Valkyrie

REVIEW:  Chase Me by Tamara Hogan

REVIEW: Chase Me by Tamara Hogan

Dear Ms. Hogan: I’ve been trying to read different sounding paranormals as much as possible in hopes to revive my love and interest in them. “Chase Me” is a blend science fiction with traditional paranormal myths however during much of the book I kept regretting I hadn’t started with the first in the series because(…)

REVIEW: Yours, Mine and Howls by Kinsey Holley

REVIEW: Yours, Mine and Howls by Kinsey Holley

Dear Ms. Holley: Thank you for sending your book to Dear Author for review.   I totally loved the excerpt that was sent and I waited impatiently for the rest of the book to be sent.   I am a big fan of pack stories because I love the pack dynamics and the feralness of the characters.  (…)

REVIEW: Pleasure of A Dark Prince by Kresley Cole

REVIEW: Pleasure of A Dark Prince by Kresley Cole

Dear Ms. Cole: It is no secret that I am a big fan of your Immortals After Dark series, and I have certainly made no secret of the fact that the Lykae "fated mate" books are not among my favorites. In Pleasure of A Dark Prince, I really enjoyed the way Lucia and Garreth had(…)

Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole

Dear Ms. Cole: As soon as I finished Dark Desires After Dusk, I went back to track rage demon Cadeon Woede’s character in Wicked Deeds on a Winter Night and Dark Needs at Night’s Edge (am I the only one who’s starting to feel these titles are blending into one long tongue twister?), curious to(…)

Kresley Cole and Her Innocent Men

There is a host of reasons to like Kresley Cole’s works. My top two are they are relentlessly fun and deliciously subversive. The fun is probably readily apparent, but this article is about her subversivity. Cole takes very traditional tropes and reverses them completely. For example, Cole’s books are female-centric with the female myths playing(…)

REVIEW: Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night by Kresley Cole

Dear Ms. Cole: I am so glad that I read Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night a second time before I wrote this review. My first time through I was so frustrated by the interminable obstacles to Bowen and Mariketa’s relationship that I could barely focus on anything else. But when I went back to(…)

REVIEW:  A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

REVIEW: A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

Dear Ms. Cole, A variety of supernatural beings walk the earth in the world you have created in this book. The heroine, Emmaline Troy, is half-vampire, half-Valkyrie. Her Valkyrie mother died in childbirth and Emma has been raised by the Valkyries, warrior maidens who don’t know anything about her vampire father. Vampires are capable of(…)

REVIEW: No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

Summary: Kaderin the Coldhearted lives to kill vampires. Sebastian Wroth was turned against his will and longs to die. They meet and discover that Kaderin is his blood bride. Kaderin resists. The annual Hie is starting (the paranormal answer to the Amazing Race). She’s got a prize to win and isn’t interested. Okay, she’s a(…)

REVIEW:  A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

REVIEW: A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

Dear Ms. Cole: I am going to be worthless today and it is all your fault. You see, last night I picked up your book on a whim. It was 11:30 pm when I started to read. I had a big day today with an important meeting. I figured I would read for a half(…)