Book Review: Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

Hallowed (Unearthly Trilogy #2) Cynthia Hand HarperTeen, January 2012 ISBN 978-0-06-199618-4 Hardcover (ARC) In the second installment of the Unearthly Trilogy (after Unearthly), teenaged Clara Gardner is learning more about her abilities and obligations as an angelblood, a human who is part angel by birth. She and her mother and brother, all angelbloods, had moved [...]

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February 2, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

Incarnate Jodi Meadows Katherine Tegan Books/HarperCollins Publishers, January 2012 ISBN 978-0-06-206075-4 Hardcover Eighteen-year-old Ana has spent her entire life abused and reviled because she is a nosoul, born without a past into a world in which everyone else has been continually reincarnated for 5,000 years. Those who are reborn remember all their past lives and [...]

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January 4, 2012  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Hellbent by Cherie Priest

Hellbent Cherie Priest Spectra, September 2011 ISBN 978-345-52062-3 Trade Paperback Cherie Priest has joined my short list of automatic buys, whether she’s writing a new zombie thriller or an urban fantasy/paranormal featuring Raylene Pendle, vampire and thief. Raylene thinks she’s a real bad-ass, and so she is. She’s all that and more, although as her [...]

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October 13, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: The Shattering by Karen Healey

The Shattering Karen Healey Little, Brown and Company, September 2011 ISBN 978-0-316-12572-7 Hardcover Summerton is a lovely resort town on the west coast of New Zealand, a town that’s perhaps a bit too perfect. While other small towns struggle to remain vibrant and appealing and they watch their residents, especially the younger ones, move away [...]

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September 28, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews  One Comment

A Contest Winner and Book Review: Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis

Congratulations to Terry Parrish, winner of a signed copy of Under the Dog Star by Sandra Parshall! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hard Spell Justin Gustainis Angry Robot Books, July 2011 ISBN 9780857661159 Mass Market Paperback Detective Stan Markowski and his partner, Karl Renfer, have been called out to a crime scene but it’s not your run of the [...]

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September 6, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews, My Reviews  One Comment

Book Review: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

Ghost Story Jim Butcher Roc, July 2011 ISBN 9780451463791 Hardcover Last year, Jim Butcher left Harry Dresden fans with the mother of all cliffhangers. Our favorite wizard, Harry Dresden, was critically wounded by a gunshot, bleeding copiously, and falling into the icy cold waters of Lake Michigan. This ending was worse than the infamous Dallas [...]

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August 24, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

We Have a Winner! and Book Review: Downpour by Kat Richardson

Congratulations to Lynette Kutzke, winner of a copy of The Square Root of Murder by Ada Madison! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Downpour Kat Richardson Roc, August 2011 ISBN 9780451463982 Hardcover (ARC) Back in 2006, I picked up the paperback of Greywalker because the title intrigued me. I started reading and I couldn’t stop. I told several friends about [...]

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August 3, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Hexed by Kevin Hearne

Hexed (Iron Druid Chronicles #2) Kevin Hearne Del Rey Books, June 2011 ISBN 978-0-345-52249-8 Mass Market Paperback Atticus O’Sullivan is the last Druid on earth, as far as he knows.  Recently he got into a major battle with a god who wanted Atticus’s sword back, although Atticus had it legally, at least in the paranormal [...]

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July 20, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Where Angels Fear to Tread by Thomas E. Sniegoski

Where Angels Fear to Tread Thomas E. Sniegoski Signet/Penguin Group & Brilliance Audio, 2011 978-1-4418-1764-8 Unabridged Audio Book Remy Chandler isn’t your normal, run-of-the-mill Boston PI.  He’s got another side to him, a side most people don’t get to see.  Usually that’s a good thing.  If you get to see the other side of Remy, [...]

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June 17, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Soul Catcher by Leigh Bridger

Soul Catcher Leigh Bridger Bell Bridge Books, 2009 ISBN 098217568X Trade Paperback (ARC) Do people and places really have souls? Could we all have lived before and been reincarnated? What if it is true and our soul mates were out there really searching for us? Not only does Leigh Bridger make this theory sound interesting, [...]

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March 21, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments