Romance and Urban Fantasy Book Reviews
I finished this book and immediately started searching out the author’s backlist. I am shocked–shocked, I say!–to find that this is a debut author. It had a few bumps in the beginning, but the overall quality to the writing had a richness of emotion and smoothness to it that I do not often find with [...]
Thanks to the Nook iPad app, I downloaded Lover Reborn at 9:20pm (California time) on Monday night and read non-stop until I finished at 2:51am. And I’m not kidding about the non-stop … no bathroom breaks, no sips of water, I don’t even think I changed my position on the couch. I was the 1st [...]
I have several go-to historical romance authors. Lisa Kleypas, Anna Campbell, Anne Mallory, and Jennifer Ashley are just a few that I will read without question. Since 2011 Sarah MacLean has made a pretty good push to be added to this list. A Rogue By Any Other Name is the first book in her new [...]
I have a confession. Taking a Shot is the first book I’ve read in the Play by Play series. It’s the third book in a series that features unbelievably HOT covers, errr I mean sports romances. I’m not sure why I haven’t gotten around to reading these books other than the old stand by excuses: not enough [...]
This book came to my attention and I bought it for exactly one reason: I was told it was similar to Shelly Laurenston’s style. Sold! It didn’t hurt that it was only a $0.99 investment, either. And luckily the recommender was correct. It did read like Shelly Laurenston. Yay! Another author to feed my need [...]
It was nice getting to see a glimpse of the Guild Hunter world from the sidelines. There were enough details about Raphael and Elena to perk my interest in reading their stories again, but I also got a deeper look at a few characters I have wondered about for a while. Namely, Jessamy/Galen and Ashwini/Janvier. [...]
THINGS TO DO BEFORE WEDDING 1. Become expert on Greek philosophy. 2. Memorize Robert Burns poems. 3. Learn long Scrabble words. 4. Remember: am HYPOCHONDRIAC. 5. Beef stroganoff: Get to like. (Hypnosis?) Sophie Kinsella is well known for her Shopaholic series and overall chick lit style. Chick lit usually isn’t my thing because you miss [...]
I know I’ve said in the past that the Dirk & Steele series is best read in order, but if you’re looking to jump into the middle of it, this is the book to do it with. It fits in with the overall world easily, but it doesn’t focus much on the actual Dirk & [...]
In late 2011, author E.L. James took romance readers by surprise with the first two books of her Fifty Shades trilogy. I cannot remember the last time two books have been so hyped when I had not previously even heard of the author or the titles. Fifty, aka Christian Grey, was one of the most talked [...]
This book turned out to be quite the surprise. I can’t think of the last time I’ve gone from completely disliking a book to practically inhaling it. When I first picked up The Shadow Reader, I made it to page 30 before I finally gave up and set it aside. It was over a month [...]
