Apr 26 2012
Dear Ms. Roane: I tell everyone I know about your books. I even shared the story of Parisia and Micah’s with some random taxi cab driver in Chicage because the tangerine craziness is something that I can’t keep to myself (although in searching the DA archives it appears that I have not reviewed this masterpiece. [...]
Sep 8 2011
Dear Ms. Brook: This is the second to last book in the Guardian series. The hero is a human named Nicholas St. Croix who first appeared in Demon Blood as a demon hunter. Nicholas searches for the demon who impersonated his mother and drove his father to suicide. He believes that Ash, a halfling demon, [...]
Jan 26 2011
Dear Ms. Singh: I feel like I am being a bit disloyal to the Psy/Changeling series by admitting that right now I am enjoying the Angel series more but it’s true. Even though we only get one book a year in this series (or maybe because we only get one book a year), I always [...]
Apr 14 2010
Dear Ms. Estrella: I bought this book because it was the first digital first book to be nominated for a RITA. How exciting, right? I’m not sure if the RITA nomination inflated my expectations but I am sorry to say that my reaction is somewhat (okay, a lot) less enthused than that of the RITA [...]
Jan 28 2010
Dear Ms. Ione: Ecstasy Unveiled is the fourth book in the Demonica series. I’ve enjoyed all of the three previous books to varying degrees. The last one was my favorite and while I enjoyed this entry Wraith and Serena from Passion Unleashed remains my favorite couple. The action in this book is non stop and [...]
Dec 24 2009
FTC disclaimer: I won this ARC in the competition to write a review of Jane’s nonexistent weregerbil novel. Review disclaimer: I don’t read a lot of paranormals, so take my judgments of the worldbuilding, mythology, etc. with a grain of salt. Husband’s comment on the ARC cover: “‘Maybe bad girls do have more fun’? So, [...]
Jan 8 2009
A long time romance reader was inspired to write me the occasional haiku review after visiting emilyreads.com. I asked whether she would do one for me once a week and I’ve finally bugged her enough that she’s given in. So Thursday afternoon check in for the Thursday Haiku Review Moment. A witch’s beauty Should be [...]
Jan 7 2009
Dear Ms. Hill, I’ve been known to have an aversion to mermaid sex. But since I’m fond of your vampire novels, I decided to give your mermaid series a try. Jane reviewed the first book, A Mermaid’s Kiss, when it came out and overall, I agree with her assessment. In the hands of another writer, [...]
Nov 10 2008
Dear Ms. Hill: This is one of those books in which there were moments where I thought to myself, if anyone but Joey Hill were writing this, it would be flung against the wall. However, the deliciously subversive retelling of the Little Mermaid made famous by Disney was quite fun and I ended up appreciating [...]
Mar 21 2007
Dear Mses Weiss: When I first saw the promo that Margaret Weiss of the fantasy Weiss fame was going to be authoring a paranormal romance, I was quite excited. Sometimes paranormal romances are heavy on the romance but weak on the worldbuilding. Thus would not be the case with an author whose entire career has [...]
Jan 1 2007
Dear Ms Brook, Jane’s been raving about this book for weeks now. I can almost see her bouncing up and down in her chair when she posts about it. Jane’s a hard sell so when we worked out that this would be our next dueling review, I was psyched. A little daunted by the length [...]
Jan 1 2007
Welcome to our inaugural book club selection. I have been reading Meljean Brook’s blog for a while now and when I realized she had a single title release, I emailed her and begged for a copy of her book. She graciously acquiesced and fortunately for both of us, I really enjoyed this book. I’ve been [...]
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