The Grave Ends Here. Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war… A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to …
RELEASE DAY SPOTLIGHT & EXCERPT: Splinter (Reliquary #2) by Sarah Fine (@FineSarah)
Mattie Carver has relinquished the world of magic, with all its dark temptations. In six weeks, she’ll marry Ben Ward and claim the safe, small-town life she craves. But Mattie’s talents as a reliquary—someone able to smuggle magic within her body—make her a valuable commodity, even to those she trusts the most. Forced out of …
REVIEW by Trish: Five Days in January (The Felix Chronicles #2) by R.T. Lowe (@TheRTLowe)
Felix and Allison return from winter break with hopes of settling into the comfortable rhythms of college life only to find Portland College hasn’t escaped the wave of senseless violence sweeping across the land, from the malls of Minnesota to a small town in northern Maine. Amidst the chaos, a political movement rises, fueled by …
REVIEW by Lorna: The Alienation of Courtney Hoffman by Brady Stefani (@BradyStefani , @Mollykatie112)
Fifteen year old Courtney wants to be normal like her friends. But there’s something frighteningly different about her—and it’s not just the mysterious tattoo her conspiracy-obsessed grandfather marked her with when she was a child. “Mental illness is a slippery slope,” her mother warns her. And the last thing Courtney wants to do is end …
RE-RELEASE DAY SPOTLIGHT & EXCERPT: Black-Winged Tuesday by A.B. Rayn (WriterGirlAR)
Unlucky in life, twice as unlucky in the after-life? When Tuesday dies and becomes a guardian angel, he’s sure his luck has turned. Little does he know he’ll have to face were-beavers, old sweethearts, archangels, and even Lucifer himself. Nevertheless, Tuesday’s death may turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. …
GUEST POST: #CheatingNotCheating and I'm #SorryNotSorry by Linda Grimes, Author of All Fixed Up (@linda_grimes)
Today we welcome Linda Grimes to the blog! Â Linda is the author of ALL FIXED UP, the latest release in the Ciel Halligan series. Â And stay tuned tomorrow for Jena’s review of the book! #CheatingNotCheating and I’m #SorryNotSorry by Linda Grimes It may shock you to learn that a respectable middle-aged married woman such …
REVIEW by Trish: The Ugly Princess: The Legend of the Winnowwood by Henderson Smith (@hendersonwrites)
What would you give up to be beautiful? I don’t mean attractive, or pretty or any other term you could conjure up to describe that thing most women seek to be or most men seek to be with. I mean staggeringly beautiful, men falling at your feet with hopeless adoration as they gaze upon you …
REVIEW by Trish: City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments #4) by Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare)
Trust is dangerous, and to love is to destroy. Plunge into the fourth installment in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly). The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a …
REVIEW by Jena: Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson #9) by Patricia Briggs (@Mercys_Garage)
Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are called upon to stop a rampaging troll, they find themselves with something that could be used to make the fae back down and forestall out-and-out war: a human child stolen long ago …
REVIEW by Trish: Myth-Told Tales (Myth Adventures #13) by Robert Aspirin and Jodie Lynn Nye (@JodyLynnNye)
There are no tales like… Myth-Told Tales It’s a nightmare when master magician Skeeve and Aahz the Pervect fall into Dreamland… Massha gets married with something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blew…up. Bunny turns to Skeeve for help when an inter-dimensional beauty contest turns ugly. Reality shows were never quite like this. Eligible …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Saven: Disclosure (Saven #2) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)
THE TRUTH CAN’T HIDE FOREVER To protect Logan, I have no choice but to deceive him. But I’m not the only one hiding the truth. Will our love survive all the secrets and lies? Enemy alien ships crowd the skies over Earth while the world waits with bated breath. The Saven have been exposed, and …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Future Shock (Future Shock #1) by Elizabeth Briggs (@lizwrites , @Mollykatie112)
Elena Martinez has hidden her eidetic memory all her life—or so she thinks. When powerful tech giant Aether Corporation selects her for a top-secret project, she can’t say no. All she has to do is participate in a trip to the future to bring back data, and she’ll be set for life. Elena joins a …
CORRECTION – REVIEW by Jena: Feverborn (Fever #8) by Karen Marie Moning – CONTAINS #SPOILERS!
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Karen Marie Moning’s latest installment of the epic Fever series, Mac, Barrons, Ryodan, and Jada are back—and the stakes have never been higher or the chemistry hotter. Hurtling us into a realm of labyrinthine intrigue and consummate seduction,Feverborn is a riveting tale of ancient evil, lust, betrayal, forgiveness, and the …
REVIEW by Lorna: Wings of Vengeance (Hidden Wings #5) by Cameo Renae (@CameoRenae , @Mollykatie112)
No one knows of Lucian’s long-held secret—a recently transformed Nephilim daughter. Unfortunately for the Gray house, Lilith believes Emma is the one responsible for killing her father, and her deep-rooted hatred has turned into an envious obsession. Powerful, with wings as dark as night, revenge consumes Lilith’s every thought, only to be fueled by Lucifer’s …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Trish: Off To See The Wizard by Clay Johnson
At the end of most heroic quests, after a plucky band of heroes has averted the apocalypse, all is well, and everyone lives happily ever after… (until the next book in the series.) Now, for the first time, readers get an in depth look into what really happens after the quest. This is the collected …
REVIEW by Lorna: Hard Mated (Shifters Unbound) by Jennifer Ashley (@JennAllyson , @Mollykatie112)
Spike, a wildcat Shifter and the champion fighter of Shiftertown, is stunned when Myka, the best friend of a dying human woman, announces that Spike has fathered a cub. What’s more, the mother is giving the boy to Spike to protect and raise. Myka, who’d been raised by an abusive stepfather, is not sure that …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Lorna: Marked In Flesh (The Others #4) by Anne Bishop (@MollyKatie112)
For centuries, the Others and humans have lived side by side in uneasy peace. But when humankind oversteps its bounds, the Others will have to decide how much humanity they’re willing to tolerate—both within themselves and within their community…  Since the Others allied themselves with the cassandra sangue, the fragile yet powerful human blood …
REVIEW by Trish: Demon Princess (Demon Kingdom Fairy Tales #1) by Kassandra Lynn
With her father gone and her brother missing, Demon Princess Adriana has to assume the throne, temporarily becoming the Demon King. The procession is underway, and the princess is nervous yet determined … until the unthinkable happens and she is summoned! Somehow, Aldric, a mage-in-training has summoned the princess into the human kingdom. Now trapped, …
REVIEW by Lorna: Wild Cat (Shifters Unbound #3) by Jennifer Ashley (@JennAllyson , @Mollykatie112)
When Diego Escobar assists in what should be a simple task of arresting a trespasser, he comes face-to-face with his first Shifter–the beautiful Cassidy Warden, sister of the Shiftertown leader. Assigned to watch over her, Diego learns more about the lonely, wild Cassidy than it’s safe to know. Diego might be human, but he’s …
REVIEW by Trish: Shadows of Self (Mistborn #5) by Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson)
The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of Mistborn with his first novel in the series since The Alloy of Law. With The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson surprised readers with a New York Times bestselling spinoff of his Mistborn books, set after the action of the trilogy, in a period …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Katie: The Last Man by Tobias Wade (@sirtobiaswade, @idontwearahat)
Farris did not believe in the old stories. Grandmother Rochette spoke of such strange things: monsters and magic and impossible heroes who could only exist in legend. But when Tom, her little brother, is kidnapped by the same monsters Grandmother spoke of, Farris is forced to change her view of reality in order to save …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Trish: The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn #6) by Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson)
The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of Mistborn with the follow-up to Shadows of Self. With The Alloy of Law and Shadows of Self, Brandon Sanderson surprised readers with a New York Times bestselling spinoff of his Mistborn books, set after the action of the trilogy, in a period corresponding …
REVIEW by Trish: I Am by Michael Drakich
Genius, wealthy and life regenerated, Adam Spenceworth is living the dream aboard his custom spaceship run by Mum, his first designed AI, protected by Gort, his first robot, and occupied by Eve, his sexbot. With each regeneration he returns to start over as a twenty-five year old man ready to enjoy the pleasures of his …
REVIEW by Lorna: City of Light (Outcast#1) by Keri Arthur (@kezarthur , @Mollykatie112)
The first in an all-new futuristic fantasy series from Keri Arthur—the New York Times bestselling author of the Souls of Fire novels. When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes in the veil between this world and the next, they allowed entry to the Others—demons, wraiths, and death spirits who turned the shadows …
REVIEW by Trish: Time Goes Round (Lizard Queen #7) by H.L. Cherryholmes (@HLCherryholmes)
Amy Darlidale has returned to her world to pull herself together. Her recent experiences have taken a significant toll and gradually, as she rebuilds relationships and reconnects with her past, she regains her strength. In doing so she discovers a few clues in her own world that she hopes will help her to fulfill the …
REVIEW by Trish: A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time #14) by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (BrandSanderson)
Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty languages. When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Saven: Deception (Saven #1) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)
I’ve fallen hard for an alien, but he’s harboring secrets. Massive secrets that threaten the very essence of humanity. How can I give him my heart when his race plan on taking my future? Sadie Owens has been slowly dying inside. Bit by bit, piece by piece, day by day. Trapped in a life she …
REVIEW by Trish: Thief’s Magic (Millennium’s Rule #1) by Trudi Canavan (@TrudiCanavan)
THIS IS A CORRECT REVIEW!!! Â We apologize for the glitch, but the review which was posted at 9am this morning was actually for a different book. Â Unfortunately, this mistake was not caught until now. Â Please take a moment to read Trish’s thoughts on Thief’s Magic and disregard the review from this morning. Our greatest apologies …
REVIEW by Trish: Stillwell: A Haunting on Long Island by Michael Phillip Cash (@michaelpcash)
Paul Russo’s wife just died. While trying to get his family’s life back in order, Paul is being tormented by a demon who is holding his wife’s spirit hostage on the other side. His fate is intertwined with an old haunted mansion on the north shore of Long Island called Stillwell Manor. Paul must find …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Nirvana (Nirvana #1) by J.R. Stewart
When the real world is emptied of all that you love, how can you keep yourself from dependence on the virtual? Animal activist and punk rock star Larissa Kenders lives in a dystopian world where the real and the virtual intermingle. After the disappearance of her soulmate, Andrew, Kenders finds solace by escaping to Nirvana, …
REVIEW by Trish: The Felix Chronicles: Freshmen by R.T. Lowe (@TheRTLowe)
Reeling from a terrible accident that claimed the lives of his parents, Felix arrives at Portland College hoping only to survive the experience. In time, however, his reality star roommate shows him there is more to higher education than just classes, shared bathrooms and bad dorm food, and Felix gradually dares to believe he can …
REVIEW by Trish: Pokergeist by Michael Phillip Cash (@michaelpcash)
Sometimes life, as well as death, is about second chances. Luckless Telly Martin doesn’t have a clue. An awful gambler trying to scrape by as a professional poker player, he becomes the protĂ©gĂ© of world famous poker champion Clutch Henderson. The only catch…Clutch is a ghost. Telly and Clutch must navigate the seedy gambling underbelly …
REVIEW by Trish: Strife of The Mighty: Book One of The Chronicles of Vrandalin (The Lael Chronicles #1) by Julius Bailey (@kingdomwanderer)
A HUSBAND. A LIQUOR LOVER. A STRANGER. THE DIREST ADVENTURE OF THEIR CENTURY. For over fifteen hundred years the kingdom of Vrandalin has withstood the might of the one enemy they had need to fear. Now a new threat arises. In the southeastern part of the land, a grim-looking newcomer arrives in the village of …
REVIEW by Trish: Eric Elmoor and the Chalice of Cameron (Eric Elmoor #2) by Thomas A. Meyers (@tommythescribe)
Nearly a year has passed since the Battle of Fairwood, but the images of that day have been haunting Eric’s dreams ever since. Ben arrives back in Gondlair to warn Eric of their enemy’s resolve and to offer him a chance to resume his training. Wishing for some sort of normality, Eric turns down the …
GUEST POST: Meet Kirit and Nat by Fran Wilde, Author of Updraft (@fran_wilde)
Pure Textuality has asked me to write about Kirit and Nat, two of Updraft’s primary characters, their relationship, and their background. Kirit and Nat are two friends, separated by circumstance and luck. One is downtower, one up. For Kirit Densira, home — and her home tower — is a series of tiers that divide those …
NEW RELEASE SPOTLIGHT & EXCERPT: #Vienna by William S. Kirby (@TorBooks , @WS_Kirby)
Vienna is a unique and unforgettable novel. . . . Inspired by a classic Sherlock Holmes story, Vienna reimagines Holmes and Watson for the 21st century. It started as nothing more than a one-night stand . . . Justine is an A-list fashion model on a photo shoot in Europe. Adored by half the world, …
REVIEW by Lorna: The Phoenix Shadow (Arcadian Wars #2) by M.H. Soars (@MHSoars , @Mollykatie112)
When the walls of lies begin closing in, who do you trust? There is nothing worse than failure, especially one that results in your school being attacked by a ruthless enemy. Still reeling from the aftermath of the previous night, Sam and her cousins must deal with another crisis: Alexia has run away. To top …
REVIEW by Trish: Vessel by Lisa T. Crewsswell (@peach83352)
On April 18, 2112 the sun exploded in a Class X solar storm the likes of which humankind had never seen. They had nineteen minutes. Nineteen minutes until the geomagnetic wave washed over the Earth, frying every electrical device created by humans, blacking out entire continents, every satellite in their sky. Nineteen minutes to say …
REVIEW by Trish: Plausible Deniability (Chronicles of the Harekaiian Episode 4) by Shanna Lauffey (@ShannaLauffey)
Kallie wants to return to Los Angeles. She and Marcus come out of their quiet and peaceful existence in a small Northern California town nearly a year after the last encounter with their pursuers, but who is the mysterious young person who appears in their remote sanctuary and disrupts the illusion of safety under which …
REVIEW by Lorna: Intransigent (The After Light Saga #3) by Cameo Renae (@CameoRenae , @Mollykatie112)
Arriving at the new government bunker, things quickly go from bad to worse. I am separated from Finn and my family because of my ability to connect with Arvies through telepathy. Housed with three other Readers—and kept away from the general population—we are given serum injections in effort to enhance our thought transference. The end …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Trish: House of the Last Man on Earth by Robert B. Marcus Jr, Ryan B. Marcus
Richard Johnson, a college student, just spent his last dime on food, lost his wealthy girlfriend, and had his bike stolen. To add to his misery, he returns to his apartment where he runs into his strange neighbor. Convinced this bizarre man is more than he seems, Richard and his land lady’s bull dog, Khan, …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Light of a Thousand Stars (True Calling #2.5) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)
Ariana Skyee has been the center of Zane Anders’ world for years. They got together as a couple ten months ago, so Zane finally has the girl of his dreams. Life should be peachy. But it isn’t. Haunted by a shared secret that threatens to destroy their relationship and claim their sanity, Zane is on …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Beyond Reach (True Calling #2) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)
Back on Earth, Ariana is caught in a dangerous crossfire between clandestine rebel organization Clementia and the power-hungry government. Refusing to divulge the location of the secret information entrusted to her by her late father, she desperately tries to bargain for her Mom, Lily, and Cal’s rescue. She’s fighting a losing battle, and the clock …
REVIEW by Trish: Imager’s Challenge (Imager Portfolio #2) L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Imager’s Challenge takes up immediately after the conclusion of Imager. Still recovering from injuries received in foiling the plots of the Ferran envoy, Rhenn is preparing to take up his new duties as imager liaison to the Civic Patrol of L’Excelsis. No sooner has he assumed his new position than he discovers two things. First, …
REVIEW by Trish: Lovestruck (True Calling #1.5) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)
Everything changed the moment he found her… Cal Remus is in love. But the object of his affection barely acknowledges his existence. Worse: She acts like he’s the dirt sticking to the bottom of her shoe. Weaker men might give up. But not Cal. Hell no, he loves a good challenge and Ariana Skyee has …
REVIEW by Trish: Codex Born (Magic Ex Libris #2) by Jim C. Hines (@jimchines)
Five hundred years ago, Johannes Gutenberg discovered the art of libriomancy, allowing him to reach into books to create things from their pages. Gutenberg’s power brought him many enemies, and some of those enemies have waited centuries for revenge. Revenge which begins with the brutal slaughter of a wendigo in the northern Michigan town of …
REVIEW by Trish: Imager (Imager Portfolio #1) by L. E. Modesitt Jr. (@TorBooks)
Imager is the beginning of a whole new fantasy in a whole new magical world from the bestselling creator of Recluce. Although Rhennthyl is the son of a leading wool merchant in L’Excelsis, the capital of Solidar, the most powerful nation on Terahnar, he has spent years becoming a journeyman artist and is skilled and …
REVIEW by Trish: Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris #1) by Jim C. Hines (@jimchines)
Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach into books and draw forth objects. When Isaac is attacked by vampires that leaked from the pages of books into our world, he barely manages to escape. To …
REVIEW by Trish: Continuum (Chronicles of the Harekaiian #3) by Shana Lauffey (@ShannaLauffey)
Marcus, the half-breed Time Shifter, accomplished a time shift under crisis and discovered that the skills of his birthright were possible, yet the ability to shift at will was still elusive to him. Akalya, the Harekai Time Shifter whom he had been sent to capture, escaped into exile with him and there, in a small …
REVIEW by Trish: The Jericho River by David Tollen
Young Jason Gallo stumbles into another world, shaped by myth and history. There, he sails the Jericho River on a dangerous quest to rescue his father. He battles minotaurs and pirates, flees barbarians, stumbles into mummies’ tombs, and outwits fairies, philosophers, and scientists. But this is more than a fantasy story. The river flows like …
REVIEW by Lorna: ​Jhanmar-World Travellers (Arash #4) by Elke Schuster (Mollykatie112)
Lost shadows, forgotten memories, inexplicable happenings – what’s wrong with Livia’s perfect new life? Is it being manipulated or is it just an illusion? Yearning for the truth, she struggles against the man who claims to love her and his dominance over her life. Will Livia manage to escape and re-enter a world threatened by …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW ​by Lorna: A Lonely Magic by Sarah Wynde (@Mollykatie112)
Nothing is what it seems in a glittering new fantasy by best-selling author Sarah Wynde Fen’s life is on track—she works, she studies, she pays her rent—until a gorgeous guy points a gun at her and demands that she choose how she wants to die. What the hell? When a teenage boy, Luke, comes to …
REVIEW by Jena: NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (@Joe_Hill)
Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within moments, takes her wherever she needs to go, whether it’s across Massachusetts or across the country. Charles Talent Manx …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Chelsey: Lost In Starlight (Starlight Saga #1) by Sherry Soule (@SherrySoule , @CNicholsBooks)
High school is tough. Romance with a sexy alien–even tougher. Star reporter Sloane Masterson knows she has one helluva story when she witnesses hottie Hayden Lancaster bending forks with his mind. Like any good journalist, Sloane sets out to uncover the truth, even if it includes a little stalking. When the superhuman feats start to …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Damien: Lost In Starlight (Starlight Saga #1) by Sherry Soule (@SherrySoule)
High school is tough. Romance with a sexy alien–even tougher. Star reporter Sloane Masterson knows she has one helluva story when she witnesses hottie Hayden Lancaster bending forks with his mind. Like any good journalist, Sloane sets out to uncover the truth, even if it includes a little stalking. When the superhuman feats start to …
REVIEW by Matt: The Fallen Angle (Harbinger of Doom #2) by Glenn Thater
In The Fallen Angle, Glenn G. Thater transports you to a time of legendary heroes, armored knights, spectacular duels, courtly intrigue, otherworldly evils, and ancient, forbidden magics. Though it can be read as a stand alone tale, The Fallen Angle is the second volume in Thater’s Harbinger of Doom series and picks up shortly after …
REVIEW by Matt: Legion by Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSan​derson , @MattALark​in)
A novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Legion is a fast-paced, witty, and supremely fun thriller with a psychological bent. Stephen Leeds is perfectly sane. It’s his hallucinations who are mad. A genius of unrivaled aptitude, Stephen can learn any new skill, vocation, or art in a matter of hours. However, …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Beth: The Other Eight by Joseph Lallo (@jrlallo , @bunnybeth​a)
Superpowers have turned out to be a disappointment. Heat vision? Super strength? Flight? They are nowhere to be found. Instead, powers like photosynthesis or the ability to spontaneously change hair color seem to be the best the world can offer. To make matters worse, the gifted individuals tend to suffer from psychological issues. Nonetheless, in …
REVIEW by Matt: Gateway to Niflheim (Harbinger of Doom) by Glenn G. Thater (@GlennGThater , @mattalar​kin)
Claradon never led his House’s forces into battle before. But now he has to. His father, the mighty lord of Dor Eotrus, went missing, along with all his men, heroes all, while investigating a mysterious fog and otherworldly howling. It’s up to Claradon to find him, to bring him home, or to avenge his death …
REVIEW by Matt: Steelheart (Reckoners #1) by Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson , @mattalar​kin)
Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his will. Nobody fights the Epics …
REVIEW by Eryn: The Transmigra​tion of Cora Riley by Ellie Di Julio (@RJBags19​)
Average family. Average job. Average existential crisis. After thirty boring years, nothing about Cora Riley’s life has measured up to her childhood dreams of being truly extraordinary. It’s too bad that the night she decides to seek out her specialness she crashes on a rural highway. Cora wakes in the clutches of the Mistress of …
REVIEW by Chelsey: Song and Signal by M.E. Patterson (@C​NicholsBooks)
Can a teenage hacker change the fate of the universe? Or will a nanite-wielding assassin reach him first? Seventeen year-old genius Zakari Sharp has never stood on the surface of a planet, never seen a sun-streaked sky. He lives on a corporate-owned mining facility at the edge of the solar system, with a mute alien …
REVIEW by Charity: The Roam Series by Kimberly Stedronsky (@plantingmoon)
Roam Camden is a bright girl in small town Ohio, eager to graduate high school and pursue her dreams of teaching history. Her well-planned path includes Logan, her life-long best friend… and now boyfriend. On the first day of her senior year she meets the new history teacher, West Perry, and senses that there is …
REVIEW by Jena: Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7) by Jeaniene Frost (@jeaniene_frost , @avonbooks)
The Grave Ends Here. Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war… A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to …
REVIEW by Jena: Watcher of the Dark (Jeremiah Hunt #3) by Joseph Nassise
PLEASE NOTE: THIS REVIEW IS BEING REPOSTED HERE AS IT WAS MISSING FROM A PAST BLOG MIGRATION. THIS POST IS NOT NEW. New Orleans was nearly the death of Jeremiah Hunt, between a too-close brush with the FBI and a chilling, soul-searing journey through the realm of the dead that culminated with a do-or-die confrontation …
REVIEW by Jeanette: Poison by Bridget Zinn (@bridgetzinn , @battista_J)
Sixteen-year-old Kyra, a highly-skilled potions master, is the only one who knows her kingdom is on the verge of destruction—which means she”s the only one who can save it. Faced with no other choice, Kyra decides to do what she does best: poison the kingdom”s future ruler, who also happens to be her former best …
REVIEW by Jena: Turn to Darkness by Jaime Rush
THE AVON AFFAIR IS A 14-DAY AVON BOOKS REVIEW EVENT ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY CURRENT AND ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE AVON ADDICTS. The next installment in the Offspring series. Shea is used to taking care of herself. She has special powers, and she knows how to use them. She’s pushed away the ugliness of her …
REVIEW by Jena, Ginny and Lorna: Fractured (Caged #5) by Amber Lynn Natusch – RELEASED TODAY! (@amberlnatusch)
Returning home after three weeks of captivity in the shadows of her own mind, Ruby discovers the magnitude of the damage her absence left in its wake. With relationships to mend and unsolved mysteries still looming, she has little time to deal with the latest drama at hand: the three disreputable werewolves recently thrust into …
REVIEW by Jena: Salvage by Russell W. Libonati
For millennia man ruled the earth, but destiny eventually drove him to the stars. This created two factions; those that stayed and those that left. Between were the many ships and stations that supplied them both and acted as a lifeline. When Captain Metcalf received a distress call from one of those stations, he knew …
REVIEW by Beth : The Doorknob Society (Doorknob Society Saga #1) by MJ Fletcher (@fletch125 , @bunnybetha)
Chloe Masters’s world changes in a heartbeat and all she did was touch a doorknob. Illusions are part of Chloe’s everyday life, her father being a renowned magician, but how do you make sense of traveling through dimensions with the touch of a doorknob? There’s much for her to learn at the Paladin Academy, a …
REVIEW by Heather: The Detective Inspectors (Doorknob Society Saga #4) by MJ Fletcher (@fletch125 , @_shoe_girl_)
Chloe Masters life is in disarray. Her best friend Edgar Magnus has been kidnapped by her mother. The Detective Inspectors of the HVO have been compromised and appear to be helping in the crime. All but one that is, Declan Hardcastle, a young DI who is more than willing to help Chloe in her quest. …
REVIEW by Jena: Demons Forever (Peachville High Demons #6) by Sarra Cannon (@sarramaria)
The conclusion to the Bestselling Peachville High Demons series. Harper has come so far from her life as a foster child. She never imagined what her future would hold when she was first brought to the small town of Peachville. Since that day she’s faced great evil, found some of the answers she’s been looking …
REVIEW by Jena: Reckoning (Night Huntress Prequel) by Jeaniene Frost (@Jeaniene_Frost)
In New Orleans, a pair of undead serial killers are about to turn Mardi Gras into a horror show–unless the immortal hitman Bones can hunt them down first. From Jeaniene Frost comes a thrilling prequel novella featuring characters from her New York Times bestselling Night Huntress series. Originally appeared in the anthology Unbound.
REVIEW by Matt: The Immortal Prince (Tide Lords #1) By Jennifer Fallon (@JenniferFallon, @MattALarkin)
When a routine hanging goes wrong and a murderer somehow survives the noose, the man announces he is an immortal. And not just any immortal, but Cayal, the Immortal Prince, hero of legend, thought to be only a fictional character. To most he is a figure out of the Tide Lord Tarot, the only record left …
REVIEW by Jena: Iced (Dani O’Malley #1) by Karen Marie Moning (@KarenMMoning)
The year is 1 AWC—After the Wall Crash. The Fae are free and hunting us. It’s a war zone out there, and no two days are alike. I’m Dani O’Malley, the chaos-filled streets of Dublin are my home, and there’s no place I’d rather be.  Dani “Mega” O’Malley plays by her own set of …
INTERVIEWby Jena: Jeaniene Frost, Author of the Night Huntress Series and Once Burned (@jeaniene_frost)
I am so FRIKKIN PSYCHED right now! Â After reading ALL of the Night Huntress books, Night Huntress World books and Once Burned (Night Prince #1), I was DYING to pick Jeaniene Frost’s brain and last night, she got back to me! Â Not only did she take the time to answer my questions, but she’s also …
REVIEW by Eryn: Hidden (House of Night #10) by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (@RJBags19)
Neferet’s true nature has been revealed to the Vampyre High Council, so Zoey and the gang might finally get some help in defending themselves and their beloved school against a gathering evil that grows stronger every day. And they’ll need it, because Neferet’s not going down without a fight. Chaos reigns at the House of Night.
REVIEW by Charity: Caged (Caged #1) by Amber Lynn Natusch @amberlnatusch , @plantingmoon)
“I stood in the middle of the room, unmoving – I barely breathed. My life had just become surreal, impossible, and one enormous lie. I needed to go, to run somewhere, anywhere to beat back the reality that was rapidly closing in around me. The image of him was burned into my retina, flashing over …
REVIEW by Jena: Seven Crows (Buffy/Angel Crossover Novel) by John Vornholt
One crow sorrow, Two crows mirth, Three crows a wedding, Four crows a birth, Five crows silver, Six crows gold, Seven crows a secret, Which must never be told…. In a sleepy little town on the border between Arizona and Mexico, Agent Riley Finn and his operative wife, Sam, have tracked down an international smuggling …
REVIEW by Jena: Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr (@Melissa_Marr)
In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a deadly competition that allows every daimon a chance to join the …
REVIEW by Tynisha: The Ripple Effect (Rhiannon’s Law Series 3) by J. A. Saare (@JASaare , @ParaItchReviews )
There is always a price to pay… Rhiannon Murphy visited the future, witnessed hell on earth and made choices to change things for the greater good. Unfortunately there are consequences for her actions, the penalties for her interference possibly more than she can bear. Determined to sever her debt with a fallen angel, she pushes …
REVIEW by Matt: Darkfever (Fever Series #1) by Karen Marie Moning (@KarenMMoning, @mattalarkin)
MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens. When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on …
REVIEW by Beth: Death Masks (Harry Dresden #5) by Jim Butcher (@longshotauthor, @BunnyBethA)
Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only practicing professional wizard, should be happy that business is pretty good for a change. But now he’s getting more than he bargained for: A duel with the Red Court of Vampires’ champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards …Professional hit men using Harry for target …
REVIEW by Jena: Scarred (Caged #4) by Amber Lynn Natusch – Released TODAY! (@amberlnatusch)
“I loathed myself for wishing a death of that nature on anyone, and even more so because I still wanted it to happen. My moral fiber was unraveling quickly, and I wondered how long my humanity could withstand the unending trial of values my life had become. With every choice I made, I felt it …
REVIEW by Jena: Turn to Darkness by Jaime Rush
The next installment in the Offspring series. Shea is used to taking care of herself. She has special powers, and she knows how to use them. She’s pushed away the ugliness of her past, just like she pushed away Greer, the only man who had ever reached beyond her defenses. All Greer wants is to …
REVIEW by Charity: Master of Crows by Grace Draven (@gracedraven , @plantingmoon)
What would you do to win your freedom? This is the question that sets bondwoman, Martise of Asher, on a dangerous path. In exchange for her freedom, she bargains with her masters, the mage-priests of Conclave, to spy on the renegade sorcerer, Silhara of Neith. The priests want Martise to expose the sorcerer’s treachery and …
REVIEW by Dolly: Assassin’s Curse (Witch Stone Prophecy Vol 1) by Debra L Martin (@dlmartin6, @fidget 78)
When elite assassin Jeda received his assignment to kill a witch and deliver her twin daughters to the Countess of Berkshire, he had no idea it would be his last. The witch stuns him with an elemental blast, but not before he’s able to throw his knife. When Jeda regains consciousness, the dying witch is …
REVIEW by Jena: Lifestyles of the Rich and Undead by Katie MacAlister – Released Today (@katiemacalister)
Ladies, be sure to catch our interview with the reclusive, oh-so-sexy Dark One Grayson Soucek, when he talks to our reporter about what it’s like to be one of the Otherworld’s most eligible (and titled!) bachelors. Gray dishes all on what he’s looking for in a permanent blood donor, his turn-ons and turn-offs, and what …
REVIEW by Dolly: Magic Slays (Kate Daniels #5) by Ilona Andrews (@ilona_andrews , @GordonSm3 , @fidget78 )
Kate Daniels has quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but starting her own business isn’t easy when the Order starts disparaging her good name. And being the mate of the Beast Lord doesn’t bring in the customers, either. So when Atlanta’s premier Master of the Dead asks for help with a vampire, Kate jumps at …
EXCERPT: Ilona Andrews Releases Snippet From Kate Daniels #6 (Ilona_Andrews)
Ilona Andrews has released a snippet from the as yet untitled 6th Kate Daniels book. I am a slow learner apparently and have just started this series (wrapped up book #2 yesterday) and now that I am familiar with this world, the snippet made me almost fall over laughing. Can’t wait for the new installment …
REVIEW by Eryn: The City of Lost Souls (Mortal Instruments #5) by Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare , @rjbags19)
Can the lost be reclaimed? What price is too high to pay for love? Who can be trusted when sin and salvation collide? Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.
REVIEW by Beth: Otherkin (Otherkin #1) by Nina Berry
Sixteen-year-old Desdemona Gray doesn’t even bother with crushes on cute boys now that she’s forced to wear a hard plastic back brace all day. What guy would want to literally have to knock on a girl to be let in? So she squashes down every impossible desire until an uber-awkward brush with a boy brings …
REVIEW by Charity: To Kill and Angel (Blood Like Poison #3) by M. Leighton (@mleightonbooks)
Ridley Heller thought her life would be perfect and trouble-free once she had Bo back. Unfortunately, she couldn’t have been more wrong. Learning Bo’s true identity has left them with their most difficult decision yet. They have two options. One, they can run away together and spend eternity looking over their shoulder, hiding from both …
REVIEW by Jena: Of Thieves and Elves by A.P. Stephens (@apstephens)
A monumental tragedy has befallen the Clan of Ionor, an ancient brotherhood of elven warriors. Concerned when their Master does not reach his secretive business in a distant kingdom, the Elders learn that Tryn, their beloved leader, has been captured by a cutthroat gang of bandits known as the Steel Claw. Yet this is not …
REVIEW & GIVEAWAY by Eryn: Devil’s Wake by Steven Barnes & Tananarive Due – Release Date 7/31 (@Rjbags19 , @AtriaBooks)
What happens when an unprecedented infection sweeps the world, leaving the earth on the brink of the Apocalypse? But this infection goes far beyond disease. Beyond even the nightmare images of walking dead or flesh-eating ghouls. The infected are turning into creatures unlike anything ever dreamed of . . . more complex, more mysterious, and …
REVIEW by Jena: Ghost of a Hope (Betty Boo #4) by Beth Dolgner – Releases in August (@bethdolgner)
The demon hunters have declared war in Savannah, Georgia. Two weeks after her return from Serenity Island, Betty “Boo” Boorman is expecting retribution from the demon hunters at any moment. They have remained quiet so far, but the ghosts of Savannah, Georgia, have not. A series of violent hauntings all have similarities to past cases The …
REVIEW by Jena: Fever Moon: The Fear Dorcha by Karen Marie Moning (@KarenMMoning)
In Fever Moon, we meet the most ancient and deadly Unseelie ever created, the Fear Dorcha. For eons, he’s traveled worlds with the Unseelie king, leaving behind him a path of mutilation and destruction. Now he’s hunting Dublin, and no one Mac loves is safe.  Dublin is a war zone. The walls between humans …
REVIEW by Laurie: Undercover Alliance (Confederacy Treaty #3) by Lilly Cain (@urbanfantasyrev)
Sarina is scarred. Her L’inar, the curving nerve lines that enable Inarrii to experience their full sexuality, were severed in battle and she can no longer reach completion. Until she accepts a job as bodyguard to the human ambassador John Bennings, and is astonished to discover that they share a mental bond—a mirrored pathway of …