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Jane’s Reading List Ending October 31, 2011

Jane’s Reading List Ending October 31, 2011

Dear Readers, It’s been three weeks since my last confession.  In that time, I’ve read two historicals, six paranormals (5 being about werewolves, the entire backlist of Meg Benjamin, and a couple of erotic romances. Not Wicked Enough by Carolyn Jewel (ARC, release date Feb 7, 2012).  Enjoyed this different historical story of a wealthy(…)

REVIEW: Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

REVIEW: Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

Note: This review contains major spoilers for Waking the Witch, the previous book in the series. Dear Ms. Armstrong, I’ve been a fan of yours ever since Bitten was first published. In the years to follow, urban fantasy exploded as a subgenre which was great for you because your Women of the Otherworld series found(…)

Dear Author Recommends for August

Dear Author Recommends for August

Can you believe that it is August already? I can’t. This year has just swept by. We’ve changed up the recommends rules a little bit to accommodate digital book and category book releases. We reviewers are having a hard time keeping up with the new release dates and so we are keeping our print recommendations(…)

REVIEW: Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

REVIEW: Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong

Dear Ms. Armstrong, I’m a long-time fan of yours. My first exposure to your work was Bitten, the first novel in your Otherworld series about the only female werewolf in existence, several years ago before urban fantasy took off and became the sprawling subgenre it is today. I know I’ve said in the past that(…)

Dear Author Recommends for March

Dear Author Recommends for March

Angels’ Blood by Nalini Singh. Twenty-eight year old Elena Deveraux is a vampire hunter. Gifted with acute senses, and, in another sense of the word, with weapons, Elena belongs to the Guild, an organization through which she is contracted to hunt wayward vampires and return them to their masters. The vampires’ masters are the angels(…)

REVIEW: Made To Be Broken by Kelley Armstrong

REVIEW: Made To Be Broken by Kelley Armstrong

Dear Ms. Armstrong, While I’m quite familiar with your Otherworld novels, your non-paranormal Nadia Stafford books are a recent discovery for me.   But as I said in that review, sometimes being late to the party can have its advantages.   Namely, no long wait in between books!   And unless I’m mistaken, almost two years have passed(…)

REVIEW: Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong

REVIEW: Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong

Dear Ms. Armstrong, I know I’m way behind the curve when it comes to this book.   If there had been a bus, it departed weeks ago and I’m the lone person standing on a street corner with only tumbleweeds to keep me company.   There’s no reason it took me so long to pick it up.  (…)

REVIEW:  My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon edited by P.N. Elrod

REVIEW: My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon edited by P.N. Elrod

Dear Authors, While many readers dislike anthologies because the good stories are often outnumbered by the bad, I’m not one of them. I love anthologies. They let me sample many different authors at once — old favorites and new-to-mes. And sometimes all it takes is one perfect story to make an anthology worthwhile. The follow-up(…)

REVIEW: No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong

Dear Ms. Armstrong: I first fell in love with you when I read Bitten in 2001. Since then I believe I’ve read the book, oh 10 times. Throughout the Women of the Underworld series, one man has been present–quiet, strong, steady. Jaime Vegas is a necromancer with a crush on said man, the Alpha of(…)

Kelley Armstrong Believes in Investing in Her Fans.

Kelley Armstrong’s No Humans Involved is her latest release and unfortunately for avid readers, it’s in hardcover. Armstrong understands her readers and knows that buying a hardcover is a sacrifice for them. She is offering up a Goodie Bag for anyone who buys her hardcover before May 15 and sends her a copy of the(…)

Interview with an Author: My First Sale by Kelley Armstrong, the woman who made werewolves sexy

I never was interested in werewolves until I read Bitten by Kelley Armstrong. Her evocative tale of a girl lost suffering the worst betrayal at the hands of her lover but ultimately growing strong enough to take back her life and accept the beast within her was seductive and I became part of her web(…)

DearAuthor Recommends for May 2007

No Humans Involved is the latest entry in Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld Series. Jaime Vegas, necromancer, confronts her past while trying to literally put some ghosts to rest. Armstrong brings a new twist to the necromancer mythology by making Vargas one of the weaker paranormal creatures. She can’t cast spells, she doesn’t have(…)