Author: Jennifer Estep
Series: Elemental Assassin #1
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
Rating: 5/5
My name is Gin and I kill people.
They call me the Spider. I'm the most feared assassin in the South — when I'm not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the vibrations of the soaring Appalachian Mountains above me. My Ice magic also comes in handy for making the occasional knife. But I don't use my powers on the job unless I absolutely have to. Call it professional pride.
Now that a ruthless Air elemental has double-crossed me and killed my handler, I'm out for revenge. And I'll exterminate anyone who gets in my way — good or bad. I may look hot, but I'm still one of the bad guys. Which is why I'm in trouble, since irresistibly rugged Detective Donovan Caine has agreed to help me. The last thing this cold hearted killer needs when I'm battling a magic more powerful than my own is a sexy distraction...especially when Donovan wants me dead just as much as the enemy.
Review:
I had been hearing a lot of really great things about this series all over the book blogging community. It seems that so many bloggers love this series. I had downloaded this first book onto my Nook on a whim one day because it sounded really interesting. The first sentence in the synopsis pretty much had me hooked.
What I really liked about this book? Well I really liked pretty much everything about this book. I was sucked into Gin's world from the first line of the book. "My name is Gin and I kill people." Come on that's catchy right there and it gets the reader excited to see what's going to happen next. Gin is a very like able character with a VERY despicable job. She has a wicked sense of humor too. Gin doesn't have a real family anymore but the host of secondary character's make up a pretty functional dysfunctional family for Gin. Fletcher, Finn, Sophia, Jo Jo and the rest all bring a little something extra to the story.
The relationship between Donovan Caine and Gin is very "opposites attract." Caine is a straight lace cop in a police force that is on Mab Monroe's payroll, who makes a great villain for this book. Gin did something that has Caine unknowingly gunning for her. When he finds out the truth it makes the relationship between him and Gin very confusing at times.
The action in this book is pretty freaking AMAZING! It starts in the first couple of pages and keeps up through out the whole book. I'm not a fan of roller coasters but this one roller coaster that I enjoyed immensely. I really loved that fact that the actual bad guy in this book wasn't completely obvious. I really dislike when the bad guy is so obvious.
The only thing that I didn't really care for was that at times when Gin is doing her "thing" there was a little bit to much information. That was really the only fault that I could find with Spider's Bite. It wasn't very often but it did happen so I thought I should bring it up. Overall, I'm really happy with Spider's Bite. My only regret is that I waited so long to start reading this series!
