Bellman & Black Author: Diane Setterfield Reviewer: Nima Rating: B, 3 stars What I’m Talking About: Having loved Diane Setterfield’s debut book, The Thirteenth Tale, I waited anxiously for her to give us a second offering. During that lengthy six year wait, I recommended it to others, reviewed it for book club, and extolled the […]
Captive Author: A.D. Robertson Reviewer: B. Rating: B, 3 Stars What I’m Talking About: The first book in an adult trilogy under the pen-name A.D. Robertson (by YA author Andrea Cremer), Captive is a good beginning for this spinoff to the popular Nightshade series. Sarah is an accomplished “searcher” at the age of twenty-one, and […]
Cold Blooded Author: Amanda Carlson Reviewer: Twimom Rating: B-, 3 Stars What I’m Talking About: The third story in the Jessica McClain series picks up immediately after the conclusion of the previous book, Hot Blooded. Jessica, her mate Rourke, and their various pack mates and friends have just survived a nasty encounter with the crazed […]
Disenchanted & Co., Part 1: Her Ladyship’s Curse Author: Lynn Viehl Reviewer: Twimom Rating: Stand alone: B, 3 Stars Part of larger book: A-, 4 Stars What I’m Talking About: Her Ladyship’s Curse is actually the first part (of two) of the upcoming title, Disenchanted & Co., the first novel in the Disenchanted & Co. […]
A Lady’s Secret Weapon Author: Tracey Devlyn Reviewer: Ang Rating: B, 3 Stars What I’m Talking About: A Lady’s Secret Weapon is the third title in the Nexus series, and I wish I had realized that going into the book. That knowledge would have saved me chapters of frustration because I could have either found […]
Blood Bond Author: Jeanne C. Stein Reviewer: Gikany and Una Rating: B, 3 Stars What We’re Talking About: Blood Bond is the latest installment in the Anna Strong Chronicles, and it seems to be a transitional novel to the next story arc. Although it is an emotionally charged novel, we felt a bit distanced from […]
The Wife He Always Wanted Author: Cheryl Ann Smith Reviewer: Ang Rating: B-, 3 Stars What I’m Talking About: I want to like Cheryl Ann Smith’s novels. She steps out of the box and mixes Victorian period romances with decent mysteries. My struggle is that in every book I’ve read of hers one side of […]
Single Wolf Female Author: Jessica Sims Reviewer: Twimom227 Rating: B-, 3 Stars What I’m Talking About: After her alpha male brother Cash died suddenly, Alice, the alpha female is left trying to hold the Savage pack together. However a pack must have an alpha male and female, and unless Alice finds an alpha mate before […]
Heat Wave Author: Taryn Kincaid Reviewer: Twimom227 Rating: B-, 3 Stars What I’m Talking About: Zena Night, sister of Lily and Dagney (from previous stories), is a succubus who is happy with her life of one-night stands and anytime-she-wants-it sex. But then she encounters Bhyrne Raines, head of the Queen Succubus’s guard, and suddenly she […]
Under a Spell Author: Hannah Jayne Reviewer: Gikany and Una Rating: B, 3 Stars What we’re Talking About: Under A Spell is the fifth book in the Underworld Detection Agency series. Sophie is out to uncover a deadly coven and hopefully save a missing teen – by going back to her own personal hell, high […]
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic Author: Emily Croy Barker Reviewer: Nima Rating: B What I’m Talking About: The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic…I liked it, but I had some issues. It isn’t often that I come across a debut author in hardback anymore. I have to give props to Barker for coming […]
The Darkest Craving Author: Gena Showalter Reviewer: Twimom227 Rating: 3 Stars, B- What I’m Talking About: After being captured and tortured in hell, warrior Kane, keeper of the demon Disaster, was rescued by Josephina, member of the Fae. (Much of this was outlined in the previous book, The Darkest Seduction.) In order to drag his […]
A Spy to Die For Author: Kris DeLake Release Date: July 2, 2013 Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Assassins Guild Series #2 ISBN: #978-1402262852 Genre: Sci-fi Romance Format(s): Paperback (320 pgs), e-book Book Source: Publisher About the book: Jack Hunter is a double agent. Skye Jones is a pirate…or is that just a cover? One thing is […]
Viral Nation Author: Shaunta Grimes Release Date: July 2, 2013 Publisher: Berkley Trade ISBN: #978-0425265130 Genre: Young Adult (Urban Fantasy) Format(s): Paperback (320 pgs), e-book Book Source: Publisher About the book: After a virus claimed nearly the entire global population, the world changed. The United States splintered into fifty walled cities where the surviving citizens […]
Entwined With You Author: Sylvia Day Release Date: June 6, 2013 Publisher: Berkley Trade Crossfire series #3 ISBN: 978-0425263921 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format(s): paperback (368 pgs), e-book Book Source: Publicist About the book: From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Something I couldn’t resist. I saw […]