Touch Of Frost (Mythos Academy #1) by Jennifer Estep Paranormal YA July 26, 2011 Paperback Kensington Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...this gypsy girl happens to have a grandma who can curse you so bad that your dick will fall off, so watch your step...” First off let me say I LOVE Jennifer Estep’s adult Elemental series. So when I heard she was writing a YA series I begged, pleaded, schemed, and had some “not so proud moments” in order to secure an ARC Of A Touch Of Frost. Continue Reading
Reviews: Nightshade and Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer (Nightshade #1) YA Paranormal Romance June 14, 2011 (Paperback Edition) Penguin Reviewed by Tori Calla Tor is a 17 year old pack alpha Guardian who is commanded to marry another pack alpha, Ren, when she turns 18. When Calla comes across a human hiking in the woods, she saves his life; breaking pack rules. Calla is shocked when the human, Shay, appears at her school. She is even more shocked when he is almost kidnapped and she is now acting as a Continue Reading
REVIEW: ANOTHER KIND OF DEAD BY KELLY MEDING
Another Kind Of Dead (Dreg City #3) By Kelly Meding Urban Fantasy August 2, 2011 Paperback Random House Publishing Reviewed by Tori Been there. Done that. Evy Stone is a former Dreg Bounty Hunter who died and came back to life with some extraordinary powers. Now all but five people in the world think she is dead again, this time for good—immolated in a factory fire set specifically for her. Evy and Wyatt, her partner/lover/friend, can no longer trust their former allies, or even the Continue Reading
Review: Illusions by Aprilynne Pike
Illusions (Wings #3) by Aprilynne Pike Paranormal YA May 3, 2011 Hardcover HarperCollins Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I closed my eyes....and imagined she was you.” In Illusions, Laurel is back in high school, being a normal teen, with her human boyfriend David. She made a choice between David and Tamani and has every intention of sticking to it. That is until Tamani shows up at her school as a foreign exchange student. He is a sentry and he has sworn to protect Laurel for Continue Reading
Review: The Secret Guide to Dating Monsters by Sierra Dean
The Secret Guide To Dating Monsters (Secret McQueen 0.5) by Sierra Dean Paranormal Romance E-Book July 19, 2011 Samhain Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Girls who think boobs are their most distracting assets haven’t been watched by a vampire.” Secret’s best friend, Mercedes, has the perfect man for her. Secret’s life doesn’t lend itself to many possible romantic interests so she decides to accept the latest blind date offering. When Secret meets her blind date, the Continue Reading
Review: Deeper Than Midnight by Lara Adrian
Deeper Than Midnight (Midnight Breed #9) by Lara Adrian Paranormal Romance June 28, 2011 Paperback Dell Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You are the finest thing I’ve ever touched.” At the end of Taken By Midnight, Corinne and the other female captives were rescued by the Order from one of Dragos’s holding sites. Deeper Than Midnight starts out with Corinne wanting to go home and see her family after being missing for 70 plus years. Brock, her former bodyguard and member of Continue Reading
Review: Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz
Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz Paranormal Romance YA June 28, 2011 Paperback Harlequin Teen Favorite Quote: “Do I look like a freaking fairy-tale princess to you?” Reviewed by Tori Sixteen year old Emma Conner hasn’t had an easy life. Her mother and twin brother dies, leaving her alone with her abusive stepfather. When he almost kills her in a car accident, Emma goes to stay with her aunt in New York. Soon Emma is enrolled in a prestigious private school and the center of Continue Reading
Review: Burn the Night by Jocelynn Drake
Burn the Night by Jocelynn Drake (Dark Days #6) Urban Fantasy June 28, 2011 Paperback HarperCollins Reviewed by Tori Burn The Night is the sixth and final book in Ms. Drake’s emotionally charged dark urban fantasy series that bled my soul and bruised my heart throughout. From my first meeting with Savannah vampire master Mira in book one-Nightwalker-I fell in love with this kick ass heroine whose long life has been filled with betrayal, deception, violence, and lies. She has been Continue Reading
Tori’s Rant: Carbon Copy Angels
Lately I’ve noticed you can’t swing a bag in a bookstore without taking out a shelf of angel stories. YA, Adult, manga, coloring books, faux tattoos...the new crack is angels. Good, bad, bad but will become good, good but will become bad. They are all there. I recently read four angel stories and realized what it is about them that annoys me. Religion. I find the addition of Christianity (or any religion) as the main plot line to be, well, a mood killer. Bear with me. I have nothing Continue Reading
Review: Snow’s Heat by Nicole Hicks
Snow’s Heat by Nicole Hicks June 22, 2011 Paranormal Romance E-Book Summerhouse Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Down girl, he’s at least ten years younger than you. Even in the backwoods they have standards.” Sabrina (Bree) has come to her friend’s secluded cabin to escape the pain and hurt caused by her cheating ex husband. When she decides that in order to move on she must burn away her pain, she builds a huge bonfire and ceremoniously burns her ex-husbands things. Travis, Continue Reading