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Book Review – Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian

December 21, 2009 By Maryse 3 Comments

Midnight Rising: A Midnight Breed Novel (The Midnight Breed Series Book 4)
Book four in the series explores acceptance and healing. Focusing on the emotionally and physically scarred Rio, we are lead through his life after his Breedmate’s ultimate betrayal. While Rio’s physical perfection may have been scarred, his spirit and heart have been utterly destroyed.

Promising the Warriors that he would seal off the “Ancient’s” hibernation chamber/cave (discovered in book#3), he also led them to believe he would venture back to his home in Spain for a some time off and reflection. His actual intentions however, were to seal himself into the cave and end his darkened life. read more

Book Review – Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian

December 18, 2009 By Maryse 4 Comments

Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian
My stupid Sony E-Reader decided it doesn’t want to store any new bookmarks, so I’m reviewing this one by ear (and not by earmarks). As I mentioned in a recent review, this book was much better than I expected. Knowing that we wouldn’t be granted the whole “OMG I’m in love with a vampire” fiasco (since the heroine was already a part of their world), I thought there might not be enough tension to make it exciting. Tegan (the hero) however, was just jaded enough about life, to make his venture into love, gripping. read more

Latest Vampire Related News – 12-16-09

December 16, 2009 By Maryse Leave a Comment

It’s been awhile since I’ve caught up on my paranormal/vampire news fix, so I thought I’d catch up, and catch you all up too (here’s the thing…I need to catch up BIG time, so some of this may already be old news to you…)

In a past tweet, Laurell K. Hamilton indicated that the Anita Blake TV series that was set to air on the IFC channel will not be airing (if I can recall it correctly, the direction wasn’t entirely to her liking)…AH! Found a link to her blog post, and here it is! Quite an interesting post, actually, as she goes into some detail about why the plans have fallen through, and then a few tidbits about each of our favorite characters, and what they mean to her (whaaaattt? Almost killed off Jean-Claude – NEVER say such a thing!! Take it back now!) read more

Book Review – Kiss of Crimson by Lara Adrian

December 15, 2009 By Maryse 5 Comments

Kiss of Crimson: A Midnight Breed Novel (The Midnight Breed Series Book 2)
I’m really loving this series. It was a great choice following my Dark-Hunter marathon. I feel like I’m smack-dab in the middle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, again. While the stories, characters and situations are different, the “feel” of this series is similar (and very well written). From the Warriors, the villains, the vampire society and politics, and of course, the passionate encounters, if you are looking to read a series like BDB, this is it! read more

Book Review – Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian

December 9, 2009 By Maryse 13 Comments

Kiss of Midnight (The Midnight Breed, Book 1)

Hot! Hot! Hot! Loved this one, and it succeeded in giving me butterflies in my stomach! Books that can do that are my favorite. This book was fast paced enough to not be boring, but reined in enough to allow us the opportunity to savor each romantic encounter, so that the developing relationship felt real. It started off in lust, escalating to a near uncontrollable passion and had the perfect amount of tension and resistance (and the hero resisted for good reason). read more