The Dark Highlander (Highlander #5) by Karen Marie Moning | Dell (Oct 2002) Ebook: 382 Pages | Paranormal Romance We met Daegus in the previous book in the series Kiss of the Highlander as Drustan’s identical twin. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t read any of the other books in the series. But, I would recommend that you read Kiss of the Highlander first, as it makes for richer reading. At the end of the last book we were left with a cliffhanger. Drustan had discovered the terrible news that Daegus had…
Title: The Scarlet Kimono Author: Christina Courtenay Publisher: Choc Lit Publication Date: March 2011 Paperback: 332 Pages Genre: Historical Romance Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Laura RATING: 8/10 – Brilliant, couldn’t put it down GOODREADS: Abducted by a warlord in 17th-century Japan – what happens when fear turns to love? England, 1611, an English girl envies her brother’s adventurous life. But when she stows away on a merchant ship, her powers of endurance are stretched to their limit. They reach Japan, all her suffering seems worthwhile – until she…
It Happened One Bite (Gentleman Vampires #1) by Lydia Dare | Paperback, 385 Pages Sourcebooks Casablanca (March 2011) Paranormal Romance I absolutely love anything Regency, and when I read the summary for It Happened One Bite I was very much looking forward to getting stuck into this Regency vampire tale. The story opens with our heroine, Blaire’s Mum casting a spell on the hero, James. A vision has forewarned that he will be a danger to her daughter and so like any good Mum she and her coven puts James into a…
Title: The Rebel Prince (Moorehawke Trilogy #3) Author: Celine Kiernan Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: Oct 2010 Paperback: 435 Pages Genre: Fantasy Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Laura RATING: 8/10 – Brilliant, couldn’t put it down BACK COVER: Wynter Moorehawke has braved bandits and Loup-Garous to find her way to Alberon-the exiled, rebel prince. But now that she’s there, she will learn firsthand that politics is a deadly mistress. With the king and his heir on the edge of war and alliances made with deadly enemies, the Kingdom is torn…
Title: Rot & Ruin (Benny Imura #1) Author: Jonathan Maberry Publisher: Simon & Schuster (UK & US) Publication Date: March 2011 (UK) | Oct 2010 (US) Paperback: 458 pages Genre: Horror, Zombies Young Adult Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 8/10 GOODREADS SUMMARY: In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn’t want to apprentice as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has…
Title: The Iron King (Iron Fey #1) Author: Julie Kagawa Publisher: Mira Ink (UK) | Harlequin Teen (US) Publication Date: Feb 2010 Paperback: 363 Pages Genre: Fantasy Young Adult Source: Review Copy Guest Review by Jo RATING: 8/10 – Very good, would definitely recommend GOODREADS SUMMARY: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined… Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan’s life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school…or at home. When a…
Title: Raising Demons (UK) | Demonglass (US) (Hex Hall #2) Author: Rachel Hawkins Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Books (UK) | Hyperion Books CH (US) Publication Date: April 2011 (UK) | March 2011 (US) Paperback: 359 Pages Young Adult Genre: Paranormal Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Laura RATING: 8/10 – Brilliant, couldn’t put it down GOODREADS: Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch. That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before…
Title: Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod #1) Author: Heather Brewer Publisher: Puffin (UK) | Dutton Children’s Books (US) Publication Date: May 2010 (UK) | Aug 2007 (US) Paperback: 192 Pages Genre: Paranormal Young Adult Source: Review Copy Guest Review by Jo RATING: 8/10 – Very good, would definitely recommend GOODREADS SUMMARY: Junior high really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: his mother was human, but…
Title: Firelight Author: Sophie Jordan Publisher: OUP Oxford (UK) Harperteen (US) Publication Date: March 2011 (UK) September 2010 (US) Paperback: 336 Pages Genre: Paranormal Young Adult Source: Review Copy Guest Review by Jo RATING: 8/10 – Brilliant, couldn’t put it down GOODREADS SUMMARY: REVIEW: Marked as special at an early age, Jacinda knows her every move is watched. But she longs for freedom to make her own choices. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she nearly pays with her life. Until…
Title: Bright Young Things Author: Anna Godbersen Publisher: Puffin (UK) | Harper Collins (US) Publication Date: Jan 2011 (UK) | Oct 2010 (US) Ebook: 389 Pages Genre: Historical Young Adult Source: Own Copy Guest Review by Jo RATING: 8/10 – Very good, would definitely recommend GOODREADS SUMMARY: The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: flappers and socialites seeking thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties. Letty Larkspur and Cordelia Grey escaped their small Midwestern town for New York’s glittering…
Kiss Of The Highlander (Highlander #4) by Karen Marie Moning | Dell Books (May 2008) Ebook, 416 pages | Paranormal Romance I don’t know why, but I have a bit of a weakness for time travel romances, and Karen Moning has written more than a couple of good ones to satisfy my habit. This book and the sequel with Drustan’s brother Daegus are two of my favourites from her Highlander series. For fans of Moning’s Fever novels, this is the first book about the MacKeltars. Gwen Cassidy has led a bit of a boring…
Forsaken By Shadow (Mirus #1) by Kait Nolan Perfect Voices (Sept 2010) | Audiobook: 3h 44 m Narrators: Tamara McDaniel & Jeffrey Kafer Paranormal Romance I’d seen this book recommended on Goodreads and really liked the sound of it, so decided to give it a go. This is more of a novella than a book at 165 pages or just over three hours for the audio version. It opens up with Gage waking up wounded with a handful of cash in a motel room, with absolutely no memory of who…
Title: Stitch Me Deadly (Embroidery Mystery #2) Author: Amanda Lee Publisher: Signet Books Publication Date: February 2011 ARC: 336 pages Genre: Mystery Source: Review Copy Guest Review by Jo RATING: 8/10 – brilliant, couldn’t put it down GOODREADS SUMMARY: Maggie Singer owns The Seven Year Stitch, an embroidery specialty shop in the small town of Tallulah Falls, Oregon. Trouble strikes when an elderly woman brings an antique piece of embroidery into the shop-and promptly dies of unnatural causes. Now Marcy has to stitch together clues to catch a crafty killer….
Title: The Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry #2) Author: Simone Elkeles Publisher: Simon & Schuster (UK) | Walker Books (US) Publication Date: January 2011 (UK) | April 2010 (US) Paperback: 326 Pages Genre: Contemporary Romance Young Adult Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Laura RATING: 8/10 – Brilliant, couldn’t put it down GOODREADS SUMMARY: When Carlos Fuentes returns to America after living in Mexico for a year, he doesn’t want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid…
MARRIED WITH ZOMBIES (Living with the Dead #1) by Jesse Petersen PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster (UK) | Orbit (US) RELEASE DATE: Feb 2011 (UK) | Sept 2010 (US) FORMAT: Paperback, 241 pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy, Zombies Meet Sarah and David: Once upon a time they met and fell in love. But now they’re on the verge of divorce and going to couples’ counseling. On a routine trip to their counselor, they notice a few odd things – the lack of cars on the highway, the missing security guard, and the fact…
