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REVIEW:  Entwined with You (A Crossfire Novel) by Sylvia Day

REVIEW: Entwined with You (A Crossfire Novel) by Sylvia Day

 **NOTE: This review contains mild spoilers for the two previous books, as it’s impossible to talk about the storyline of Entwined with You without referencing earlier events. I’ve tried to remain as vague as possible.** Dear Ms. Day: I think that your Crossfire series qualifies as “extreme romance“. Even though it portrays an incredibly screwed(…)

REVIEW:  Going Under (A Bound by Magick Novel) by Lauren Dane

REVIEW: Going Under (A Bound by Magick Novel) by Lauren Dane

Dear Ms. Dane: Your Bound by Magick series is my favorite of your paranormal series. Clan Owen, one of the largest and oldest covens of witches in the United States is recovering from the horror of the Magister, a superpowered enemy that annihilated much of witch-kind, but was beaten back at the end of the(…)

REVIEW:  Midnight Alias by Elle Kennedy

REVIEW: Midnight Alias by Elle Kennedy

Dear Ms. Kennedy: I keep trying your non Samhain titles in hopes that I can find another winner but while this book started out with promise it fizzled after the first 1/3. The hero, Luke Dubois, is staking out a club and falls for one of the strippers. Olivia Taylor is thought to be the mob(…)

REVIEW:  Rush (The Breathless Trilogy) by Maya Banks

REVIEW: Rush (The Breathless Trilogy) by Maya Banks

Dear Ms. Banks: When I heard you were publishing a “50-esque” trilogy, I knew immediately that it would be on my reading list. Although I have hit-or-miss luck with some of your books, you write dandy alpha males, and I love nothing better than your dominant males, so I was optimistic about this reading experience(…)

REVIEW:  Did You Miss Me? by Karen Rose

REVIEW: Did You Miss Me? by Karen Rose

Dear Ms. Rose: In “Did You Miss Me?” part of the reason the romance works is because the characters have had unrequited feelings for each other prior to the start of the book.  The romance in the story basically consists of coming to an understanding of those feelings so that the romance can swim underneath(…)

REVIEW:  Lord’s Fall by Thea Harrison

REVIEW: Lord’s Fall by Thea Harrison

Dear Ms. Harrison: I am a huge fan of your Elder Races series. The fact that your fifth installment revisits Pia and Dragos, easily my favorite couple in the series (I’ve re-read Dragon Bound more than 10 times), made requesting the book a no brainer. Our visit with Pia and Dragos comes at a delicate(…)

REVIEW:  Tempting the Bride by Sherry Thomas

REVIEW: Tempting the Bride by Sherry Thomas

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(…)

REVIEW:  Reflected In You by Sylvia Day

REVIEW: Reflected In You by Sylvia Day

Dear Ms. Day: Part of my response to this book is in direct correlation with my biggest fear for the book – that the conflict between Eva and Gideon would be unnaturally extended as we worked our way through to the end of the trilogy. Fortunately that did not happen. If anything, I wondered if(…)

REVIEW:  Playing to Win by Jaci Burton

REVIEW: Playing to Win by Jaci Burton

Dear Ms. Burton, I love a good sports romance, and your Play-by-Play series has thus far delivered some truly entertaining reads. Your fourth installment, Playing to Win, focuses on Cole Riley, a wide receiver for the St. Louis Traders. Cole is a bit of a bad boy, having been released by several teams for not(…)

REVIEW:  Riveted by Meljean Brook

REVIEW: Riveted by Meljean Brook

Dear Ms. Brook: “For two people who don’t fit anywhere, we get along well” sums up the romance between two outsiders, David and Annika.  This unusual romance between a the volcanic naturalist David and the airship engineer Annika might be my favorite entry in your Iron Seas series.  It is one of my favorite books(…)