Nov 29 2012
Dear Ms. Aicher: I’m not exactly sure why I tried this book because I’ve sworn off BDSM club stories. It’s become so de riguer for a BDSM story that I have nearly become convinced that it is part of the lifestyle, kind of like carriage sex in a Regency romance. Every BDSM practitioner everywhere must(…)
Nov 26 2012
Dear Ms. Eden: I saw a lot of twitter chatter about this book a couple of months ago amongst reviewers. I had a copy of the ARC sent to me by Kensington so I figured it wouldn’t be a big hassle to at least give the story a try. While this is the third in(…)
Nov 19 2012
“Bronte Talbott follows all of the exploits of the British royals. After all, they’re the world’s most preeminent dysfunctional family. And who is she to judge? Bronte’s own search for love isn’t going all that well, especially after her smooth-talking Texan boyfriend abruptly leaves her in the dust. Bronte keeps a lookout for a rebound(…)
Nov 18 2012
Dear Ms. Benjamin: Jayne’s love for your Konigsburg series piqued my interest. Konigsburg is a small town in Texas and one commenter suggested it might be patterned after Fredericksburg, Texas. It’s far enough outside the city (I think the nearest one is Austin) that it feels like a small town but it is close enough(…)
Nov 15 2012
Dear Ms. Kaye: This book is a sequel of sorts to “Her Forbidden Hero” which I started but abandoned. While I enjoyed One Night with a Hero and the characters, the execution of the plot was problematic. This book had three acts. Only the last one felt fully developed and even that one relied upon(…)
Nov 2 2012
Dear Ms. Robinson: I haven’t read such an adorable hero in a long time. I was just sad he was matched up with Evie. There was an inequality to the characters that set me on edge and I never quite felt balanced in the end. Evie Ramsay took over a printer’s shop that her father(…)
Oct 24 2012
Dear Ms. Morgan: The length of the book was felt keenly in this story. While the story has a believable conflict and is well written, the truncated ending left me feeling unsatisfied. Lucas Jackson is a wealthy man who has no interest in any personal entanglements. This is due to some dark secret that he(…)
Oct 23 2012
Dear Ms. Witt, You’ve been reviewed at DA a lot but never by me so when I saw you had a new book out, I grabbed the chance to check out your writing. DADT is history now so what else is there to keep two men in love apart when they’re both in the military?(…)
Oct 22 2012
Dear Ms. Drake, My previous exposure to your novels didn’t work so well for me but I’m always willing to give a writer another shot, especially if it’s for a different series. I also admit that a couple years ago, I was in the midst of severe urban fantasy burnout. While I’m still jaded on(…)
Oct 21 2012
Dear Ms. Kolee: I’d recommend this book to a specific reader. First, the reader must not mind a super creepy, possessive hero. Second, the reader must not mind a little heroine uncertainty. Third, the reader must like a lot of agnst. If any of those elements doesn’t appeal to a reader, then I wouldn’t recommend(…)
Oct 19 2012
Dear authors, When I first heard the premise of this anthology, I was thrilled. Science fiction and dystopia stories about multicultural characters and worlds written by diverse authors? Sign me up! I say science fiction and dystopia because I’m not entirely sure how this anthology is being marketed and to be fair, the lines are(…)
Oct 16 2012
Dear Ms. Lynn, The first book in this series, “Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman,” was a pleasant surprise for me. It’s totally unlike what I normally read and in fact contains some elements I would have sworn would keep me from enjoying it but … enjoy it I did. I knew this sequel was(…)
Oct 14 2012
Dear Ms. Hammond: This is a book that has problems. There are three different POVs written in three different tenses. Despite the blurb stating that it has been re edited for grammatical errors and minor inconsistencies, there are still several grammatical errors and typos. And really strange ones like up for lip or won’t for(…)
Oct 12 2012
“Ruby’s Relationship Rules… Ruby Maguire is done with being jerked around by men. Now she just needs to know three things about a potential bedmate: his name, where he’ll be in a week’s time and what it is he wants from her. Damon West knows plenty about subterfuge and secrets, and nothing about being truthful(…)
Oct 8 2012
Dear Ms. Ashley: This shifter series has a unique world setting. It’s almost punk in some sense because the world of the shifters is anti establishment in every way. The humans are afraid of shifters and despite shifters greater strength, humans have superior power and were able to corral shifters onto reservations of sorts and(…)
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