Jessica

This was okay. I really liked parts of it, especially when Will's life started to turn around. The writing was good. I did have some problems though. The story didn't hold interest at times, the pacing felt off, and I just expected something a bit different than what I got.

When I pick up a shifter book by Suzanne Wright, I expect a story full of alpha men, dominant women, laugh out loud fun, and steamy sex. I got what I expected.

 

In this book we have Ryan from the Pheonix pack, and a lone wolf named Mackenna. Ryan is a man of few words, he rarely holds a conversikn, and states on facts when he speaks, except when Mackenna is around. She gets under his skin, but he can't get enough of her.

 

Mackenna is happy being a lone wolf who volunteers at a shelter for other shifters who find themselves suddenly packless. She meets Ryan while trying to find a home for a young teenager who she finds passed out on her doorstep. She is spunky, self confident, and not looking for a mate. She admits that there is an attraction to Ryan, but doesn't agree with him that they are mates.

 

If you're new to this series, I recommend starting from the beginning.

 

I recieved a copy of this book from Netgalley. 

This is great. For anyone who has read the work of Roakd Dahl you know how he has a knack for using ridiculous, off the wall word a, and making them work perfectly. This is a collection of those words along with meanings. The illustrations s are typical to what you see in his books; wonderful and goofy. This is sure to be loved by both children and adults.

I read this a while ago, I thought I had reviewed it. I even remember writing the review. I had this as an arc, maybe it was when booklikes was not being user friendly.

This is young adult fantasy. It has some pretty dark themes. You have three sisters, triplets, each a potential queen. In order to determine which will rule there is a battle of skills. Each sister has a gift: elemantal, poisoner, naturalist. The girls are raised separate from each other and are strictly trained at their skill. Some sisters are excelling, others not so much.

This is told from tyre different POVs, it can get a bit confusing at times. This does start a bit slow and the first half is tedious at times. You basically get three indroductions, one for each sister. The second half gets much better. We a have a love triangle of sorts, but this not a sappy one by any means. In the end there is a big twist revealed, I had a suspicion as to it happening a few chapters in, but it took me by surprise regardless.

I found myself rooting for the underdog and feel that by the end of the book she stands a decent chance. I will continue this series, mostly because I want to see if the author will give us a Happily ever after, or let this finish darkly. The writing is average at first but it does get better.

I HATE IT WHEN AN AUTHOR USES THE WORD “CUNT” DURING SEXY TIMES. IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT SEXY!

We have a girl who is human but has ancestors who have successfully been able to be turned into a werewolf who is capable of producing offspring, not very common. For some reason the werewolf population has a shortage of born werewolves. Yep, that story again. Anyways, the alpha of a pack (not near my kindle and forgot the name) has recognized said girl as mate. He has a weaker, less controlled wolf protecting her but has given the order that he doesn't want her “changed” yet. Well weak wolfie loses control of his beast, what a surprise, and he attacks alphas mate while still human and she is now infected with the werewolf virus (or whatever it is called). He than basically has her held against her will, but it's for her own good because the full moon is in a few nights. And blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

I figured I would give this a shot. There are only a few authors who can still entertain me with a shifter/were stiryline. I used to read a lot of Lauren Dane, but her books got to the point where they felt like I was reading the same book over and over. Ugh...

That being said. This is full of cheesy romance and make me gag dialogue. The alpha wasn't very alpha, but I did like the girl... sort of. Well, I didn't want to rip her face off anyways. I skipped the f*ck scenes after the “C” word was used so I can't comment too much.

People new to this author will probably enjoy this. Die hard Dane fans will like this. If you want a new storyljne, avoid this!

Ebook via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.  

This has some really great designs to color. They are very unique. They, as the title suggests, are tattoo like in design. My favorite is a picture of a skeletal like bride and groom with the words “eternal love.” I could see so many of the coloring pictures used as a tattoo design.

This is of nice quality. It has just a little shy of 40 designs to color. My colored pencils, Prismacolor, work really well on the think paper. I imagine that this would work well with markers, gel pens, or whatever anyone would like to use. The pages are serrated and easily tear from the book for singular display. This also makes it nice so I can xerox a “practice copy” before making final decisions on color choices. The paper is bright white. The cover is gorgeous. The picture really pops and catches your eye. I also feel that I should applaud the use of a matte background for the cover choice. I really didn't imagine that it would ever even matter, but it makes it very easy to hold with no slipping like I get with so many other coloring books I have.

I went into this book with much apprehension over a letter the author included to his readers in the beginning of the book (the author will be removing this letter from future copies of this book).I had all intentions of deducting stars over the content of this note.(see post on this subject here). I had every intention of ripping this book to pieces in my review, and was looking forward to it. Well, there is nothing to rip apart. I found a minor issue near the beginning. I flipped the book over, stared the picture of the author in the eyes, and actually addressed him outloud, “Your ass is mine!” I then, as much as it embarrasses me to admit, cackled at the thing and gave it a murderous glare. (I admit, I am a lot little dramatic and enjoy the hell out of ripping someone a new asshole.)

Synopsis (Amazon):
It's all the news channels can talk about: the White House has been bombed, there's chaos in the streets, and the United States has found itself in the throes of a violent revolution.

Surrounded by panicked people, washed-up journalist Len Savitz takes the crisis in stride. It's nothing that a stiff drink won't cure. After all, bad news only hurts optimists.

But when the mysterious leader of the rebels cherry-picks him to acquire certain information for her, Len is forced to go on an investigative mission where he uncovers millennia-old secrets and unwittingly triggers a chain of disturbing events that will determine the future of humankind.

Author Kevin Gaughen's dynamic debut novel, Interest, creates a seamless alternate reality behind real-world political tensions while keeping pace with its page-turning plot. Interest is as riveting as it is thought-provoking.

Who really runs the world we live in? The further Len digs, the darker the answers appear to be...

Author Kevin Gaughen's dynamic debut novel, Interest, creates a seamless alternate reality behind real-world political tensions while keeping pace with its page-turning plot. Interest is as riveting as it is thought-provoking.
Who really runs the world we live in? The further Len digs, the darker the answers appear to be...

Excerpt:
“Is this Mr. Leonard Savitz?” The voice was female.
“Speaking. Who's this?”
“I just killed the president of the United States. I would like to meet with you.”
“Hilarious. Who's this?”
“Today your daughter Octavia is wearing the yellow Steelers shirt that you bought her last fall. Your ex-wife, Sara, who drives a green SUV, just picked her up from kindergarten.” The woman's tone was eerily flat.
The blood drained from Len's face.
Tomorrow we will find you.”

My thoughts:
Kevin Gaughen has written an amazing story that will have you asking yourself, what if? After finishing this book, I was left with so much to process. It is a big universe out there, what is the chance we are really alone in this universe? What if humans weren't the ones in control, and hadn't ever really been?

This is well thought out and executed nicely. I really enjoyed this book. My brain will not stop thinking about this. I can't even bring myself to give deductions for the letter. I hope this author has more to come in the future. Plus, the cover of the book is great.

I won this book in a contest.

About the author:
Kevin Gaughen holds a degree in writing from Carnegie Mellon University but has spent most of his working life in the real estate business. However, with his debut novel, Interest, he's finally pursuing his true calling as an author. In his spare time, Gaughen enjoys night photography, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and engaging in pointless arguments on the Internet. He currently lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and their three kids.

I had fun reading this. Molly Harper's humorous paranormal romance are some of my favorite “comfort” reads. This one had the humor I expect, steamy romance, crazy vamps, funky shifters, and quirky humans.

In this we have Anna and Finn. Finn is a shady con man, Anna works with old books about paranormal. She and Finn are on a plane that doesn't make it to its destination. They end trekking through a forest while being chased by a few normal people and some not so normal people. Anna is a germaphobe, so the setting isn't ideal for her. She is nervous about Finn putting her on the menu. Finn is fascinated by Anna.

Recommended to anyone who has followed this series. If you are a newbie to these books it may be better to start from the beginning, but I believe that this could be okay as a standalone. There are some cameo appearances from some previous characters. Some of the “fun” may be missed if you haven't read their books.

More like three and a half.

Dinosaurs, who the shell would have expected this to be a decent read? Not me, but I was pretty entertained, mainly because I like the world in which this is set.

I like that this actually gives on-site into the bad guys world too, reminds of how Ward jumps between the Brotherhood part of the story and the Omega part of the story. The writing was pretty solid and the story didn't suffer from many, or any that I can remember, blah moments where the story just becomes filler. Lots of action going on, lots of romance scenes. The only thing that was a bit of a downer was that I didn't have much like for the main characters, not they are badly written, I just didn't much like them.

my! That ending! I never expected that.

This was spooky, well written, and the characters were well rounded. There were a couple parts that really gave me the creeps and had me jumping at any noise I heard. I kept waiting for that little girl from the Ring movies to pop over for a visit.

At the time of this review, this has $4.99 price tag. Is it worth that? I don't think I would pay that much for this. I would wait for this at a discounted price.

I will definitely read more by this author if the price is right.

I received a copy of this in exchange for an honest review through the Choosy Bookworm R&R program.

I am a fan of Rebecca Zanetti. She is one of those author's who has never let me down.
This is book 3 in her Realm Enforcers series, a spin off from her Dark Protectors.
This has romance, a lot of paranormal, some mystery, steamy sex, smoking hot men, and strong female characters. IT is action packed, fast paced, and a perfect addition to the already wonderful series. I really, REALLY got a book boy crush going on. This book should come with a Nikolaj Veis shaped vibrator.

I think my husband now has a new favorite author for me to read when the kids are not home.

I received this book in exchange for an honest review from Netgalley, my husband thanks you.

This is a great steampunk novel for middle grade readers. Adults too, I enjoyed this thoroughly. It is full of adventure and the author has a great talent for describing a scene. I will definitely continue to follow this series as the author expands it.

My seven year old son enjoyed this as a read aloud. It was his first long steampunk. I think I have found a fellow family member to share my love of the genre with.

Ok, my thoughts...I, um...what the hell was this?!?! I hated the whole thing BUT it is well written. I would not call this book erotica but it is filled with sex just not the kind that gets you carpal tunnel. I felt sorry for everyone's asses through out the entire book because it was full out spankathon.

I went into this expecting a young adult or middle grade graphic novel. What I got was a graphic novel more inline for a younger reader. My seven year old would have no problem reading this.

This is a compilation of fairy tale retellings; Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, The Billy Goats Gruff, and Hansel & Gretel. The authors did a great job of making this entertaining and interesting for both boys and girls. Cinderella is a ninja, Ninjarella. What kid won't find that awesome and intriguing?

The graphics are bold and really compliment the dialogue and storyline. They put me in mind of Cartoon Network cartoons.   

I received a pre-release review copy from Netgalley.

I liked this and am giving it 4 stars hoping that the first book is as good, but I will admit that I am a bit confused and wish I would have read the first book before reading this.

Writing: 4 STARS ☆☆☆☆
Originality: 2 STARS ☆☆

This is a novella containing around 100 pages. It was a quick read and only took about 2 hours, give or take, to finish. The formatting was done nicely.

I really liked the writing style and enjoyed reading this. If the story would have been just a bit more original, I would have given it 4 stars. I will follow this author to see what she has to come in the future.

This is written like so many other shifter novels. Human female just broke up with cheating human boyfriend. Female decides to take vacation all by herself to clear head and overcome writer's block. Girl and boy meet and insta mate. The shifter male decides to try to avoid said female. Humans don't know about shifters and coupling between the two are not encouraged. Female doesn't understand her feelings for male. Male saves female. I am sure if you have read other shifter books, you know the rest.

I received an ARC copy in exchange for honest review.

This was funny. The ending though left so much just hanging. Too many questions still.

This is a collection of photographs of LEGO designs by a variety of designers. It is the third installment in a series of books containing LEGO designs. Some of these are completely amazing. I love the details. There are a couple replicas from Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit that really impressed me. I also want to comment on a monarch butterfly model that took an amazing number of pieces to complete. I zoomed in on my tablet until the blocks were actual size, it is much larger than I thought.

The reason I picked this up is because my son has become a LEGO lover. He really enjoyed looking at this book and now is asking for a variety new LEGO sets. 

I recieved a copy of this from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. 

This was ok. I really liked the different kinds of vampires, some could shift into animals also, others to smoke, and their were some snobby ones who thought they were better because of their pure blood lineage, mixed blood vamps are considered mutts of a sort. The characters are good too. I really liked some of them, but felt at times especially that they were flat. The writing is decent at best, but I have read one book further along and know that this author can do better than she did with this one. If the second book is available in will probably read it, if not no tears will be she'd and it will go to the tbr. I still have no clue why I keep a tbr shelf, I rarely choose books off of it.

My Thoughts:

This is interesting. I never would have guessed what some athletes did when they were children. This is great for kids who are sports fans.

Do you know that Michael Jackson was electrocuted as a child? Or that Gabby Douglas would would use couches and chairs as springboard to spring herself into the air when she was just a toddler? If you want to know more things like this about famous athletes, this book is for you.

There are also cartoon like illustrated graphics that help to break up the story so that it doesn't look to be overwhelming for a younger reader.

Recommendation:

Recommended for readers in grades 4 thru 7.

I have had this book at 80% done since it released. I decided to finish it. I really soul don't have wasted my time.

The story line is decent, and I really wanted to like this. This is going to be a 4 book series with each book written by a different author. The books will feature the daughter's of The Prince of Darkness (Vlad Montour). This one features Victoria, a Hunter Vampire. I love paranormal romance and am really easy to please when it comes to books from the genre. 


The dialog is so flat, boring, and feels emotionless. The writing itself feels young and too simplistic. The whole story just feels lacking. With rewrite and an editor this could be much better. Some parts need to be more explained, others need to be trimmed. This is a cliffhanger.

I have had this book at 80% done since it released. I decided to finish it. I really soul don't have wasted my time.

 

I want to start by drawing your attention to the beautiful cover of this book. It should have been obvious to me that it is a clever representation of a females genitalia, but it wasn't. I had one of those “aha!” moments while chatting with a fellow Bookliker. I feel I need to give props to whoever designed this!

Sarah Barmack is did an amazing job with this look into female sexuality. In the blurb to this this:

Closer reveals how woman are reshaping the their sexuality today in wild, irrepressible ways; nude meetings, how-to apps, trans-friendly porn, therapeutic vulva massage, hour-long orgasms and public clit-rubbing demonstrations - and redefining female sexuality on its own terms.

This was eye opening to say the least. I agree with so much of what is in this book. This is a good read for woman who want to feel liberated about their sexuality. Just think how better sated we would all be if we just voiced our wants and needs. I already do this and have been for some time. I remember how embarrassed I was the first time I explained to my husband what exactly I wanted, but in the end it helped so much.

This is not my normal type of read. This is set in the twenties and follows a women who is unhappy with her life. She is park of the upper crust of society. As glamorous as hogh society life style sounds, it is difficult. The woman's husband hire an artist to paint a mural in their house. Affairs happen, secrets threaten to reveal themselves, and people come to find their true selves.

I loves bed the authors writing. As I said above, this is set in the twenties, the author does a very good job at depicting the period, in all ways: the setting, the dialog, exec the way she writes the story.

I really grew to feel like I knew these characters. Some I found to be very annoying, some I liked, some I despised.

I think what I like most is the authors writing. It is unique

I received a copy of this book from blogging for books.

When I started this book, I had no idea what to expect. I didn't even remember signing up for the giveaway on Goodreads. I was very pleasantly surprised by this.

I lked this, but had to read the first chapter twice because it was easier to understand after I knew what was going on. In this we have two different settings. One is the real world, the other is a virtual reality. There is a lot of action in this, and the author write those scenes very well.

Let me start by saying that the first book in this series was not a hit for me. This one, I love.

This is what I expect from Laurenston. The characters in this book are warriors of Norse Gods. I love the banter and interactions between Jace and Ski, the author is amazing at dialogue and character developement.  Ski, a Protector who I I fell in love with almost immediately, is Protector of the Word for the Protectors, meaning he gets to control and protect an amazing library of ancient texts. He is VERY protective of his books, and threatened bodily dismemberment to all who touched them if they hurt them. Jace is a berserker crow, there is a scene where she flips out and goes all berserker that i just love. She has a vast knowledge of language. She is hired by the Ski to translate some of the books they had aquired. Sparks fly, love blossoms, and sweat drips while they bump uglies!

If you like paranormal romance with a large dose of humor, read this. If you haven't tried Laurenston before, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?