Influential Magic by Deanna Chase

Synopsis from Goodreads:
It’s tough being a faery in New Orleans, a city fraught with vampires… especially when their very existence drains your life-force.

Willow Rhoswen, owner of The Fated Cupcake and part-time vampire hunter for the Void is having a rough week. Four years after her twin brother’s mysterious death, Willow’s life is threatened and the director saddles her with a new partner—her ex-boyfriend, David. To her horror, he’s turned vamp, which causes her physical pain whenever she touches him… and any other specimen of the undead.

In order to save Willow’s life, David agrees to turn double agent against the most powerful vampire organization in New Orleans. Or so he says. And she’s convinced they know something about her brother’s death. Unsure where David’s loyalties lie, she turns to Talisen, her childhood crush, to help her solve the mystery.

Caught between two gorgeous men and a director who’ll stop at nothing to control Willow’s gifts, she’ll have to follow her instincts and learn who to trust. Otherwise, she risks losing more than just her life.

My review:
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, other than it might be a YA book, but it wasn't at all. I actually really enjoyed it - it's fast paced, nerve-wrecking in places with a fair amount of romantic tension too.

Willow is a fae, with sparkly wings and a sweet nature. She runs a bakery well known for its heavenly goodies that are bespelled to do a range of things and she also works for the Void agency, a supernatural police force. After a trip back to her home town, she returns to find out that her pathetic ex-boyfriend, who dumped her by text, has been turned into a vampire and he has a dire warning for her: someone wants her dead. There's no real indication of whom that might be nor why, but Willow's not one who wants to die easily.

Her aunt is the Director of the Void agency, but she's a nasty piece of work, or is she? There's more to her than we know until the end. Her best friend Phoebe is a witch and loves taking on dressing up roles to find the information she needs. Talisen is her brother's best friend that Willow has had a crush on for years, but with the reappearance of David and old feelings returning, will Willow make any decisions about which man she wants? But the best side character has to be Link, Willow's shih tzu dog who turns into a hulk of a wolf when he's angry or if Willow is being threatened. Love it!

In order to find out who's behind the murder plot, Willow makes some rash, sometimes stupid, decisions that seem to end her up in more trouble than she was. The vampires are all involved and the Void agency is not a good place for Willow to be either. Many secrets are revealed at the end of the book,, some of which were a great surprise.

Willow was an odd character to like - she wasn't your usual kick ass heroine. She was much more peace loving than everyone else around her and really didn't like the idea of using violence to get the information she needed. However, sometimes you got to do what you've got to do. I much preferred Phoebe's feisty nature.

I will read the next book in this series and hope that the love interest between Willow and Talisen picks up. I did receive a copy of this book from Netgalley and would like to thank the author and publishers for letting me have it!

Heart of Venom by Jennifer Estep

Synopsis from Goodreads.com
When a terror from the past threatens Gin’s friend and body-disposer, Sophia, Gin will stop at nothing to protect her, even if it means walking straight into a killer’s trap. Meanwhile, the rocky romance between Gin and Owen reaches a turning point—can they reunite and rekindle their love? Or will the things Gin has been forced to do in her line of work as the deadly assassin the Spider keep them apart forever? Assuming, that is, she survives long enough to find out...

My review

This was one of my favourite books of this series. I just love the world of The Spider, but this one was more heart-wrenching than usual. Gin did have to do her usual assassinating, but this time it was more personal than it has really been for a while now, ever since she killed nasty old Mab Monroe.

The beginning of this book sets the scene for rollercoaster ride that is The Heart of Venom. When Sophia, Gin's cook and body disposal expert, rushes into Jo-Jo's salon, where all the girls are having a pampering day and screams "Run!" you know it's not going to turn out well for someone. Unfortunately that someone wasn't the bad guy at first. Harley Grimes, the man of Sophia's nightmares, the man who tried to destroy her in the past, the man who caused her voice to be the way it is, has returned! And this time he intends on keeping Sophia no matter what. Only Gin's not going to let that happen, no sir-ee!

After Sophia is taken, Gin intends on storming Harley Grimes' place with no plan, no back up, but a heap of weapons, but that's just not enough. She needs information and she does realise in time that going in completely unprepared won't help. The rescue attempt is helped out by two men she never expected to help her, Owen Grayson and Warren, an old friend of Fletcher's, without whom she would never be able to find Grimes' camp. The rescue mission kind of goes well, in that Sophia is rescued, but Gin manages to get caught and now it's her turn to be rescued, but does she need it or can she escape herself? She's The Spider; we all know what Gin is capable of doing!

I loved the feel of this book, back to the gritty, dangerous world of the ruthless Spider. There were a few times throughout this book, when I wasn't quite sure if Gin would truly make it through what was happening to her.

My favourite quote of the book came from Finn though - "Why paint when you can eat pie instead?". My thoughts exactly about decorating!

Looking forward to reading the next book in this series, which is all about how Gin became the secretive, dangerous assassin we all love!

Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison

Synopsis from Goodreads.com
The underground population of witches, vampires, werewolves—creatures of dreams and nightmares—has lived beside humans for centuries, hiding their powers. But after a genetically engineered virus wipes out a large part of humanity, many of the "Inderlanders" reveal themselves, changing everything.

Rachel Morgan, witch and bounty hunter with the Inderland Runner Services, is one of the best at apprehending supernatural lawbreakers throughout Cincinnati, but when it comes to following the rules, she falls desperately short. Determined to buck the system, she quits and takes off on the run with an I.S. contract on her head and is reluctantly forced to team up with Ivy, Inderland's best runner . . . and a living vampire. But this witch is way out of her league, and to clear her name, Rachel must evade shape-changing assassins, outwit a powerful businessman/crime lord, and survive a vicious underground fight-to-the-death . . . not to mention her own roommate.


My review:
I loved this book! I have had this series on my to-read list for so long and finally got round to reading it.

Rachel Morgan is a witch working for the I.S - Inderland Security and decides she has had enough of being given the crappy jobs as a runner so quits her job. However no-one just quits the I.S and walks away without a bounty being put on their heads. But lucky for Rachel, the I.S actually wants to get rid of her so her boss Denon is willing to let her go until Ivy Tamwood, the best runner in the I.S and a living non-practising vampire, decides to quit alongside Rachel.

Together they move into a church and, with the help of Jenks the pixy, try to keep Rachel alive after several attempts on her life are made, courtesy of her old boss. Rachel also finds out that one of the big wigs in town is doing some very illegal activities and has a plan to get some evidence which should in turn get the I.S off her back. However, not everything goes to plan (as it never does and how boring would that be?!) and she gets caught. Several times!

I totally loved the characters in this book. The friendly banter between Rachel and Jenks was hilarious. Ivy was a strange one - I could never quite decide if she was going to go after Rachel or not after the first time, but she ended up being the kind of person you could rely on in a bad situation. (not quite sure why Rachel was so freaked out about Ivy attacking her even before the first situation, especially when she knew what Ivy was though). I have inklings over who I think Keasley really is, but no idea why. He could just be an old warlock, but I do think there's more to him than was revealed in this book.

I loved the way that magic was portrayed in this book as well - the need for mixing up potions to create spells and charm amulets is something I haven't read about in a while. Almost took me back to what I think magic is all about.

I'm looking forward to buying the next ones in this series, although I have a fair few to catch up on!

The Green Eyed Demon by Jaye Wells

Synopsis from Good reads.com
Things to do:

1. Rescue sister.
2. Murder grandmother.
3. Don't upset the voodoo priestess.

The clock is ticking for Sabina Kane. Her sister has been kidnapped by her grandmother, the Dark Races are on the brink of war, and a mysterious order is manipulating everyone behind the scenes.

Working on information provided by an unlikely ally, Sabina and her trusty sidekicks--a sexy mage named Adam Lazarus and Giguhl, a Mischief demon--head to New Orleans to begin the hunt for her sister. Once there, they must contend with belligerent werewolves, magic-wielding vampires and--perhaps most frightening of all--humans.

But as much as Sabina is focused on surviving the present, the past won't be ignored. Before she can save those she cares about most, she must save herself from the ghosts of her past.

My review:
This book is the best so far in the series! I totally loved it.

After kidnapping one of the Dominae vampires, Tanith, Sabina makes her way to the Queen Faery's court, where Tanith tries to set up a deal by giving Sabina the location of where her sister Maisie is being held, although she doesn't know the precise place. Will Tanith be honourable and keep to her end of the deal? I doubt it! But we'll have to wait and see!

Sabina is soon off on the trail to find her missing twin sister, kidnapped by their vampire grandmother during a big fight between the vamps and the mages at the end of The Mage in Black (Book 2 in this series). This trail takes her to New Orleans, where she has to find a friend of Rhea's, a human voodoo priestess and her faery cross-dressing drag queen friend. Initially Sabina is reluctant to trust a human, but gives in as she knows there is no other way that she will be able to trace Maisie if she doesn't accept Zen's help.

Sabina and Adam also meet a local werewolf, who gives her a lead to where some vamps might be staying, but instead vamps in the house, they find a pair of mages and some humans who are in a famous rock band together enjoying an orgy of sorts. Soon after they finished peeking through the windows they are attacked by a group of mages from the Caste of Nod. Immediately Sabina believes that the werewolf has betrayed her, but it wasn't her or her vampire contact.

Stryx the owl also follows Sabina around a lot and they eventually capture him and perform a spell of sorts on him in the graveyard to try and get Maisie's exact location from him. She gets some very bizarre comments from him and at the same time her Chtonic magic does something rather new and strange! On this same night Zen's magic store gets attacked and so does Brooks, the faery. Very badly attacked as well and Sabina believes it was the werewolf again, but it wasn't! It was the same people who attacked her and Adam before and she has an idea of who the leak might be. And her gut instinct was correct! Brooks reinvents himself as Pussy Willow and manages to get rid of the leak once and for all!

Sabina takes a sort of out of body vision quest in which she meets the ghost of David, her old vampire friend that she had to kill in the first book, who basically tells her that she has some very difficult decisions to make in the near future and whatever she does will have dire consequences. Through this vision she finds the exact location of where Maisie is being held, but before she can go and save her Sabina has to consult Orpheus, the leader of the mages and the faery Queen, who seems to take over the whole situation, giving out orders that no-one else really agrees to, but they have to accept because they need the faeries help.

Sabina does as she always does though, and doesn't follow the orders at all. She decides to save Maisie by herself and leaves everyone else behind. However, Adam soon works out her plans, follows her and after a bit of a heated argument goes with her to save Maisie, but it doesn't go exactly to plan! well you didn't expect it to really did you? That would have been a very boring ending to the story.

A huge fight entails and Sabina manages to save Maisie and eventually they all win! Yay!!! Can't say  any more without giving away any more details!

I loved how Sabina developed in this story. She finally gave into her emotions and she even manages to admit to Adam how she feels, using the big L word! I did wonder how much longer Adam would wait for her, and even though he was willing to give her time, I think she had to make a decision sooner rather than later, so she didn't keep stringing him along. I glad she didn't wait that long! Adam did annoy me at times. He's a Pythian guard and always will be, following orders to the letter, whereas Sabina does what she wants when she wants and Adam finds it hard to accept this in her. Even on the big fight night when Sabina goes off on her own, he throws a bit of a wobbly at her, despite knowing why she went off. I am glad they got together properly in the end though.

Giguhl wasn't as funny this time round though as he had been dumped by the Vanity demon. I don't really know the details as they weren't revealed as such in this book, but I do know there is a short novella about this episode out, but it's not yet available over here in the UK - why not?!!! It's not necessarily essential to this story though, but I do like knowing all the details! Giguhl does have some funny moments with Brooks, who provided lots of laughs instead. Gighul tends to be more serious and has lots of close moments with Sabina giving her advice on matters of the heart, which I thought was a lovely side to him, especially after the breakdown of his whirlwind romance!

Overall I totally loved this book. Glad Adam and Sabina got it together. Glad they found Maisie. Glad they got rid of the one who caused all this! Looking forward to reading the next one in the series, but I have to wait until January for the release!

The Mage In Black by Jaye Wells

Synopsis from Goodreads.com
Sabina Kane doesn't have the best track record when it comes to family. After all, her own grandmother, leader of the vampire race, wants her dead. So when she arrives in New York to meet her mage relatives, the reunion puts the fun in dysfunctional. Not only is mage culture completely bizarre, but everyone seems to think she's some kind of 'Chosen' who'll unite the dark races. Sabina doesn't care who chose her, she's not into destiny. But the mages aren't Sabina's only problem. In New York's Black Light District, she has run-ins with fighting demons, hostile werewolves and an opportunistic old flame. Sabina thought she'd take a bite out of the Big Apple - but it looks like it wants to bite back.

My review:
Second book in the Sabina Kane series and whilst I thought it wasn't quite as action packed as the first one, I thought Sabina was developed much more as a character in this one.

Sabina meets her long lost twin sister in New York and the mages she has grown up with. Despite being twins, separated at birth, there are a few similarities between them, but many more differences. Sabina finds it hard to completely let go of her vampire upbringing and adopt the mage way of life instead. In one respect she has gone from living under one strict regime to another. Although her sister is supposed to be the leader of the mages, she only really holds that title by name; the real mage behind it all is Orpheus. He comes across as being a really strict, rule giving kind of guy and you can tell he doesn't trust Sabina at all.

Sabina seems to be under constant attacks from people trying to kill her for one reason or another, yet she's not 100% sure who is behind it all. She thinks it's her grandmother, the alpha vampire of the Dominae, but there's no real proof that she even knows where Sabina is.

Whilst visiting a local vamp bar, Sabina also bumps into a old vampire acquaintance, Slade. He convinces Gighul, Sabina's demon minion, to fight in his demon fight club and through the regular meetings Sabina starts to treat him more as an ally than an enemy, which does come in handy later on. I did love Sabina's first reaction to seeing him - a good smack in the face! Only a woman scorned could have made that mark sting!

Sabina does start her mage training and is slowly developing her skills, but her impatience and reluctance to get anything wrong soon irritates her. She knows she has to learn these skills if she stands any chance of fighting her grandmother, but at the same time, is almost convinced that her assassin skills are more reliable at the moment.

On a night out away from everyone and everything that's been getting her down, Sabina finally meets the one who has been sending others to kill her. She finds out the vampires and the Caste of Nod's plans and has to rush to the mages' defence to help in the battle. After losing many mages and overthrowing many vamps and their demons, Sabina runs around to find her sister Maisie, only to find an easel with checkmate scrawled on it in Maisie's blood. She knows exactly who has taken her and now vows to get her back!

Although Sabina isn't an incredibly easy character to like (sometimes her almost constant anger gets irritating), she does start to develop compassion and opens up to her emotions as well. You can see how her character grows throughout the book and she is growing up as an independent person, no longer needing someone to tell her what to do all the time.

I did miss the romance between Adam and Sabina that I was expecting after the end of the last book and beginning of this one. Adam appears only briefly in the beginning and again at the end, but there is definitely hope for them, although it also appears that Slade may be trying to vie for Sabina's affections as well, although she knows there's no future there. Gighul got the romance factor this time, which I thought was hilarious. He meets this Vanity demon in the fight ring - she's supposed to kill him, but instead of fighting they perform some kind of demon mating ritual instead. I was chuckling quite a lot at this scene and their romance is really quite sweet.

I actually thought this series was a trilogy, so was expecting it all to end in the next book, but there' another 2 books planned in their series, so maybe there's going to be more to it than I thought. I hope the next book is still as good as the first two.

Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells

Synopsis from Goodreads.com
In a world where being of mixed-blood is a major liability, Sabina Kane has the only profession fit for an outcast: assassin. But, her latest mission threatens the fragile peace between the vampire and mage races and Sabina must scramble to figure out which side she's on. She's never brought her work home with her---until now.

This time, it's personal.


My review:

I read this book for the second time as I wanted to read the rest of this trilogy and have to admit that I didn't remember much of it until I actually read it. Does that mean I didn't especially enjoy it the first time round? I dunno, but I really enjoyed it this time! I did remember bits and bobs, like Giguhl and Maisie and Adam, but not really what happened.

So anyways...Sabina Kane is a half vampire, half mage, raised by her vampire grandmother to distrust anything or anyone who is not a vampire. Therefore, she has no idea of who her mage family are and has no mage training at all, even though she should have some magical abilities. She is an assassin by trade. Despite being the granddaughter of the alpha female vampire, the Domina of the Dominae, her mixed race does not allow her to hold any position higher than that of an assassin. Her mixed heritage is something Sabina has been constantly reminded of her whole life, made it feel like she would never quite be the vampire she should be because of her mage blood.

The starting line of the book made me giggle - "Digging graves is hell on a manicure..." Only a female vampire could come out with a statement like that! LMAO And you know immediately that she is not your prim and proper type of vampire if she's out killing people who need to be buried. At the beginning of the book Sabina has to kill her friend David, whom she is led to believe has turned into a traitor, told so by her grandmother, the alpha vampire. You can tell that Sabina doesn't really want to do it, but her loyalties lie with her vampire family and therefore she carries out the job as necessary.

Later on Sabina is told by her grandmother that she has to infiltrate a cult of sorts run by a half vampire, half demon, Clovis, who wants to take control of the vampire and mage races. Sabina seems to be making a headway start despite her instincts to not trust this demon vamp. He appears to trust and believe what she is saying and at times, she starts to believe some of the things he tells her as well, even though they go against things she has been told by her grandmother.

She is also being followed by a mage, Adam, who tells Sabina that her mage family has sent him to watch her, train her and eventually get her to meet them. She doesn't believe him at all to start with as she has always been told that her mage family disowned her at birth. Lots of contradictory evidence comes to light through out the book and many secrets are eventually revealed, some of which turn Sabina's world upside down.

Adam did send a demon to kill Sabina and he stabs her through the heart with an applewood stake, the only wood known to kill a vampire. However, it doesn't kill her; it hurts her like mad but she doesn't burst into flames like she should. Is this part of her mixed heritage? She tries to get rid of the demon before he racks up massive bills on her credit card from watching too many info-mercials and QVC type programmes, but only the summoner can return him. He takes cat form so as to blend in better with her new roommate and when Sabina tries to cast a spell on him, it turns him into a permanent hairless cat. He can no longer change forms. Sabina now has to ask the mage Adam for help in sending Gighul back to the demon realm.

A big fight ensues between the vampires of the Dominae and Clovis' cult with lots of back stabbing and double crossing going on. Sabina and Adam manage to get out alive and Sabina finally admits that she's kind of ready to leave her vampire family completely behind and make the next step forward to meeting her mage family, in the lead up to the inevitable upcoming war between the mages and the vampires.

I really enjoyed this book and loved Sabina's attitude and sarcasm. Her grandmother was a total control freak, but what do you expect from the leader of the vampires. I just don't understand why Sabina didn't wake up sooner to the way she was being treated by Lavinia, but then I guess when you've been brainwashed from birth, you just don't question other people's behaviour. I am glad she did realise what was going on in the end though.

I totally LOVED Gighul's character - he was funny as a demon and even funnier as a hairless cat. I can just picture him walking round in a fluffy sweater and little booties chasing catnip toys around. I hope he makes another appearance in the next book.

There's definitely some attraction between Sabina and Adam and I would like to hope that it develops into something more in the next book as well.

Right on to the next book in the series then!

Kitty's Big Trouble by Carrie Vaughn

Synopsis from Goodreads.com
Kitty Norville is back and in more trouble than ever. Her recent run-in with werewolves traumatized by the horrors of war has made her start wondering how long the US government might have been covertly using werewolves in combat. Have any famous names in our own history might have actually been supernatural? She's got suspicions about William Tecumseh Sherman. Then an interview with the right vampire puts her on the trail of Wyatt Earp, vampire hunter.

But her investigations lead her to a clue about enigmatic vampire Roman and the mysterious Long Game played by vampires through the millennia. That, plus a call for help from a powerful vampire ally in San Francisco, suddenly puts Kitty and her friends on the supernatural chessboard, pieces in dangerously active play. And Kitty Norville is never content to be a pawn. . . .



My review:
Carrie Vaughn is back up to par with this book. This one was much better than the last one, Kitty Goes To War. In this book, Kitty is asked by Anastasia to join her in the fight against Roman in San Francisco. She needs to get hold of a very powerful object and wants Kitty to help her find it.


So Kitty, Ben and Cormac find their way to SF to be attacked by some of Roman's werewolves, taken through a maze of secret underground tunnels in Chinatown, getting lost in said tunnels, finding Chinese gods who help fight Roman, find Roman, fight Roman, lose to Roman who steals the powerful object, fight Roman again, get powerful object back, defeat another Chinese god and eventually give the powerful object back to the Chinese goddess who will look after it, along with Anastasia.


Loads of fast-paced action in this book, which almost never seems to stop. It moves really quickly from one scene to the next, but flows very well. Anastasia annoyed me, but I think she's supposed to. She's a very old vampire who came from a noble family and has that air of pompousness about her at times, yet at the same time can be quite caring towards others. She holds a bit of bitterness inside her and we do find out why she's so determined to beat Roman.


I really like how Cormac's character is turning out now, with the addition of the spirit of Amelia inside him. He doesn't need to rely on his guns so much now, not that he can with the terms of his parole, so he starts to use magic more and more with Amelia's help and guidance. This gives him an almost supernatural outlook and I feel he fits in better with Kitty and Ben, although there are times where I wish he would just pull out a large gun loaded with silver bullets and kill the nasty werewolves!


Ben and Kitty's relationship is stronger than ever and really helps them both in times of crisis. I hope this doesn't change in the future. I'm really looking forward to reading the next book in this series as well as Kitty's Greatest Hits, which tells us what actually happens to Cormac in jail. I just hope they hurry up and bring this one out on the Kindle soon!

Kitty Raises Hell by Carrie Vaughn

Synopsis from Goodreads.com
Kitty Norville and Ben thought that they had left their problems in Vegas. What they should have realized is that vampire priestesses and lycanthropes don't forgive and forget: They unleashed flaming balls of revenge. To protect her pack of werewolves, Kitty seeks the help of TV paranormal investigators, but ultimately her survival and those of the creatures she's sworn to protect rests in the outstretched hands of her and her allies.

My review:
I do believe I am wrong. I don't normally admit to being wrong because I am always right, but for once I will admit I was wrong! I said that Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand (#5 in the Kitty Norville series) was the best book so far, but this one was even better.

This once carries straight on after Kitty and Ben return from the trip to Vegas. The trouble from Vegas has followed them home and someone finds Kitty's bar, New Moon, and burns the word Tiamat on the door. Kitty obviously knows what and who that means and now has to stop them. However she ends up dealing with something she didn't even know existed; a form of a djinn called an ifrit, which is a spirit made of fire and who loves causing chaos by burning everything and everyone down! Kitty does admit that she doesn't really know what to do and with the help of an old friend and some new ones she soon works out how to rid herself and Denver of this pest!

Even though Kitty is the female alpha of her pack, she readily admits when she doesn't know what to do and has no problems whatsoever asking for help. Some alphas or vampire masters would see that as a weakness, but I believe it takes great guts to ask for help when everyone else expects you to be able to deal with the problem.

I love Kitty and Ben's relationship. They are both clear alphas but are so madly in love with each other. I hope that doesn't change in the rest of the series. Although I do prefer the action and adventure in these books, I do also like it when a couple get together and it works out.

And I do like how Rick is developing as well. He is coming into his own being the new vampire master for Denver and even though Kitty may not always agree with his decisions, he does seem to be able to wait out and find the answers before jumping in with both feet. Something that Kitty is more than ready to do at times in this book. I love how secretive he is as well, always giving little snippets of his past to Kitty but never really revealing anything. I hope one day she does get a juicy story from him!

Right onto Book #7, Kitty's House of Horrors then!

Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand by Carrie Vaughn

Synopsis from Goodreads.com
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS?

Already the alpha pair of Denver's werewolf pack, Kitty and Ben now plan to tie the knot human-style by eloping to Vegas. Kitty is looking forward to sipping fru-fru drinks by the pool and doing her popular radio show on live TV, but her hotel is stocked with werewolf-hating bounty hunters. Elsewhere on the Strip an old-school magician might be wielding the real thing; the vampire community is harboring a dark secret; and the irresistible star of a suspicious animal act is determined to seduce Kitty.

My review:

I loved this book - it was the best one so far in the series I think.

Kitty and Ben head out to Las Vegas for this book to get married. At the same time Kitty is asked by her producer, Ozzie, to do a live TV version of her Midnight Hour radio show. Everything is getting organised, but when they arrive at the hotel, they find that a gun show is also being held in the same hotel. A gun show which involved lots of people with guns and bullets. People with silver bullets too, who are associates of Ben and Cormac. Quite inevitably Kitty doesn't feel very safe around these kind of people.

Kitty meets the local vampire master, Dom. She also checks out the local talent, a magician whose magic seems to be real and a troupe of were-shifters performing a rather seductive act. Kitty is intrigued by both acts and tries to convince them to come on her show.

Her show goes rather well. The wedding is all ready. Ben has won a poker game in a Texas Hold 'Em competition and Kitty manages to get some time next to the pool drinking a froufrou drink - just like she wanted. What could possibly go wrong?! Oh how could I ask such a daft question?! Of course something has to go wrong. The book would be pretty boring if it didn't!

So anyways...Ben gets kidnapped after complaining that there's some cheating going on in the next round of the poker game. Cue Kitty on the hunt trying to find him. the wedding has to be cancelled obviously as there's no groom and Kitty finds herself in a very dangerous situation, only to be saved by the very last people she expected.

I loved how Kitty would do anything for Ben, even though she knew she was walking straight into a trap, although it wasn't quite the trap she was expecting. Ben managed to get himself out of where he was being held, the bad guys were arrested or killed and finally Ben and Kitty get married in a white, convertible Cadillac by Elvis! Sounds like my kind of wedding - no stress of organising there!

But there's not a completely happy ending - someone tracks Kitty down back to Denver and gives her a little reminder of who she pissed off in Las Vegas.

Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn

Synopsis from Goodreads.com
Kitty's radio show, Kitty's Midnight Hour, is as popular as ever, and now she has a boyfriend who actually seems to understand her. Can she finally settle down to a normal life? Not if this is just the calm before the storm. When her mother falls ill, Kitty rushes back to Denver -- and right back to the abusive pack of werewolves she escaped a year ago. To make matters worse, a war is brewing in the vampire community as Denver's two oldest vampires vie for the city, threatening the whole supernatural community. Though she wants to stay neutral, Kitty is once again drawn into a world of politics and violence. To protect her family, her lover, and herself, she'll have to choose sides . . . and maybe become what she hates most about her kind: a killer.


My review:
Wow I'm ploughing through this series, but it's a good, easy one to read.

Kitty finds herself back in Denver in this book, trying to avoid Carl and Meg, the alpha and his mate from her previous pack. She knows that if she runs into them, they will kill her and she doesn't want Ben to get involved or hurt either. However, her mom is seriously ill and therefore she has no other choice.

After inviting a celebrity vampire to her radio show, she meets up with her in her hotel suite the following day only to find Rick there (he had previously asked for her help in challenging Carl and Arturo, the vampire master of Denver, and she refused). Minutes later guess who comes in through the door? You got it! Carl, Meg and Arturo. Power games all round!

The rest of the book involves Kitty helping Rick to defeat Arturo and at the same time, coping with her mom's illness. Surprisingly some of the old pack come to help Kitty and she kills Meg with silver bullets and the rest of the pack eat up Carl! Detective Hardin is also on hand to help where she can, but she seems to think that arresting everybody is the way to go. It worked with the wolves, but less so with the vampires.

Kitty is now home and is the alpha female of her pack who have all admitted their submission to her. Rick is the master vampire of Denver and everyone else who is a potential threat have all been defeated in one way or another. Everything should now be a-okay right? I doubt it or the series would have ended with this book!

Can't wait to read the next one now!

Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughn

Look at me - 2 books and 2 reviews in 2 days! Go me!!! LOL

Synopsis from Goodreads.com
Kitty Norville's established herself as a DJ, with her midnight talk show Kitty's Midnight Hour, been forced into revealing herself to the nation as a werewolf and testified to the Senate about the supernatural denizens of the USA, but now it's time to lay low in a remote Colorado cabin and work on her memoirs. Her plans get derailed when sexy werewolf hunter Cormac Bennett shows up with her lawyer, Ben O'Farrell, who's been bitten and is about to turn into a werewolf himself. But Kitty's hideaway is neither as peaceful nor as secret as she hopes, for barbed-wire crosses start showing up all over the place, and, worse, gruesome animal sacrifices are left at her door. Someone wants them gone, and it's up to Kitty and Cormac to find out who's stalking them - before someone gets really hurt . . 


My review:
Another good read in this series - I'm loving this one at the minute. I love Kitty's character - she's strong yet caring. And she always manages to get herself in (and out) of trouble wherever she goes!

In this one, Kitty is taking a well deserved break from her radio show and life in general and rents out a house in the middle of nowhere. She is supposed to be writing her memoirs but cannot find the inspiration to get going on it. Soon enough trouble finds its way into Kitty's life and someone keeps leaving dead bunnies and bloody crosses on her doorstep, which are soon followed by barbed wire crosses stuck into the ground around her cabin. She has no idea who is doing this or why.

One night, just as her nerves are finally breaking down even more, Cormac appears in her driveway with a bitten and torn up Ben in his Jeep. They had been out hunting and Ben got attacked by a werewolf. Kitty helps him cope with his new self and teaches him what she can.

Kitty is also accused of slaughtering a whole herd of cows, which she physically couldn't have done by herself. No one has any idea of what is going on at all.

Together all 3 try to work out the mystery of the bunnies, skinned dogs (which get hung up on the trees in the driveway) and crosses and Cormac contacts an old acquaintance. Tony solves the mystery and sets about clearing the curse, when a skinwalker in the guise of a wolf attacks the group and Cormac kills her before it kills Kitty. Unfortunately for Cormac the local sheriff was on the scene as he was part of the group trying to curse Kitty and arrests Cormac for murder.

Ben and Kitty drive all over the country trying to get evidence to support Cormac's case but no-one will help except for the skinwalker's sister. Unfortunately the courts are not up to believing in skinwalkers yet, so Cormac is found guilty, with a 4 year sentence!

When I read the title of this book I knew Kitty wouldn't get much of a holiday, but I certainly didn't expect some of the events - like Ben being bitten by a werewolf. Kitty develops a relationship with him, but is it for real or is it just the werewolf instinct in them both that brings them together? Will she finish her book? Will she go back to her radio show or has she decided that she's had enough of being in the limelight? I'll have to read the next one to find out!

Kitty Goes To Washington by Carrie Vaughn

Oh my word it's been almost 4 months since I last made a post on here. I was doing so well keeping it up at first, but soon other things find themselves getting in the way. Anyhow...here's a little quick review of the book I finished at 2am this morning!

Synopsis from Goodreads.com

Celebrity werewolf and late-night radio host Kitty Norville prefers to be heard and not seen. So when she's invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of supernaturals, and her face gets plastered on national TV, she inherits a new set of friends, and enemies, including the vampire mistress of the city; an über-hot Brazilian were-jaguar; and a Bible-thumping senator who wants to expose kitty as a monster. Kitty quickly learns that in this city of dirty politicians and backstabbing pundits, everyone's itching for a fight. 

My review:
This book follows straight on from where the first one finished. Kitty is still hosting her Midnight Hour radio talk show, which tends to focus on the supernatural and has quickly developed a cult status.


In this book Kitty travels to Washington and is soon accosted by the local vampire leader who informs her that the local werewolves and other were-creatures do not have an alpha so are much more dangerous towards her. On a night out, Kitty meets a were-jaguar and soon develops a quick love affair with him.

Kitty gets called as a testimonial witness to a hearing about the report that Dr Fleming started on the biology of werewolves and vampires. During one of these hearing sessions Elijah Smith, the weird cult leader comes to give his statement, claiming he has developed a cure for both vampires and werewolves. Kitty, along with a psychic and a news reported go to investigate his caravan of troops and soon find out that he is not all that he seems. Some breadcrumbs, salt and herbs later and Elijah Smith is taken care of!

Dr Fleming, a senator from the hearing and the news reported from earlier get involved in a plot with the vampire leader's second hand man and Kitty finds herself in a very awkward situation on the night of the full moon. Everything does eventually turn out ok, even if it's not necessarily the way that Kitty would have wanted it. She helps, Annette, the vampire queen and manages to leave Washington more or less unscathed!

Another fast paced book and well worth the read! Can't wait to start the next one now!

Frost Moon by Anthony Francis

I received this book free from NetGalley.com as I loved the idea of magical tattoos that move. I wasn't really sure what to expect but was completely amazed! This story was fantastic!

Synopsis from Goodreads.com:

In an alternate Atlanta where vampires and werewolves prowl the night, magic is real, and tattoo magic is the strongest magic of them all, a serial killer is targeting the magically tattooed on the full moon.

Dakota Frost, best magical tattooist in the Southeast, learns from the police she may be a target ... just when she receives a lucrative commission to ink a magic tattoo for a werewolf before the next full moon.

Caught between the rough and tumble world of the werewolves, the law and order rules of the vampires, and a sexy man-in-black whose motives are in doubt, Dakota must tread carefully to survive - because she doesn't know whether her werewolf client is the tattoo killer ... or the next victim.

My review:

Dakota Frost is a magical tattoo artist and uses magic to make her tattoos come to life. She is able to make them leave her body and attach themselves to someone else, or as we find out later in the book she can use them to help defend herself.

Dakota is asked by the police to help with an investigation (her dad is a cop so she knows people on the force). She is confused at first as to why she's being called in, but all is revealed - there is a serial killer on the loose who is cutting off people's magical tattoos.

Dakota is later approached by her shady friend Spleen to ink a tattoo on an associate of his, who just happens to be a werewolf. The tattoo design he gives her is not one she's familiar with, so before she can ink him up she has to get it checked out by her friend, a graphomancer, a witch who searches the designs for charms, wards, spells etc to make sure they are safe to use. As part of this tattoo check, Dakota has to visit a werehouse, a local place for all kinds of shifters. To ensure her safety in this not-so-nice werehouse, Dakota pays a visit to her ex-girlfriend, the local vampire queen. In theory no vamps or Edgeworlders should touch Dakota whilst she is wearing Lady Saffron's collar, but that doesn't quite go to plan.

Dakota ends up offending a vampire, who later on takes his revenge, so much so that Dakota ends up in hospital with severe injuries. Once recovered she is challenged by the Mysterious Mirabilus, a stage magician/illusionist who claims he can perform any trick that a real magic user can, despite having no real magical talent. His challenge: Dakota has to ink his assistant with a working watch tattoo. The prize: 1 million dollars! Easy enough!

On her visit to the werehouse, Dakota meets a 15 year old were-tiger who is permanently in half tiger form. Cinnamon, as Dakota names her, takes a liking to our heroine and soon becomes a regular feature at her shop and home. However, the serial killer manages to get ahold of Cinnamon, using her as a bargaining tool to get to Dakota. She goes to a closed nightclub to try to save her, only that doesn't work out either....Dakota finds herself in a very bad situation and the serial killer is revealed as the last person I expected.

This book was brilliant! The idea of the magical tattoos is not one I've come across before and made it so much more interesting - I love the idea of using them for defense as well as looking pretty! This book was full of action, which I love. I don't really go for soppy romance books! The description of the characters and settings were really detailed but not too lengthy (nothing like Stephen King's 5 page description of a street - ok I might be exaggerating there, but you get my gist!). I loved the twist in the end of the book when the serial killer is revealed as well - I was so not expecting it. I would highly recommend this book, if you enjoy reading urban fantasy books, or even if you don't and fancy something a bit different!

Dead To The World - Charlaine Harris

My love for all things Sookie started many many years ago when Club Dead first came out way back in 2003 and was in the small sci-fi/fantasy section my local bookstore. I read the blurb, was intrigued and promptly bought the first 3 books in the series - Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas and Club Dead. I have been an avid collector of this series ever since - I just love it. It is a fantastic series, with vampires, werewolves, shifters, witches and many other supenatural characters. Sookie herself is not exactly normal - she is a telepath and tries hard not to let other people's thoughts affect her.

Since True Blood, the TV show based on this series of books, has been on I've been getting myself confused as the two don't completely correlate. There are similarities but the TV show doesn't strictly follow each book, which is good in my opinion as they need to be separate. However, I wanted to go back and unconfuse myself, especially as the new Sookie book is out next month too!

Synopsis from Goodreads.com:
When cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse sees a naked man on the side of the road, she doesn't just drive on by. Turns out the poor thing hasn't a clue who he is, but Sookie does. It's Eric the vampire--but now he's a kinder, gentler Eric. And a scared Eric, because whoever took his memory now wants his life.

My review:
Following on from the last book, in which Sookie saved Bill, her vampire boyfriend from the clutches of his maker Loretta (whom Sookie staked quite nicely) and Russell Edgington, a ruthless vampire, Sookie has now decided she wants nothing more to do with Bill or any other vampires. In fact her New Year's Resolution is to not get beaten up.

But soon enough Sookie gets herself involved with the vamps again when driving home one night, she drives past Eric Northman running down the road on the way back from Merlotte's in only a pair of jeans. He has no clue who he is, where he is and doesn't recognise Sookie at all. Sookie, being the kind soul she is, takes him home, tells him who they both are and calls Pam, his second in command. Turns out a nasty bunch of were-shifter witches, who drink vampire blood for its power, have cursed Eric, as the lead witch wants control of his businesses and Eric himself (Eric is definitely a hot vamp so I can see why she wants him!).

Sookie agrees to look after Eric whilst the rest of the vamps try to work out what to do, but only after Pam and Chow agree to pay Sookie $35,000 for the pleasure. This task soon becomes one Sookie rather enjoys most of the time, especially the naked time she gets to spend with Eric.

At the same time, Sookie's brother Jason disappears. Sookie believes that the witches have taken him, but she isn't sure why. They don't know she has Eric hidden in her old bedroom so why would they want him? Sookie begins searching frantically, but finds nothing!

Sookie also gets back in touch with Alcide Herveaux, the werewolf who helped her find Bill in Club Dead, to warn him about the witches. His wolf pack agrees to helps the vamps and both groups manage to get the local witches' coven to help them as well. All three groups fight back against the nasty witches, win the battle and Eric is restored back to his normal self. Bill makes a brief appearance, but as he's not my favourite character I was glad he wasn't in this book very much.

Jason, however, is still nowhere to be found until Sookie has a brief conversation with Sam, her shifter boss, about a panther's paw print being found on Jason's deck. Sam tells her of the pack of shifters in Hotshot who turn into panthers, not wolves like Sookie had presumed. And there she finds Jason...has he been bitten enough to turn into a were-panther? Wait and find out in the next book!

I loved this book. It's full of action and some naughty romance between Eric and Sookie, which he soon forgets all about after the curse is lifted (or does he?!). I love the idea of the werewolves and vamps teaming up against the witches as they usually hate each other, but when it's war against them all, they rally together to take down the enemy. If you haven't read this series yet, you must!

Vampire Moon by J R Rain

This is the second book in the Vampire for Hire series by J.R.Rain. The first one was ok - I gave it 3 stars, but this one was better!

Synopsis from Goodreads.com

Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire.

Now in VAMPIRE MOON, sequel to MOON DANCE, private investigator Samantha Moon finds herself hunting down a powerful crime lord and protecting an innocent woman from her ruthless ex-husband — all while two very different men vie for her heart. And as the stakes grow higher and her cases turn personal, Samantha Moon will do whatever it takes to protect the innocent and bring two cold-blooded killers to justice — her own brand of justice.


My review:

Samantha Moon was turned into a vampire 6 years ago, all of which you find out about in the first book. The first book in the series includes lots of background character information and world building, both of which were not really necessary in this book, so there was room for more action!

Samantha's now ex-husband is still being a jerk and all the way through I was thinking why she just wouldn't kill him with her new vampire powers.

Samantha takes on 2 new jobs as a private investigator in this one - a woman whose husband is intent on killing her, after almost killing her twice before and killing her father and seriously crippling her mother. She has to live with Samantha in her hotel suite so Sam can protect her. The other job is a grieving husband who wants revenge on the man he is convinced killed his wife by blowing up the federal airplane she and several other witnesses were on as they were on their way to a trial to convict the local crime lord.

Sam visits the husband in jail and almost kills him - had the guards not pulled her off she would have done so. All of this is captured on film but the detectives don't know what to make of a seemingly normal woman being able to punch through bulletproof glass in a prison and beat this large man to a bloody pulp. Later on after a contract killer has been hired by this man to kill his wife and Sam and consequently caught by the police, Sam has finally had enough. She turns into her bat form flies into the death row cell, smashing her way through the wall and snaps his neck! No more worries for the little wife anymore!

Sam also changes into her bat form again to beat and capture the crime lord, Jerry Blum, so her client and members of the families of the other witnesses silenced in the plane crash, can kill him! They want revenge and Sam gives it to them. I love the bat form idea - it allows the "vampires-can-fly" idea to emerge whilst at the same time Sam can look completely normal - just a slight twist on norm.

She also has issues with Kingsley, the werewolf lawyer she is becoming attached to, as he was the defense attorney who initially got the killer husband out from jail on a technicality - she doesn't like the fact that he is able to release killers back into the world. I do hope these two get together eventually.

And Danny, Sam's ex does finally get his comeuppance in the end - YAY!!! I nearly jumped with joy at this bit. Sam finds out that he's the owner of an unlicenced strip club and threatens to tell the police if he doesn't give her back the house and kids! She so wants to be their mommy and I was so happy for her. Danny tries to threatens her with revealing who she is, stating he has a sample of her blood as proof of what she is, so what does Sam do? Gets her blood tested herself and it comes back with no irregularities. Soon shuts Danny up, that did!

The ending was a great cliffhanger - Sam finally arranges to meet Fang, her online confidant with whom she can talk about everything and anything. He gives her advice and just listens to her. It ends where they both get out of their cars at the arranged time and place. Sam gasps and that's it! I did yell as whilst I love a book to have a cliffhanger, I needed to know who Fang was! I think it's Kingsley myself, but I'll have to get the next book, which has just come out to find out! I guess that's why authors leave cliffhanger endings!

I enjoyed this book so much more than the first one and hope the rest of this series is as good as this book.

Touch the Dark by Karen Chance

I first read this book a few years ago as well as the second in the series, but never got round to reading any more of the series. I recently bought Embrace the Night (Book 3 in the series) and when I went to read it, realised I had no clue at all what had happened in the other 2 books, so had to go buy those as well.

Synopsis from Goodreads.com:

Cassie Palmer, a powerful clairvoyant who works part-time at an Atlanta club reading Tarot cards, is finding it difficult to escape her past. Orphaned at a young age and brought up by the undead, Cassie has the ability to communicate with the spirit realm, and her powers were abused time and time again by a ruthless master vampire named Tony. It's been three years since Cassie -- a self-described "ghost magnet" -- has been free of the centuries-old bloodsucker, but now he's back and eager to reclaim his human possession. Forced to turn to the Senate (a group of "really old vamps" who make laws for the supernatural community) for protection, Cassie is thrown into a complex conflict where control of the entire supernatural world is at stake. Rasputin (yes, the Mad Monk himself), a power-hungry vampire, is killing off the Senate members one by one. Aided by some impressive allies -- including Dracula's older brother, Mircea -- Cassie must use everything in her paranormal arsenal to fight the encroaching evil -- and somehow stay alive

My Review:

Cassie Palmer is a clairvoyant on the run from the vampire who brought her up from when she was just 4 years old. She ran away from him as a teenager when she found out that he had had her parents murdered so that he could harness and control both her and her powers. There had always been a rumour that one day she might be the Pythia, the cheif of all Seers, whose power is matched by no other.

After spending 3 years in hiding, Cassie finds herself back on the run and in the fight to save her life constantly. She finds out that her roommate of 6 months is actually a first-level master vampire and she is soon captured by the Senate vampires.

The Consul, leader of the Senate for North American Vampires, has been challenged by Rasputin, who himself has captured another Seer, who is also a candidate for the Pythia's power. Using her power to travel back through time, Rasputin aims to kill off the vampire he is meant to duel. No vampire made a few hundreds years ago means he has no vampire to beat now! Cassie, with the help of Tomas (her roommate) initially go back in time to one of the most horrid of all prisons in 16th Century France and help save a witch.

Later on, having realised what they are capable of doing, Cassie goes back this time with Mircea (her vampire foster father's master) and with the help of a fair few ghosts fight off Rasputin, his Seer and army.

Cassie is finally named the new Pythia, even though she desparately doesn't want the title, powers and responsibilities that go with it!

I liked this book, but do think that sometimes the author isn't totally aware of her audience. In the middle of a fight scene for example, she wrote almost an entire page about what wards are, how they are created and the different types of them. Hang on a minute, I want to know what's happening with all the vamps and ghosts fighting first, then tell me about wards! Also quite a few of the vampire characters are based on real characters from history - Louis-Cesear = The Man in the Iron Mask, Rasputin, Rafe = Rafael the Italian painter, Mircea's brother is Dracula, Jack the Ripper also makes an appearance. What happened to just having vamps without the so-called celebrity status?! Any old vamp will do, you don't need to make them sound more interesting by giving them a history we already know.

I did also think it was a bit creepy that Cassie was making out, almost had sex with and was developing feelings for Mircea, who had declared she was his since she was 11 years old! I know he's a vamp so time moves differently for him, but still isn't that just a bit too paedophile? If she had been 16 I wouldn't have minded as much, but 11 is just way too young! I know he never did anything about it, but the fact that he thought it was enough for me! I will try to forget about this bit though as I really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading to rest of the series.

New blog and Invincible Review

I thought I'd start a little book review blog where I could fully review the books I have read. I love urban fantasy books where there's a kick ass heroine, lots of blood and gore and vampires really do drink blood straight from the source. None of this sparkle in the daylight crap!

My first review is Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon. This is the second book in the Chronicles of Nick series, a spin off from the Dark Hunter series, which is a fave of mine. It is a Young Adult book but still has enough action to keep me entertained. Plus coming from one of my favourite authors and series it can't go wrong!

Synopsis from Goodreads.com:

Just when he thought things couldn’t get any worse...

Nick Gautier’s day just keeps getting better and better. Yeah, he survived the zombie attacks, only to wake up and find himself enslaved to a world of shapeshifters and demons out to claim his soul.

His new principal thinks he’s even more of a hoodlum than the last one, his coach is trying to recruit him to things he can’t even mention and the girl he’s not seeing, but is, has secrets that terrify him.

But more than that, he’s being groomed by the darkest of powers and if he doesn’t learn how to raise the dead by the end of the week, he will become one of them...

My review:

Nick is just recovering from the zombie attacks on his schoolmates and his mom is furious with him for tranquilising her and making her lose her job at the dance club. He received his first ever kiss from Nekoda, but isn't really sure whether she likes him or not; he certainly likes her, but feels a bit uncomfortable about the whole situation. He's ok with his "uncle" Ambrose talking to him in his head, even if he doesn't always like the answers. He's started working for Kyrian Hunter, who also helps get his mom a job at Sanctuary, the local bar run by a pack of werebears.

A new football coach has appeared on the scene to take over a day after the old one was eaten alive by the school-football-team-turned-zombies in the first book. He takes an interest in putting Nick on the team, but fortunately for Nick he was shot in the arm and therefore can't play. However, his coach soon starts blackmailing him to steal some personal items from some of his school friends, including a diamond necklace from Nekoda, which Nick really doesn't want to do. He is helped along the way by Casey, one of the most popular girls in school, who now thinks Nick is cool because he's working for Kyrian, who is rather on the wealthy side! Typical shallow high school prom queen! LOL

Nick is also being trained by a Messenger of Death to learn and control his powers. Nick uses a book to find some answers to a multitude of questions, but the results he gets are usually very cryptic and takes him a while to sometimes work out. Death, however, does have a hidden agenda. He knows that Nick will eventually become the Malachai and wants to control Nick and his powers himself.

When Caleb, Nick's demon guardian, is attacked at school by a Fringe Hunter, Nick tries to use his powers to help, but Caleb throws him into a locker with his own powers. Nick is furious and when he is finally released, Caleb reveals how Nekoda is also a demon, but she is there to help protect Nick's mind not his body like Caleb is. Caleb tells Nick that if he uses his powers the other demons who are trying to find the Malachai will know who he is. But Caleb isn't all he seems to be anymore...

Nick finds out what the new coach is up to - he made a deal with a demon many many years ago - he has to kill people and send their souls to him, usually after winning the football championships. The coach is also trying to find the Malachai to break free of his commitment by killing 14 year old boys. To stop him Nick has to get the heart of the first 14 year old girl the coach killed and get her ghost to merge with her heart again. In the process, Nick damns the coach into the vortex where the girl's spirit had been for years, kills a load of demons and everything is all over...for now.

Simi makes a brief appearance - I totally love Simi and her penchant for eating everything and anything with barbecue sauce! I think she's my fave demon in the Dark Hunter series! She's just so hilarious.

This book was brilliant! Lots of action, some background parts revealed and I love how the love story is starting to develop between Nick and Nekoda. Although this book is a spin off of the Dark Hunter series and some of those characters appear in this book - Acheron, Simi, Kyrian, the Peltiers - the world is slightly different to the original Dark Hunter world, only because Ambrose (Nick in a later life after he became the Malachai) is trying to alter his teenage form's future. I can't wait to see how this slightly alternate world pans out over the series and how Sherrilyn Kenyon makes the two fit together. I love how Sherrilyn writes, so much so I read this book in one sitting!

Overall rating: