Oh Cat *shaking my head* One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost picks up nearly five years after that heartbreaking ending in book one. Cat is fully immersed in her covert work for the FBI, hunting down vampires and killing them for the government. She has carved out a rather lonely life for herself, using the knowledge she gained from Bones to her advantage (and sometimes her detriment). She doesn’t dwell too much on the past until the past catches up to her in the form of her assignment, a vampire with close ties to the one she has spent five years trying to forget.

I like Cat. She is stubborn and headstrong. Her actions are led by her heart which inevitably leads to more trouble than she bargained for. Her loneliness at the beginning of this book is so sad to me. I understand that she felt she had no choice but to leave Bones behind in book one, but I still wish she’d made a different choice. How different her life would be now!

Despite that loneliness, she has made friends, something she admits that she has never had. I love her team, handpicked and trained by her, even Tate who clearly has an unrequited crush. The dynamic with the team and Cat is great. They have each others’ backs and clearly care for one another. My favorite member of her team is also the newest, untried member. He is a question mark for Cat, but I love how he integrates himself into the team and wins her over.

Bones is fantastic. He is so patient with Cat, even through his own hurt and anger at her choices. His first appearance in this book made me laugh out loud. Cat was unsure if he was there to kiss her or kill her, and she was ready for either situation. There is a lot of broken trust between them, and they spend a majority of this book repairing that. I enjoyed their romance. The infamous ch. 32 made me blush furiously, and as I told the girls I was buddy reading with, of course my kindle would die in the MIDDLE of the chapter