The Demon Librarian

In this one, our lovely and rather awesome protagonist, Merit, is just about finding her feet in her new high-ranking role at Cadogan House. After being unceremoniously (actually, there was a ceremony, but, bygones) thrown in at the deep end in her butt-kicking position as Sentinel of Cadogan House (which I personally found a little bit hard to swallow; I mean, okay, so she's got super vamp speed and whatnot, but what does an ex-ballet dancer and occasional kick-boxing class attendee know about defending a house of 320 vampires from outside attacks?) Anyhoo, she's doing very well, she's been training with Catcher Bell, the Sorcerer, to harness her inner Unagi, but she's still having a battle controlling her vampire side, and is beginning to suspect all isn't quite as it should be regarding her Change from human bookworm, to vampire badass.The storyline takes Merit back into her old life- the life that she tried her damnedest to avoid whilst she was human- the rich, schmoosy world of the social elite from whence she hails. The Merit name being synonymous in Chicago as big money; small conscience. Enter stage left: her father. (I hate that guy!) She needs his help and his contacts to investigate a possible threat to the House. She has to take along a certain green-eyed, 400 year old Master Vampire as her sidekick too, whom, even though he practically pimped her out to a member of another House, still clearly wants her for his own. He is conflicted about her, and you will want to slap him, but I have a feeling he will get over himself eventually.All in all, much better that the first book, and straight onto book three. Yay!Originally reviewed for Urban Fantasy Book Reviewshttp://urbanfantasybookreviews.blogspot.com/