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REVIEW: Dark Needs at Night’s Edge by Kresley Cole

By Janet • Apr 28th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Cole:
Somewhere in the middle of Dark Needs at Night’s Edge I felt that this book occupies a very important moment in the Immortals After Dark series. As Jane said previously, this is a series one can pick up at any point and not be completely confused. But for those of us [...]



Winners of the Kresley Cole and Fictionwise GCs

By Jane • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: Misc

We hosted a giveaway for 15 copies of Kresley Cole’s delicious upcoming May release, Dark Needs at Night’s Edge. The winners are as follows. Please send me (jane @ dearauthor. com) your snail mail address.
# 92 Little Lamb Lost
# 36 Miss Kitty
# 14 Ana
# 50 Emily
# 107 Josie
# 97 Dani
# 67 Shreela
# [...]



Kresley Cole and Her Innocent Men

By Jane • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

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 [...]



Because We All Need a Good Laugh

By Jane • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: Interviews, Misc

My favorite part is the 4:19 mark. I laughed so hard that Ned came over to see what was going on. Kresley is giving us some books to give away next week or so. Stay tuned. Update: Here is the link for all the videos.
Updated to add: I’m [...]



My First Sale by Kresley Cole: The Rule of 25 (Don’t Try This at Home)

By Jane • Nov 30th, 2007 • Category: Interviews, Misc

Kresley Cole is one of my favorite authors because her emphasis is on strong heroines. In both her historical series, the McCarrick Brothers Trilogy, and her paranormals, The Immortal After Dark series, the stories revolve around strong, independent heroines matching wits and sometimes, swords, with the heroes.
I had the opportunity to meet Ms. Cole [...]



REVIEW: Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night

By Janet • Oct 8th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

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 [...]



REVIEW: If You Deceive by Kresley Cole

By Janet • May 29th, 2007 • Category: C Reviews, C Reviews Category, Reviews

If You Deceive, the third and last installment in Kresley Cole's entertaining MacCarrick brothers series, gives the oldest and most difficult brother, Ethan, the chance to find his "forechosen mate . . . For his true lady alone his life and heart can save.� Not surprisingly, the most difficult brother also proves to be [...]



REVIEW: If You Desire by Kresley Cole

By Janet • Apr 16th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

So here's the thing about Kresley Cole's books: they completely blow my nice, logical grading curve, and the most recent re-issue of the second MacCarrick brothers historical, If You Desire, is no exception. Use whatever tired metaphor you want – this is where the rubber meets the road, caught between the devil and [...]



REVIEW: A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

By Janine • Oct 21st, 2006 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Reviews

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 [...]



REVIEW: No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

By Jane • Oct 13th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

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 [...]



REVIEW: If You Dare by Kresley Cole

By Jane • Apr 9th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Cole:
When this book first came out, I was really attracted to the cover. It’s very sexy. [note to self. Must remember to tell Maili about this cover]. Yet, I recall telling someone that I was interested in buying it and the response wasn’t positive so I didn’t. Now, after having read [...]