REVIEW: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A VAMPIRE ~BY~ KERRELYN SPARKS

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A VAMPIRE
BY: Kerrelyn Spark
SERIES: Love at stake #5
GENRE: Paranormal Romance
PUBLICATION: October 28th 2008 by Avon
AVERAGE RATING: 4.22

SYNOPSIS

Toni Davis's Christmas wish list

1. Springing my best friend from the psych ward.

2. Living somewhere that doesn't have coffins in the basement. Occupied coffins.

3. Finding Mr. Right. Please make him tall, dark, handsome, and alive.

This Christmas isn't so merry for Toni. Her best friend's been locked up in a mental hospital ever since she told the police she was attacked by vampires, and the only way for Toni to get her out is to prove that bloodsuckers really do exist. So she's taken a job as a bodyguard for the Undead, but she gets more than she bargained for, especially when she meets Ian MacPhie, a Scottish rascal looking for Ms. Right.

Although Ian's nearly five centuries old, he looks and acts like a twenty-seven-year-old hunk.

How can a dead man be so damn sexy? Could Mr. Wrong be Mr. Right? One forbidden kiss could lead to an eternity of passion—and all it takes is one moment under the mistletoe . . .

MY REVIEW

This is by far my favorite of the series, I just Love Ian, i'm so glad he got his HEA! Toni's friend Sabrina, gosh I wanted to smack her quite a few times, I hope she grows out of her animosity. Carlos I knew, just knew something was different about him. 

This series is turning out to be really good, I think I've enjoyed all but the second book of this series. I cannot wait to read more of it. It's becoming highly addictive to me.

REVIEW: THE UNDEAD NEXT DOOR BY KERRELYN SPARKS

THE UNDEAD NEXT DOOR
BY: Kerrelyn Sparks
SERIES: Love at Stake #4
GENRE: Paranormal Romance
PUBLICATION: January 29th By Avon Books
AVERAGE RATING: 4.19

SYNOPSIS

Three signs that something is very different with your mew man: 

1. He sleeps all day...which would be annoying except he's so attentive at night.

2. He's attacked by sword-wielding assailants, yet insists he can handle it on his own. 

3. He never seems to age. 

Heather Westfield has always lived a quiet life, but that all changes when she helps a very handsome, very mysterious stranger. There's something not quite right about Jean-Luc, but still, she's never been with a man so charming, so attractive...so wonderful. Now if only a murderous villain wasn't after them, they might get their happily-ever-after.

MY REVIEW

Alright, so when I first started reading this series, I was more than a little iffy on it. However, the more I read it the more I'm loving it. This book "The Undead Next Door" is so far my favorite in the series. I love the different take on vampires, and I love the use of science in it as well. Kerrelyn Sparks, is an imaginative, creative, spectacular writer. If the rest of this series keeps getting better, she will become another one of my favorite authors.

REVIEW: BONE GODS BY CAITLIN KITTREDGE

BONE GODS
BY: Caitlin Kittredge
SERIES: Black London #3
GENRE: Urban Fantasy
PUBLICATION: November 30th 2010 by St. Martin's Paperbacks
AVERAGE RATING: 3.77

SYNOPSIS

Witch hunts are on the rise and supernatural turf wars are reaching a boiling point. Then, just when it seems life couldn’t get any worse for Pete, Jack reappears—but he’s no longer the man she’s always known. Hell has changed him forever. And he’s brought back with him a whole world of trouble…

A cabal of necromancers are using ancient, unspeakable magic to turn the tide of war in their favor. Then, as the city is about to sink into chaos, Pete receives a chilling directive: To end the war, you must kill the crow-mage. Beset from all sides, Pete finds herself turning to an unholy source for help…even if doing so could destroy Black London—and life as she knew it—once and for all.

MY REVIEW

I keep on reading this series, and well it's really starting to get good. The apocolypse, the black creeping more and more into London. This world that has been created is magical (excuse the pun), it's original, and very creative. And an ending that will blow your mind. I was like WHAT!?!?!? What I don't like about these books, is Pete's attitude, her I'm a barney bad ass gets a lil old after a bit, but that doesn't deter me from the story oh no, I just roll my eyes at that, and yeah sometimes laugh cause come on, it's funny, and keep on reading. 

Ms. Kittredge is a genious with the world she has created, this is a series I haven't ever came across before, the mix between fae, necromancers, mages, and the like is impressive, and keeps me wanting to read more. Which I will be because I'm dying to know what adventure and mayhem Pete and Jack will have next.

REVIEW: INFAMOUS BY SHERRILYN KENYON

INFAMOUS
BY: Sherrilyn Kenyon
SERIES: Chronicles of Nick #3
GENRE: Young Adult
PUBLICATION: March 13th 2012 by Little, Brown and Company
AVERAGE RATING:  4.36

SYNOPSIS

The world has fallen in love with Nick Gautier and the Dark-Hunters. Now Nick's saga continues in the next eagerly anticipated volume...

Go to school. Get good grades. Stay out of trouble. That's the mandate for most kids. But Nick Gautier isn't the average teenager. He's a boy with a destiny not even he fully understands. And his first mandate is to stay alive while everyone, even his own father, tries to kill him. He's learned to raise the dead, divination and clairvoyance, so why is learning to drive and keep a girlfriend so hard?

But driving isn't the primary skill he has to master. Survival is. And in order to survive, his next lesson makes all the others pale in comparison. He is on the brink of becoming either the greatest hero mankind has ever known - or he'll be the one who ends the world. With enemies new and old gathering forces, he will have to call on every part of himself to fight or he'll lose everyone he cares about. Even himself.

MY REVIEW

I fricking love Nick, I love his smart assed self, his noble heart, and the way he looks at life. His mother god bless her heart, really pissed me off in this book. And I don't blame Nick for going off on her like he had in this book. Ash and Kyrian still fabulous!!! You get to learn a little more on Bubba, which is really cool to read. Kody still wondering what her game is, Caleb I'm really starting to like him, hehe ok ok I've always liked him, but in this book I like him even more. Grim, eh he's pretty funny. 

Ms. Kenyon never fails in her books, they are all awesome, and always I am wanting more. She is one of my favorite authors, and I will always say "Hey you read this by her...." when books come up in a conversation. Love you Sherrilyn Kenyon, I love your books, your worlds, and your characters. YOU ROCK!

ORIGINAL COVER

R2R: ETHEREAL FURY BY JESSICA O'GOREK

ETHEREAL FURY
BY:  Jessican O'Gorek
SERIES: Gemini Rising #1
PUBLICATION: April 13th 2013, by Cogent Publishing
AVERAGE RATING: 4.26

SYNOPSIS

Angry at the human race and its methodical destruction of her resources, Mother Earth recruits souls who have just left their bodies to serve Her, and turns them against humanity. Gemini, a clan of paranormal beings, picked from these possessed humans, emerges. A powerful, rising force proceeds to carry out Mother Nature’s plan to systematically destroy towns, cities, states… and eventually, the world. Amidst the chaos, a forbidden relationship between a human girl, Violette, and Onyx, a lead Gemini, begins. They will both find themselves in the middle of a revolutionary war that will either save, or destroy our world.

MY REVIEW

I was given a copy of this book for an honest review.

I tried reading this book, and I really wanted to get into it. I really did. The writing is excellent and the storyline is well created. All in all this book was a good book. However, it just didn't catch my attention. I'm not exactly sure what is was, maybe it's just not something I'm into.

So with that being said, I don't want anyone to base my review on whether they should read this book or not. This book has gotten a lot of great reviews. I just couldn't get into it. On that note I would recommend you picking up a copy and reading it yourself, you'll probably like it, and you might not. 

I just don't want this author's book being judged just because I could not get into it. It has great qualities, just not my cup of tea I guess.

Thank you.

Reviews

Sorry I haven't been posting my reviews lately. But I've been so busy I haven't had the time to post them, I will be doing those probably later on this week, so sorry in advance if you get bombarded with them. And I will try to do better at updating my blog on a consistent basis.

REVIEW: ORIGIN BY JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT

ORIGIN
BY: Jennifer L. Armentrout
SERIES:  Lux # 4
GENRE: Young Adult
PUBLICATION:  August 27th 2013 by Entangled Publishing
AVERAGE RATING:  4.61

~SYNOPSIS~

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.

All Katy can do is survive.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?

Together, they can face anything. 

But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on? 

And will they even be together?

~MY REVIEW~

   Oh Holy toledo BATMAN! What an intense book. This series already has had me wrapped around it's little finger since the beginning, but WOW, now it's just becoming more epic. The constant battles this group has to go through is phenomenal. The story-line grabs you right up and sucks in you in immediately. Jennifer L. Armentrout, is an outstanding author. The world she has created reminds me some of the old movies Cocoon but more epic like. And with the way this book ended I'm screaming out for the next one already. GEESH! What a rush!