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REVIEW:  Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost

REVIEW: Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost

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(…)

REVIEW:  Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

REVIEW: Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

Dear Ms. Briggs: I am constantly amazed at how consistently good these books are.  I don’t mind waiting a year between books if it means that each story is as good as the last one.  “Frost Burned” is the seventh book in the Mercedes Thompson series.  Mercedes is an auto repair mechanic and coyote, a(…)

REVIEW:  Knight Awakened by Coreene Callahan

REVIEW: Knight Awakened by Coreene Callahan

Dear Ms. Callahan: I was excited when I received the pitch for this book because I hadn’t read a medieval in quite a long time. The added element of mysticism intrigued me. The setting is supposed to be outside the Carpathian Mountains near Transylvania but while that is where the book is situated, the language(…)

REVIEW:  With Everything I Am by Kristen Ashley

REVIEW: With Everything I Am by Kristen Ashley

Dear Ms. Ashley: 2012 was definitely “The Year of Kristen Ashley” for me. I read about 20 of your books. And then I read most of them again. Generally speaking, your contemporary romances work better for me than your paranormals, as I find your world building to be occasionally half-hearted. I don’t say this as(…)

Recommended Reads Saturday: Lord of the Fading Lands by CL Wilson

Recommended Reads Saturday: Lord of the Fading Lands by CL Wilson

Lord of the Fading Lands by CL Wilson is recommended by Amy Kathryn. Like most who drop by Dear Author, I must get my fix everyday. A chapter after the alarm goes off and before I can throw the covers off, a few pages on the ereader as I grab lunch, or even a whole(…)

REVIEW:  Fury of Fire (Dragonfury Series #1) by Coreene Callahan

REVIEW: Fury of Fire (Dragonfury Series #1) by Coreene Callahan

Dear Ms. Callahan: I did receive a copy of your book from a publicist to review but I ended up buying the book from Amazon as I believe it was discounted at one point and I prefer to read digital over paper. I had heard good things about your book and was excited to read(…)

REVIEW: Fair Game by Patricia Briggs

REVIEW: Fair Game by Patricia Briggs

Dear Ms Briggs, I’m not just an avid reader of your Mercy Thompson series and your Alpha & Omega series, I’m the sort of fan who counts off the days until your next book like a kid counting the days until Christmas. But the problem with Christmas is that the wait can make even good(…)

REVIEW: By the Pale Moonlight by Jennifer Hendren

REVIEW: By the Pale Moonlight by Jennifer Hendren

Dear Ms. Hendren: Your book came to my attention through the recommendation sent to Sarah and I via our podcast email. In the podcast, Sarah and I both buy the book. I hoped it was going to be as awesome as promised, unfortunately this young adult novel read as juvenile as its characters. There was(…)

REVIEW: Alpha Instinct by Katie Reus

REVIEW: Alpha Instinct by Katie Reus

Dear Ms. Reus: Anyone who listens to the podcasts will know that I (and Sarah Wendell) are huge fans of werewolf books, particularly those that involve a pack dynamic. I was so excited to read this story. The promotional materials refers to the heroine being an Alpha and a “strong leader.”  Apparently being a strong(…)

REVIEW: Duck! by Kim Dare

REVIEW: Duck! by Kim Dare

Dear Ms. Dare. You have a knack for writing characters who are all different, no matter how many times you seem to write them into similar situations or how similar they seem at the start. And your conflicts are entirely character-based, so the conflicts are all different. I find your construction of BDSM sometimes requires(…)

REVIEW: Angel of Darkness by Cynthia Eden

REVIEW: Angel of Darkness by Cynthia Eden

Dear Ms. Eden: The opening scene of the book is intriguing because it doomed a character to a horrible fate, or so he believes.  Keenan is an angel of death and he has been dispatched to harvest the soul of Nicole St. James.  He finds her suffering a horrific attack at the hands of a vampire(…)

REVIEW: The Body Thief by C.J. Barry

REVIEW: The Body Thief by C.J. Barry

Dear Ms. Barry: In my hunt for more shifter books, I came across your November title. I had heard good things about you in the past. Your book, Body Master, won the 2011 Winner of RomCon’s 2011 Reader’s Crown for Best Sci-Fi, Futuristic or Time Travel. Reader’s Crown was a reader judged contest and I(…)

REVIEW: Death Magic by Eileen Wilks

REVIEW: Death Magic by Eileen Wilks

Dear Ms. Wilks: I loved the first and second book in this series but as the worldbuilding evolved and became bigger, I felt like I lost an understanding of the world. The book started out as a Pack book for me (Pack = werewolf) and has been transmogrified into world where every kind of magic(…)

REVIEW: Touch of Crimson by Sylvia Day

REVIEW: Touch of Crimson by Sylvia Day

Dear Ms. Day: I felt like that there was a kernel of a really great story here but the story I wanted to read and the story I read were at such odds with each other. The story that I felt was trying to be told was of a man who had an enduring love(…)

REVIEW: Must Love Lycans by Michele Bardsley

REVIEW: Must Love Lycans by Michele Bardsley

Dear Ms. Bardsley, About 1/3 of the way through this book, I realized I’d read another in the Broken Heart series. I think it was Cross Your Heart; I remember something about a ghost and some sort of evil. That was the only book I’d ever picked up in the series, and it was amusing(…)