March 7, 2017

Author Update Rachel Caine!

 

Heads up this week's posts will be a little slim. However, great news just popped into my mailbox from author Rachel Caine.  


Ink and Bone  (The Great Library #1)Rachel is very pleased to announce that the Great Library series, which was originally planned for three books, is now extending to five volumes ... because when you're telling a story this big, you need a bigger canvas. If you haven't started the Great Library series yet, you're Paper and Fire  (The Great Library #2)in for an epic read: a journey through a rich alternate world where the Great Library of Alexandria never burned, books are sacred, and knowledge is the ultimate power.

"I'm thrilled to get to expand and continue Jess's story," says Rachel. "It's such a huge world and concept, and as a writer, Ash and Quill  (The Great Library #3)getting to play with concepts like these, and characters I love, is a dream come true. Can't wait for you all to read ASH AND QUILL, and I'm hard at work on Book 4 this summer!"

I faithfully buy each book, but I haven't read them yet. Normally I get nervous when a trilogy expands. So I hope it fits well. Either way I'm excited for more lovely covers.

Congrats Rachel Caine.

March 3, 2017

Cover Coveting (5)

 
Cover art is found from Goodreads, Wicked Scribes, ATUF, social networks, and other sources.
***All cover art may not be final.***

Actually not sure what random thing to put here. So I'll cut to the chase: Let's look at the last batch of covers for the week!


Exiled by Amanda Carlson

Previous book(s) in series:

Goodreads | Amazon


Exiled (Phoebe Meadows #3) by Amanda Carlson Series: Pheobe Meadows, book 3

Add it: Goodreads | Amazon
Genre: Urban Fantasy/PNR

Shera’s thoughts:

Ooooooooo, the cover art keeps becoming better with each new release!

Love this one. Not to mention the title!

Ringer by Lauren Oliver

Previous book(s) in series:

Goodreads | Amazon


Ringer  (Replica #2) Series: Replica, book 2

Add it: Goodreads | Amazon
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian

Shera’s thoughts:

Fits the first book well. I wish the body of the butter fly was there. It feels off that the antenna is there without it.

Spellbinder by Thea Harrison

Previous book(s) in series:

Goodreads | Amazon


Spellbinder (Moonshadow #2) by Thea Harrison Series: Moonshadow, book 2

Add it: Goodreads | Amazon
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Shera’s thoughts:

Meh. Except why he is he wearing a jacket at all? It just looks stupid. Made the shirtless man covers worse.

The Hawkweed Prophecy by Irena Brignull

Previous book(s) in series:

Goodreads | Amazon


The Hawkweed Legacy Series: N/A 

Add it: Goodreads | Amazon
Genre: N/A

Shera’s thoughts:

I'm confused if this is a new cover for a makeover or not. The way it's listed in both amazon and goodreads is odd.

It is lovely, but I truly like the original cover. This one is a stunner though.

Wicked Kiss by Rebecca Zanetti

Previous book(s) in series:

Goodreads | Amazon


Wicked Kiss  (Realm Enforcers #4) Series: Realm Enforcers, book 4

Add it: Goodreads | Amazon
Genre: Paranormal Romance 

Shera’s thoughts:

Yikes. I liked the first 3 covers. This is bad. What is with all the overlays.

March 2, 2017

Review: Mechanic

Mechanic (Breeders, book 2) by Alexa Riley

Mechanic  (Breeding #2)

Genre: Contemporary Erotica (Breeder genre)
Edition Reviewed: Ebook
Amazon: Paperback | Kindle
Goodreads: Mechanic (1)

Everything was fine until that innocent little rich girl walked into my garage. Since the second I laid my eyes on her, all I've wanted to do is get my dirty hands on her pure body.

There's one minor obstacle standing in my way, but I've got a plan. All I've got to do is claim her, and she’ll be mine forever.

Warning: This book is over-the-top, insta-love. There's nothing but steamy scenes, babies trying to be made, and an obsessed bearded alpha hero claiming a virgin who will be his forever. If you want it hot and dirty, this is it!
*whispers* There's a sweet smutty surprise at the end!


Review:

So I picked this one up to get the same giggles out of it as I did with Coach. I was also a bit curious. Sadly where I found the geek humor hilarious in Coach there wasn't too much I could laugh about here. In fact, I think the whole book took itself a little too seriously. This was a darker tale.

I did however find other things about the book funny. Such as her legs being called “stems”. Something about his penis smiling and other things. So . . . it was more because it was bad writing and horrible sexual descriptions.

There is a nice short story in the back for the other couple in this book, so that's nice. Though I have to wonder, yes the appeal is Breeders. BUT why do all the girls have to be virgins? -_- I get it, it's a genre onto itself. Yet, it always seems to be the way.

Anywho. Even for laughs I don't think I'll be reading the next book. It's going to be more awkward sex wording, breeder awkward stuff, and virgins. (Just watch the next one will have a girl who actually slept with one other guy.) Yeah, I think I'm out.

Content Warning: You guessed it sexual content.

  
1/5 - Couldn't finish it or wished I hadn't.


Previous book(s) in series:
Reviewed on BW: Amazon: Goodreads:
Coach (1)
Mechanic (2)
Thief (3)

Coach (1)
Mechanic (2)
Thief (3)

Coach (1)
Mechanic (2)
Thief (3)

March 1, 2017

Wednesday Wishes

Currently watching The 9th Life of Louis Drax, apparently it was a book. I figured out the twist, but it was still ambitious. If you want something different I suggest it.


Shattered Souls by Delilah Devlin

Shattered Souls  (Caitlyn O’Connell #1)Get it: Amazon | Goodreads
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series: Caitlyn O’Connell, book 1

When her mentor is brutally murdered by a supernatural force, an alcoholic former cop turns to her past lovers—her ex-partner and a powerful sorcerer—to help her hunt down a demon terrorizing Memphis.

Caitlyn O’Connell had it all: a career with the Memphis PD, a passionate marriage, and the satisfaction that her work made a difference in the world. But she also had a secret, a supernatural “gift” that cost her everything. Now she scrapes by as a private investigator, taking cases the cops won’t touch and counting down the minutes until happy hour. But when Sam Pierce, her former partner and estranged ex-husband, comes to her for help with a bizarre murder case, Cait can’t say no. And not just because Sam is still as irresistibly sexy as he was on the day they met. Something sinister—and demonic—is terrorizing Memphis, leaving a bloody trail of bodies and clues only Cait can read. Together she and Sam will venture into a dark world of magic and unholy terror, hunting a killer who will lead them to the brink of reality as they know it—and back into the thrall of their stormy past. Steamy and suspenseful, Shattered Souls is the pulse-quickening new offering from romance author Delilah Devlin.

Another title I completely forgot about it. Dug this one up out of my poor future purchases pile.