Four months have passed since Colby was given permission to exist as a half-blood vampire. Not only does she have her license, but she has been given the added responsibility of Protector of all the half-bloods. Colby takes this title in stride and sets about making preparations.The Vampire Tribunal, the governing board for the vampire community, makes it possible for Colby and the other half-bloods to blend in with society while still being together to train and learn about the vampire ways by securing land on the campus of a local university in order to create a sorority. Colby names it Psi Phi (Sci Fi, get it?)With the help of her boyfriend/Vampire Investigator Thomas, Colby expects no problems when it comes to dealing with the other half-bloods. In fact, she expects them to consider her a hero for "saving" them from execution. Instead, she gets a mix matched group of girls from extremely different backgrounds who don't think much about her as a Protector. When one of her charges is murdered right in the sorority house, Colby begins to doubt her ability as well. With the help of familiar faces from the previous book, Carl and Piper, she begins to unravel the mystery and learns of a spy that is in their midst.One area of irritation is Colby's attitude toward Thomas. While Braced 2 Bite, the first book in this series, was appropriate for middle school and above, Fangs for Freaks get a little closer to the edge. The sexual situations are increased and cause arguments between Colby and Thomas. Colby's tendency to blow up in anger over his actions seem a little over the top and happen too often and take too long to resolve. These arguments usually stem from the fact that Colby is very frustrated that Thomas won't take their physical relationship past the make out stage. Overall, even though the resolution to the story was rushed at the end, the story leading up to the conclusion was enjoyable. While not as good as the first, Fangs 4 Freaks is definitely worth the time to read.
3.5 StarsThis one was definitely better than the last one which kinda makes me sad that neither I nor my libraries have a copy of the third book. It'd be nice to find out if it gets even better. I think my status updates show my reactions to this book better than I could if I tried to explain it all. 16% "I may possibly take back anything negative I said about Colby if this Ileana Romanov chick doesn't GTFO herself." 30% "I'm going to have to agree with Piper on this one... ouch." 46% "Ugh. Bitch. I don't care if you're mad that your boyfriend has your best interests at heart. You don't kiss someone else. Ughhhh." 58% "You win. Wasn't expecting that." 66% "If you'd just shut your gob you'd get that action you want so bad."All in all, it was much better. I wasn't completely expecting the ending, and I would even recommend this book to people older than fourteen. Colby wasn't as immature in this book, though she still makes me want to tear my hair out most of the time. I was glad to know that she is able to stick up for herself. Slightly annoyed that she kept complaining about not getting any action when she was the reason for that. That big mouth of hers is going to get her into some serious trouble one day.
What do You think about Fangs For Freaks (2013)?
I liked this book a lot.I also liked Colby again in this book. She's even more a kickass chick with her fighting skills now and even though I didn't totally agreed with her behaviour very few times, I was so with her most times. And although I still like Thomas and he's so, very, very hot, I wanted to punch him most of the time in this book. Seriously, that's the way to hurt a girl's pride, man! I also liked Carl a lot, more than in the first book, and I'm glad we got to know him a little better. I hope there will be more of him in the next book. Piper succedes to get on my nerves some times, but she's okay. I didn't like much Ileana. And I still have some doubts about Mr Holloway.The spy/killer's identity was surprising, although I had some suspicions about her. It's often the most quiet person the most dangerous. There were a couple of hot scenes, like the one about Colby and Thomas in that motel room or at the Mini Golg... but I wanted more!All in all a good read and very enjoyable. Although not as funny as the first book, I liked it a lot.
—Sara
I didn't enjoy reading this book as much as i enjoyed the first one. And that is mainly because of the main character Colby. She is just so annoyingly immature for me. I know, she just wants to be independent and all, but damn, what kind of mature person will get angry to their boyfriend just because he wanted to help her? I mean, come on! Stop being a brat!I really want to give this book a 3 star, because the story is good. I just really didn't fucking enjoyed reading it while being inside Colby's mind. The whining are just too much!
—Roma Joy
