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I enjoy horror, thrillers, urban fantasy, steampunk, science fiction, mystery, speculative and dystopian fiction, humor, and paranormal romance (I like more plot than smut in my fiction, although I'm definitely not a prude) among others.
about me In October, every October, I marathon 100+ horror movies so I'm not as active that month or November either (NaNoWriMo).
My rating system is as follows:
1 star - I'd like my time back, thank you.
2 stars - I didn't care for it but I don't feel cheated. I'm not likely to subject myself to any of this author's other works.
3 stars - I enjoyed my time in the story and will more than likely read another book by the author some day.
4 stars - I really enjoyed this story and will definitely be interested in anything else the author writes.
5 stars - The real world didn't exist while I was reading this. I will likely maim anyone who interrupts me while I'm devouring everything in this author's bibliography
I liked this book but I didn't love it. It had interesting characters and relationships, an interesting storyline and a hot werewolf/witch/vampire love triangle developing which I usually enjoy. I found the witchy parts to be (sometimes overly) detailed and well explained. I liked it enough where I'll give the next one in the series a shot too, if nothing else to get some more Johnny in my life.
This was quite cute. I think the narrator did a fabulous job. I was disappointed when it was over. I'll definitely read the next in the series. :D
Even knowing that this book was on the Angel shelf, it took me until 3/4 of the way through it to figure out that there was an angel in it, and who it was.This book was ok. I was a bit bored of the fashion show it seemed to be waltzing around but it was a decent urban fantasy. A bit formulaic. Hot guy(s), spunky best friend, regular girl suddenly finding herself over her head and needing to rescued by said hot guy.
I liked Steve the troll, and his way of speaking in the third person was amusing. I liked Louis, or should I say Vlad, and his VERM agenda. I suppose it could be considered a good thing that I never suspected the Big Bad but it really felt like it came out of left field.
It felt like Stephanie Plum in the Twilight Zone, except that Stephanie was not quite that bad at firearms... EVER.
I'll probably read the next book in the series but I'm not overly eager to get started on them.
(As spoiler-free as possible)It was much the same as the first in the series as far as pacing and humor goes. Jace has really begun to find her niche in her new world, although there are still times that she feels overwhelmed. She says she wants to go home but I don't believe it. Maybe I'm just projecting. I absolutely don't want her to go back home. I get the feeling that she really doesn't have much to go back to. Her job, definitely but she never mentions or even thinks about, anyone she has left behind. She may be an endangered species here but I think she'd be happier here overall.
This book is less about Stoker and more about new bad guys. It starts out with a horrible crime scene that looks like a scene out of a comic book. Problem is "kamic" books have been outlawed in this world since 1958 and Jace is the only one who recognized the victim's costume.
We learn a lot about the other characters and their back stories. I love how much Jace cares about Charlie, her Golem partner, and how obvious it is that he likes her too.
I kinda was looking forward to more John Dark in the series, he had potential. *sigh*
Oh and Tair and his 'wrappers'... don't get me started on that little development. I've still got some hope that it's not what it seems to be.
I was just going to buy this in paperback but then I listened to the sample on the audible website. Less than half a second later, I put the audio version in my cart because it's narrated by Gideon Emery. Proper review later, once I've listened to it. I'm just a bit verklempt at the moment.
Review:
It should've been awesome. Like H.P. Lovecraft mixed with The Office. It was kinda amusing at times but only mildly interesting, and at parts it was downright dull. I honestly think I would've abandoned it before I was even halfway through if it wasn't for the fact that I was listening to it on audio.
Not that it was bad, but I was definitely underwhelmed.
Oh my...First of all I adored this book. I loved all of the neurotic characters. It really felt like I was IN the book, rather than just reading it. I could actually feel the tension.
I like the idea of disillusioning criminals so that they reform on their own. Its clever and original, especially in the dense forest of Urban Fantasy/PNR plots.
I never did care for Cubby but I think it was because Justine didn't really care about Cubby either. I love LOVE Packard. Even if, or especially because, he is a dangerous hero. Otto Sanchez, I'm ambivalent on. I like him because she likes him.
I can see the attraction but I'm so completely on the Packard ship, Sanchez is nothing but a dot on the horizon.
I've already put the rest of the series on my TBR list. I can't wait to read them.
Sorry for the crappy review, I just finished the book and I'm in my glory hour :)
This felt very much like a middle book. I enjoyed the conflict and interactions. I wanted to yell at several characters though. On the romance front, I not only wanted to yell at them; I wanted to slap some sense into half the characters. SO FRUSTRATING. I'm looking forward to some resolution in the next book. I NEED some resolution in the next book.
Magnus is still one of my favorite characters.
*screams* I HATE CLIFFHANGERSSo not fair...
I just want to grab the book and shake it until it gives me MORE.
It started off interesting enough. It reminded me a bit of the old tv show, Dead Like Me. Reapers=Agents in charge of ushering the departed to The Door. I loved Beezle, I'd love to have my own snarky but sweet gargoyle. I'm not a huge fan of "angels" in books but there have been a few exceptions. This is one of them. I like the Nephilim idea (though not a unique idea of itself) and I like this incarnation. I liked Gabriel, and I'm not happy that he has that whole "issue" that keeps him and our main character apart. I really REALLY don't like Nathaniel.
I like the way the fallen angels were portrayed, not good or evil but certainly lacking any humanity.
If you asked me if I was going to continue the series at page 100, I would've given you an apathetic maybe and rated it a 3*. At page 200 though, I was hooked and continued to read (with the book hidden under my desk) well after my lunch hour was finished just so I could see what was going to happen next.
I will definitely read the next in the series, sooner rather than later.
I was tempted to give this five stars. I liked this enough where I started hunting for #2 before I finished it. There's just something... I can't put my finger on what... that made me pick the four star rating.
I liked it. I liked it, A LOT but, I just didn't LOVE it and I'm not sure why.
I think that any book with a main character who has a sarcastic, biting wit has a good chance of being a hit with me. We have our bad ass female agent, Jace, whom I knew I liked in the first 5 pages. Then we have the culture shock as she's thrust into a parallel universe with Golems, Vampires, and Weres where humans make up only about 1% of the population. I really liked the support characters too. I especially loved Charlie and wish there was more of him in it.I liked that although everything was vastly different, there were many similarities.
I was kind of disappointed in the personal interactions, or the lack of depth in the existing ones, but I understand that this is the first of the series. There is all the world building and character introductions, and not only that but our main character is certainly a fish out of water and she has every intention of getting back to her own pond, sooner rather than later, so she has no desire to get too close to the ‘people' living in this other universe.
I'm definitely going to read the next book in this series.
Interesting premise and I realize that its a YA book but I felt the 'foreshadowing' was a bit like an 24 piece puzzle. Yeah, you need to use your brain to put it together but it doesn't take very long to do. I figured out who and what she was less than a quarter into the book.I may read the next one but I'm in no rush, even with the cliffhanger ending.
The style of writing was juvenile, not meant in a negative way at all. On the contrary, personally I would've devoured these books when I was in elementary school. Of course, I never did scare easily (I'd gone through the horror section of both the public library and video store before I hit double digits in age). The witches were scary, or would be with the correct audience. Witches who are bound to their bones so they are still a threat after death. Witches who aren't bound and are still a threat after death. Using children's blood in rituals, a few deaths, a truly haunted house. It would be too much for some children, and some adults for that matter. For me, it wasn't even creepy. It was interesting though, and overall, I enjoyed reading it.It reminded me a lot of the old Grimm Fairy tales. Not the sanitized versions, the originals. I liked the storyline and plot, and I may one day read another in the series. I'm just not overly eager to do it anytime soon. I just don't think I'm the target audience any longer.
This book reminds me of a quote by C. S. Lewis, "A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest." It's a good story and can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
I've heard they are making it into a movie called The Seventh Son, I look forward to seeing that if it pans out. Its in Post-Production, so that's a good sign.
This series is one of my guilty pleasure reads. As much as I love Stephanie and her madcap menagerie, there isn't any real substance to these books. Still, they are like donuts to me. Quite tasty and satisfying but no real nutritional value and this one is no different.Can I just say that I love the new character, Sally? He fits right in with Lula, Stephanie and Grandma Mazur. I think the main reason I like these books are Evanovich's characters. I honestly cackled when the string of Morelli's female relations got into it. All of the characters seem wacky and larger than life. However, I don't think that the mysteries are all that difficult to figure out, which is one of my least favorite things in any mystery.
I'll certainly read the next one, I've got it checked out of the library and waiting at home for me already.
So much win. I was reluctant to start this book for so long. I think it was mostly because of the premise. Huge misconception that it would be all sex, no plot but I was so horribly wrong. I think that since I had such low expectations that it totally blew me away.
Sure it started out with a "job" for our infernal heroine but then it quickly escalated to more. Murders and stalking, romantic entanglements, witty banter, and yes... sex. Georgina is a succubus after all.
The only negative in this story for me was that I figured out what and then who the big bad was before it was told to us. However, there was a little twist that I never saw coming so well done there.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to the next in the series, which I put a hold on at the library already. :)
Still to be read but this page is lacking data so...
In Crystal City: The Warriors of Escalor, political oppression has followed man to the mining colony of Mars. But this time, instead of waging war, the rebels use revolutionary energy technology based on the radical science of a brilliant lady physicist to escape the shackles of their military masters. They travel to a new world where the mutation of their DNA stops the aging process, creating a new era in the saga of humankind.