Greetings and salutations! First of all, I want to thank Mandi and Tori for having me on the blog again today. Thanks so much! My name is Jennifer Estep, and I write the Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series for Kensington. The books focus on Gwen Frost, a 17-year-old Gypsy girl who has the gift of psychometry, or the ability to know an object’s history just by touching it. After a serious freak-out with her magic, Gwen is shipped off to Mythos Academy, a school for the Continue Reading
Review: Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep
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: Trespass by Meg Maguire
Trespass by Meg Maguire Contemporary Romance July 26, 2011 E-Book Samhain Reviewed by Mandi After reading The Reluctant Nude earlier this year, I became very excited to try something else by Meg Maguire. Trespass didn’t quite live up to my expectations, but it still offers quite a different story, which I’ve come to expect from Meg Maguire aka Cara McKenna. Sarah is on the run. From Buffalo, New York you know she is running from something serious she was involved in, but as the Continue Reading
Review: The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville
The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville (The Burgundy Club #3) Historical Romance July 26, 2011 Paperback Avon Reviewed by Mandi “Never get into a cart with a strange man.” And so our journey begins. Due to a set of unforeseen circumstances, Celia Seaton loses her job as a governess and hitches a ride with a stranger in a cart – trying to get to an acquaintances house to sort her life out. Most of Celia’s life was spent with her father in India, but after 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 Bed and the Bachelor by Tracy Anne Warren
The Bed and the Bachelor by Tracy Anne Warren (The Byrons of Braebourne #5) Historical Romance July 26, 2011 Paperback Avon Reviewed by May As I turned the last page of this book I found myself pondering three things. First, that I have no idea why the couple featured in this book fancy themselves in love. Secondly, how am I going to settle on a grade for this book? Finally, why in the world was this titled “The Bed and the Bachelor”? Lord Drake Byron loves math and science. Continue Reading
Crux Winners!
The winners of Crux by Moira Rogers are: Shari Jung Susan Na Gayle O cindyg Debra Wright Karen C Jenny DANIELA Jody Congrats! Winners have been emailed. We will hold our Crux discussion here at Smexy Books on August 3rd. Participate in the discussion, for a chance to win a refurbished Kindle :) For more information, go here. See you there! Continue Reading
Smexy’s Top Ten–July 22nd
10. My week – It is something like 110 degrees out. I think the low for Baltimore last night barely made it out of the 90’s. Yeah, not cool Mother Nature. 9. Great news for Stacia Kane fans – she announced on her blog that there will be a fifth book in her Downside series. Book four, Sacrificial Magic is scheduled to come out March 27th. (Read chp one here). Book five will be called Chasing Magic. If you haven’t read this series I definitely recommend. Book one, Unholy Ghosts is Continue Reading