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 [...]
February 2, 2012
Tags: angels, dark fantasy, HarperTeen, mystery, paranormal, romance, Wyoming, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 
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Book Review: Adrien English Mysteries by Josh Lanyon
Adrien English Mysteries Josh Lanyon Loose ID, May 2007 ISBN 978-1-59632-465-7 Ebook This edition contains the first two novels in the series, Fatal Shadows and A Dangerous Thing. Fatal Shadows introduces us to Adrien English, who lives above his Old Pasadena bookstore and is rudely awakened one morning by a pair of detectives, Chan and [...]
January 26, 2012
Tags: bookseller, California, GLBT, Loose ID, mystery, police procedural, romance, serial killer Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
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 [...]
January 4, 2012
Tags: dark fantasy, HarperCollins Publishers, Katherine Tegan Books, romance, science fiction, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
The Winter Sea Susanna Kearsley Sourcebooks Landmark, December 2010 ISBN 9781402241376 Trade Paperback Also available in ebook format Being a big fan of historical fiction I was excited to dive right into this book. First of all, I want to say that this is a beautifully written book and I loved the atmospheric scenes of [...]
December 12, 2011
Tags: fantasy, genetic memory, historical fiction, romance, Scotland, Sourcebooks Landmark, time travel Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Gone with a Handsomer Man by Michael Lee West
Gone with a Handsomer Man Michael Lee West Read by Marguerite Gavin Tantor Audio, May 2011 (Minotaur Books) ISBN 978-1-4526-0207-3 Unabridged Audio Book Teeny Templeton did the unthinkable—she decided her life was heading in exactly the direction she always wanted. She was about to get married to a wonderful, wealthy Charleston man and, being a [...]
November 3, 2011
Tags: audio book, Charleston SC, humor, Minotaur Books, mystery, romance, Southern, Tantor Audio Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball by Donita K. Paul
Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball Donita K. Paul WaterBrook Press, a division of Random House, 2010 ISBN 9780307458995 Hardcover I first encountered Donita Paul as a writer of children’s fantasy, fantasy with a definite Christian undertone (or overtone, I’m not sure which is better). I listened to her book Dragonspell, and loved it. So [...]
May 11, 2011
Tags: Christian fiction, fantasy, novella, romance, WaterBrook Press Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Sylvester, Or the Wicked Uncle by Georgette Heyer (Print & Audio)
Sylvester, Or the Wicked Uncle Georgette Heyer Harlequin Books, 2004 (original copyright 1957) ISBN 9780373773855 Abridged audio version read by Richard Armitage Naxos Audiobooks, 2009 9789626349250 Sample Silence fell. Miss Marlow sat gazing abstractedly at a Buhl cabinet; and his grace of Salford, unaccustomed to such treatment, eyed her in gathering resentment. He was much [...]
April 13, 2011
Tags: audio book, comfort fiction, Harlequin Books, historical fiction, Naxos Audiobooks, Regency England, romance Posted in: Full Reviews 2 Comments
Book Review: Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
Dark Lover J.R. Ward Signet, 2005 ISBN 0451216954 Mass Market Paperback This isn’t your Twilight tween-vampire-romance. In fact, this book shouldn’t be read by anyone under the age of 21 or at least 18! And don’t let the word “romance” turn you away so fast. Take everything you know about vampires: fangs, feeding on blood, [...]
February 16, 2011
Tags: Black Dagger Brotherhood, dark fantasy, romance, Signet, vampires Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Dying for a Date by Cindy Sample
Dying for a Date Cindy Sample L&L Dreamspell, 2010 ISBN 1603182489 Trade Paperback Laurel McKay is hopeful that she will find what she is looking for through The Love Club. Divorced with two children, her life is full with family, a job as a loan underwriter, an overly critical, perfectionist mother, a colorful collection of [...]
November 8, 2010
Tags: L&L Dreamspell, mystery, romance, traditional Posted in: Guest Reviews 2 Comments
Book Review: Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is one of my favorite contemporary fantasy authors because she’s taken a lot of time with her world-building and her characters develop instead of devolving. Add to that, every few pages I am laughing at some snarky remark one of her characters makes, and you have a winning combination to keep my attention. [...]
January 6, 2010
Tags: Ace, dark fantasy, mystery, romance Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
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