concept. I also enjoyed the tight and caring relationships between Lissianna and her family. I liked how Lissi is a kind and caring, yet capable, heroine.

There were a number of things I thought were lacking as well. I just never really felt the chemistry between Lissi and Greg; the relationship felt a bit dry to me. I also struggled with the lack of any plot (aside from Greg finding out about vampires). Sands does try to throw in a bit of a life or death scenario towards the end of the book but this was kind of just thrown in there and felt contrived.

Overall this was an okay PNR book but I wasn’t all the impressed. There are some unique elements to this series but they weren’t enough to offset the lack of any plot and the vanilla feel of the novel.

This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge