Saved at Sunrise is the second novella narrated by Della. This time, she is on a mission with Steve, a shape shifter. They are to pretend that they want to join a vampire gang, and find out whether or not the gang's initiation includes murder. But, Della has something else she wants to do; a secret agenda, one Steve isn't aware of.Everything here is happening WAY too fast. Della and Steve have never even been on a date, or had a conversation, but suddenly they act as though they're a couple. Normally, a person would be angry if someone did to them what Steve did to Della the first night. Della is not normal, of course, but being a rational vampire, she should have felt at least some anger.The story was entertaining, though. I love Della, she is totally spunky, and she made a great narrator. Her issues have popped up several times in past books, and in the first novella, but here they get some of the attention they deserve. There are some small details that go unresolved here, and they have me wanting to read Chosen at Nightfall. Della and Steve's personal relationship seems very unrealistic, but the plot was short and straightforward, so I put my time to pretty good use, reading this. So I read Chosen at Nightfall as an ARC and never got around to read C.C. Hunter's Saved at Sunrise that sort of takes place before and during a bit of Chosen at Nightfall. And I thought to myself, Della's series is going to be starting next spring, I better read this ASAP! So I did!Saved at Sunrise was a surprisingly quick read, although most novellas are! In this she gets her first assignment from Burnett for F.R.U. Pretty simple, she just has to see if this particular group of vampires is the group causing the trouble around town. The only problem in her mission...she has to work with Steve.There's no doubt about it, Steve is interested in Della. But poor Della still has a few issues to work out in her heart. Lee, her previous and ex-boyfriend totally destroyed her heart. She gave him everything and after she been turned, he basically turned his back on her. While on the mission, Della makes a stop to see her family...who look very happy and well off without her, but what drives the nail further into her heart is seeing Lee on a date with his new fiancee, who is everything Della is not. Luckily, Steve is there to save the day.Then of course, Della and Steve actually get to handling the problem at hand and there was some good ol' fighting going around then!!I really enjoyed this story! Della is quite the character and I love her! She's strong and fierce, but still has her moments of "slipping up" when she kind of falls for Steve. But as I said, Della has had a lot of heartbreak from Lee did to her and she can't quite allow herself to be with Steve...or anyone for that matter. But Steve isn't willing to give up just yet! Gotta hand it to Steve for his fierce determination and yeah, maybe I want to smack Della good a bit, but she might bite my head off for that!C.C. Hunter writes an amazing novella just as she does a novel! Novellas I think are harder to write than novels, because there is only so much page time to be had and you gotta get a story down and wrapped up before it's over! But C.C. does a fabulous job of it! I so can't wait to read Reborn!!Overall Rating 5/5 stars
What do You think about Saved At Sunrise (2013)?
I really like the Shadow Falls books and this was a great novella.
—ginni
