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Friday Night Bites
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Chicagoland Vampires: Book 2

Friday Night Bites (2009) (edit title/settings)

by Chloe Neill (Author) (edit contributors)

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The story of a young heiress's initiation into the dark society of the Chicagoland Vampires continues...

Ten months after vampires revealed their existence to the mortals of Chicago, they're enjoying a celebrity status usually reserved for the Hollywood elite. But should people learn... read more

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Vampires in Chicago!

You'd think a headline like that would have made the fine citizens of the Windy City to take up arms against us bloodsucking fiends. Instead, ten months later, we're enjoying celebrity status and fending off the paparazzi, who are only slightly less dangerous than... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Vampires in Chicago!

You'd think a headline like that would have made the fine citizens of the Windy City to take up arms against us bloodsucking fiends. Instead, ten months later, we're enjoying celebrity status and fending off the paparazzi, who are only slightly less dangerous than angry stake-wielding slayers. Don't get me wrong: Joe Public isn't exactly thrilled to be living side by side with the undead, but at least they haven't stormed the castle.... not yet.....

But it might just be a matter of time. There's a first-time reporter sniffing around vampire society, and if he uncovers the Raves - mass feeding parties, where vampires drink themselves silly - we could be in trouble. The fact that it's majorly frowned upon by the vamp society won't make a difference to that kind of a headline, or to a new reporter who's out to impress his family.

So now my 'master' - the centuries old yet gorgeously well-preserved Ethan Sullivan - wants me to reconnect with my own upper-class family and act as liaison between humans and vampires......and use the opportunity to keep the less savoury aspects of vamp existence out of the media spotlight. Tough job, when it seems someone doesn't want vamps and humans to play nicely - someone with a serious, ancient grudge....

Characters edit see section history

  • Merit: Sentinel of Cadogan House. Vampire; best friends with Mallory; granddaughter of the Ombud; dating Morgan; seriously attracted to Ethan
  • Ethan Sullivan: Master Vampire of Cadogan House.
  • Mallory Carmichael: Merit's best friend and former roommate. Fledgling Sorceress. Dating Catcher
  • Catcher Bell: Powerful Sorcerer, dating Mallory, trainer of Merit, expert in the second key (weapons), works for the Ombud
  • Morgan Greer: Master Vampire of Navarre, dating Merit.
  • Chuck Merit: Merit's paternal grandfather, former police officer and current head of the Ombudsman's office, which deals with the supernaturals in Chicago.
  • Marjorie: The Ombud's admin
  • Celina Desaulniers: The former head of the Navarre house. Planned and fronted a devious plan to get back at humanity and has been taken into custody by the GP. She wants to rule the world and wants revenge on Merit for ruining her plans.
  • Nicholas Breckenridge: Merit's ex boyfriend. Pulitzer winning journalist with three brothers.
  • Julia Breckenridge: Jamie and Nicholas' mother
  • Jamie Breckenridge: The youngest Breckenridge brother. The black sheep, trying to make a name for himself in journalism.
  • Darius West: Head of the Greenwich Presidium
  • Malik: Ethan's right hand and second in command.
  • Luc: Cowboy turned vamp. Head of the vamp guards at the Cadogan House; has the hots for Lindsay
  • Lindsey: Psychic vampire. Guard and a friend of Merit's. Has a fling with one of the brand new vamps, Connor. Really likes Luc but won't give in to it because she's scared it would ruin their working relationship.
  • Peter: Guard at the Cadogan House
  • Kelley: Cadogan guard
  • Juliet: Cadogan guard, fey-like redhead.
  • Jeff Christopher: The Omnibud's "second right-hand man, an undefined shapeshifter and computer whiz kid. Who also had a huge crush on yours truly <Merit>." nineteen years old.
  • Scott Grey: Leader of the Grey House; sports fan
  • Noah Beck: Leader of Chicago's rogue vampires.
  • Seth Tate: Mayor of Chicago.
  • Gabriel Keen: Apex (leader) of the North American Shifters
  • Tonya Keene: Gabriel's pregnant wife
  • Robert Merit: Merit's brother.
  • Olivia Corkburger: Merit's blond-haired, blue-eyed niece
  • Mary Katherine Corkburger: Merit's niece, Charlotte's daughter
  • Charlotte Corkburger: Merit's sister
  • Major Corkburger: Charlotte's husband, a doctor
  • Joshua and Meredith Merit: Merit's parents
  • Pennebaker: Merit's parents' butler whom she calls "Peabody," in order to annoy him.
  • Connor: Vampire initiate who Lindsay is dating.
  • Helen: One-woman welcoming committee for new Cadogan vamps and den mother.
  • Lacey Sheridan: Former flame of Ethan's and a Master of her own house in San Diego.
  • George: He was engaged to Celina.
  • Jennifer Mortimer: Woman who was in Merit's cotillion class
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  • “Some people like wine. Some like cars. Some," I said, tugging at the hem of his undoubtedly designer T-shirt, "like fantastically expensive clothes. I like chocolate.”
    Merit
  • “I’d solved one mystery. Might as well see what other trouble I could get into.”
    Merit
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  • “There is nothing we want quite as much as the thing we know we can’t have.”
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  • “Bloodred,” she suddenly said, her voice barely audible, ee rily gravelly, “in the rise of the moon. And like the moon, they will rise and they will fall, these White City kings, and she will triumph. She will triumph, until he comes. Until he comes.”
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  • “I died for beauty, but was scarce adjusted in the tomb, when one who died for truth was lain in an adjoining room. He questioned softly why I failed? ‘For beauty,’ I replied. ‘And I for truth—the two are one. We brethren are.’ ”
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  • It’s stupid, I know. I have this thing, this idea. This bullshit ‘Mr. Darcy’ idea, about the one that changes his mind. That comes back for me. And I’ll look up some night, and he’ll be there in front of me. And he’ll stare at me and say, ‘It was you. It was always you.’ ”
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  • “The acronym for the Order of sorcerers is ‘U-ASS’?”
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  • YOU CAN TELL A LOT BY THE SIZE OF A MAN’S LIBRARY
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  • “No need for formalities, Kitten. We’re practically family, you and I, the drama notwithstanding.” He leaned back, brow knitted, and gazed into my eyes. I had the sense he was looking through me, past me, into some future I couldn’t discern. The air tingled, magic flowing around us. “We lose them, don’t we, always?”
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  • “But I’ll admit that he’s kind of offensively delicious.” “Like salt-and-vinegar potato chips.”
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  • “We had no idea you were some kind of freaky super vampire.” “Said the woman who can shoot fireballs from her palms.”
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  • The ability to glamour a human—to bring a human under the vampire’s control—was an indicator of a vampire’s psychic power, which was one of the three measures of a vampire’s strength, Strat (alliances) and Phys (physical strength) being the other two.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Contemporary Chicago ... in a parallel universe in which vampires announced their existence about 10 months ago.

Organizations edit see section history

  • The Order: Governing union for the sorcerers.
  • Cadogan: Second oldest vampire house in Chicago, for which Merit is Sentinel.
  • Grey: The youngest of the Chicago vampire houses.
  • Navarre: The oldest of the three Chicago vampire houses
  • Greenwich Presidium: the council that rules West European and North American vampires.

First Sentence edit see section history

Higher, Merit.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter 1: Movin' out
Chapter 2: Home is Where the Heart is... not necessarily where you sleep
Chapter 3: America's Next Top Monster
Chapter 4: The Pre-party Planning Committee
Chapter 5: Talkin' 'Bout Freedom
Chapter 6: The Return of the Prince
Chapter 7: The Belle of the Ball
Chapter 8: Papa Don't Preach
Chapter 9: The Secret Garden's Secrets
Chapter 10: You Can Tell a Lot by the Size of a Man's Library
Chapter 11: In Which Our Heroine is Sent to the Principal's Office
Chapter 12: Merit's Deep, Dark (72% cocoa) Secret
Chapter 13: They'll Eat You Alive
Chapter 14: The Center Cannot Hold
Chapter 15: I Could Have Danced All Night
Chapter 16: An Offer They Can't Refuse
Chapter 17: Love Bites
Chapter 18: In the Stacks
Chapter 19: Crying Wolf
Chapter 20: The Runt of the Litter
Chapter 21: You Give Bite a Bad Name
Chapter 22: Give Peace a Chance
Chapter 23: Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Chapter 24: Ch... ch... ch... ch... changes
Chapter 25: The King and I

Glossary edit see section history

  • Sentinel: A formal position in a vampire house. The sentinel is responsible for defending the house itself, not the master.
  • Ombud: Short for Omnibudsman, the liaison between the city administration and the city's supernaturals. Position currently held by Merit's grandfather. Chuck Merit.
  • Rave: Vampire flash mobs at which vampires feast on a group of presumably consenting, ill-informed, humans. Not approved by the Vampire Masters. Humans co-opted the term.
  • Renfield: Human servant

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 8 in Chicagoland Vampires. (standard series)

Preceded by Some Girls Bite, and followed by Twice Bitten.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Chloe Neill (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: New American Library, a division of Penguin Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: October, 2009
ISBN: 045122793X
Page Count: 357

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3614.E4432F75 2009
  • Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Some profanity.

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