Post Your Reviews – April Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge 2013 *This is not the sign up page* If you’d like to sign up for this challenge, click HERE
Hi Guys! Hope you’re having a great weekend. Here’s the low down on what happened at BCC this week… REVIEWS 4.5 Star Review – Cold Days by Jim Butcher 4 Star Review – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs 4 Star Review – Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward 3.5 Star Review – G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Friday Film Review) 3.5 Star Review – Bite Me, Your Grace by Brooklyn Ann 3 Star Review – Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl 3 Star Review – Blood’s Pride by Evie Manieri 3 Star Review -…
Welcome to Sunday Love-in! This is a new feature where an author shares one of their favourite smexy-time scenes from their latest book, tells us the reason for their choice and then shares the scene with us with a delicious excerpt. Enjoy. Alice Clayton and her favourite smexy scene… Wow, how to describe this book. I suppose you can boil this book, and all my books down to one thing. I need my characters to crack each other up before they can sex each other up. And at some point I’d love…
Debut Author Spotlight is a Saturday feature at Book Chick City. We will be showcasing a debut author each week from the genres of horror, urban fantasy and paranormal romance. We will give you all the relevant book information as well as an insight into the author. THE AUTHOR Laura Howard lives in New Hampshire with her husband and four children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were routinely devoured…
BOOKISH NEWS Hi, and welcome to our new feature, in which we highlight and discuss some of the news that has been big in the bookish world this week. Record Profits for Random House Although the literary merits of the Fifty Shades of Grey series are often debated, the popularity of the books cannot really be argued with. Random House sold over seventy million copies of books in the series in 2012, which was an undeniable boost to their sales for the year. The Chief Executive of the company made sure to…
FEED YOUR FICTION ADDICTION New Releases in Urban Fantasy & Romance The following list of new releases are from UK and US publishers, however they are based on UK publication dates only. Some of the books listed have already been published in the US, and being a Brit chick, I always want to know when books will be available for me in the UK, which is why I compiled this list. Hope you find it useful. All summaries from Goodreads or Amazon URBAN FANTASY OATH BOUND (Unbound #3) Rachel Vincent…
G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (2013) DIRECTOR: John M. Chu STARRING: Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Stevenson GENRE: Action CERT: 12A *WARNING: Contains spoilers * To be honest having watched the first movie, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, it surprised me that a sequel had been commissioned. Even now, I still can’t remember anything about that movie, except that it had Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller in it. So my excitement was less than stellar. However, after seeing a trailer in the cinema and the news that…
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…
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine #1) by Ransom Riggs Quirk Books (2011) | Paperback, 348 pages | YA Fantasy Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is a young adult supernatural horror story that cleverly incorporates the use of vintage photographs into its pages. The story begins with sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman and the stories his grandpa used to tell him as a child. These stories are fantastic fairytales about the orphanage he grew up in during the Second World War, featuring children with strange abilities, such as…
Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles #1) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl Penguin Books (Feb 2010) | Kindle, 577 pages Paranormal YA BECS: With the movie being released shortly and a lot of hype surrounding Beautiful Creatures, for me this book was a must-read, as I have to finish the book before I can possibly watch the movie. A paranormal romance between a mortal and a witch set in America’s deep south, where voodoo reigns was enough to capture my interest. The writing grabbed my attention quickly and the build up…
UNVEILED (Alex Crocker Seer #2) | RELEASE DATE: May 2013 PUBLISHER: Malachite Quills | GENRE: Urban Fantasy | ARTIST: Unknown With strength comes vulnerabilities. With love comes loss. With power comes pain. The world Alex now belongs to hinges on such balance. Her every step seems to be lurching her precariously closer to one wrong side or another. Alex had known her life as a Seer wouldn’t be easy. She knew her gift would be difficult to control and constantly sensing others’ emotions would be overwhelming. She even knew she’d be hunted for…
Blood’s Pride (Shattered Kingdoms #1) by Evie Manieri Jo Fletcher Books (August 2012) Hardback, 528 pages Fantasy Rising from their sea-torn ships like vengeful, pale phantoms, the Norlanders laid waste to the Shadar under cover of darkness. They forced the once-peaceful fisher folk into slavery and forged an alliance with their former trading partners, the desert-dwelling Nomas tribe, cutting off any hope of salvation. Now, two decades after the invasion, a rebellion gathers strength in the dark corridors of the city. A small faction of Shadari have hired the Mongrel, an…
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 event posts so far. With our love of the yummy BDB boys, Gemma and I got into a…
Fangtabulous (Vamped #4) by Lucienne Diver Flux Books (US, Jan 2013) Ebook, 288 pages Paranormal, Young Adult Can a fanged fashionista take out a deadly Salem spirit? Being on the run from the Feds and the vampire council with no money is not as glamorous as it sounds, especially when I, Gina Covello, fashion queen of the undead, am forced to abandon my wardrobe. Salem, Massachusetts, seems like a great place to hide our supernatural gang. But who knew the city would be crawling with ghosts? The nasty spirit of George Corwin, infamous sheriff…
