Lynsay Sands: Renegade Hunter

Review by Vicky London

Renegade Hunter by Lynsay Sands is the 12th book in the Argeneau family series and the third book in the Rogue Hunter series. Here’s the book cover blurb:

The Argeneau family has a secretâ€¦one of their own is a rogue vampire!

Nicholas Argeneau was once a successful hunter who went after rogue vampires who break the immortal law. Except no one has mentioned his name in the last fifty years, not since he turned into a rogue himself. But once a hunter, always a hunter. When Nicholas sees a bloodthirsty sucker terrifying a woman, itâ€™s second nature for him to come to her rescue. He had no idea he would also want to kiss her senselessâ€¦

One minute Josephine Willan is taking in a breath of fresh air, and the next sharp fangs are heading straight for her neck! Luckily a gorgeous stranger saves her life . . . and gets locked up for his troubles. Can a man who kisses so lovingly and passionately really have committed the crime heâ€™s accused of? Jo isnâ€™t so sureâ€¦and sheâ€™s determined to prove that this renegade hunter is worth fighting for.

The thing that ticked me off about this book was the ending. The momentum and action of the story came to a sputtering halt like a car running out of gas. You never get to find out what happened to Nicholas and who was really the perpetrator of the crime he supposedly committed. That was the main premise of the story and the whole reason for all the conflict. To not have that explained was ultimately frustrating and left the story feeling unfinished.

Something else I found annoying and a total WTF moment was “the penis-eye thing”. Apparently this is what Josephine calls it when the vampires try to read the minds of her and her sister Alex. I’ll let Josephine explain herself: “…every single time one of them has been introduced to us, they stop and stare at our foreheads like we’ve got penises growing out of them”. HUH? That really has to be the weirdest thing I’ve read in a long time.