Mind Sweeper is a paranormal romance, nominated for a RITA® in the Best First Book category. I had difficulty scoring this novel, because while it really had a lot going for it, and I thoroughly enjoyed it on my first read-through, it also contained one or two elements that drove me nuts. Reading the novel a second time (and no longer under the slightly mind-melting influence of cold tablets), I found that while the story was … Continue reading Mind Sweeper by AE Jones →
No disclaimers, just a flat out apology for leaving this review until after the deadline and after the excellent review by TheoLibrarian was published. Life just got away from me, big time. My (brief) review: Because TheoLibrarian provided such an excellent review yesterday, my comments will simply add a few additional impressions from a second reader. After a difficult first chapter, where Lord Ian Chance and a multitude of his friends and a relation were … Continue reading My Lady, My Lord by Katharine Ashe →
Evernight is book 5 of the Darkest London historical paranormal romantic suspense series (Yes, all of those things), so let’s answer the obvious first question first. Can you read it without having read the previous books? Yes. The events from Shadowdance (swoon) that shape the relationship in this book have a brief, but no less horrifying recap at the start of the book. The world, while very well built, is fairly easy to follow. You … Continue reading Evernight by Kristen Callihan →
I liked this book, but I wanted to adore it. Victorian setting? Love it. Vampires? I’m in. Smart heroine rebelling against the gender restrictions of her time? SIGN ME UP. Evernight has all of these elements, in addition to a sexy hero, a so-crazy-but-it-works method of forcing the two leads together, and lots of cool steampunk gadgetry. However, it also suffers from an overabundance of plot and some unfortunate writing issues that I just could … Continue reading Evernight by Kristen Callihan →
I loooove the London Steampunk series by Bec McMaster. Okay, to be completely honest, until incredibly recently, I had only “read” the first two books, Kiss of Steel and Heart of Iron, as audiobooks. Now, due to some weird quirk of my nature, if I start a series in a particular format, I like to stick to that format for the rest of the series. So, since I had started in audiobooks, I was going … Continue reading Forged By Desire by Bec McMaster →
Garrett Reed and Perry Lowell were partners in the elite Nighthawks for years until the night an undercover assignment coupled with a challenge changed everything. Perry had spent years ruthlessly cutting her hair and every feminine thing from her life to create a new identity as a “blue blood” amongst the all-male companions of her league while silently yearning for her charming partner Garrett. After a joking challenge from him, Perry gives into temptation and … Continue reading Forged By Desire by Bec McMaster →
Confession time: As much as I love my romances (and I REALLY love my romances) my first love was (and probably always will be) fantasy. Combine fantasy with a strong romantic element and I’m in near heaven. So after reading that fantastic description you can imagine why I jumped at the chance to review Mind Sweeper. And, while it was a good book, unfortunately it didn’t quite live up to its description. Kyle is our … Continue reading Mind Sweeper by AE Jones →
I really wanted to love this book. I’ve enjoyed other books by Ashe but this one just didn’t work as well for me. By the time I finished it, I felt “meh” about it. I felt so “meh” about it that I considered not writing this review. But here we are! So let’s do this thing. 1. The set-up: While this book features more noble people from the Regency, the set-up is a little different … Continue reading My Lady, My Lord by Katharine Ashe →
Burn for Me opens with Eve, an Intrepid Reporter who has gone undercover to investigate Genesis Labs. The company experiments on paranormals who have supposedly volunteered to help Science, but Eve suspects that Genesis and its research isn’t as ethical as advertised. She meets Cain—our hero and a stock Brooding Alpha Asshole—when he is chained up and about to be experimented on. As soon as they’re in the same room, the only thing they can … Continue reading Burn for Me by Cynthia Eden →
I didn’t plan on liking this book. Seriously. Despite a crazy schedule, I signed up to review five books for the RITA® Reader Challenge–and then I signed up to take an intense college course so I could finish my degree early. Yeah. I thought about dropping this book from my list as it seemed the least appealing to me, but I decided that I made a commitment and that I could manage. Of course, life has … Continue reading Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett →
Long back story shortish: Many millennia ago a group of warriors stole the dim Ouniak from the gods of the Greek variety and opened it. Why did they do this? To teach said gods a lesson – because that always turns out well. Their widdle feelings got hurt when a female warrior was picked to guard the box – that would be Pandora. Pride, as they say, goeth before a fall and now, I believe, … Continue reading The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter →
