A Patch of Darkness (Sierra Fox #1) by Yolanda Sfetsos | Ebook, 375 pages Samhain Publishing (May 2012) Urban Fantasy A Patch of Darkness by Yolanda Sfetsos was one of those books that I felt sure I would love. The synopsis promised an interesting story with the type of kick-ass, damaged heroine that we’ve all come to know and love from Urban Fantasy novels. Sierra Fox makes a living finding ghosts and sending them up in front of the Council that has done so wrong by her in the past. Nothing and…
From Russia with Blood by Michael Lee (Ian Redd and Larissa Barton Adventures #1) Self-Published (Oct 2011) Ebook, 278 pages Urban Fantasy Ian Redd is a 400 year old vampire whose last century or so has been somewhat of a diversion from your typical vampire story. He’s a genuinely decent bloke – he doesn’t kill to feed and all that jazz – whose boredom leads him to pursue a career in British Intelligence during the Cold War. That’s all in the past now though, as the reader finds out in…
The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole (Immortals After Dark #0.5) Simon & Schuster (Aug 2011) Audiobook, 3hrs & 58 mins Paranormal Romance I’ve been thinking about starting Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series for a while and after a couple of prompts from some book blogging friends, decided to buy one as an audiobook. I actually wasn’t quite sure what was the first book in the series and have since found out that The Warlord Wants Forever is not the first book, but a later written prequel novella. The…
The Goddess by Robyn Grady (Idol #1) Entangled Publishing (May 2013) Kindle Edition, 205 pages Contemporary Romance The Goddess is the first part in the Idol series, a new trilogy by romance writer Robyn Grady. This is the first time I have read any of her books and so I had no expectations, other than this was a contemporary romance and that the cover was quite pretty. The book is about an American girl called Helene Masters, who is on a working holiday on an Island in an Aegean Kingdom,…
King of the Dead by Joseph Nassise (Jeremiah Hunt #2) Tor (Nov 2012) Hardback, 352 pages Urban Fantasy King of the Dead by Joseph Nassise picks up where Eyes to See left off, with Jeremiah, Dmitri and Denise on the run from the FBI and wanted for serial murder. Wrongly accused of being serial killer The Reaper from book one, Jeremiah and his friends flee across America in a desperate attempt to outrun the FBI taskforce that has proclaimed Hunt as their number one most wanted. Lying low in motel rooms…
Iron Guns, Blazing Hearts by Heather Massey Lyrical Press (Feb 2013) | Ebook, 156 pages Steampunk Romance Iron Guns, Blazing Hearts is the story of Violet Whitcomb, daughter and assistant to her father, Professor Whitcomb, a brilliant scientist and expert in the field of automata. The story opens with Violet and her father on a train journey to San Francisco in order to present his latest and greatest invention. It is on this journey that Violet meets the enigmatic Logan and her world changes forever. Violet is for the most part a very…
Torch in the Forest by Marcie Kremer Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 139 pages | Historical Romance Eleanor of Strathcombe is an 18 year old widow and she wasn’t lucky when it came to her marriage with her bigot of a husband, Edgar. She continues to be unlucky in love as William of Litchfield attempts to take her hand in marriage, which would be her worst nightmare come true. Her situation then takes another dramatic descent as poachers have been taking game off of her land and the estate adjacent and…
‘You Need to Read This!’ is a new feature at BCC. We recommend a book or genre that we love to one of our fellow reviewers. It’s a bit scary as they can hate a book you love or love a book you hate. Let the fun begin! Phantom Waltz (Kendrick/Coulter #2) by Catherine Anderson | Signet (2007) Kindle, 418 pages | Contemporary Romance LAURA: Why I Chose Phantom Waltz Catherine Anderson is one of my favourite romance authors, but I don’t think any of the other reviewers on the site have picked up…
Voodoo on the Bayou by Elle James (Cajun Magic #1) Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 217 pages Paranormal Romance Voodoo on the Bayou by Elle James is a playful paranormal romance novel set in Bayou Miste, Louisiana. It opens with a confusing scene where Craig Thibodeaux is cursed by a voodoo witch for having insulted her granddaughter. His curse to be a frog in daylight hours until he can persuade a woman to fall in love with him before the next full moon. Enter Elaine Smith, the protagonist of this novel…
The Rebels of New Sun (Blending Time #3) by Michael Kinch Flux Books (Jan 2013) | Ebook, 277 pages | Dystopian YA The Rebels of New Sun is book 3 in The Blending Time Series and it’s the first book of this series that I have read. There are loads of characters and as such there is a helpful guide at the beginning explaining who they are and how they are integral to the story. For me there were too many characters to follow and it took me a while to get to…
The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group by Catherine Jinks Quercus (Feb 2011) | Paperback, 397 pages Paranormal YA The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group by Catherine Jinks is a novel that aims to put a fresh twist on werewolf fantasy, taking place in Australia. Our story begins with Toby Vandevelde, a teenager who wakes up in hospital with no memory of what happened to him the night before. It seems that he was found naked in the dingo pen of the local wildlife park, which soon becomes a local news story. His mother is worried…
Pack of Lies (Red Ridge Pack #1) by Sara Dailey and Staci Weber Borough Publishing Group (April 2012) Ebook, 233 pages | Paranormal YA The book begins with Allison, the main character, involved in what we are repeatedly told is the third fight of the school semester. From there, both the action and the book progress quickly: Allison and her brother are given the big revelation that they are werewolves, and they move back to the town their mother fled from when she was younger. They are introduced to the…
Redemption by Susannah Sandlin (The Penton Legacy #1) Montlake Romance (June 2012) Paperback, 357 page Paranormal Romance Sandlin sets the stage of her vampire series in a world where the vampire race is being driven to starvation after a rather innocuous vaccination turns human blood poisonous to them. Only a few individuals remain that are free from the vaccine and therefore, their only source of food. The vampire Aidan Murphy has made himself unpopular by creating a utopian community of vampires and their bonded human companions. Everything had been going quite…
BROKEN By A. E. Rought PUBLISHER: Strange Chemistry RELEASE DATE: 8th January 2013 FORMAT: Ebook, 416 pages GENRE: Paranormal, Young Adult Imagine a modern spin on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein where a young couple’s undying love and the grief of a father pushed beyond sanity could spell the destruction of them all. A string of suspicious deaths near a small Michigan town ends with a fall that claims the life of Emma Gentry’s boyfriend, Daniel. Emma is broken, a hollow shell mechanically moving through her days. She and Daniel had been…
THE ASSASSIN AND THE UNDERWORLD & THE ASSASSIN AND THE EMPIRE (Throne of Glass #0.3 & #0.4) By Sarah J. Maas PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury RELEASE DATE: 2012 FORMAT: Kindle, 101/96 pages GENRE: Fantasy, Young Adult REVIEWER: Becs THE ASSASSIN AND THE UNDERWORLD: When the King of the Assassins gives Celaena Sardothien a special assignment that will help fight slavery in the kingdom, she jumps at the chance to strike a blow against an evil practice. The misson is a dark and deadly affair which takes Celaena from the rooftops of the city to the bottom…
