6. My week – Yes, you read that right. Only a top six this week but I have a good excuse for being offline for a few days. My new niece, Katherine Elizabeth was born yesterday. She is the first baby for my brother and his wife. Oh, Auntie Smexy is excited. A girl in the family – finally. Is it too early to give her some romance books and a Killers album? Maybe. I did have a Brandon Flowers shirt on the first time she saw me. It’s a good start. Baby and SIL are doing well. 5. Jeanine Continue Reading
Review: Storm’s Heart by Thea Harrison
Storm’s Heart by Thea Harrison (Elder Races #2) Paranormal Romance August 2, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi *Spoilers for book one, Dragon Bound* By the end of Dragon Bound, Dragos had killed the crooked Dark Fae King, Urien, setting up Tricks, whose real name is Niniane to be the new Queen. Niniane’s father (the previous king before Urien) and family were slaughtered by Urien, but she escaped and for the past 200 years has taken refuge with the Wyr demesne. During this Continue Reading
Guest Author Jennifer Estep and Giveaway
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