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.Hotter Than WildfireIt is part of the Protectors #2 series and is a in Paperback edition on April 5, 2011 and has 335 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Second in The Protectors romantic suspense series. The couple focus is on Harry Bolt and the mysterious Ellen who turns out to be Eve. My Take After Rice’s Into the Crossfire, 1, I had had high hopes for this one. Obviously, those hopes were misplaced because this one was just lame. Maybe it was simply too close to reality — god knows it made me cry over and over again. However, it felt too full of clichés: the corrupt and brutal mercenary willing to do everything and anything; the suffering of innocents; the woman who flees without thought; and, the incredibly stupid, WTF-was-she-thinking walk. Gimme a break. With the life Ellen has lived for the past, what?, year?, and ooh, she just can’t bear having to stay inside a minute more? Despite what she knows about Montez? […]

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.Under My Skinin Paperback edition on 2012 and has 303 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon First in the Wildlings urban fantasy series for Young Adults and revolving around a core group of kids who have been infected. Somehow. Set in Santa Feliz, California. My Take Not at all what I was expecting. For one thing, it was located in California, and it focuses on middle-class high school kids. However, it quickly picks back up with Native American myths, supportive friends, and hey, it’s urban and fantastic — all in typical de Lint fashion. The chapters alternate between Josh’s and Marina’s points-of-view, and each has their own big concern in this story: Josh’s new abilities and Marina’s love interest. Both characters are complex, warmhearted, and loyal with secrets that create most of the conflict. Of course, it’s the outside forces that rev the conflict up even more, adding plenty of twists and turns. It’s an interesting twist on the shapeshifter genre, blending in Native American myths with mystery and conspiracy. And de Lint […]

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 Golem and the Jinniin Hardcover edition on April 23, 2013 and has 486 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon It’s fiction with the magic of the Kabbalah and Arabic myths complicating the lives of immigrants in New York City in 1899. In 2014, The Golem and the Jinni won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, the Harold U. Ribalow Prize for Jewish fiction and the VCU Cabell First Novel Award. It was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. In 2013 it was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel James Tiptree Jr. Award, and the Goodreads Choice for Debut Author, Best Fantasy. My Take It’s a very subtle romance between two unsuitable, but well-matched people and absolutely brilliant! A look at humanity and life, of the individual’s needs, dreams, and desires as seen through the eyes of immigrants arriving in America. It’s kindness and evil, care and frustration, and lastly the need to connect with another. It’s cause and effect that twists around and about, over and […]

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.King’s Gambitin Hardcover edition on August 24, 2001 and has 274 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon First in the SPQR historical mystery series revolving around Decius Caecilius Metellus and his interest in snooping, LOL. In 1991, The King’s Gambit was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original. My Tak Roberts is using a first-person narration, and it’s odd to hear him tell us what’s happening now AND of various characters’ futures at the same time. Useful, but odd. It does, however, contribute to my feeling of being hit over the head. As though I’m not bright enough to pick up on the clues. That bit when Roberts introduces the forensics aspect of it with Asklepiodes and his wounds study helped that feeling along. Definitely an eye-rolling moment. The overt patriotism Decius proclaims is very admirable, but it has a juvenile feel to it. It doesn’t help that Decius stumbles over so many clues that should have had him questioning events and people much earlier in the story. Roberts does spend […]

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.Love Rehabon June 4, 2013 and has 230 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon A terrific romance with excellent insight into women and men. I received this as an ARC from the publisher. My Take At first, I slogged along, reading and thinking, oh boy, a lame chick lit story. Was I ever GLAD I persevered. This was excellent! A very thoughtful story that probed at the ugly pain of breaking up, and then dove deeper into the traumas of women who just can’t keep from revisiting the reasons for the breakup OR falling for the same type of men over and over. Piazza makes it personal and homey with a tremendous dose of fun while being serious about AA and its twelve-step program. I loved living along with Sophie as she comes to terms with her issues, with the other ladies as they come to understand more about themselves. You’ll adore their intervention for Stella! Piazza used Dr. Fisher’s studies to beautifully integrate details on the physical reactions of people falling in […]