Apr 11 2013
Dear Ms. Darby: Reading Entry Level Mistress was like going out on a date with a fun guy, the sort you start thinking, “Hmmm… He seems pretty cool. I think I’d like to see him again.” And then, blam, over dessert, he says, “Let me pay for dinner. I wanna get lucky.” I would have(…)
Apr 10 2013
Dear Ms. Harmon: This book was recommended by two very disparate parties and the blurb was quite intriguing; however, the blurb and the story are a bit at odds with each other. Blue Echohawk is attending her senior year of high school. One class is taught by Darcy Wilson, a history teacher who uses literature(…)
Apr 9 2013
Dear Ms. Bailey: I saw Mandi from SmexyBooks tweeting excerpts from this book and then she said the magic words. “He’s a dirty talker.” I went right over to Amazon and bought that sucker. There are three things that the reader should know before they start this book. First, Derek Tyler, the hero is kind(…)
Apr 8 2013
Dear Mr. Tracey, I have a soft spot for witches. It stems from my traditional fantasy reader background. After all, a witch is often the urban fantasy equivalent of a mage. Though I’d heard lots of buzz about your debut, Witch Eyes, I haven’t had the chance to pick it up. When I heard the(…)
Apr 7 2013
Apr 3 2013
Dear Ms. Marley, You hardly need my review, as you seem to be a fairly well-known and well-selling author—in scifi/fantasy. Certainly, I had never heard of you until I stumbled across your book at my library, which sports a lovely, romance-novel-type cover. That’s right. This is a case study in covers telling the reader what(…)
Apr 1 2013
Dear Ms. Simons: When I saw this book available online, I snapped it up without a second thought. I am a huge fan of The Bronze Horseman and its two sequels, and I also enjoyed The Girl in Times Square. I’ve avoided some of your other, earlier books because online reviews have indicated that they(…)
Apr 1 2013
Dear Ainslie Paton: Yeah! A rock star book featuring a female singer. That was my response upon being sent this ARC from Escape Publishing. I really enjoyed your voice in Grease Monkey Jive and I wasted no time in diving right into this story. The first word I’d use to describe Getting Real is authentic.(…)
Mar 30 2013
Dear Ms. Frost: I think I received this book in paper format, but I actually bought the digital copy when it was released on Tuesday because that is my preferred way of reading. I bought the book for three reasons. First, I had read the first one and it ended in somewhat of a cliffhanger(…)
Mar 29 2013
Dear Ms. Bale: This new adult book told in alternating first person from Georgia and Ben Lancaster’s points of view. Georgia King is a 20-year-old who is three months off of a suicide attempt trying to cope outside of her mental hospital. She is living with her brother and struggling with her medications. Her brother,(…)
Mar 28 2013
Dear Ms. Rowan: Your first book, A Study in Seduction, was the subject of intense debate between myself and Sarah Wendell of SmartBitchesTrashyBooks on the issue of the heroine’s believability as a mathematician. Spoiler: I liked it. I haven’t had great success with historicals and was eager to read the follow up featuring the musically(…)
Mar 27 2013
Dear Ms. Hearon: This is the first book I’ve read of yours so I went in without any preconceptions but I met an instant stumbling block in the hero’s name. Rick Warren. Rick Warren is a pretty famous person in the U.S., author of The Purpose Driven Life (which is actually an interesting philosophical book)(…)
Mar 27 2013
Dear Ms. Ward: I’ll be honest — I was a rabid fan of the first three books in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. In fact, I’ll still pull out Lover Eternal sometimes, because I enjoy Rhage and Mary’s story so much. But as the series turned more towards Urban Fantasy and became more epic in(…)
Mar 26 2013
Dear Ms. Godwin: This is a compelling but flawed post apocalypse/science fiction/suspense genre bender with a host of multicultural characters. Unfortunately one race is singled out as the villains which made the entire story sit uncomfortably around my shoulders. Eve was the mother of two and married to a gun dealer. A virus is released(…)
Mar 25 2013
Dear Beth Andrews: Technically this had all the right elements of an interesting romance but I struggled to connect with the hero. Maddie Montesano got pregnant when she was sixteen with Neil Pettit’s baby. Neil didn’t want a child. He wanted to pursue a hockey career. His dreams came true and Maddie stayed in Shady Grove,(…)
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