Born of Fury by Sherrilyn Kenyon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
And yet another hit by Kenyon!! I adored Dancer Hauk as I have adored all the others in the series. He is absolutely hilarious and loveable. Sumi Antaxas was great as well, she has a sense of humor that compliments Hauk and the Sentella members amazingly and will leave you in stitches!
No matter what anyone else says, this book was fantastic and I can not wait for the next League novel!!
Last Dragon Standing by G.A. Aiken
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Yay!! I adored this book to an epic degree! Then again I have yet to read a book by this author that is bad. Keita and Ragnar are such a cute couple. He is a no nonsense warrior mage dragon and she is the, supposed, spoiled princess who gets whatever she wants and has no intention of settling down. Ragnar, after some very big oops moments, finally figures out that Keita is more than just an annoying princess and sets out to win her heart. And of course he has the perfect game plan.
The dialog between the two fit their characters to perfection and the character growth was subtle but there. The interactions between the vast extended family was in keeping with the first several books and we get to see pretty much everyone else we know and adore. There was a great set up for the next book too and I can not wait for the latest to come out this year!
The Taker by Alma Katsu
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I did not like this book. I read the back cover of the third book and it sounded really good, right up my alley, but it is a trilogy that must be read in order so I checked out book one, The Taker.
The main character, Lanny, becomes obsessed with the prettiest boy, Jonathon, in her town/village. Since no one else seems to like him because he’s so beautiful, the two become friends. Jonathon is the town playboy, he pretty much sleeps with whatever woman he wants, whether or not they are married but for some reason Lanny thinks that she is the only one for him and if he will just give her the time of day he will love her back. Jonathon ends up having sex with Lanny and gets her pregnant, but of course he can’t marry her because his family is the richest in the area and hers isn’t. He marries someone else and she is sent away to have the baby. She ends up in Boston and is brought to the house of Adair, who is an immortal, and he gives her a potion to make her immortal because she is beautiful and he collects beautiful people and changes them. She miscarries because of the change but for some reason is only angry about that for a short time before she ends up in Adair’s bed, which is another stupid move because he had drugged her initially and let her be gang raped. Then she pretty much sleeps with everyone else in the house and then whoever else she can find in Boston. The entire situation is supposed to be a sexual awakening kind of moment for Lanny, but it reads as just too pathetic and her character doesn’t change at all. She is still obsessed with Jonathon and when Adair sends her to change Jonathon and bring him back she agrees. Jonathon has a child now and his father is dead so it’s his responsibility to take care of the business and the people who work for him. He is still married but jumps into bed with Lanny as soon as he can, but he is also sleeping with another woman at the same time and whos husband finds out and shoots him. Lanny changes him right then and leaves town with him. To say he isn’t happy is an understatement but he can’t get away from Adair. Lanny finds out that Adair is a sorcerer or something and plans to switch bodies with Jonathon so she gives Adair a very strong sleeping drug and runs away with Jonathon. But the two don’t stay together and don’t see each other for close to two hundred years when Jonathon finally e-mails her and says he wants to see their old town again. They travel there and, of course, sleep together then he asks her to kill him because he fell in love but the woman died and he just can’t take it anymore. She kills him, gets arrested, and ends up in a hospital with a doctor, Luke, who she has been telling the story too the entire book. (It switches from present day to the past and back almost every chapter) Luke helps her escape and takes her over the border to Canada where they stop at a hotel for the night and, you guessed it, have sex.
I struggled to finish this book because I really hoped that it would get better but it only got worse. Most of the characters seemed to be drug addicts and only interested in sex and who they could have sex with next. Lanny was too selfish and only cared about herself and what she wanted for me to be sympathetic to anything that happened to her. Supposedly in the last two books Adair shows up again and says that if she will stay with him that he will bring Jonathon back from the dead. I have no intention of reading the other books because I just can’t take hearing Lanny whine about her love for Jonathon(who never loved her back) and how mean Adair is and how Luke is the only one who has ever understood her. Usually I can find something that I liked about a book but it would take me a long time to figure it out with this one.
Bite Me, Your Grace by Brooklyn Ann
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was a great book and I can not wait for the next one in the series! Angelica was an awesome heroine who was determined to be an author no matter what society said and Ian was a vampire lord who was trying his hardest to keep people from finding out what he was. Of course the two should meet and cause tongues to wag which invariable leads to a compromising situation and Ian is forced to marry Angelica or watch as her reputation is ruined forever.
So what happens when a vampire Lord trying to stay hidden marries a human who is determined to be the next great gothic author?
Sparks and tempers will fly!
Epic book with plenty of action, romance and hilarity.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
I read this book in no time and it was ok. I kept hearing that it was an awesome book and I admire how the author used pictures to tell the majority of the story but was also able to seamlessly go from picture to words without the reader thinking, ‘hunh?’. I gave it only two stars because I wasn’t too impressed with the story itself. Just isn’t my type of book, not enough action or intrigue.
Kissing Steel by Laurann Dohner
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I liked this book better than the first book in the series. The main female protagonist, Rena, was more believable in her reactions to the situations she was forced into. She made decisions based on what would keep her as safe as possible until she could escape, which of course led her into the arms, and bed, of the Cyborg Steel.
Can you say YUM! I liked Flint ok in the first book but Steel has to be a new favorite for me. After Rena is able to get the upper hand, he decides on keeping her for a while and soon develops feelings for her.
The story progressed well, not too fast or slow, the characters were better developed and it was just a great read! The only complaint I have for this book, and it’s a little one, is that they talked about their feelings quite a bit. Which I am okay with but it just seemed to happen a lot more than is probably credible.
Having said that though…
I can not wait for the next book!!
Kissin’ Tell by Lorelei James
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Cute story, I absolutely loved it and I hope we get to see Tell and Georgia again!
Gone Country by Lorelei James
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Loved it!
Gavin doesn’t know what to do about his daughter Sierra. He has the choice of letting her go to jail for theft or taking her away from everything she knows and moving to be closer to the McKay’s.
So he packs up and they head out.
Rielle has been renting her house from Gavin since he bailed her out of trouble years ago. Now he’s coming and expects to stay at the house with his teenage daughter.
Things are about to get good.
With Rielle’s new hair and wardrobe (curtesy of her daughter Rory) Gavin doesn’t recognize her at first but the attraction is still there. Only problem is that he shouldn’t be feeling this way towards his renter, should he?
Trying to keep the heat banked so their daughters don’t find out is getting tougher by the day and when the girls do find out they are not happy. At all.
Will Gavin and Rielle go their seperate ways to keep the peace with there daughters? Or will they risk it all to be together?
The Shadow Runners by Liz Maverick
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Awesome book!!! I loved it to pieces!
Deck has a purpose. To get the Voice of Freedom up and running in Australia and rally the people to fight behind Banzai MacGuire when the time comes.
The only problem is that Deck is former Royalty and doesn’t have the know-how to get around the prison Australia has become, but he knows someone who does.
Jenny Red met Deck before he was accused of killing his father, the King. And despite all the rules they became friends, until Jenny’s father killed the King and Deck did nothing as she was sent to Australia as a convict.
Now he’s back and needs her help.
Deck might be happy to see her but his dedication to the Shadow Voice is terrifying in it’s intensity and Jenny fell for him once already and he let her down.
Is history going to repeat itself or will Deck let the fight go to be with the one woman he’s always dreamed of?
Short Rides by Lorelei James
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
1: Cam never wanted to spend his Valentine’s day at a crime scene, especially one where it’s obvious the husband lost it and killed his wife before commiting suicide.
To make matters worse, the husband was a Veteran suffering from PTSD and Cam didn’t know.
Could he have stopped this from happening? Plagued by the accusations of the deads relatives, Cam must decide if he is strong enough to over come his own wounds or if he should leave before he hurts his own family.
2: Chassie, Edgard and Trevor don’t have the traditional kind of marriage their McKay relatives do, which causes them to keep things to themselves instead of asking for help. But when their son comes home telling them he’s being bullied at school because of their marriage they no choice but to accept help from the family.
The results are amazing and heartwarming for readers and characters alike.
3: Keely is pregnant and her hubby has to go out of town on business. What could go wrong?
A lot!
In this cute short story Keely McKay Donohue is having her first child and she’s having a rough time of it. Jack doesn’t seem to care about what she’s going through and her McKay family thinks she’s gone off her rocker!
Will Keely and Jack survive this latest test of their love? Or will the coming explosion tear them apart?
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