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A Near-Miss with Lake Michigan...

Then I saw the water slide.
So that's how easy it was to net a vamp. It had never occurred to me that there was anyone else out there like Michael - and it made sense, if this guy was anything like my one and only, he knew damn well he was vamptastic.

The boys have landed in Milwaukee - it's the longest they've ever settled in one place. They've got a by-the-week hotel room and Michael even scored a job at an all night veterinary clinic.

It's been a few weeks since Wild Bill fled Dr. Creepy's lair with a drugged up and vamped out Michael in the back of the van.

Michael officially retired from Vamp killing,
He's pretty much given up on the professor's cure,
That leaves one avenue left to protect humans from bad vampires, the "planned parenthood" approach...

The reaction to their safe-vamp-sex lecture generally produces one of two reactions:
1) the subject indulges their explanation but only halfheartedly believes them
2) the subject assumes that the Gothed up couple is into some kind of blood-fetish

There's a general feeling of hopelessness and uselessness as Michael drifts through his days.

Michael's melancholy is affecting Wild Bill in ways he'd rather not voice...
On the one hand, vampires are hugely attracted to dark and pensive (vamp heroin) donors, and Michael's somber moods simultaneously make Bill's teeth itch and his dick hard.
On the other hand, Bill hates seeing Michael so down - Sure, Wild Bill's first step toward pulling Michael out of a funk will always be sex, but in this episode of the Channeling Morpheus series, we get a glimpse at the deep connection that has formed between the guys.

Turns out, Michael's not the only Vamp Heroin Hunter in town...
In the aftermath of that run-in, the reader is treated to some glorious introspection from Wild Bill.

"That was some quick thinking," I said. And what I really meant was, I'm sorry, I'm so fucking sorry.

Personally, I think the reader knows Wild Bill better than he knows himself through the books which feature his POV. I think Bill dismisses his own epiphanies, and he certainly doesn't share his deeper moments with Michael... I always feel like I walk away from Wild Bill's books knowing way more about his fascinating, complicated character..

By the end of this book Bill and Michael have a very real conversation about what can be done, what should be done, and exactly why they're trying to prevent the spread of the Vampire virus.

The last bit of this book gave me a case of the warm fuzzies, and if you told me that Wild Bill could pull and "Awwwww" moment from me when I started this series, I probably wouldn't believe you.

Read all my Reviews in this Series:
01.0 - Payback - Read my Review Here.
02.0 - Vertigo - Read my Review Here.
03.0 - Manikin - Read my Review Here.
03.1 - Heaven Sent - Read my Review Here.
04.0 - Tainted - Read my Review Here.
05.0 - Rebirth - Read my Review Here.
06.0 - Brazen - Read my Review Here.
07.0 - Snare - Read my Review Here.
08.0 - Fluid - You're reading it!
09.0 - Swarm - Read my Review Here.
10.0 - Elixir - Read my Review Here.
10.1 - Jackpot - Read my Review Here.
10.2 - Canine - Read my Review Here.

Omnibus Reviews:
1-5 - Channeling Morpheus for Scary Mary - Read my Review Here.
6-10 - A Bitter Taste of Sweet Oblivion - Read my Review Here.





***I read this book as part of the Bitter Taste of Sweet Oblivion box set which was provided to me by the author in exchange for an honest review***