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.Greyfriarin Paperback edition on November 18, 2010 and has 301 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon First in the Vampire Empire steampunk fantasy series about a world split into a Northern Vampire and a Southern Human worlds. My Take What were they thinking? Totally unprepared. No clue how to take down a vampire. Yet, in their smug superiority, they decide to send both heirs to the throne out on this chancy tour? Lord Kelvin definitely bears watching. For the most part, gag. The Griffiths have a good story going with the requisite heroes and villains, but their characters do so many stupid things… The only characters I really liked are Adele, Anhalt (Simon doesn’t count), Greyfriar, Gareth, and Morgana. Both kings are pretty out of it, controlled by the people around them. After 150 years, you’d think they’d know a lot more about their enemy instead of hunkering down and cowering under the heat. One undercurrent is a shunning of religion, the metaphysical. It’s all about the science. Not that they’re doing much […]

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.Circle of EnemiesIt is part of the Twenty Palaces #3 series and is a in Paperback edition on August 30, 2011 and has 320 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Third in the Twenty Palaces urban fantasy series revolving around Ray Lilly, a man with a ghost knife who is both attracted and repelled by the organization for which he works. My Take Phfft…this is a bunch of “friends” Ray is much better off without! Friends who betray and rob each other at the drop of a hat. How sick is this? Wally claims he’s doing these things to his old circle because Ray helped him in high school??? Why is it people never seem to grasp when to shut up and be still in a dangerous situation? Ray’s had questions about the Society and about Annalise before, but Csilla’s actions are just beyond, way beyond, acceptable. Nor is Talbott’s attitude a help. The pressure Annalise uses on the boat captain… Connolly will keep you on […]

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.L: A Novel Historyon September 1, 2012 and has 350 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon This advanced reading copy was provided by the publisher. Becker claims that this is a visualized history of what might have happened in England if Margaret Thatcher hadn’t been returned to office. “…a mirage of security under a paternalistic state led by a charismatic would-be dictator.” To be honest, I have no idea why Becker would put such effort into such a hideous story. The only reason I racked the rating up to a “2” is because Becker has written it well and put great effort into “supporting documentation”. My Take I only managed one hundred pages in this book and skimmed bits of the rest. On the one hand, Becker has brilliantly written an impression of a biography creating the typical supporting materials most historians and biographers would use to create such a book and building an authenticity into it with references to the supposed external resources, quotations from others, bits of history and news sources, […]