Kini: First of all, how in the world is it December? 2019 has been the longest year but also it feels like it has flown by. There are a handful of books I am really excited about this month. Best Women's Erotica of the Year #5 12/10- I have had this on my TBR and I just waiting for a good moment to read it. It is edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel and has stories by Sierra Simone, Sabrina Sol and many more. Husband Material by Emily Belden 12/30- Nothing appeals to me quite like a blurb Continue Reading
Snarky Smexy Saturday
Happy Saturday! I love weekends when I can relax, unwind and disappear into one of my many fictional escapes. I'm dedicating today to all of my snarky heroines out there who have given me hours of pleasure and the sorest of sides from laughter. One of my all time fav heroines who delivers her snark and her sex with vigor- Chicagoland's, Merit! Merit was a coed, targeted and marked for death, and saved by the bite of a Master Vampire, Ethan. Oh, baby, Ethan. I love you LONG time! Hands Continue Reading
Review: Wild Hunger by Chloe Neill
Wild Hunger by Chloe Neill Heirs of Chicagoland, #1 Urban Fantasy August 14, 2018 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Parts of the world are great; parts of the world are garbage. I can’t abide optimism.” Elisa Sullivan is all grown up and ready to take her place in the world, but as the princess of Cadogan House and the only vampire child born to two powerful vampire parents, she has a lot to live up to. After spending the last few years going to school in Paris, Elisa is Continue Reading
Review: The Hunt by Chloe Neill
The Hunt by Chloe Neill Series: Devil’s Isle, #3 Urban Fantasy September 26, 2017 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “We’re family, Claire. Granted, a kind of weird, dysfunctional family, but family all the same.” The Hunt picks up a couple of months after book two, The Sight, ended. Claire is lying low to avoid being sent to Devil's Isle after openingly using her magic to help defeat the Reveillon. Firmly outed as a Sensitive, she has given her store to her best friend and Continue Reading
Review: Blade Bound by Chloe Neill
Blade Bound by Chloe Neill Series: Chicagoland Vampires, #13 Urban Fantasy April 25, 2017 Berkley Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Why do I feel like laughing?” “Because this is horrible and uncomfortable and the best dark comedy ever written.” Merit is back for her last showdown in the 13th and final installment of Chloe Neill’s best-selling urban fantasy series-Chicagoland Vampires. Neill takes us out in a style worthy of our favorite Sentinel with some laughter, Continue Reading
Review: Phantom Kiss by Chloe Neill
Phantom Kiss by Chloe Neill Series: Chicagoland Vampires, #12.5 Urban Fantasy Romance January 17, 2017 Orion Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I'm obedient when it counts.” Chloe Neill takes pity on her faithful fans and gifts us a small adventure with Merit and Ethan before the final farewell novel, Blade Bound, releases. This novella isn’t necessary to the advancement of the series and can be read as one’s leisure. Fans will remember in Midnight Marked, Ethan and Merit found Continue Reading
Review: The Sight by Chloe Neill
The Sight by Chloe Neill Series: Devil’s Isle, #2 Urban Fantasy August 16, 2016 NAL Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "My duct tape brings all the boys to the yard." The paranormal war that engulfed New Orleans seven years ago is over. But the battle for the city is just beginning . . . Claire Connolly is a Sensitive, infected with magic when the Veil that divides humanity from the world beyond fell. Magic can easily consume and destroy a Sensitive, and if Claire’s secret is Continue Reading
Review: Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill
Midnight Marked by Chloe Neill Series: Chicagoland Vampires, 12 Paranormal Romance March 1, 2016 Nal Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Did you bring a battle snack? Ethan and Merit should know by now that the past always comes back to haunt you. A powerful group wants to rule the windy city and is willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen. When a supernatural is murdered by an unknown vampire and some strange magic is located not far from his body, the Cadogan House Continue Reading
Review: The Veil by Chloe Neill
The Veil by Chloe Neill Series: Devil’s Isle, #1 Urban Fantasy August 4, 2015 NAL Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “There are monsters in both worlds...and friends of neither.” Seven years ago, the Veil that separates humanity from what lies beyond was torn apart, and New Orleans was engulfed in a supernatural war. Now, those with paranormal powers have been confined in a walled community that humans call the District. Those who live there call it Devil's Isle. Claire Donnelly Continue Reading
Review: Dark Debt by Chloe Neill
Dark Debt (Chicagoland Vampires, # 11) by Chloe Neill Urban Fantasy March 3, 2015 NAL Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: The stars are always shining even if we can’t see them. Merit and Ethan are back and their drama is as intense as ever. The past comes back to haunt Ethan when his maker, Balthazar, shows up in Chicago. As Merit and Ethan race to discover exactly what Balthazar wants, the Navarre house is experiencing its own troubles. Morgan, the master of Navarre, is shocked to Continue Reading