Dec 6 2012
I came to this holiday anthology in a non-traditional, non-festive way. During a Twitter conversation with another reviewer, I mentioned ménage scenes rarely raise my pulse. She suggested I read Anne Calhoun, an author I’d never heard of. I searched on NetGalley and this collection, Red Hot Holiday, came up. I downloaded it thinking at best(…)
Dec 6 2012
In alphabetical order, by author’s last name: The Diviners by Libba Bray A Midsummer’s Nightmare by Kody Keplinger (review) Adaptation by Malinda Lo Fracture by Megan Miranda (review) Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris (review) Strobe Edge by Io Sakisaka (review) Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor (review) Skirmish by Michelle West (review) It’s been(…)
Dec 5 2012
When looking around at the holiday offerings this year, I saw this anthology from Carina Press. It was a complete stab in the dark for me as I knew nothing about any of the authors and SF/futuristic usually isn’t my thing. Perhaps having no expectations allowed me to just read in the moment but I(…)
Dec 4 2012
Dear HelenKay Dimon: Your Harlequin Intrigue books are autobuys for me, so when I saw that you had a straight contemporary romance coming out I snagged it right away without paying attention to what it was about. When I discovered one of the main characters was a professional climber, I was even happier, especially when(…)
Nov 30 2012
Dear Ms. Lennox: Recently I haven’t read too many category romances. Some were taking on the quality of “been there, read that” and this worried me. “Gosh,” thought I, “time to pull out a tried and true author and get back in the swing of billionaires and their brides. But whom to read?” A quick(…)
Nov 28 2012
PLEASE NOTE: This joint review contains some SPOILERS. Also, I know the author a bit through Twitter. Jennie does not. –Janine Jennie: I’d only read one of Miranda Neville’s previous books (The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton, to which I gave a B-), and had put her in the category of “authors I need to(…)
Nov 21 2012
Dear Ms. Chase, I’m sure you are familiar with Choderlos de Laclos’ 18th century epistolary novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses. It has been adapted to stage and screen, and the cinematic versions include Dangerous Liaisons, Valmont, and Cruel Intentions, among others. In Les Liaisons dangereuses, the corrupt Vicomte de Valmont wants to seduce the married Madame(…)
Nov 12 2012
This month we are trying to recommend books that come out in November. We kind of failed you last month. Sorry guys. Sadly we are either not reading the right books or November was full of mediocrity. You should tell us in the comments what we are missing. Scorched by Laura Griffin. Griffin is a(…)
Nov 9 2012
Dear Ms. Taylor, Your previous novel, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, was my favorite read of 2011. In it, readers met Karou, a blue-haired art student from Prague who also happened to be the human adopted daughter of monsters. The unfolding of Karou’s story, her history with the chimera, and her connection to the global(…)
Nov 5 2012
Dear Ms. Kery: With the provocative opening, the book had a lot to live up to but I felt it fulfilled its promise. I must admit that part of my appreciation for the story may be because of the character tropes presented. Joy is emotionally closed off and Everett is more impulsive, a “creature of(…)
Nov 1 2012
Dear Ms. Mayberry: Immediately after reading your latest, Suddenly You, I knew exactly what my review of it should say: “Yet another well-done book by Ms. Mayberry with appealing characters and a sweet love story.” However, DA readers expect a bit more. And while their time would be better spent reading your prose than mine, here(…)
Oct 11 2012
Dear Ms. Jewel, Ms. Milan, and Ms. Thomas, I’ve been waiting for this anthology since I first heard about it last spring. The authors are among the strongest writing historical romance today and the premise linking the three novellas is clever and unusual: each is set in the same location but in a different time(…)
Oct 10 2012
Dear Ms. Thomas – You have the terrible tendency of ruining me for other books. What I mean is, I read a Sherry Thomas book, and then nothing else I read really satisfies me. This was the case for me with Tempting the Bride because it has within its covers several romance tropes that I(…)
Oct 5 2012
“Barbara Buncle is in a bind. Times are harsh, and Barbara’s bank account has seen better days. Stumped for ideas, Barbara draws inspiration from fellow residents of her quaint English village, writing a revealing novel that features the townsfolk as characters. The smashing bestseller is published under the pseudonym John Smith, which is a good(…)
Oct 4 2012
Contemporary The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley (this review will have a giveaway component. Yay). Recommended by Jayne and Sunita. Reviewed here by Jayne The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton. Recommended by Dabney Lean on Me by HelenKay Dimon. Recommended by Sunita St. Piran’s: Wedding of the Year by Caroline Anderson. Recommended by Sunita Historical(…)
JOINT REVIEW: Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh (and Giveaway)
Mockingjay 13 District Blog Tour: District 5, Our Giveaway
Something is very wrong with us, and it’s not bad reviews
Berkley Fall Giveaway
Author DeborahAnne MacGillivray Harasses Amazon Reader
Recent Comments