Sexiest Vampire Alive (Love at Stake)
Cute, cute, cute!!! Loved it, but in a sweet, going-back-to-my-old-school-reading sort of way. Nice and familiar and cuddly. All of the love at first site attraction, the corny come-ons, the intense seduction, and the “I can’t love him cause he’s a vampire” stuff. But sometimes that kind of fluffy reading really refreshes a person. You know, the whole “too much of one thing” and all that. Makes one jaded. I found myself eye rolling more than sighing after too many paranormal romance “candies” in a row. But in spurts, it was just what I needed. After all of my recent (and delicious) dark reads, I needed something that didn’t freak me out too bad. Might even make my next dark drama even more agonizing. Like cleansing the palette 😉
My Book Reviews
Book Review – Please Don’t Stop the Music by Jane Lovering
Please Don’t Stop the Music
Thank you Jennifer for this AWESOME recommendation! Another WOW book for me! I simply… LOVED it. I totally lucked out. How can that be? How can something this interesting, well rounded, heartfelt and heart wrenching be bargain priced?
I “pre-reviewed” it on on my Facebook page (I couldn’t help it!), and it looks like I’m not alone in my enthusiasm for it:
Maryse’s Book Blog: I’m reading a really good book right now. It’s witty and fast, and just good writing, but it took me a bit to catch the writing style (it takes place in England). Kind of reminds me (writing-wise) of Flat-Out Love & How to Kill a Rock Star. This too, has an angsty ex-rock star (and boy did the “reveal” surprise me!!) Very worthy of angst. LOVE this character. Overall well-rounded, excellent read. Not off the charts in romance (although there IS that), but just plain good anyway.
Book Review – Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair
Club Shadowlands (Masters of the Shadowlands Book 1)
Thank you Ivie, Yvette and Lauren for THIS recommendation. WOW!! This one was a dark spark in my otherwise “vanilla” two week long book-fest since “Grey“. I’ve been looking for more intensity, and while this one wasn’t absolutely perfect (like some of our recent favorites), it sure sucked me in and held me captive. Literally. Okay, so not “literally” (considering the genre “captive” takes on a whole new meaning) but you get the picture 😉 Tee hee!!
Book Review – Tangled Web by Jade C. Jamison
Tangled Web
Rock stars!!! I read this one back in July, when I first found all of these undiscovered “rock star” books out there on Amazon and this was fun enough. If I can remember correctly, I got “into” it, pretty much immediately. I do know it provided for a good enough angsty ride, and had a lot of “flashbacks” that helped build the issue that was troubling the characters today.
I thought, okay, this is good, not flipping me out or anything, but I like it enough that I’m happy to see how this turns out. And then BAM! Yup, this was another that went and smacked me hard! It hit me with a shocking part that I totally didn’t see coming. I was all… “UGH!!!” over that part, but I have to confess. It’s because of the crazy unexpected *moment* that I decided I truly enjoyed the book.
Book Review – Across the Hall by NM Facile
Across The Hall
I just finished this one at about 2am Thursday night (a work night, no less), so as you can imagine, I enjoyed it well enough. It may have robbed me of a bit of sleep, but my adrenaline levels remained steady (which means, I didn’t get to freak out 🙁 . Bummer, because I LOVE to do that when I read).
While the writing flow, to me, had it’s “iffy” moments in the beginning, it eventually held my attention, and had everything it needed to have (a troubled past, a love triangle, a scary situation and a heartbreaking moment). That said, I was glad when I was done. In fact, the end was a bit drawn out for my taste, but that’s probably just because I was ready to go to sleep, and this book wasn’t ready to say goodnight.