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Darkfever
RECOMMENDED: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning is $2.99! This is the first book in the Fever series. I’ve read the entire first part of the series, though I did not go on to read Iced. In my opinion, the series starts out great, though the last book wasn’t as satisfying as I’d hoped it would be. Many readers felt the setting was one of the strongest things about the story, but a few couldn’t get on board with the heroine, MacKayla. It has a 4.1-star rating on GR.
“My name is MacKayla, Mac for short. I’m a sidhe-seer, one who sees the Fae, a fact I accepted only recently and very reluctantly.
My philosophy is pretty simple – any day nobody’s trying to kill me is a good day in my book. I haven’t had many good days lately. Not since the walls between Man and Fae came down. But then, there’s not a sidhe-seer alive who’s had a good day since then.”
When MacKayla’s sister was murdered, she left a single clue to her death – a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone. Journeying to Ireland in search of answers, Mac is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to master a power she had no idea she possessed – a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae…
As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho…while at the same time, the ruthless V’lane – an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women – closes in on her. As the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac’s true mission becomes clear: to find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book – because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control both worlds in their hands…
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Skies of Fire
Skies of Fire by Zoe Archer is $1.99! This is book 1 in the Ether Chronicles series, which she and her husband, author Nico Rosso, wrote in alternating sequence. This book has a 3.5-star average on GoodReads, and readers who liked it say that it’s a good start to a series that gets better with each book. Amazon has also bundled the books into one handy place so you can nab the rest of the series on sale!
Captain Christopher Redmond has just one weakness: the alluring spy who loved and left him years before . . . when he was still just a man. Now he’s superhuman — a Man O’ War, made as part of the British Navy’s weapons program — and his responsibility is to protect the skies of Europe. If only he could forget Louisa Shaw.
Louisa, a British Naval Intelligence agent, has never left a job undone. But when her assignment is compromised, the one man who can help her complete her mission is also the only man ever to tempt her body and heart. As burning skies loom and passion ignites, Louisa and Christopher must slip behind enemy lines if they are to deliver a devastating strike against their foe . . . and still get out alive.
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Hounded
Hounded by Kevin Hearne is $2.99! Hounded is the first book in the Iron Druid series, a paranormal/urban fantasy series. The sale was brought to my attention by Becky, who liked it. The GR reviews are interesting – a ton of people loved this book, while others thought the hero was a Gary Stu and the characterization of the women was rather sexist. There’s a wide gap between those who loved it, and those who really disliked it. Have you read this book?
Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old—when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer.
Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a sexy bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish—to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil.
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The Star King
The Star King by Susan Grant is $2.99 at Amazon! It also looks like the next books in the series are on sale as well! I thought for sure this particular book had come up before on the site, but a search turned up nothing. This is a scifi romance with a fighter pilot heroine, an alien hero, and a bit of a second chance romance. Some readers felt the plot was a little rushed, while others loved the world Grant created.
Shot down over Saudi Arabia, fighter pilot Jasmine Hamilton encounters a golden-eyed stranger from another world—one that’s light years away. Long after she’s rescued, dreams of the mysterious man haunt her and nearly derail her life. When Earth is contacted by a seemingly benevolent alien civilization, Jas takes off on the journey of a lifetime, and the star-crossed lovers reunite, joining forces against a ruthless enemy determined to destroy both their worlds.
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I LOVE Skies of Fire. I know the others in the series are a little more finely drawn, but I just adored the hero and heroine in Skies of Fire, so so much. If you like adventure romances with a touch of steampunk, this is an excellent choice.
“The Star King” is $2.99 at Amazon, only free for kindle unlimited.
@Amanda, unfortunately, The Star King is showing up as $2.99 at Amazon, not free.
Also, The Gospel of Loki is a KDD for $1.99 today!
@Paige & Nerdalisque: Boo! I’ll edit it now! I hate it when sales just poof on you.
Anyone who didn’t like the Fever series didn’t try the audio books and therefore didn’t stick it out long enough to get to the point where they switched to Phil Gigante doing the narration. Seriously, that man’s voice when he’s in seduction mode (and Barrons is always in seduction mode) should be illegal.
I loved the first Fever book but my interest waned with each new book. Faefever was the breaking point. I skimmed the next and did the library read for the last just to see if there was a resolution. Meh. That being said I came across Iced and REALLY liked it! It was with great anticipation that got a hold of Burned the sequel. As seems to be the case, I was disappointed in the direction the series went and probably will skip the next one. The TBR pile will thank me for the restraint.
I have a friend who loved Hounded, so I read it and was decidedly “meh.” I asked my friend why she liked it so much and she conceded that it was entirely because there is a character who is a dog and he says and does amusingly doggy things and she really likes dogs. Upon thinking about it, she agreed that if you don’t love dogs and the doggy things, the book doesn’t have that much going for it.
LOL. For the first time, I actually already own all of the books on sale on my Kindle. They’re all good.
Harlequin is having a BOGO free sale today. I may or may not have spent $40 stocking up, ahem.
I have to echo Cerulean. I think this is the first time I actually own all of the books on sale. 🙂
Has anyone here read STAR KING? I bought it a while ago and stalled out early: at first I was totally on board, but then I sort of felt like I was reading a revenge fantasy about the author’s own divorce (if you know what I mean)… I’m wondering if it picks back up if you stick with it. I think I stopped around 25%. Anyone?
@Cordy. I read The Star King when it came out years ago in paperback. However I don’t remember specifics about the story and how well it worked, just that I enjoyed it a lot. I think it does get better as there are a lot of things that happen. And I really enjoyed the ending!
Putting in another vote for Zoe Archer’s Skies books – particularly loved both heroine and hero in Skies of Gold (she is an engineer who has lost part of her leg and has designed her own prosthetic, he is a Man O’ War who accepts her as she is).
I’ve read some of Hounded. It’s definitely heavy on the “hot women having lots of cool, detached sex/being naked around the unflappable, smarmy male lead”. Like, this ancient powerful being who guides souls to the otherside shows up, and of COURSE she’s a hot naked women who is so aloof that being naked in front of people totally doesn’t bother her (less a female sexuality empowerment thing, more a “supernatural being doesn’t care about mortal stuff” thing). Then a couple chapters later, the lead goes to visit some woman who is some sort of powerful demigod/valkyrie/whatever, and to “pass the time” til nightfall for their task, of course she suggests casual sex. I don’t have a problem with a woman wanting casual sex, but all of it is written very clearly for dudes to go “Niiiiiiiiiiice” at rather than any sort of character or plot development. I liked a lot of the mythology, but the lead is a bit of a Mary Stu, so caveat emptor.
Likewise, the Fever series has a lot of excellent world building and scary moments, though the male lead is an EXTREME alpha male, lots of physically restraining and shoving the heroine up against the wall, cutting her down psychologically, etc, so I guess be forewarned, though it’s BARELY a romance because the focus (at least in the three or four books I read) is mostly on solving the death of the heroine’s sister. I did like that the heroine is a more girly, feminine character… she gets talked down to a lot for it, and admittedly she’s pretty heavy into the fashion and makeup thing in a way I don’t personally share, but she embraces, enjoys, and revels in the way it all makes her feel, AND she can still be a bad-ass. I appreciate that, in a sea of “Oh, she’s not like OTHER GIRLS, she barely wears makeup and doesn’t own a skirt!” style of anti-“traditionally” feminine media. The dialogue is snappy, the monsters are freaky, and the action is intense. It’s fun, but I really wish they could dump the douchebag lead for someone else. Your mileage may vary if you like that type of character.
Oh hey, The Gospel of Loki is on sale too. Carrie S reviewed it in June and gave it an A. http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/reviews/gospel-loki-joanne-harris/
I’m going to pick it up.
I absolutely loved the first five Fever books, was MEH on Iced, and enjoyed Burned. I think it was just because I was watching Doctor Who in the same time period as when I started Faefever, but I always picture Christopher Eccleston as Barrons, and therefore he’s my dream man. Normally, I can’t stand the alpha male lead, but Nine!Barrons does it for me.
@Leah – your review of Hounded made me laugh. “Niiiiiiiice”=excellent. (But not very good sounding as a book, necessarily.)
The Kindle version of The Captive by Grace Burrowes is on sale for $2.80
I read the first few Iron Druid books. Stopped when the first story arc ended, because the next arc wasn’t yet published in it’s entirety. And they started getting expensive. Not a bad series, and I may finish it some day. But Atticus is a revisionist druid, to me. All New Age tree-hugging and save the earth. No mention at all of the one thing many people associate with druids — human sacrifice. Not even, “We did it back in the day, but we don’t do that anymore.”
I’ve read the Iron Druid series through book 7. I may continue but, like @Sandra, I started to flag a bit right at the time the book prices went up due to hardback releases. Oberon, the Irish wolfhound, is by far my favorite character so I’ll probably want to see what happens with him. 🙂
I tried to read the Fever series (having long been a fan of KMM’s Highlander series), but I couldn’t. She described OPI’s “I’m Not Really a Waitress” as “pink” (it is, in fact, a gorgeous red and one of my favorite colors) at the beginning of Darkfever and I just couldn’t get past that.
Skies of Fire has expired with Scribd. 🙁
The whole Ether Chronicles series is still available on Oyster though.