Biting Bad

core novel 2013 Chicagoland Vampires

Record

First published	2013
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.18 (17,546 ratings, collected 2026-09-09)
First-edition ISBN	9780451415189
Internal chronology	8

Synopsis

Biting Bad finds Merit, now serving as Sentinel of Cadogan House, confronting a wave of anti-vampire riots breaking out across Chicago, as a hostile group targets vampires with acts of arson and violence aimed at driving them from the city. Working alongside her master, Ethan Sullivan, Merit sets out to identify who is behind the attacks and where they will strike next, racing to prevent the escalating violence from claiming more victims. As public hostility toward vampires grows more organized and dangerous, Merit and her allies at Cadogan House must move quickly to contain the threat before it spreads further through the city's supernatural and human communities alike.

Where it sits

• Universe: Chicagoland Vampires
• Series: Chicagoland Vampires core; position 8 of 13 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Chloe Neill

Notes

• From the series record (Chicagoland Vampires): 13-novel main continuity; a spin-off sequence (Heirs of Chicagoland, starting Wild Hunger, 2018) follows a different protagonist and is kept out of Core for now.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

• Reading order, within the series Chicagoland Vampires: position 8 of 13: previous House Rules (2013) · next Wild Things (2014)

Sources

• Penguin Random House — Chicagoland Vampires listings
• Chloe Neill's official site — Chicagoland Vampires novels
• Wikipedia — Chloe Neill
• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/311922/biting-bad-by-chloe-neill/

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