Month: August 2012

Book Review: Stacia Kane’s Chasing Magic

Book Review: Stacia Kane’s Chasing Magic

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Chasing MagicIt is part of the Downside Ghosts #5 series and is a in Paperback edition on June 26, 2012 and has 376 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Fifth in the Downside urban fantasy series revolving around Chess Putnam, a Debunker for the Church of Real Truth based in Triumph City. My Take It’s a clash of Chess’ world with an unscrupulous and vicious “entrepreneur” interspersed with her own personal problems. Why didn’t Chess simply wait for the Squad?? Why hasn’t she done more research into how to help Terrible?? I can understand Chess wanting Lex to end it, to call off the assassin. But I don’t see why she succumbs to him. She claims to love Terrible. A very tense meeting with Lex that had my heart in my throat — you can tell from my writing! It’s odd how Chess is both so very strong and also so very weak. She just keeps screwing up in this story. I do enjoy the particular […]

Posted August 9, 2012 by Kathy Davie in / 0 Comments

Book Review: Stieg Larsson’s The Girl Who Played with Fire

Book Review: Stieg Larsson’s The Girl Who Played with Fire

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Girl Who Played with FireIt is part of the Millennium #2 series and is a in Hardcover edition on July 28, 2009 and has 503 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Second in the Millenium Trilogy suspense series. It’s actually NOT a sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo so much as another adventure with the same main characters. In 2006, The Girl Who Played with Fire won the Svenska Deckarakademins pris för bästa svenska kriminalroman, and in 2009, it won the Goodreads Choice for Mystery/Thriller. The Girl Who Played with Fire was nominated in 2010 for the Anthony Award for Best Novel and the Dilys Award. Warning: Try to have The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest ready to read as soon as you finish this one! My Take Poor guy. Blomkvist has no idea why Lisbeth refuses to have anything to do with him. She simply hasn’t the experience to cope with his style of friendship. Lucky for her, Mik has his […]

Posted August 9, 2012 by Kathy Davie in / 0 Comments

Book Review: Kristen Callihan’s Firelight

Book Review: Kristen Callihan’s Firelight

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Firelightin Paperback edition on January 31, 2012 and has 372 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon First in the Darkest London paranormal romance series based in late nineteenth century London. The couple focus is on the Dread Lord Archer and Miranda Ellis. In 2012, Firelight won the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Historical Fantasy/Paranormal and the Library Journal: Librarian’s Best Romance Books of the Year for Best Romance Books. My Take Give. Me. A. Break. The “Dread” Lord Archer?? Firelight is a mixture of Beauty and the Beast with a heavy dose of Bluebeard. I do like how Callihan teases us with the mystery of why Archer was banished from England and there do seem to be a multitude of reasons. Layers on layers of them which lead us down various and sundry paths before she explodes several truths in our faces. I agree with Archer. Rossberry has been freed, but all his old friends believe that Archer should have remained in exile?? Even as they enjoy their lives and families? Oh, […]

Posted August 7, 2012 by Kathy Davie in / 0 Comments