Allison Pang - A Sliver of Shadow - Review - Mail Box Reads

A Sliver of Shadow (Abby Sinclair #2)
by Allison Pang

Just when her new life as a TouchStone — a mortal bound to help OtherFolk cross between Faery and human worlds — seems to be settling down, Abby Sinclair is left in charge when the Protectorate, Moira, leaves for the Faery Court. And when the Protectorate’s away…let’s just say things spiral out of control when a spell on Abby backfires and the Faery Queen declares the Doors between their worlds officially closed.

The results are disastrous for both sides: OtherFolk trapped in the mortal world are beginning to fade, while Faerie is on the brink of war with the daemons of Hell. Along with her brooding elven prince Talivar and sexy incubus Brystion, Abby ventures to the CrossRoads in an attempt to override the Queen’s magic. But nothing in this beautiful, dangerous realm will compare to the discoveries she’s making about her past, her destiny, and what she will sacrifice for those she loves.

Suzanne Johnson - Royal Street - Giveaway, Character Guest Post, And Review

Royal Street (Sentinels of New Orleans #1)
by Suzanne Johnson

As the junior wizard sentinel for New Orleans, Drusilla Jaco’s job involves a lot more potion-mixing and pixie-retrieval than sniffing out supernatural bad guys like rogue vampires and lethal were-creatures. DJ's boss and mentor, Gerald St. Simon, is the wizard tasked with protecting the city from anyone or anything that might slip over from the preternatural beyond.

Then Hurricane Katrina hammers New Orleans’ fragile levees, unleashing more than just dangerous flood waters.

While winds howled and Lake Pontchartrain surged, the borders between the modern city and the Otherworld crumbled. Now, the undead and the restless are roaming the Big Easy, and a serial killer with ties to voodoo is murdering the soldiers sent to help the city recover.

To make it worse, Gerry has gone missing, the wizards’ Elders have assigned a grenade-toting assassin as DJ’s new partner, and undead pirate Jean Lafitte wants to make her walk his plank. The search for Gerry and for the serial killer turns personal when DJ learns the hard way that loyalty requires sacrifice, allies come from the unlikeliest places, and duty mixed with love creates one bitter gumbo.

Author Ashley Christman - Book Review, Author Interview, Interaction/Chat

For millennia Kate, a vampire succubus, has wandered through life feeding on both the blood and sex of mortals. Even that gets boring after a while. Her life is caught in monotony until she meets Hollywood heart throb, Aidan Cross.

Aidan is human, which normally puts him on the menu, but Kate finds herself attracted to him in more ways than one and decides to wait before she kills him to see if the allure is something more than his irresistible good looks. Already confused by her inclinations towards a romantic entanglement with Aidan, matters are not made any easier when Jack, comes to town.

Jack and Kate have a very complicated relationship dating back to the fall of Rome. He’s an angel, she’s not. One night with her will make him fall and be damned to life in the demon ranks. Jack’s presence not only complicates her life, but acts a catalyst for the extraordinary chain of events that will forever change her.
With Aidan, she gets a chance to play human. One night with Jack and she’ll actually be human.

Giveaway and Guest Post with Author Sapphire Phelan

It's all About the Blood, Or Vamps, Shifters and Demons Make Great Lovers, Oh My!

Tired of the sex you're getting now? Is the loving just too safe in bed, or elsewhere? Do you need a lover not of this world, someone beyond the norm? Look no further: try a vampire or a shapeshifter or a demon today. After all, it's all about the blood, or should we say the flesh? Maybe even your very soul. . .
With vampires, you get benefits. It's all about eternal life; staying young forever. Like my hero from “His Girl” in the anthology, Just Another Paranormal Halloween, Evan McPhail, found out when his long lost love, Aimee, returned back into his life thirty years later, still eighteen years old. Oh, there are side effects! Like aversion to sunlight, wooden stakes can kill you easily when thrust into the heart, and blood is pretty much the food of choice. But the upside is there's no threat of cancer from tanning, the vampire sex can last all night if need be, and eternity with the one you love is super.

Review: Primal Bonds (Shifters Unbound #2) by Jennifer Ashley

Primal Bonds (Shifters Unbound #2)

by Jennifer Ashley

298 Pages
ISBN: 0425240789 (ISBN13: 9780425240786)

When a female Shifter comes to town seeking refuge, Feline Shifter Sean Morrissey claims the new arrival and finds a beautiful woman who looks him straight in the eye without fear, stirring the mating frenzy within him.
To relocate to a new Shiftertown, half-Fae, half-Shifter Andrea Gray must accept a new mate. But Andrea's intense attraction to Sean is something she never expected-a perilous complication for a woman with a troubled past.

Review: Late Eclipses (October Daye #4) by Seanan McGuire

Moon Cursed (Nightcreature #10)

by Lori Handeland

ISBN : 0756406668
Pages: 400

Synopsis:

October "Toby" Daye is half-human, half-fae-the only changeling who's earned knighthood. But when someone begins targeting her nearest and dearest, it becomes clear that Toby is being set up to take the fall for everything that's happening.

Tempest's Legacy (Jane True #3) by Nicole Peeler

Tempest's Legacy (Jane True #3) by Nicole Peeler Mass Market Paperback, 344 pages

Over all it was a good read! The 1^st few chapters were a little hard to get into. Story line was well paced and it was loads of fun to read. The plot nicely twist a few times right where you wouldn’t see it coming. It will get your emotions going. The Sexual Tension did get a lit frustrating. I think we would all like to see a little more romantic relationship development for Jane. I was a little “eww” on the gore however. The settings were nicely developed. Surprise ending was a great touch. This book you will not want to put down once you start reading it. Very Entertaining. Can not wait for the next book!

Warning of Sexual Content: Explicit sex, threats of rape, descriptions of rape.

My Rating: 4 Stars!






Description:

Jane True has become proficient in basic magics, confident in herself and her abilities, and happily rooted in Rockabill. Her life is still divided between her supernatural brethren and her human friends and family, but it’s a division she maintains with very little trouble.

Everything changes, however, when Anyan brings Jane news that will force her to confront her dichotomized existence – supernatural females are being murdered, or have simply disappeared.

Jane and Anyan must embark on a desperate search to find out who is abducting these women, and how Jane can be protected from them. Aiding them is Jane’s former flame, Ryu. But can his stated motivations be trusted? And who are the mysterious figures dogging Jane’s and Anyan’s footsteps if not minions of Jarl?

Eventually, the trio stumble upon a secret so huge that it threatens to disrupt the tenuous traditions keeping humanity safe from the supernatural community that has, up until now, been content to lurk in the shadows.

Will they uncover the truth in time to save Jane’s friends? And just how far will Jarl go to protect his secrets?

Review: Iron Crowned (Dark Swan #3) by Richelle Mead

Iron Crowned (Dark Swan #3)
by Richelle Mead
352 pages
　
　If your looking for a book that is not the norm this is the book for you. This Book is fast paced,. Packed with twist that just will not let you put the book down. The Characters are from perfect and you may question them from time to time. I wasn’t thrilled with the back and forth love triangle and the book will pull at your emotions. It will make you angry in a few spots. In this book a war that is basically caused by her, Eugenie is feel the losses of her people. She tries to find a way to end the war without more loss. With her offended honor from the last book, her lover King Dorian tries to avenge her. Eugenie can not look to him for help she sets out to tense journey to her ex for help. But not only Eugenie is in search of the fabled Iron Crown, but her father as well. When everyone seems to have their own agendas, can she resolve this problem and still come out of it alive? The ending is a surprise and one I never seen coming. If you don’t mind a cliffhanger. The after-shock of the characters actions will make an interesting outcome in the next book. By far this is the best book of the series. Although I would have liked to see a little more of Volusian. ;))

MY RATING: 4 STARS!!


 

Book Description:
New York Times bestselling author Richelle Mead takes readers back to the Otherworld, an embattled realm mystically entwined with our world--and ruled by one woman's dangerous choice. . .
Shaman-for-hire Eugenie Markham is the best at banishing entities trespassing in the mortal realm. But as the Thorn Land's queen, she's fast running out of ways to end the brutal war devastating her kingdom. Her only hope: the Iron Crown, a legendary object even the most powerful gentry fear. . .
Who Eugenie can trust is the hardest part. Fairy king Dorian has his own agenda for aiding her search. And Kiyo, her shape-shifter ex-boyfriend, has every reason to betray her along the way. To control the Crown's ever-consuming powers, Eugenie will have to confront an unimaginable temptation--one that will put her soul and the fate of two worlds in mortal peril. . .

Lust (The Sins and The Virtues #1) by Charlotte Featherstone

Lust (The Sins and The Virtues #1)
by Charlotte Featherstone
Paperback, 368 pages

This book was hot and steamy! Intriguing from the start and well written. The beginning plot is nicely delivered. By page 20 you'll be completely consumed in what is unfolding. I especially liked the few Irish/Scottish dialect thrown in. the description of the book and series itself is quite fascinating. Two faery courts, the Seelie and Unseelie. questions the goodness inside of the Seelie. readers will soon find themselves questioning whether the Seelie is truly the bad guy and the Unseelie, the good. it's not your typical Paranormal Romance and may not be everyone's cup of tea. The book is primarily concerned with desires, internal struggles, and inner-character. One can expect a lot of description and mental-musing. The thrills and chills typically derived from high-octane action stories simply isn't here for the most part. It doesn't provide a lot of sex in this book but shares quite a lot sensuality. There was one sexual scene that contained a action & a climax and it was great. the whole concept of the Seven Sins and Seven Virtues...Amazing, to say the very least. The bad and the good fey. The pure ones and the tainted ones. Caught in the middle are the virtues and good and bad fey are doing everything in order to get them. What we end up with is a cast of interesting characters running in and out of each other's lives with dangerous plot twist, secrets and agendas. But overall a great read, this is a new author to me and I am looking forward to Rinion’s, Vanity, novel next in the series.

My Rating: 3 Stars!

Description:

Of old, humans and Faeries have dwelt side by side in parallel realms. Only the canniest mortals recognize the alluring creatures that often walk—and lie—among them.

The righteous Fae of the Seelie Court cherish an ancient quarrel with their Dark counterparts: a curse born of anger and deceit. The Unseelie Court will perish unless one of its princes can win a woman's love—honestly, without coercion…and love her wholly in return.
 
To halt the slow demise of his people, Prince Thane—the embodiment of Lust—infiltrates the Georgian court to seduce his mortal inverse. Noblewoman Chastity Lennox is purity incarnate—a sensual prize well worth winning. But Thane's carnal quest proves more challenging than he ever dreamed.
 
No other has ever been able—or willing—to resist his erotic charms. Chastity's resolve is maddening…and intriguing. It makes him want her all the more. But how best to seduce one who truly seems above temptation? Discover her greatest weakness and become the intoxicating essence of her deepest, most forbidden desires….