Listened to audio narrated well by Nicole Poole. There are a lot of characters to keep track of and I thought she did a good job giving them their own voice.

This is Raven Black's continuing story as a new member of Keystone, she has to learn to work with and trust her partner a vampire, Christian Poe. She's a crossbreed, a mage vampire mix, who hates and distrusts vampires but learns she may not hate her partner.

As they work to find a serial killer their trust in each other and the whole team is tested.
I really wanted to like this book more than I did, it has a lot of great characters but when the main character, a street savvy assassin pulls too stupid to live stunts, and the whole team misses the obvious it really detracts from the over all book.

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The one thing that really stuck out for me in RAVENHEART was the character development. We get to learn more about the pasts of those involved in Keystone. Not a ton, but it was enough to help me get to know the characters better. I still enjoyed Raven as a character, but I didn't find her to be as tough and kick butt as she was in RAVENHEART. She was also missing the confidence I saw in KEYSTONE.

There was a small side romance between Raven and a character not involved in Keystone. It was a bit awkward and I wasn't crazy about it, but that's probably because I still have my fingers strongly crossed for something to happen between Raven and Christian. There is so much chemistry and tension between them that it just needs to happen already.

The storyline wasn't as strong as KEYSTONE was. The bad guy wasn't immediately clear to me, but it didn't take long and there wasn't as much mystery involved when it became obvious and the excitement level went down for me.

Although RAVENHEART wasn't a direct hit for me, I still want to know more about the characters and world enough to add book three, DEATHTRAP, to my wishlist. Fingers crossed I like it as much as book one.

* This book was provided free of charge from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ( )

RAVENHEART (CROSSBREED #2) BY DANNIKA DARK is the second in the Keystone series which introduced the reader to the main character Raven Black, kickass former street person now part of the Keystone criminal hunter for hire group. Still trying to get her bearings with the group and find her niche, Raven is paired with handsome bloodsucking vampire Christian, who is a constant irritation to Raven. But, dead bodies are popping up on streets and Raven and the group must help find the killer

This is not only the first of the series I have read but also the first book of the author's books I have read. The pace is fast, the chapters are short & the plot kept me turning the pages until the very end.

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