Beasts, Bites & Books

Zaiatzgeist: IF YOU LIKE PARANORMAL ROMANCE...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:59:31 +1100

Zaiatzgeist: IF YOU LIKE PARANORMAL ROMANCE...:

IF YOU LIKE PARANORMAL ROMANCE…

You might enjoy Lost Girl (premiering for US audiences tonight at 10/9c. on Syfy!)

In a show where the main character is a succubus (a beautiful creature that feeds off the sexual energy of others) you can bet your bottom dollar that there are plenty of…

Darkfever only $1.99 on Kindle- Book 1 of incredible series

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:10:40 +1100

Darkfever only $1.99 on Kindle- Book 1 of incredible series

"Every time I think you’ve reached the limits of arrogance, you show me new heights. Truly, your..."

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:59:19 +1100

“Every time I think you’ve reached the limits of arrogance, you show me new heights. Truly, your egotism is like the Universe—ever expanding.”

- Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews (via kenna)

Dark Descendant by Jenna Black . (As I go through my recent...

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:45:06 +1100

Dark Descendant by Jenna Black . (As I go through my recent read list I can’t get over how many of these books are the start of a new series!) Good twist of Gods Gone Wild/Insane and a human turned god as their latest toy/pawn. Fab story and characters.

A Brush of Darkness by Allison Pang. Get it for two things- the...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:53:05 +1100

A Brush of Darkness by Allison Pang. Get it for two things- the unicorn (ROFLMAO) and Brystion (the reformed rake/succubus). Tad confusing at times with the world building but strong debut.

Dark and Light: Shadow Kin by M.J. Scott

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:43:05 +1100

Dark and Light: Shadow Kin by M.J. Scott:

glad I didn’t pick this one up… seems to be getting mixed reviews…

angelayvette:

Shadow Kin by M.J. Scott
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

1.5 Stars

First, this book is told in alternating first-person POV. There are, apparently, character-specific symbols that mark the beginning of each section, but I’ll be honest and say that I never paid attention to these….

The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams. Fae wars and insurgencies,...

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:51:05 +1100

The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams. Fae wars and insurgencies, jumping between realms and worlds, forbidden love, rebels and intrigue. I like.

Fangs For The Fantasy: Which Urban Fantasy Protagonist Gets on Your Last Nerve

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:41:05 +1100

Fangs For The Fantasy: Which Urban Fantasy Protagonist Gets on Your Last Nerve :

Great question. We should put together a list for UF books too.

fangsforthefantasy:

As you know we love urban fantasy but there seems to be a conspiracy within the genre to make the female protagonist as irritating and useless as possible. The following are a fair selection of protagonists who are: incapable of defending themselves, have master the art of making it about…

Drink Deep by Chloe Neill. Book 5 of Chicagoland Vampires. After...

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:42:06 +1100

Drink Deep by Chloe Neill. Book 5 of Chicagoland Vampires. After the cliffhanger (!!!!) Ms Neill left us with at end of Book 4 I slammed this book down so fast I barely breathed trying to finish it. Luckily my suspicions were confirmed and all is well again in the Merit verse. Not really a spoiler. I am so jealous of you if you haven’t started reading this series again.

Vote for your fave books in 2011 on Goodreads now!

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:42:05 +1100

Vote for your fave books in 2011 on Goodreads now!

Booklr Blog: Fantasy (Fiction) Forward. A truly worthy genre.

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:10:17 +1100

Booklr Blog: Fantasy (Fiction) Forward. A truly worthy genre.:

Fantastic post on the fantasy genre- read it!

booklrblog:

The other day, I nonchalantly asked a friend what he was reading (as I often do). He grinned sheepishly and replied, “I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but I’m reading [A] Game of Thrones.” I was a little sad that he felt the need to respond with a cautionary caveat.

It seems that the…

Blood Rights By Kristen Painter. Vampires, blood concubines,...

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:55:00 +1100

Blood Rights By Kristen Painter. Vampires, blood concubines, secret assassins, court politics. Really reminded me of the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey. Definitely hooked me in enough to get the next two books in the series (bonus- all being released this year!)

"Sorry!"

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:49:20 +1100

“Sorry!”

- I have been quiet for far too long. Still reading just not sharing… So to deal with the backlog of gorgeous books I want to tell you about I’ll just be posting covers and a few words that come to mind. Hopefully pithy.

3.99 books!! and some of my all-time faves too!

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:01:18 +1100

So evidently I already have them, but you can still take advantage of the deals! Please do!

Try the Kelly Gay series I raved about last month. First book is Better Part of Darkness at only $3.99.

Or the AMAZINK Dead on the Delta for (you know it!) only $3.99.

(I’m beginning to feel like a late night infomercial person here…)

Wicked Game is also fab- a radio station run by vampires, people!

Personally, I’m going to give Dark Descendant by Jenna Black a go. Looks good. And only 3.99!

"It took a qualified wizard to detect a summoning in progress. It required only a half-literate idiot..."

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:55:51 +1100

“It took a qualified wizard to detect a summoning in progress. It required only a half-literate idiot with a twitch of power and a dim idea of how to use it to attempt one. Before you knew it, a three-headed Slavonic god was wreaking havoc in downtown Atlanta, the skies were raining winged snakes, and SWAT was screaming for more ammo.”

- Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews (via winedarksky)

Price drop on the first of the Nicki Styx series- fun and sweet...

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:05:58 +1100

Price drop on the first of the Nicki Styx series- fun and sweet series. If you like humor mixed with the woowoo you’ll like Dead Girls are Easy (2.99 for Kindle version).

Review: With a title like this how could you go wrong?

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:48:00 +1100

The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross. Where to begin, where to begin… With that title? Perfect. With the cover? Divinely beautiful. With the genre? Steampunk fab. With the language? Playful, clever goodness. World building? Amazing. Plot? Tight. Protagonists? Super powered teens take on the world.

I think you get the picture. I was supposed to write this review months ago, but the minute I opened this book I realized I wanted to make it last. So I did, rationing out pages here and there and rereading whole chunks of the book. And I think it spoke to me because of the attention to detail by Ms Cross and, of course, because it is this amazing marriage between urban fantasy and historical romance, two genres I love but so rarely coexist in a satisfying way. All the amazing action combined with sinister class wars, the battle between man and machine, and a fantastic lead in Finley as she struggles with her Mr Hyde.

I think I can safely say this is the ONLY YA book I’ve read that I totally forgot was YA as I was reading it. And that, for me, is high praise. So really, all I have left to say is, my apologies for taking so long to review this because everyone should get their hands on a copy and demand a sequel ASAP.

Disclosure: I received a Advanced Reader’s Copy for review .

How can Ilona Andrews write so well? How is it possible? How??...

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:56:05 +1000

How can Ilona Andrews write so well? How is it possible? How?? Now if only they wrote faster…. Just finished. Want more.

Review: Skills like you've never seen before In Blood Bound

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:47:53 +1000

I love it when fantasy authors create new worlds and idea by appropriating totally benign words and concepts without resorting to making up whole new languages. In Blood Bound, Ms Vincent ensure I’ll never think of ‘Skilled’ in quite the same way again. Or blood. Or tattoos. Or vows. Ok, back to the book…

For a YA writer, the author has created an incredibly dark adult world with the Unbound series debut. It really reminded me of the HBO series The Wire for many reasons, but instead of drugs they’re dealing in people and bodily fluids. Throw in a dash of Romeo and Juliet style star-crossed lovers from different ‘Families’ and you get a heady, veering-on-dark tale (if you like the Stacia Kane Downside books then give this a go).

Ms Vincent excels in keeping a tight pace and throwing a twist in here and there; it kept me nosing through the pages at a incredible rate to find out how on earth Liv and Sam were going to get their happy ending with the amount of strings attached to their lives. Which I’m very glad they got; if this had been a cliffhanger ending this review may have been very different.

Now reading: Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett. So far, SO good....

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:26:00 +1000

Now reading: Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett. So far, SO good. Just wish it wasn’t the first book and there’s nothing else for me to buy!