I usually LOVE Frank's books, but this series continues to do nothing for me sadly.
This one was not much better than the first one. Maybe I am one of those people that outgrows an author and their style and hers just may be one of them unfortunately.

I was always a fan of Jacquelyn Frank's work. This one caused no disappointment either. Vampires, romance, thrilling plotline and hot scenes. Very hot scenes. The hero and heroine is thrust into a very dangerous situation and a war they did not want to be part of. But will they find the way out of this mess? I absolutely loved this book, although I did not read the first one. I am definitely getting it now. If you need me, I will be in my booknook, reading, thank you very much.

Well this story just goes to show you that there are sociopaths in every race and nation, and that sometimes the best chance you have to survive is to throw your lot in with the most unexpected of individuals. This new series about a special type of vampire, Energy Vampires, is a twist on the classic story that is the trademark of Jacquelyn Frank’s writing that I have always enjoyed. Ms. Frank has had hits and misses for me in the past, but this series is really interesting and the magic of her writing is back in a big way. Halo was a character we met in the previous novel, and I can honestly say that I wanted to kick his irreverent and seemingly useless butt most of the time in that one. But Halo wakes up after another night of debauchery to find himself stripped to the skin and left locked in a room with only a television and camera to give him clues to his fate. When he finds that the TV shows him a woman in just the same situation, his anger is immediately shot through the roof, even as his protective instincts kick in big time. Felice wakes in a situation she has no idea how to even understand, naked and trapped in a room she is overwhelmed when she hears Halo through the TV. Thrown together they fight to resist their attraction, even as they work together to try to escape their captors; but when he is forced to explain the truth of his nature, Felice’s acceptance of his people amazes Halo. Once they are free, Felice throws her lot in with Halo and his people in order to find the assholes that kidnapped them in the first place. But the more they are together the harder it is for either of them to deny the emotions that they inspire in one another. I loved seeing Halo step up and be the hero he should have always been, even if he did have his asshole moments here and there, in the end he becomes the type of man I would be more than happy to feed for the rest of my life. He was sweet at the most unexpected moments and truly came to care for Felice, even as he tried to push her away for her own good. Felice was definitely the kind of woman that I loved getting to know. While she was definitely not educated to the world she was thrown into, she takes everything in stride and works with Halo to earn their freedom instead of simply falling apart. And when she is faced with the leaders of Halo’s race she refuses to back down and demands her due and the chance to prove her worth to their culture. As always with a Frank novel, the passion that these two feel is surprisingly strong and amazingly hot, leaving the reader needing a cold shower just to continue to read. I loved this story and am looking forward to the rest of this series which will hopefully be coming soon. Once again you have struck gold Jackie and I can’t wait for the rest of the stories in this series to hit my bookshelves. Keep up the magic.

One of those books that you can't put down if you like living in the fantasy world of Vampires. Great story all the way through. I have read several of Jacqueline Franks' books and haven't found a bad one yet.

I love stories by Ms Frank, but this series is not my favorite, sometimes I just couldn't grasp the energy vampire storyline. I did like the characters of Halo and Felice and felt for them when in captivity. The story is good, but to me it seemed to be missing something.

I was looking forward to giving this novel 5 stars. Unfortunately it didnt live up to it. There were so many plot holes. The characters were all over the place.

I loved the first book in the series. The beginning of the story was very interesting but as the story progressed it lost its appeal until the second half, where it seemed to pick up a bit. I wish I had felt more of a connection to the characters. The manner in which the hero and the heroine interacted at times made for slow reading . I enjoy Jacquelyn Frank's work and would certainly give this series another opportunity.

Hunger is the second novel in Jacquelyn Frank's Energy Vampires series. I read and gave the first novel in the series, Thirst, a 5-star rating and was looking forward to reading this one, but sadly, it simply wasn't as good a read as I had hoped, it had too many flaws, and I can only give it 3 stars.

In Hunger, Halo, an energy vampire, heavy drinker and self-admitted womanizer, wakes up alone in a cell of a room without a way out. He's naked, has clearly been drugged, is more than a bit groggy, and has no memory of how he got there. There are cameras in every corner near the high ceiling, there's a TV, a bed and a chair. When he turns on the TV, he can see a naked woman in an identical room, and when he learns that he can communicate with her through the TV, he learns that her name is Felice, and that she too has been drugged and has no idea how she got there. The next thing either character knows is that they've been drugged again and are now still naked, but are now together in the same room. Their conversation and interactions fully take up the first 25% of this novel, which meant there was no forward momentum to this story until they manage to find a way out.

If, like me, you've read the first book in the series, you already know a lot about what these two characters are discussing, and unfortunately, they are attracted to one another. I could understand Halo's attraction to the curvy Felice, but if I was locked in a room naked with an admittedly hungry vampire, the last thing I'd be worried about is whether or not he thought I was fat. Further, I doubt I'd be getting up close and personal with that vampire knowing I was being watched. Another problem I had was although Halo is described as quite a hottie, none of Halo's swagger, his cocky attitude or his foul mouth are a turn-off to Felice. Halo is a hunter, he hunts and kills energy vampires, called sycophants, who feed off unclean sources, and he has no personal attachments to anyone. He believes that it's the sycophants who drugged and trapped him. Felice believes that they're in this situation because of her abusive ex-husband, who has been stalking her. Either way, they need to escape.

If this is the first novel in the series you've read, you already know that lawful energy vampires need to feed off clean sources--humans who don't use drugs, smoke cigarettes, drink to excess or eat junk food. The fact that Felice has been injected with heroin makes her an unclean source for Halo. There are small windows up near the ceiling and energy vamps can feed off solar energy, but only if the light hits them, and in this cell it doesn't. They clearly need to escape but will they find a way out before Halo needs to feed? Will they figure out who put them in this situation and why? Will they act on their mutual attraction? They certainly have chemistry in common, if nothing else.

The latter half of the novel offers far more in the way of setting, action, sex and violence, as well as more background information on the structure of energy vampire society, but I didn't find myself as intrigued by these characters, or as sympathetic to their relationship as I did with those in the first novel, and since I already knew how energy vampire society was structured, there weren't any new revelations for this reader.

I found Felice to be too naive and timid at first, and I then found her turnabout and tenacity about wanting to maintain a relationship with Halo stretched my willing suspension of disbelief a bit too far. I also wasn't terribly impressed by Halo, who does try to be kind to Felice one minute, then goes back to being crass and vulgar the next. Why Felice found she wanted more of that treatment was beyond me. Yes, Halo could certainly offer her hot sex, but although Ms. Frank can certainly write steamy sex scenes, what I felt was lacking throughout was a real sense of any deep emotional connection between these two, and while Felice tries to establish that, Halo tries to ignore it and his lack of self-knowledge, especially considering that he's hundreds of years old, just didn't make much sense.

While I really like the premise of this series and the world of energy vampires created by this author to be original, inventive and intriguing, this novel simply didn't meet the the high expectations I had after reading the first novel. While Hunger can be read as a standalone, I recommend reading this series in the order it was written. I do hope that the next novel in the series will be less problematic than this one.

I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this novel. The opinions expressed are my own.

Thank you for the chance at letting me read and review this book. I didn't enjoy the first book in the series like I thought I would. So in that case I will not be reading this book. Sorry for any inconvenience.

I have read many paranormal romances with vampires. Their ethereal beauty and the forbidden nature of their existence create a certain allure that draws you in. Especially when it is the hero who is the vampire! There are many twists on the vampire legend but they usually revolve around the myth that they are night creatures who can't come in contact with the sun and that they have to drink blood to survive. "Hunger" by Jacquelyn Frank does a 180 on this and we meet a new generation of vampire, energy vampires or e-vampires as they are called by some. These vampires survive on people's energies which they are able to access through the back of the human's neck. So even though there is a little blood involved, there is no big blood loss. They also can go outside during the day. In fact they need the sun. Another big difference is that these vampires are divided into two groups. The lawful vampires and the sycophants. While lawful vampires only feed from clean living, organic eating sources. Sycophants or phants are vampires who have been poisoned by feeding off humans who drink, do drugs and generally live unhealthy lives. So like modern day humans, we now have organic living vampires. I have to admit that even though I admire the originality of this idea, I found it a little funny and felt that it took away from the whole allure of vampires.

I felt that Halo was a more vivid character, where Felice was a little vague. I also felt that Halo was being slut shamed for his promiscuous life style. Apart from having a lot of one night stands, he was living a pretty decent life - in term of vampires at least. I'm not saying that his lifestyle was ideal, but he is single and young-ish. Why is everyone going on and on about his sexual escapades?

The hostage situation seemed to go on forever and became redundant. I wish that we found out a little earlier who took them hostage and his reasons. And even though there was action, I felt that it could have been a little more exciting and fast paced.

It seems that Danton's story will be next and I'm hoping that that will be a little more passionate and exciting.

There are so many problems with this story. Felice has just got out of a abusive relationship, and it is later revealed that she was basically hiding from the man since he turned into a stalker. So her level of fear and paranoia after waking up naked in a prison was way to low. Then she is moved into the same room as the man, and drugged, all while being watched but somehow has no control over her libido? To the point where she has unprotected sex? Seriously? Halo is a douche. He’s good at his job, but aside from being attractive there is nothing about him that is appealing. He’s a womanizing alcoholic, who does nothing to woo Felice. There is nothing about these two people nor the events they experienced together that made me believe they would have a HEA. Also there is nothing Felice has to offer that would keep her from getting her memories erased. Honestly the book should’ve ended with them going their separate ways.

I found the world built interesting in the first book, but in this one not so much. I found the idea of E-Vamps cool and the idea of sycophants interesting, but the logistics doesn’t make sense. Either it’s easy to turn or it’s not. In the first book Rafe went on about how they could only feed from clean sources, meaning people who eat organic and don’t drink or do drugs. That basically negates most of the world. Especially if drugs include over the counter stuff or prescription meds. Now here comes Halo someone who drinks regularly. So he should be a sycophant himself. Also I don’t get the point of feeding from people. Sure 300 years ago where else could they readily consume energy. And maybe at the start of the industrial revolution until the mid 20th century the contaminants in the material used to produce mass energy would’ve been too much. But solar power has been around for a while, and now there are so many clean energy options. It just seems like people who feed on energy would find it much easier to stick their fingers in a socket instead of biting the back of the necks of extremely health conscious folks. I think I’m done with this series.

Halo is an energy vampire who skirts by the rules of the energy vampires. When he wakes up trapped in a room, he has no idea what to think. Felice Mendoza is a human who wakes up in a similar room, naked, scared and eventually drugged.
I’ve read other books by this author, but I really didn’t like this one. I didn’t care for Halo or the premise as the story moved along. I did feel sorry for Felice, but not enough to like the book.

Super hot vampires! Hooks you in right away as the author sets the tone for the book. This one is even better than the first in the Energy Vampires series. Halo may just be my new favorite vampire. He gives off a sexy vibe that females can't resist. When he meets Felice, he has protective feelings for her. I love this new world Ms. Frank has created. Scorching paranormal romance is on display here and readers will love this.

This was a really good read. It was not your typical vampire book where they cannot go in the sun and can only feed on blood. It has a lot of action and romance mixed in. I look forward to reading more of this series.

This is the second book in the authors energy vampires series. It's another classic good guys versus bad guys story and this time it seems like the bad guys almost won but were thwarted in time or so it seems unless the seeming victory is really part of the strategy of the master mind who is heading the evil side.

Halo is a hunter who becomes one of the hunted when he's captured and forced into captivity. Felice is an innocent human woman who's become an unwitting pawn in a battle between species she knows nothing about. Can the two of them turn the tables on their enemies? The story takes a long time to build and while the concept is different and intriguing I did not warm up to the characters.

I'd like to see where this series goes next but my continued interest in the series will depend on the story and characters.

I don't know what I would have done if I woke up in a room naked, alone with no doors other than a bathroom and a TV with a stranger to keep me company. I would just as freaked out as Felice was. Loved the chemistry between Halo and Felice, but I think that was what Draz was counting on. I can't wait to figure out what Draz really knows and what he really is up to. I guess we have to wait and find out!

Let me start by saying that I did like the book. The writing was very good and the characters are good. I did have a hard time with the believability of the characters at times. Sometimes I found that I was cheering for them but at other times I was rolling my eyes at them. I did enjoy how neatly this was all wrapped up and believable. Overall this is a good book and it keeps you interested throughout. The one big hangup that I had though was the vampires and their history, this is a very unusual take on it.

Looking forward to reading more from this series! The characters are fun and interesting.

Good story. I liked the plot. It was different and interesting. I hope there will be more coming in the series.

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This series is filled with unexpected twists and turns and this particular book really set the tone from page 1. Who knew a book that started like a “Saw” installment could end up being so steamy and romantic?

We join Halo in an unfamiliar place, with no recollection of how he ended up there. He’s been stripped and confined to a nondescript room with nothing but video footage of another captive to entertain him. The other captive, Felice, is a human and unexposed to his e-vamp world but all of that goes out the window when they must rely on each other to escape. It seems relatively straightforward in concept – the unattached hunter must work with the caring human, but it is so much deeper than that.

On top of the regular escape and try not to have feelings for one another story, there’s also the big bad in this situation who is actively working against the “good vamps.” With an operation designed at forcing them to feed off tainted energy, it seems like the plot could actually work in the long run. This battle between the good and bad vamps is clearly ramping up and will require the unique combinations thrown together in these books for the good ones to emerge victorious. I’m very interested to see where we head next and how the stoic guardian we met here will find his match.