Wicked As She Wants by Delilah S Dawson (Blud #2) Pocket Books (April 2013) Ebook, 384 Pages Steampunk Romance Warning: contains minor spoilers The expectations for Wicked As She Wants were extremely high for me, since I adored Wicked As They Come, The Mysterious Madam Morpho and The Peculiar Pets of Miss Pleasance. Dawson had set the bar very high for this book and the fact that it had the vagabond Casper Sterling, AKA The Maestro, had me giddy with anticipation. However, this book just didn’t reach those giddy heights of the…
In This Life by Terri Herman-Poncé (Past Life #1) Crimson Romance (Oct 2012) Ebook, 226 pages Paranormal Romantic Suspense In This Life follows the story of Lottie Morgan. She is suffering from episodes where she completely blacks out and sees visions of memories with a lover she has never had. The fever that she blames these happenings on promptly goes after a week and the hallucinations are still present and unfortunately, are becoming increasingly more real. Lottie is determined to find out why they are happening, even at the cost of…
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons (Article 5 #1) Tor Teen (Jan 2012) Hardback, 364 pages Dystopian YA There may be a multitude of dystopian fiction out there at the moment, but Kristen Simmons’ Article 5 is a game changer, and provokes a whole host of thoughts about what could happen in the world in the wake of a war and a change of government. We begin with an introduction to seventeen-year-old Ember Miller and her mother, a family struggling to cope in the aftermath of ‘the war’, although we are…
Dark Magic by James Swain (Peter Warlock #1) Tor Books (May 2012) Hardback, 352 pages Urban Fantasy I sometimes select books based on their titles without knowing any further details, I did this with Dark Magic thinking it would have something to do with witches. What I found was a sinister, supernatural thriller based in New York City, written from the third person point of view, following a group of psychics who use their gifts to try and help others. Peter Warlock is the lead psychic and holds a regular…
Full Blooded by Amanda Carlson (Jessica McClain #1) Orbit (Sept 2012) Paperback, 322 pages Urban Fantasy Full Blooded is Carlson’s debut urban fantasy, and I really enjoyed it. Jessica McClain is the only female born into a pack of werewolves, and with the help of the Cain Myth, which declares she is evil, Jessica is feared among her kind, even those of her Pack. But Jessica has never been full blooded, until now. One night she wakes up in agony and goes through the change unexpectedly, kicking off a chain of…
Blaze of Glory by Sheryl Nantus (Blaze of Glory #1) Samhain Publishing (Apr 2010) Ebook, 264 pages Urban Fantasy Imagine suffering some traumatic brain injury and while recovering you discover you have super powers. However, before you can think straight, you are whisked away by The Agency and made into a superhero (or villain). This is what happened to Jo Tanis, aka Surf. The Supers have fan clubs, photo shoots and live the good life. Or do they? They have a constant companion called a Guardian who has the ability to detonate a bomb…
The Search by Nora Roberts Piatkus (July 2010) Paperback, 490 pages Romantic Suspense Having never read anything by Nora Roberts, The Search took me by surprise as I was expecting a contemporary romance and hadn’t anticipated the gritty extent of the crime plot. It begins with an introduction to Fiona Bristow, our heroine, who is out on a search and rescue mission with one of her Labradors. She has three of the dogs, all of which are trained for S&R, and she is devoted to training her dogs and running…
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #7) Hachette/Orbit Books (March 2013) Ebook, 368 pages Urban Fantasy Frost Burned is book number 7 in the Mercy Thompson series and this is one series that delightfully has not lost its spark over time. Over the last two books Briggs’ seems to have cleverly changed the setting or scenario so that the writing remains fresh and interesting. I should also add that it was most definitely better than River Marked, the last instalment. The storyline centres around the kidnapping of the whole…
Fangirl by Angel Lawson Self-Published (July 2012) Ebook, 303 pages Contemporary Romance This was a freebie on Amazon Kindle and I *thought* it would be some zombie book and therefore would have fitted into the zombie event we had back in November. I was wrong, but rather than be completely disappointed, this book was an enjoyable little romance. There are a lot of “What if’s” in the book and the author manages to write in such away that you are experiencing the events that the main character, Ruby, is going through….
Flesh by Kylie Scott (Flesh #1) Momentum (Oct 2012) Ebook, 284 pages Erotic Zombie-Apocalyptic Romance Flesh is an erotic romance set in a zombie-apocalyptic world. Ali is a woman in her 30s who has been hiding in an attic since the zombies started walking the Earth. After two months she decides to head out only to come face to face with Dan. Frightened senseless Ali reacts and holds a shot gun to his face. She’s scared, thinking that he wants nothing from her but to rape her. Dan on the…
Lightning Rider by Jen Greyson TWCS Publishing (May 2013) Ebook, 314 pages Paranormal Romance When we first meet Evy, she is riding her motorcycle through a storm trying to stop her good for nothing ex-boyfriend from robbing her blind. During her race through the storm, we learn that lightening has always caused her physical discomfort if not pain. This time not only is there pain but hallucinations, lightning dancing off her skin and an amazing rope of lightning she can swing like a bullwhip. Maybe the day isn’t so bad after…
Playing the Maestro by Aubrie Dionne Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 190 Pages Contemporary Romance Melody Mires has banned herself from dating musicians, especially since her latest nightmare, Blake, the individual that runs the orchestra that suffers from a VERY huge ego. She vows to find a man outside of the music industry. However, a little hurdle comes in the form of the failing orchestra’s new conductor: Wolfgang Braun. Wolf is young, fresh German conductor that has been roped in to help the struggling orchestra where Melanie is the main flutist….
Angel’s Ink by Jocelynn Drake (The Asylum Tales #1) Harper Voyager (Oct 2012) Paperback, 338 Pages Urban Fantasy Having really enjoyed the two short prequel novella’s; The Asylum Interviews: Bronx and The Asylum Interviews: Trixie, I couldn’t wait to delve into the first full length novel in this series, Angel’s Ink. Thankfully, my enthusiasm was rewarded as Drake has pulled out a novel with a hero that could easily rival both Jim Butcher’s, Harry Dresden, and Kevin Hearne’s, Atticus. This really was a book that took you on a really wild ride….
A Stitch In Time by Amanda James Choc Lit (April 2013) Paperback, 301 pages Time-Travel Romance It took me about 3 or 4 chapters to get into A Stitch In Time. I wasn’t even sure at first if I was going to like it. But, as soon as the story got going and got used to the author’s writing style, I was whisked away and the story became a complete page-turner. A Stitch In Time is a contemporary, time travel romance and I found the time travel concept refreshingly unique….
Keeping Secrets in Seattle by Brooke Moss Entangled Publishing (Feb 2013) Ebook, 204 pages Contemporary Romance Every so often a book comes along that completely grabs you and won’t let go until you’ve devoured every last page. For me, one such book was Keeping Secrets in Seattle by Brooke Moss. The book has a fairly simple premise which we’ve all seen several times before: out of two best friends who have known each other years, one has romantic feelings for the other. In this case, the friends are Violet Murphy…
