JanineA- Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / C- Reviews / Reading ListsAlpha & Omega / Fae / mechanic / Mercy-Thompson / Mercyverse / Montana / Reading lists / UF / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Washington State / werewolves5 Comments

Continuing with my Mercyverse reading, which starts here. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs This is a book I’ve read multiple times in the past. Charles and Anna arrive in Montana, Charles injured and therefore off-kilter, Anna hesitant to commit to their relationship. Anna is also having difficulty reading Charles, and ... more >

May 9, 2018

What Janine is Reading: Patricia Briggs’s Mercyverse, Part I

JanineA Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / Reading ListsAlpha & Omega / demons / mechanic / Mercy-Thompson / Mercyverse / Montana / Reading lists / Shapeshifter / trigger warnings / UF / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Washington State / werewolves / witch15 Comments

Recently, I reviewed Patricia Briggs’s latest entry in the Alpha and Omega series, Burn Bright. When it came up in the comments that although I’m an avid follower of Charles and Anna, I had only read the first of the Mercy books, readers persuaded me to read further on in ... more >

March 8, 2018

REVIEW x 2: Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

JanineB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAlpha & Omega / Fae / Magic / Mercyverse / Montana / shapeshifters / UF / Urban-Fantasy / werewolves / Witches31 Comments

PLEASE NOTE: Comments on this post are open to spoilers. Dear Ms. Briggs, Although I’ve only read the first book in your Mercy Thompson series, I’m a big fan of the spinoff series about Charles and Anna. When I first read the novella Alpha and Omega, I fell in love ... more >

March 6, 2018

REVIEW: Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsAlpha & Omega / Montana / Urban-Fantasy / werewolves16 Comments

Trigger warning: non-graphic references to sexual assault, torture and slavery. Dear Patricia Briggs, It’s a new year and there’s a new Patricia Briggs book. Something is still right in the world. Burn Bright is an Alpha & Omega book, featuring Charles and Anna Cornick. It is in the same universe ... more >

January 31, 2018

Reading List by Jennie for October through December 2017

JennieBook Reviewsautobiography / Classic novella / Contemporary romance / Fairytale/fantasy / Hawaii / historical romance / History / Memoir / Reading lists / Scientology / Urban-Fantasy24 Comments

What Happened by Hillary Clinton     This was a long book and at times a painful one to read; there were things I didn’t want to relive but felt I should, for some reason. It’s a bit dry at times but it also contains a lot of interesting inside-politics ... more >

January 24, 2018

Janine’s Best of 2017

JanineReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2017 / best of list / Boxer / Contemporary / erotica romance / escaped slave / Glasgow / Great Depression / historical romance / inspirational / knitting / LGBTQIA+ / Literary fiction / Love-Triangle / magical powers / migration / Nigeria / novellas with romantic elements / Soldier / star-crossed lovers / suprise pregnancy / Urban-Fantasy / YA fantasy7 Comments

I was a cranky reader on social media this year, so I was surprised to discover that like Jayne’s, my top ten list runneth over. In hindsight, I think some my crankiness was due to the difficulty I had finding satisfying reads in historical romance, traditionally my favorite genre. Please ... more >