Another stop on the blog tour. Today I'm at Crazy Four Books with the delightful Brenda. It seems that Stalking Shadows left her speechless. I quote, "I can't even begin to describe all of the action you'll find in this highly imaginative journey." Curious? Pop on over and see what else she has to say. You'll also get the opportunity to WIN A COPY of Lethal Inheritance, book one in the Diamond Peak series. http://crazyfourbooks.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/vbt-review-and-giveaway-stalking.html?show Some of my readers may have noticed that this is a very relaxed blog tour. I booked visits for every second day, so I'd have some breathing space, which was just as well because my computer crashed yesterday and I had to do some time consuming damage control. … [Read more...]
‘Just like the first book, this one kept me on the edge of my seat!’ A blog tour review of ‘Stalking Shadows’
Another glowing review of Stalking Shadows. This kind of response is what keeps us authors writing, and the reviewer is from my target audience - a real young adult. A quote: 'This story is never what you expect. I eagerly await the next book!' I'm glad I can keep the surprises coming. Wait until you see the next book, Ariel's mum does something even I never expected. Be supportive and pop over to the Librarian's Book shelf to read the full review. http://thelibrariansbookshelf.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/mini-review-and-blog-tour-stalking.html … [Read more...]
Sci/fi fantasy romance review: Caught in Amber by Cathy Pegau
Title: Caught in Amber Author: Cathy Pegau Publisher: Carina Press Genre: Sci/fi fantasy romance Caught in Amber is a sci/fi, urban fantasy style romance that makes a powerful statement about drug addiction and the drug trade in general. For me, this sets it apart from many others of the genre. It gives it a depth that is often lacking in popular fiction. At the same time, it has everything you would expect from the genre, passion, action, a courageous heroine, a gorgeous hero and a life or death climax. If you're not into sci/ fi or fantasy don't let that put you off, because if you took away the high tech and the fact that the story is set on another planet in a future time this would be contemporary romance with a strong storyline. The drug in question is called Amber, but it could be heroin, or any other highly addictive drug. Sasha is a reformed addict, eight months out of a correctional facility. She has a correctional services monitoring chip in her neck and has to … [Read more...]
Review: Harbinger by Peta Crake
Harbinger Peta Crake Penguin Books Australia Destiny Romance The publishers call this a romance, but really it’s an urban fantasy. The book cover, designed to fit with Penguin’s Destiny Romance series, makes it look like a contemporary romance, not the hard hitting example of urban fantasy that it is. The cover and the romance label are misleading. It’s not that there isn’t romance, there is, but like any urban fantasy there is much more to the story than the relationship between two people. Harbinger is a gritty tale about a girl who works as a messenger for the fickle Athenian gods. Crake’s gods are as devious and arrogant as their ancient stories make them out to be, and her characterisation of said gods living modern lives is the most outstanding aspect of this book. She manages to combine modern sensibilities with the occasional display of godly powers that make you sit up and remember that these flawed beings are still gods. The writing can’t be faulted and the plot is … [Read more...]
Blog tour, day 12 – another positive review.
Another short, but positive, review - 'Just because you don't like demon books, doesn't mean you shouldn't give this book a chance'. Read the complete review here. http://thelibrariansbookshelf.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/mini-review-and-blog-tour-lethal.html … [Read more...]
Review: Inkarna by Nerine Dorman
Title: Inkarna Author: Nerine Dorman Publisher: Dark Continents Publishing Genre: ADULT urban fantasy. I read a lot of books, so when one stands out for me, you can be sure that it has something special. This is such a book. It’s different, totally original and conceptually fascinating. I really enjoyed it. Although, Netgally had it down as horror, I wouldn’t call it that. It’s dark, yes, but not black—possibly saved from that fate by the angry ghost. I’ll admit that the what-if scenario had me hooked from the start. A woman, a practitioner of an ancient Egyptian cult that allows souls to return with their memories intact, is reborn as a man, and into the body of a young man, not a baby girl. If that isn’t disorientating enough, the soul of the young man, who was in a comma, has been displaced, and he isn’t pleased. Though Lizzie, our incarnate soul, has none of the memories of Ash, the young man, she soon finds out that he was a bit of a bastard and has to deal with the … [Read more...]
Review: Covet by Melissa Darnell
Title: Covet (Book 2 of The Clann Series) Author: Melissa Darnell Publisher: HarlequinTEEN Genre: Young adult paranormal fantasy I love this series, and I truly can’t wait for the next instalment. But I will have to, because it’s not due out until next year. In a few words, the series is about forbidden love between a girl who is half witch and half vampire, and a boy who is a powerful member of the witch clan. Witches and vampires are enemies, kept from warring with each other only through a hard-won peace treaty, and flouting the rules in book one, Clann, only resulted in people getting hurt, so Tristan and Savannah’s relationship is doomed. Or is it? The blurb: Savannah Colbert knows she broke up with Tristan Coleman for the right reasons. Most of all, to keep from killing him with her new vampire abilities. But try telling her heart. Now, lost in a sea of hostile Clann faces, Sav tries to come to terms with what she’s becoming and what that means for her future. And that … [Read more...]
Review: Bane by Trish Milburn
Title: Bane Author: Trish Milburn Publisher: BellBridge Books Genre: YA paranormal This is the second book in the Coven series by Trish Milburn and I loved reading it every bit as much as I did the first one. In White Witch, Jax leaves her mobster-style witch coven and tries to start an independent life. For a time she had what she wanted, a normal life, an amazing boyfriend and a best friend—until her family found her. Though she finds the strength to resist when they try to take her back, in order to protect the people they love, she and her cousin Eagon leave the town they had come to know as home. Bane begins with Jax and Eagon in Salem, searching for information that will help them end the rule of the evil covens and help Jax control the power she absorbed from the earth at the end of White Witch. She doesn’t want to fall into the dark side like the rest of her family, but the power inside her urges her to hate and destroy. In Salem, she finds the Bane, a secret group of … [Read more...]
Review: Coveted by Shawntelle Madison
Title: Coveted Author: Shawntelle Madison Publisher: Ballantine Books, Random House Genre: ADULT: urban fantasy romance In a genre that is overflowing with shape-shifters Madison has managed a story that, although it had the necessary similarities imposed by the nature of the characters, was unique and interesting enough to hold my attention throughout. It’s quirky and action packed on many levels; personal, romantic and life-threatening. Werewolf, Natalya Stravinsky, isn’t like any other of the species I’ve read about because she has a compulsive disorder. She hoards holiday trinkets and is a clean freak—a fact that is at odds with her wolfy nature. She has returned from New York city to her hometown to recover from her split with gorgeous ex-boyfriend, Thorn, but when Thorn returns home, the two discover that the spark between them remains intense. She has been kicked out of the pack for refusing an arranged marriage to another wolf, and he is the pack leader’s son now promised … [Read more...]
Review: Hellenic Immortal by Gene Doucette
Title: Hellenic Immortal Author: Gene Doucette Publisher: Smith Publicity -- The Writer’s Coffee Shop Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy In Immortal, Gene Doucette’s first novel in this series, we met Adam, an immortal man who is not a vampire, simply a man who doesn’t age. Apart from that, he’s an ordinary kind of guy with a wonderful wit, and it’s a pleasure to meet him again in this fascinating sequel, a clever blend of history, mythology, fantasy, adventure, mystery and romance. Blurb: An oracle has predicted the sojourner's end, which is a problem for Adam insofar as he has never encountered an oracular prediction that didn't come true . . . and he is the sojourner. To survive, he's going to have to figure out what a beautiful ex-government analyst, an eco-terrorist, a rogue FBI agent, and the world's oldest religious cult all want with him, and fast. "Very occasionally, I will pop up in the historical record. Most of the time I'm not at all easy to spot, because most of … [Read more...]
