Posted by bkristin on Apr 18th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: Anathema by Megg Jensen Reychel has resigned herself to her fate as a slave. She will be branded and claimed to continue her existence in darkness as she is forbidden to look at the sky. She has known nothing but this fate since she was born. Quickly her eyes are opened to a different world as she is taken along with her best friend from the world of being a slave and she is forced into a new role in life. This book grabs you right off the start. You are pulled immediately into the story. Sometimes it takes a bit to get into the characters, but you instantly felt for Reychel in her situation....
Posted by bkristin on Apr 12th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review : Rex Rising by Chrystalla Thoma Elei is running away and being tracked at every moment. Unfortunately, he has also been shot. Even more unfortunate, the two parasites that coexist in him are fighting for control. Elei must look to complete strangers to help him. Action is the best word to describe this book. From the opening chapter where the protagonist is on the run with a bullet hole in him, the action does not stop. He continues on through the whole book- almost forcefully pushing the action forward. It is a quick read as you feel like you are just keeping up with him as he continues to...
Posted by bkristin on Apr 10th, 2012 in interviews | 1 comment
Last week I reviewed The Between by LJ Cohen and as a follow up here is a short interview with her that she kindly did with me. If you want to know more about LJ or her books, visit her website at http://www.ljcohen.net/ How did you get your ideas for The Between- are you a fan of faeries in general? The initial idea for THE BETWEEN emerged from two sources: the first, was a short story I wrote for a writing workshop about a woman who had been a witness to a crime involving a Faerie in the human world, was called to a Fae trial and ended up in the Faerie witness protection program. Now the novel has...
Posted by bkristin on Apr 4th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: The Between by LJ Cohen Lydia finds out that she is a faerie – and a powerful one at that. Now both Oberon and Titania are trying to get her to join their side. While it would be easy to assume light is the good guys and shadow are the bad guys, things are always more complicated in faerie. Luckily for Lydia, although she doesn’t understand how to control her power, some things come naturally. This book had a good pace to it. The beginning quickly grabbed your attention. Lydia was being chased and a creeper (Clive- who turns out to not really be a creeper) is following her. You...
Posted by bkristin on Mar 30th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: Iron King, Iron Daughter, Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa Faeries have taken Meghan’s brother. Unbeknownst to Megan, she is part faery and her best friend Robbie is actually Robin Goodfellow, AKA Puck, a faery. With his help, Megan learns the truth- it is neither the summer nor winter courts that have taken her brother, but the new iron king. As the second book begins, Meghan is now caught in the winter court trying to convince everyone that the iron fey are the problem, though no one will believe her. Meghan finds in the winter court Ash is as cold as the rest of the winter fey and will not be...
