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Guardian's Bond

by Rhenna Morgan

Series: Ancient Ink (#1)

Published by: Harlequin Audio

March 12th, 2018

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Format: Audiobook

Source: Library Loan

Rating: 3 Stars

Priest Rahandras has lived with the darkness trapped inside himself for years. Betrayed by his own brother and forced to watch his clan's brutal annihilation, the only thing Priest wants more than to escape the curse that haunts him - as both man and beast - is to rebuild.

Until the mate he's longed for walks into his life with an elder from his past. She's everything he's wished for, and the key to the clan's very survival.

Kateri Falsen is a woman of logic and facts. While Priest's cat can sense her arousal, telling her they're fated won't be enough. He'll have to show her his love: with his words, with his actions, and with his body.

Protecting Kateri from the evil trapped inside him is paramount. But when lost clan members are systematically murdered, he'll have to choose between exposing his mate to his black magic, or risking her as the next victim.

This was a fun quick "read". I listen to this book on one sitting and I really enjoyed it.

Priest is a decades-old shifter that has been betrayed and he just wants to make things right for the clan. When an old clansmate appears with her grandchildren after the death of their parents and a vision, he will stop at nothing to protect what is his.

Kateri and her brother never knew much about their inheritance because their dad rejected his quest after all that happened many years before that caused many of the clans to lose their Primos and now they are thrown into this world with no safety net under them to cushion their hard fall.

I loved the world building and the quest the characters have to go thru to get their companions. I liked writing style and the narrator was good.

But I still felt like it all happened to quickly and Kateri and her brother accepted everything with minimal to no struggle. Also, the romance was too insta for me. Mind you it doesn't bother me if is insta-love as long as it is well written and you don't even realize that such a short time has passed.

All in all a good series and I'll definitively pick the next book on this series.

April 24, 2019 No comments

Glass Sword

by Victoria Aveyard

Series: Red Queen (#2)

Published by: Harper Audio

February 9th, 2016

Genre: Young Adult

Format: Audiobook

Source: Library Loan

Rating: 4 Stars

The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they've always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.

Mare Barrow's blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

I read the first book on this series at the beginning of last year and I have to say that I enjoyed listening to this book as much as the first.

Mare is now on the run with Cal and they just want to save as many people as they can from Cal's brother. They two along with the red guard and anyone who'll willingly help go one many mission to get as many New Bloods as they can so they can build an army and fight against the silver bloods that want them dead.

Although this book concentrated more on the survival of many characters and less in the action/adventure it did have a lot of intense and deeply moving moments that left me wanting more. I loved the rescue and how Mare embraced her path and I hope that she can come out of the mess she now finds herself in stronger than ever.

I can't wait to listen to the next book and I hope I don't get disappointed with Mare's development and I hope Cal gets out of that funk he's in and goes after her.

March 30, 2019 No comments

Grace's Mail Order Husband

by Kate Whitsby

Series: Texas Prairie Brides (#1)
Published by: Gold Crown Press
November 14th, 2014
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Audiobook
Source: Library Loan
Rating: 2 Stars

Grace Montgomery works as a maid at the Double A Ranch in the far north Texas Panhandle. Her life would be happy if not for Florence Abbot, the daughter of Acton Abbot, the wealthy ranch owner. Does Florence really take a special delight in tormenting Grace, or does it only appear that way? The haughty and spoiled prairie princess drives Grace to distraction with her constant complaints and demands. Grace's only friend is Abigail Doering, who rents a cottage on the ranch and gives piano lessons to the pampered Florence and other students from the nearby town of Borger.

Grace's life flies into a whirlwind of chaos, however, when she arranges to marry a mail-order husband. Florence can't stand the idea of Grace getting married when she doesn't even have any prospects. The sons of other wealthy ranchers, whom her father considers worthy matches for her, won't have anything to do with her. They all know her reputation for being demanding and impossible to please.

The worst part, though, comes when Florence finds out that Grace's mail-order groom is none other than Bad Bill Bailey, the notorious gunslinger and accused murderer. Did old Mr. Abbot really give him the job of horse breaker on the ranch, to move in and marry Grace? Florence sets her mind to foil their wedding plans, and to see Bill Bailey put away for good. Will Grace find happiness in this tempest of personalities? Is her new husband really a dangerous outlaw, or is Florence mistaken about his past and his future on the ranch? Will Florence destroy Grace's only chance for love, or will Grace prove everyone wrong by claiming her right to happiness?

I was looking for cowboy reads for a reading challenge and I found this set of books on the digital library (hoopla for those curious people, which I highly recommend) and decided to give it a try. Now mind you I read a lot of "mommy porn" but that doesn't mean I haven't read books that are "clean" romance. I like any kind of read as long as it is well written.

Problem one with this book is that it had too much going on for such a short story. I would have liked it if the author had taken a little more time on the world building and also if she had built on tension. The characters meet that one day the book starts in, get married and the book ends the next day.

Problem number two, Florence. She was such a shallow ungrateful lady. She treated Grace like dirt for no apparent reason and then she threw her out of her house without an explanation.

Next problem is that the book was so predictable it made it unenjoyable since it was such a short read. Add to that the fact that I didn't like the narrator and you have a bomb of a mess in my book.

Like I've mentioned I don't mind the "clean" romance books (I read YA books that have no"porn" in them and I've enjoyed them) but this one was a no-go for me.

July 18, 2018 No comments

The Good, the Bad and the Undead

by Kim Harrison

Series: The Hollows (#2)

Published by: Tantor Media Inc.

November 29th, 2007

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Format: Audiobook

Source: Library Loan

Rating: 4 Stars

Rachel Morgan's back, and in more trouble than ever! Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and other vampire novels won't want to miss the second novel in Kim Harrison s addicting--and already bestselling--supernatural series.

Former-bounty-hunter Rachel Morgan has it pretty good. She's left the corrupt Inderland Runner Service and started her own independent service. She s survived werewolves, shape-changing demons, bad-hair days, and sharing a church with her vampire roommate Ivy. She even has a cute (if human) boyfriend-what more could a witch want?

But living with a reformed vampire isn't all it s cracked up to be, particularly when your roommate s very bad ex-boyfriend wants her back, and wouldn't mind you in the process. And especially when he s six feet of sheer supernatural seduction, and you've got a demon mark that makes vampires literally hotter than hell....

To save herself and Ivy, Rachel must confront the vampire master-and the dark secrets she s hidden even from herself.

Following the life of witch Rachel Morgan we go back to the Hollows and the misfortune that follows her after quitting the IRS (Inderlander Runner Service). A while has passed since the last book and Rachel is now in a relationship with Nick and things are still sketchy with Ivy.

There are some revelations in this book that left me in shock and I just can't cope with it. I was sad that Ivy could do something like that. She is one of my favorite characters. I just hope things get resolved soon and that trust can be gain.

Like always I am in love with Janx(?) the pixie. I would just have liked for Madalina to make an appearance. I love her too and I think that she complements her husband with her calm demeanor and patience.

I again loved Marguerite Gavin's job narrating this story although there were times when she sounded stuffy nosed. I guessed she was sick? But overall one of my favorite narrators.

I cannot wait to see what else is in store for these characters and I hope I don't get disappointed with what I want to happen versus what will happen.

March 08, 2018 No comments

Gone With the Ghost

by Erin McCarthy

Series: Murder by Design (#1)

Published by: SilverHart Publishing

May 22nd, 2017

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Format: eBook

Source: Free (Amazon)

Rating: 5 Stars

Bailey Burke has had a rough six months—it’s not easy thinking your romantic overtures toward your best friend caused him to kill himself. Except that’s exactly what happened. Ryan is very much dead, having shot himself with his own police-issued gun. Guilt and grief shouldn’t cause hallucinations though, but six months after Ryan went into the ground, Bailey is freaking out and swearing his ghost is standing in her kitchen. Which he is…

Ryan claims he didn’t commit suicide, but was murdered, and he needs Bailey to help him find his killer so he can earn his ticket out of purgatory. Ryan’s counting on a stairway to heaven, as opposed to wings, since that might be a little unmanly for a cop, even a dead one.

An expert in home design, with her own staging business, Bailey can tell you where to place a couch to improve flow and comfort, but solving a crime? Not her area of expertise. But with help from Ryan’s former partner, Marner, she is unraveling the mystery of what happened to Ryan that day… and unwittingly putting herself in grave danger.

I chose this book as part of my 2018 Romance Roundabout Reading Challenge.

This kind of book (cozy mystery) is something I've never dabbled into and I have to say I loved every moment of it.

Bailey Burke is a home stager that has been grieving for her best friend for the past six months thinking that her confession of love was what sent him to the path of killing himself. It isn't until one morning she walks into her kitchen and learns the truth about Ryan been killed because his ghost told her so.

Ryan has chosen Bai to help him solve the mystery of his death because the last thing he remembers is walking that morning into her house. From there is a roller coaster of possible suspects, evidence, and second guessings.

I loved the mystery of Ryans death. Ms. McCarthy has you turning the pages faster than the speed of light with every new development trying to find the killer (or is there a killer?) and second-guessing yourself with every sentence written.

At the end, I was very surprised at how things happened for Ryan and I can't wait to read the rest of the books. To see what other trouble Bailey gets to.

January 04, 2018 No comments

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