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Net Galley Review: The Gathering Darkness by Lisa Collicutt Brooke doesn’t want to be in Deadwich, but that doesn’t mean she can leave. Her parents have shipped her off, but that just might be fate playing more of a role than anything. In Deadwich she has to confront the nightmares she always had had there and soon finds she is not the only one with nightmares. The introverted twin Marcus Knight might just be the answer to her dreams in more way than one- if she can live long enough to find out. This was a complete book- there were no cliff hangers, nothing that was left untold that...
Review: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers Ismae finds her calling in the nunnery that serves the god of death- she is trained as an assassin. After two successful assignments she is then sent to spy on the future king’s half brother Duval, for they fear he may be plotting to hurt his younger sister. Ismae, who is only a peasants daughter, now is thrown into the political court of Brittany on the verge of internal collapse from suitor trying to wed the duchess and external collapse from France trying to invade. The beginning was slow, but I kept reading and was rewarded for following the tale. While...
Review : Mayfair Moon by J.A. Redmerski Adria and her sister Alex move to Maine to live with their uncle after an encounter with dueling werewolves that makes child services suspect their mother’s boyfriend for beating them. As they try to move on with their lives. Alex grows distant from the shock of it but Adria begins to befriend some strange residents in their new town. Suddenly she finds she is in the middle of a werewolf battle where humans are just casts off and she is in love with one. I like the characters or rather the wolves were all very nicely characterized. They were each distinct...
Review: Fate Succumbs by Tammy Blackwell Scout is on the run with Liam but it is time to make a stand. First though, Liam needs to teach Scout how to be a shifter. Time is running out as she prepares to meet her predetermined fate. This book finishes up the relationship between Scout and Alex to let her move onto Liam. Liam is a bit rough around the edges but I like him. He isn’t the typical YA male lead all doughy eyed or oozing sexiness. He is a normal (though very dominant) guy that is even a bit awkward but sincere toward Scout. I enjoy reading Blackwell’s style of writing. It is easy...
Review: Tiger’s Destiny by Colleen Houck The quest is coming to an end and time to do the final quest. Along the way Kelsey will have to deal with several sacrifices by herself and others. Not everyone will make it back. But in the end, will the brothers finally become men? I like a book that is sad, not for just being sad, but for just being the reality of the story. When things happen, even if it is best for Kelsey, that makes her life easier and the way it should be, it is still sad because she can’t save them both. And that is the reality of being in love with two boys at once. She...
Net Galley Review: The Gathering Darkness by Lisa Collicutt
Posted by bkristin on Jan 5th, 2013 in reviews | 0 comments
Net Galley Review: The Gathering Darkness by Lisa Collicutt Brooke doesn’t want to be in Deadwich, but that doesn’t mean she can leave. Her parents have shipped her off, but that just might be fate playing more of a role than anything. In Deadwich she has to confront the nightmares she always had had there and soon finds she is not the only one with nightmares. The introverted twin Marcus Knight might just be the answer to her dreams in more way than one- if she can live long enough to find out. This was a complete book- there were no cliff hangers, nothing that was left untold that...Review: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Posted by bkristin on Jan 4th, 2013 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers Ismae finds her calling in the nunnery that serves the god of death- she is trained as an assassin. After two successful assignments she is then sent to spy on the future king’s half brother Duval, for they fear he may be plotting to hurt his younger sister. Ismae, who is only a peasants daughter, now is thrown into the political court of Brittany on the verge of internal collapse from suitor trying to wed the duchess and external collapse from France trying to invade. The beginning was slow, but I kept reading and was rewarded for following the tale. While...Review: Mayfair Moon by J.A. Redmerski
Posted by bkristin on Jan 3rd, 2013 in reviews | 0 comments
Review : Mayfair Moon by J.A. Redmerski Adria and her sister Alex move to Maine to live with their uncle after an encounter with dueling werewolves that makes child services suspect their mother’s boyfriend for beating them. As they try to move on with their lives. Alex grows distant from the shock of it but Adria begins to befriend some strange residents in their new town. Suddenly she finds she is in the middle of a werewolf battle where humans are just casts off and she is in love with one. I like the characters or rather the wolves were all very nicely characterized. They were each distinct...Review: Fate Succumbs by Tammy Blackwell
Posted by bkristin on Dec 19th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: Fate Succumbs by Tammy Blackwell Scout is on the run with Liam but it is time to make a stand. First though, Liam needs to teach Scout how to be a shifter. Time is running out as she prepares to meet her predetermined fate. This book finishes up the relationship between Scout and Alex to let her move onto Liam. Liam is a bit rough around the edges but I like him. He isn’t the typical YA male lead all doughy eyed or oozing sexiness. He is a normal (though very dominant) guy that is even a bit awkward but sincere toward Scout. I enjoy reading Blackwell’s style of writing. It is easy...Review: Tiger’s Destiny by Colleen Houck
Posted by bkristin on Dec 14th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: Tiger’s Destiny by Colleen Houck The quest is coming to an end and time to do the final quest. Along the way Kelsey will have to deal with several sacrifices by herself and others. Not everyone will make it back. But in the end, will the brothers finally become men? I like a book that is sad, not for just being sad, but for just being the reality of the story. When things happen, even if it is best for Kelsey, that makes her life easier and the way it should be, it is still sad because she can’t save them both. And that is the reality of being in love with two boys at once. She...
