Were She Belongs

Were She Belongs by Dixie Lynn Dwyer

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


Holy Crap, this book was awful. It's like the editor gave the author a thesaurus and said "Here, go forth and synonymize this book to death!" Add that to sentences like "They were were." and grade school grammar and sentences. It also had what I like to call 'knowledge vomit' rather than have the heroine learn everything in a normal manner they had her go into a trance and 'when she woke up, she would know all.' Following the trance she started to speak awkwardly like 'Mates! come to me, I have much to share with you.' When before it was things like 'Guys, come here, I need to talk to you!'



God this was awful! I didn't finish it, and WILL be returning it.



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Dead Man Rising

Dead Man Rising by Lilith Saintcrow

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I only read this one to see if Japh was really dead. Again, the urban fantasy part was pretty good, but Danny spent alot of time whining and moaning and bitching, and walking all over Jace. I hated that, there was more of a connection between Jace and Dante then there ever was between Dante and Japh. I liked the Jace the most out of all the characters. When he died, I cried. This is where the series ends for me.



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Working for the Devil

Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This book was OK, not great. The plot was good, I really liked the plot, the characters were pretty good too, mostly. However, I felt absolutely NO connection between Japh (Jaf) and Dante. There was NOTHING between them, no spark, nothing, and we're supposed to believe they're desperately in love??? Let me tell you, when they finally had sex I was like...wait a minute..WHAT?!?! There wasn't even any LOVE between them, the word wasn't even mentioned! I liked the urban fantasy part of the book, but the romance sucked. There was more of a connection between Jace and Dante than Japh and Dante. However I DID read the second book because I wanted to see if Japh was really dead.



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One Two Punch

One-Two Punch by Katie Allen




This books was so cute! I really really loved it. Too often Ellora's Cave books are super short, even when listed as a plus novel. This was a great length, had a great story, a grin-worthy HEA, and sexy sexy heroes.



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Samson's Lovely Mortal

Samson's Lovely Mortal by Tina Folsom

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book was so cute! It's definitely got a lot of sex, but it's mostly good sex. There's only one instance of bad/stupid sex, and it doesn't involved the main characters. I liked the character of Delilah, and Samson was pretty funny. I liked the concept, a vampire with ED, too often vamps are portrayed as picture perfect. I especially liked the idea of Dr. Drake, vampire shrink to the undead denizens of San Fran, he provided some comic relief without being funny. All in all, it was pretty good, had a good though unoriginal plot and was written pretty well. I'm glad I gave it a shot, though, I just started the second one, and so far, not impressed.



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Bonded by Blood

Bonded by Blood by Laurie London

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


It started out slow and iffy, but by the time we hit the feel good HEA I had a big stupid grin on my face. I definitely recommend it, it won't be everyones cup o' tea, but those of whom that it hits the right note for will really enjoy it.



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Moonlight Warrior

Moonlight Warrior by Janet Chapman

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I really didn't like this one that much. I liked the heroine, liked her family and friends, but I HATED the hero. He was like some holier than thou dipstick who acted like he knew better than the heroine and FORCED her to do things his way. I'm sorry, but if my mom had dementia (or Alzheimer's or w/e it was, it wasn't made clear) and she went on a walk down to the ocean and had been gone a long time I would want to make sure she was OK, but the hero acted like it was foolish of her to want to go check on her mother and forcibly stopped her from doing it. Than, later on in the story he acted all concerned about the mother "Oh I think she's getting worse" that kind of thing. I just wanted to grab him and shake him and tell Eve to move out and find someone else because almost ANYONE would be better.



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The Pregnancy Test

The Pregnancy Test by Erin McCarthy

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This was a pretty lighthearted, cheerful little romp. There was no enemy, not much angst...not really ANY angst. It was a pretty mindless read, so it's good when you're in the mood for a nice little story that's not too involved and doesn't involve utilizing any part of your brain except the reading part. The best part of the book was that the heroine is British and that Ms. McCarthy makes every effort to utilize the British pronunciations when Mandy is speaking.



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Kiss of the Rose by Kate Pearce
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Whew! Vampires, Tudors, King Henry of the many wives, mortal enemies become lovers, welshmen, a series following the same characters, awesome covers, how can you go wrong?? The answer is: very simply. However, I thank my lucky stars that this is not the case with this book! This book is richly vibrant in history while still being believable in the paranormal spectrum. Amazing characters, great depth, you can really feel their anguish, and they had quite a bit of it. I stayed up until 2am to finish this book, and my first thought when it was over was something along the lines of "omg, I need to read the next one right now!" fortunately cooler heads prevailed...for now.

I have such a love for the House of Tudor and for that time period, I was truly thrilled to find a book (series) that focuses on that time period in it's whole, not just on the time of one of the wives. Case in point Katherine of Aragon is already on her way out at the end of this book which means Anne Boleyn is stepping up to the plate, I'm really interested to see how the books handle the transition since the heroine has a great love for the queen.

The hero is extremely sexy, he's dark, snarky, sensual, moody and vulnerable. He is the one man with whom the heroine feels free to be herself: strong enough to kick ass, but vulnerable and feminine enough to want to cuddle into him.

I highly recommend this book to all lovers of vampires, history, and/or romance.

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Thread of Fear

Thread of Fear by Laura Griffin

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book was really good. I enjoy Laura Griffins writing style, and how she has great strong but sweet and vulnerable heroines. The character of Fiona was a really interesting one, the idea of a forensic sketch artist was really unique. I wouldn't mind reading more books about characters like that, the supporting aspect of police work, too often the heroines are either cops or victims, the switch was really nice. The writing was amazing of course, and the hero was pretty awesome. My one problem was that I absolutely hated the character of Courtney, I had planned to read her book next, but I hated her character so much that I returned her book.



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The Smoke Thief

The Smoke Thief by Shana Abé

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This book was pretty good. Sort of intriguing but very predictable. You could pretty much tell exactly where the book was going from page 1, but that's not to say it isn't an enjoyable read, because it it. The main characters were relatable, and fleshed out, they were a good match and Rue definitely didn't just roll over for Kit, she made him work for it. On an interesting note, there wasn't you'd call a 'bad guy' in the book, that's pretty well accepted in every book, but not this one! There were a couple enemies but none of them were villains, it was an interesting plot choice, that definitely paid off. All in all it was an enjoyable read, and definitely worth a shot.



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Dragon Bound

Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This book was utterly fantastic! The heroine was wonderful, the perfect blend or vulnerability and kickassness. The hero was an utterly dangerous alpha dragon, who thinks Twizzlers and Cherry Coke Slurpees are disgusting.
I absolutely loved how well written this book was, the plot was wonderfully interesting, the secondary and tertiary characters were all fully fleshed out and with very clear personalities. This book was filled with wonderful bouts of humor while still being serious, just like it is in real life, too often authors go either too silly, or too serious, Ms. Harrison hit the right note here, perfectly balanced. I am so looking forward to more works from Ms. Harrison. I received this book this morning at 10am, started it at 11:15, and finished it at 4pm. I couldn't put it down. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of a great romance, a sexy take-charge hero who has to learn to say please, wonderful supporting characters, a unique plot, and a wonderful heroine.

(I acquired this book through Goodreads Giveaways)



Pia Giovanni is blackmailed into stealing something from a dragon's hoard, which everyone knows is a big no no. However, she gets her own on her blackmailer in a truly wonderful way, the thing she steals is a penny, yes you saw that correctly, a penny, and not just any penny as Dragos the Dragon is quick to point out but a 1965 penny, which is no comparison at all to the 1972 penny Pia left in it's place!

If you think that sounds outrageous and little too silly for you, I highly urge you to think again. Pia and Dragos treat that penny with all the importance of the hope diamond, and it doesn't seem the least bit ridiculous.



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Shield's Lady

Shield's Lady by Amanda Glass

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Let's just say I had super high hopes for this one. They were pretty well dashed. When I was halfway through I decided it rated 2 stars, however by the end, I bumped it up to 2.5. The end was great, once the heroine stopped being a whiny little child and grew up the book was wonderful, unfortunately it took almost the whole book for her to stop acting a child. Unfortunately, the ending was not enough to make up for the rest of it. The heroine made me think of a 3 year old who claps their hands of their ears and goes "La la la la la I'm not listening!" That being said, the writing was wonderful, and I truly wanted to finish the book even though I hated the heroine.



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