Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill review

Some Girls Bite is written by the author Chloe Neill.  It is the first novel of the Chicagoland Vampires series.  I really was entertained by this novel.  It had interesting characters and storyline. It started out rather almost like a typical vampire novel where a person gets bitten and has to learn the ropes to being a vampire with the support of their master or sire. Then the novel starts to change to an even more interesting story by adding in more supernatural creatures and the reveal of vampires to the world. The storyline seemed to flow effortlessly together and compelled me to finish the whole novel in one day.

The main character,Merit, is a funny, sarcastic, and an interesting character.  The author made Merit to be three- dimensional meaning that she has more than one side to her. Merit does not just have one set of emotions and is portrayed using a variety of different emotions and sides to her personality.  Merit is a very likeable character and is portrayed in a smart way by the author.  The author reveals some of Merit’s faults as a character, as in she is very ballsy and stubborn.  

Merit and Mallory’s, Merit’s best friend, dialogue play off each other very well and almost as well as the dialogue between Merit and her love interest, Ethan.  Mallory and Merit are very much like sisters, this fact appears throughout the novel.  Ethan is the master of the vampire house, which is like a coven, called the Cadogan House. He is four hundred years old, which I found very intriguing. Ethan also did not appear to like Merit’s personality at first and did not understand nor appreciate her.  He expects obedience from Merit as her master but because of Merit’s independence streak she finds this offensive and tries to rebel in small ways.

Merit gets pulled in a lot of different directions.  She wants to remain in the human world to finish her college degree, she is trying to adapt to her new abilities and to the new people in her life as a vampire while still being resistant to it at the same time.  She has family issue especially with her father.  Merit learns that her grandfather, who is like her father to her, is working as in the Ombudsman’s office, which handles any disputes between supernatural species or crimes committed by a supernatural.  I really found her connections to be very interesting and great ways to introduce more characters to the novel.

I recommend this novel to anyone who loves strong characters, witty dialogue, an interesting storyline and the supernatural. I love this novel and I’m still reading this series five novels later.  This was an amazing start to an amazing series.