This book is the sequel to Insatiable (an excellent read, I might add). Overbite continues the story of Meena Harper, a psychic who can predict when and how people are going to die. At the end of Insatiable Meena is hired by the Palatine Guard- a powerful, secret demon hunting unit of the Vatican. Now we see her using her powers to help prevent the deaths of the brave men and women who put their lives at risk to hunt and kill demons. Not to mention, all this access to tons of information she would never have normall had, is helping Meena to prove her theory: just because demons have lost their souls, doesn't mean they've lost the good inside of them.
However, not all is as well as Meena had hoped it would be. Her now ex-boyfriend Lucien Antonescu (aka Dracula, aka Prince of Darkness) shows up again when he saves her life from an unexpected attack. Meena's emotions are already mixed up enough, but seeing him again makes things so much worse. Not to mention Lucien seems more vulnerable than ever; but in reality he is more determined than ever to take control of his conflicting emotions about what he is, and finally make Meena his.
After the attempt on her life, Meena is put under constant surveillance. In other words Alaric Wulf, her crazy-about-hunting-and-killing-demons partner, is now at her side 24/7. A nuisance, but one that Meena discovers she doesn't mind so much, since they've recently discovered that a large number of tourists have gone missing.
In light of this, the Palatine has brought in Father Henrique (or Padre Caliente, as Alaric likes to refer to him as). Soon, Meena and Alaric are thrown into a situation they never could have predicted, and Lucien is the only one who can save them.
Unfortunately I did not like this book as much as the first book (and let me tell you, I loved the first book). There was so much humor in Insatiable that was missing from Overbite. None of the characters are the same either, and I feel like the author didn't do a good enough job leading me to understand why they had changed so much. However, there are some great plot twists in the book that I could have never guessed, and that is what kept me intrigued.
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Very detailed review. I also read Overbite, and felt a little disappointed after reading the book. While the plot moved at a fast pace throughout the entire book, I was very disappointed in how rushed the ending seemed. And, I just felt like Overbite lacked a bit in writing quality in comparison with Meg Cabot's other books. Finally, while Cabot intended for Overbite to appeal to a more mature audience, it still seems like it would find more success with the YA crowd.
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