Wise Gals Author: Nathalia Holt Reviewer: Ang Rating: B What I’m Talking About: Wise Gals is a very well written, extremely well researched book that covers incredible information about the women who were pivotal to the creation and success of CIA. These are stories that have never been told because they couldn’t be, and the […]
Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match Author: Sally Thorne Reviewer: Jennifer Rating: B What I’m Talking About: Sally Thorne has done a great job of retelling Marcy Shelley’s Frankenstein. It was funny, had romance, and had some similarities to Shelley’s story and the story of how Shelley wrote Frankenstein. I dare say Thorne’s depiction of Victor […]
Only Bad Options Author: Jennifer Estep Reviewer: Jen Rating: B- What I’m Talking About: Vesper Quill works hard as a lowly designer for the powerful Kent Corp. When she points out a significant design flaw in their new star cruisers, she’s surprised to find herself on the run for and fighting for her life. Kyrion […]
Final Heir Author: Faith Hunter Reviewer: B. Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Final Heir is the 15th and last novel in the Jane Yellowrock series, and I believe it’s as fitting an ending as any longtime followers of the series might hope for. All the familiar characters are here (either alive/undead/etc. or in memories), […]
The Boy With the Bookstore Author: Sarah Echavarre Smith Reviewer: Jennifer Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Smith does a great job of mixing sweet and smexy and she hit the mark again with The Boy With the Bookstore. Max and Joelle have worked next door to each other for a year and half and […]
Audiobook review: Black Wings, Gray Skies by Hailey Edwards Picking up within a week or two of the conclusion of the previous story, Black Wings, Gray Skies starts with the gang investigating missing human children near Charleston, South Carolina. Due to the nature of the disappearances, Black Hat believes powerful magic is involved (and they […]
Audiobook review: Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter Shining Smith runs a junk yard where she hides because she is official dead. She’s not all human… she’s undergone genetic modification from alien bugs and no one must ever find out the truth. She harbors a LOT of illegal tech and weapons on site, not to mention her […]
The Rake’s Daughter Author: Anne Gracie Reviewer: Ang Rating: B What I’m Talking About: The Rake’s Daughter felt like a blend of several well know stories; enjoy Pride & Prejudiced? You’ll get touches of that here. Love Cinderella? You’ll get touches of her too. Shakespeare? Yep him too. Maybe that’s why I struggled a bit with […]
Audiobook review: To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins Braxton Steele enjoys his fairly privileged life living in Boston and working as a tailor. When a Pinkerton agent comes to his home, telling Brax and his father Harrison that she’ll send them to jail if they don’t help with her plans, Brax learns that his father […]
Audiobook review: Soul Taken Soul Taken opens shortly after both the last Mercy outing and Wild Sign (Alpha and Omega #6). There is a lot to unload, including the fact that the mysterious Sherwood has regained his memories and there is upheaval in the local vampire seethe. In addition, it appears that a possessed artifact […]
Audiobook review: Terminal Peace After stopping Admiral Sage from creating more feral super soldiers, Mops and her motley crew join the Earth Defense Fleet, upgrade the EDFS Pufferfish, and set out on a secret mission to find a weapon that can stop the xenocidal Prodryans. Yet when they meet the mysterious Jynx, the crew learn […]
Audiobook review: Sun of a Beach by Mia Sosa Naomi and Donavan both work for the same mens’ magazine and rarely see eye-to-eye. When their boss sends them on a tropical photo shoot, the pair must work together to avert catastrophe. Sun of a Beach is a cute, quick, beach-worthy tale. Because she was hurt by a […]
Knot Again Author: Kwana Jackson Reviewer: Nima Rating: B What I’m Talking About: Knot Again by Kwana Jackson follows Real Men Knit as book two in her Real Men Knit series. With a year of distance from the first book, the cloud of mourning over the loss of Mama Joy Strong has lifted. It feels […]
Storm Echo Author: Nalini Singh Reviewer: Jen Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Ivan Mercant, head of the Mercant family security, believes he’s a monster because of the way his brain is wired due to his mother taking the Jax drug while she was pregnant. When on a training exercise, Ivan meets a mysterious shifter, Lei, […]
The Hookup Plan Author: Farrah Rochon Reviewer: Jen Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: London Kelley, superstar pediatric surgeon (and one of the three women who became good friends after a live tweet incident outing that they were all dating the same jerk at the same time), is at her 15 year high school reunion […]