Welcome to the Meet the Boys of the Black Dagger Brotherhood event here at Book Chick City. You will find reviews to each of the 11 books in the series throughout the month of March, an interview with J. R. Ward and a fantastic giveaway. So make sure you check back often, as this is an event not to be missed! You can also click the image above to see all the posts in the event so far. Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood #5) Piatkus Books (Sept 2007)…
Bittersweet Blood by Nina Croft (The Order #1) Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 300 pages Paranormal Romance Having read and loved Croft’s previous books, Break-Out and Deadly Pursuit in the Blood Hunters series, I was really excited when Carolyn asked me to read and review Bittersweet Blood. True, it is more Urban Fantasy than Sci-Fi Romance compared to the other series, but this book still showcases a great knack for world building and engaging characters. I zipped through this book at great speed, dying to find out where the story will…
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke Angry Robot (Jan 2013) Paperback, 400 pages Science Fiction There’s never been anyone – or anything – quite like Finn. He looks, and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task is to tutor Cat. When the government grants rights to the ever-increasing robot population, however, Finn struggles to find his place in the world. (Goodreads) REVIEWER: Melanie The Mad Scientist’s Daughter…
PANTOMIME (Micah Grey #1) by Laura Lam PUBLISHER: Strange Chemistry RELEASE DATE: 7th February 2013 FORMAT: EBook, 416 pages GENRE: Fantasy, Young Adult R. H. Ragona’s Circus of Magic is the greatest circus of Ellada. Nestled among the glowing blue Penglass—remnants of a mysterious civilisation long gone—are wonders beyond the wildest imagination. It’s a place where anything seems possible, where if you close your eyes you can believe that the magic and knowledge of the vanished Chimaera is still there. It’s a place where anyone can hide. Iphigenia Laurus, or…
WOOL (Wool Trilogy #1) by Hugh Howey PUBLISHER: Century RELEASE DATE: 17 January 2013 FORMAT: Hardback, 390 pages GENRE: Dystopian, Science Fiction In a ruined and hostile landscape, in a future few have been unlucky enough to survive, a community exists in a giant underground silo. Inside, men and women live an enclosed life full of rules and regulations, of secrets and lies. To live, you must follow the rules. But some don’t. These are the dangerous ones; these are the people who dare to hope and dream, and who infect others with their optimism. Their…
Whispers Underground (Rivers of London #3) by Ben Aaronovitch | Gollancz (Oct 2012) Paperback, 303 pages | Urban Fantasy Warning: contains spoilers for books 1 and 2 For those of you who have read my review of Moon Over Soho will already know that I think Ben Aaronovitch is a pretty funny writer and once he gets me laughing I barely stop. In the case of Whispers Underground I had to wait until sentence three on page one this time before the snickering, guffawing, and snorting got started. I didn’t hold that…
PRESUMED DEAD (A Dylan Scott Mystery #1) by Shirley Wells PUBLISHER: Carina Press RELEASE DATE: 26th July 2010 FORMAT: Paperback, 364 pages GENRE: Mystery Dylan Scott has problems. Dismissed in disgrace from the police force for assaulting a suspect, he has no job, his wife has thrown him out and-worse luck-his mother has moved in. So when Holly Champion begs him to investigate the disappearance of her mother thirteen years ago, he can’t say no, even though it means taking up residence in the dreary Lancashire town of Dawson’s Clough…
SPLINTERED by A.G. Howard PUBLISHER: Amulet Books RELEASE DATE: 1st January 2013 FORMAT: Ebook, 384 pages GENRE: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she…
Timeless by Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate #5) Orbit Books (March 2012) Paperback, 328 pages Steampunk Romance Warning: contains spoilers for previous books Timeless by Gail Carriger picks up two years after the events of Heartless, with Alexia and Conall living in relative peace after the birth of their daughter, Prudence. They still inhabit Lord Akeldama’s closet, managing werewolf pack business from London whilst living with a whole host of well-dressed vampires. Needless to say no-one is allowed to leave the house without a suitable modicum of dress, resulting in a very…
The Prince (The Original Sinners #3) by Tiffany Reisz | Mills & Boon (Sept 2012) Paperback, 410 pages Contemporary Erotic Romance Warning: contains spoilers for first two novels in series Having finished The Angel, I moved quickly on to The Prince, desperate to find out where the numerous loose plotlines would go. However, while I expected this to concentrate on the blossoming romance between Nora and Wes, I was pleasantly surprised that in fact the majority of the book was about the complex and extremely dark relationship between Soren and Kingsley, the…
The Wrong Goodbye (The Collector #2) by Chris F. Holm Angry Robot Books (Sept 2012) | Paperback, 400 pages Urban Fantasy Sam thinks it’s just another job – hunt the guy down, rip their soul out, leave it for collection. If only it was that easy. Sam finally tracks down his latest job to discover that someone has done his work for him and the soul he was due to collect is missing. Already in hell’s bad books for killing two demons and starting an apocalypse between the angels and demons he…
GRACELING (Graceling Realm #1) by Kristin Cashore PUBLISHER: Gollancz RELEASE DATE: April 2012 FORMAT: Audiobook, 13 hours & 32 mins GENRE: Fantasy In a world where people born with an exceptional skill, known as a Grace, are both feared and exploited, Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. Feared by the court and shunned by those her own age, the darkness of her Grace casts a heavy shadow over Katsa’s life. Yet she remains defiant: when the King of Lienid’s father is kidnapped…
Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London #2) by Ben Aaronovitch Gollanz (Oct 2011) | Paperback, 375 pages Urban Fantasy Moon Over Soho starts just a few months following Rivers of London with Peter Grant driving up to visit his friend and fellow police officer Lesley, while she is recovering from a magical possession that left her with horrific facial injuries. Aaronovitch had me chuckling by page one sentence two in his description of Peter’s drive past Colchester, the first British Roman capital. He describes it the home of that ‘red-headed chavette…
Cipher by Moira Rogers (Southern Arcana #4) Samhain Publishing (Sept 2011) Ebook, 319 pages Paranormal Romance The Southern Arcana series by Moira Rogers, really is a superb series. It’s paranormal romance, that rides that dark line where it could also easily be classed as urban fantasy, and Rogers is certainly not afraid to pack a punch with the storyline. Every book so far has had a surprise, a gritty death or a brutal scene I just didn’t see coming. Cipher was no exception. Book four is Andrew and Kat’s story,…
The Asylum Interviews: Bronx/Trixie by Jocelynn Drake (The Asylum Tales #0.5/#0.6) | Harper Voyager (2012) Ebook, 100 pages | Urban Fantasy In the run up to the release of the first novel in a new series, Angel’s Ink (The Asylum Tales #1), Jocelynn Drake realeaed two ebook prequel novella’s. What follows are my reviews of each of the books. THE AYSLUM INTERVIEWS: BRONX For a 100 page novella, Drake has created a short story that is both entertaining and complex. Not once did I feel as if this was a “deleted” scene from her forthcoming full length…
