HOUSE RULES (Chicagoland Vampires #7) RELEASE DATE: Feb 2013 PUBLISHER: NAL GENRE: Urban Fantasy ARTIST: Unknown At the tender age of 27, Merit became a sword-wielding vampire. Since then, she’s become the protector of her House, watched Chicago nearly burn to the ground, and seen her Master fall and rise. Now she’ll see her mettle—and her metal – tested like never before. It started with two,,, Two rogues vanishing without a trace. Someone is targeting Chicago’s vampires, and anyone could be next. With their house in peril, Merit and her Master,…

Title: Hexbound (Dark Elite #2)   Author: Chloe Neill Publisher: Gollancz (UK) | Signet (US) Publication Date: Jan 2011 (UK) | Dec 2010 (US) Paperbook: 224 Pages Genre: Paranormal Young Adult Source: Review Copy Guest Review by Jo RATING: 4/10 – Bad, but not without some merit GOODREADS SUMMARY: They say absolute power corrupts absolutely. Turns out, even a little magic can turn you to the dark side. That’s why Lily has to learn how to control her newly discovered paranormal abilities, on top of avoiding the snobs who think…

Title: Firespell (Dark Elite #1) Author: Chloe Neill Publisher: Gollancz (UK) | Signet (US) Publication Date: July 2010 (UK) | Jan 2010 (US) Paperbook: 246 Pages Genre: Paranormal Young Adult Source: Review Copy Guest Review by Jo RATING: 6/10 – Good, would probably recommend GOODREADS SUMMARY: As the new girl at the elite St. Sophia’s boarding school, Lily Parker thinks her classmates are the most monstrous things she’ll have to face… When Lily’s guardians decided to send her away to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, she was shocked. So…

Title: Friday Night Bites (Chicagoland Vampires #2) Author: Chloe Neill Publisher: Gollancz (UK) | New American Library (US) Publication Date: April 2010 (UK) | Oct 2009 (US) Paperback: 357 pages Genre: Urban Fantasy Source: Own Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 5/10 – meh SUMMARY: Ten months after vampires revealed their existence to the mortals of Chicago, they’re enjoying a celebrity status usually reserved for the Hollywood elite. But if people learn about the Raves-mass feeding parties where vampires round up humans like cattle—the citizens will start sharpening their stakes. So…

Banner designed by Twoscoopz Where Stories Are Made is a new feature here at Book Chick City. It’s where the author takes us on a tour of their writing place, be it an office, coffee shop or park and tells us about their writing day and rituals. My guest today is Chloe Neill, author of the ‘Chicagoland Vampires’ series… •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I suppose it’s a little bit of a misnomer to name this post “Where Stories Are Made.” That suggests there’s a single location, a place, in which I do all…

Today I have the pleasure in welcoming back Chloe Neill. Chloe last visited Book Chick City in October as part of my All Hallow’s Eve event, where she wrote the post: You’ve Got An Idea…Now What?. Chloe is the author of the Chicagoland Vamipres series, including Some Girls Bite, which I reviewed in October, Friday Night Bites and Twice Bitten, which is to be released July 2010. Chloe has also written a Young Adult novel, Firespell, which is set for release this coming January.  ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• WRITING WITH STYLE:  SETTING THE STYLE OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT…

Title: Some Girls Bite Author: Chloe Neill Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: New American Library Publication Date: 6 August 2009 Paperback: 341 pages Rating: 8/10 Summary (book cover) Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn’t exactly glamorous, but it was mine. I was doing fine until Chicago’s vampires announced their existence to the world – and then a rogue vampire attacked me. But he got only a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker… and this one decided the best way to save my life was to make…

YOU’VE GOT AN IDEA…NOW WHAT? Let me paint a picture: You’re sitting at a cafe having a little lunch, maybe doing a little work, and sipping on a glass of iced tea. You look up and out the window, and you see a man passing by. Hat on his head, hand on the hat to hold it down against the wind, silver, hardshell briefcase in his hand.  And then your eyebrows lift.  You get an idea about the man with the hat, the man with the briefcase, the man in the wind. …