This second novel in the Snow Like Ashes series was just as riveting as the first. Meira is settling into her role as queen of Winter, but being beholden to Cordell, is not how she see’s her future. Theron, Noam of Cordell’s son, and one of her love interest’s from the first novel, is still by her side, but do his future plans coincide with hers? Continue reading “This Chick Read: Ice Like Fire (Snow Like Ashes #2) by Sara Raasch”
Now That It’s You had moments of laugh out loud humor yet also was poignant and tender. As I was reading this book, my husband saw me run the gamut of emotions, and probably thought I was having some sort of emotional crisis. Nope! I was just enjoying Tawna Fenske’s clever dialog and emotional drama. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Now That It’s You by Tawna Fenske”
Destined for a King is a historical romance combined with an earthy mythology reminiscent of an Arthurian tale. Calista Thorne, the daughter of Blackbriar Keep, has been told her whole life that her destiny is to be married to a king, and in fact she is promised to one. When Blackbriar Keep is set upon by a band of warriors intent on taking over, she picks up a bow and arrow and unbeknownst to her, shoots their leader, Torch, with a poisoned arrow. When he comes down with a mysterious illness, she must heal him, or her father will be killed. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Destined for a King: Bastard Brotherhood by Ashlyn Macnamara”
Earth is attacked by an alien race, and billions of humans are annihilated. Some are captured and brought aboard spaceships to be sold as slaves. In a holding cell, a small group of humans and a small group of Matirans, join together to escape their captors. While doing this, two of them, one Human, and one Matiran, discover that they are prophesied to be together to unify their two races and bring peace to their people.
I was very pleasantly surprised at how well this novel was written. The plot was developed thoroughly, the language the aliens spoke was not too different than ours which helped humanize them, and the characters were very likable. Alexandra Bock, finds herself mysteriously drawn to Gryf, fights it briefly but their circumstances draw them together. Gryf was such a likable guy! His every action was for the better of the group and totally selfless. He was a hard guy to hate. Luckily, although an alien, anatomically, and physically, Matirans were very humanoid. The only difference being their blue skin. I could overlook blue skin for a well built, all around handsome, good guy! Their enemy is extremely unlikeable, which makes me root for Alex and Gryf even more. This is a classic tale of good versus evil, falling in love with an alien and saving two planets. Seriously, though, it was a good book!
If you like romances with a bit of a science fiction twist, this was a good one! This is the first book I’ve read by Lea Kirk, but it won’t be my last!
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Even though this novella falls in the midst of the Dark Kings series, and I haven’t read even one, the author wrote just enough background and history on the characters that I was able to grasp the conflict and quickly immerse myself in the storyline. Rachel is an undercover journalist, and after a video of the Dragons of Draegon goes viral, she is determined to have the scoop of the century. What she didn’t count on was being dropped into the middle of an ancient feud. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Dragon Fever : A Dark Kings Novella (1001 Nights) by Donna Grant”
In Return to the Little French Guesthouse we follow Emmy who has returned to France to be the Manager of La Cour des Roses, the bed and breakfast where the first novel The Little French Guesthouse was set. After Emmy ‘s boyfriend slept with the owner’s wife Gloria,she was well on her way to the realization that her life had become pretty dismal. Losing her boyfriend may have been embarrassing, but it actually opened up a world that she otherwise would not have thought of entering. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Return to the Little French Guesthouse by Helen Pollard”
When a new Kristen Ashley book gets released, I along with hordes of other fans, immediately purchase the book and move it to the top of our TBR piles. I did just that with Midnight Soul, as it is the final novel in my favorite, Fantasyland series. The premise for these books is that there is an alternate universe to ours, where our double lives. As each book starts, the female heroine, living on earth, switches places with her counterpart in the alternate universe. Sometimes it is their choice, and sometimes it is their doubles. Much drama, angst, fun and hilarity ensue, while these ladies tempt and taunt their destined mate, until each novel ends in connubial bliss. Midnight Soul is the one caveat to this rule. You see, Nocturno -Noc to his friends, the only male hero in this series from Earth, does not have a destined mate in this alternate universe. She is dead. Part one of the previous books plot. She was also a lesbian to boot. So even if she had been alive, she would not have been the lady for him. He meets Franka, the heroine in this novel, when their group saves their world. She has also been introduced in past storylines, and she was not a very pleasant character. Noc, see’s right through that hard mask, and against her will, Franka opens up to him, as she has to no other.
At first I wondered how this pairing was going to work. Noc, is very much a man of Earth. He is a jeans and T kind of guy, using slang to express himself. Franka, one of the nobility of her land, speaks rather high brow, and I wouldn’t think would stoop to his earthy level. However, it is that exact oppositeness that I thought struck a true note. Not every couple is going to be a perfect fantasy pairing. Real couples have to work hard to make things work, and Noc and Frankka had some obstacles they both needed to overcome. This was the most human of all of the books, and seemed a very fitting way to conclude the series. As with her other couples, their chemistry was fiery from the start, and Franka was sassy and learned to be sweet, which was fun to read.
Ms. Ashley, wrote conclusions for some of my other favorite characters, and if you are a fan, you’ll be happy to read their HEA’s in the epilogue of this book.
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Copyright 2016 Deborah Kehoe A Chick Who Reads All Rights Reserved
It has been awhile since I had read Iron Crowned, the previous book in this series. I remember loving the conclusion to that book, the dark place that Eugenie found herself and how she overcame that adversity. I remember how Dorian tricked her, and how Kiyo tried to kill her. That book was chock full of drama and passion! I couldn’t possibly imagine how Richelle Mead would conclude this series, and how she could top all of that storyline, so I kept putting it off. Well, for some reason I moved it to the top of my TBR list. I was so disappointed! Don’t get me wrong, it was very well written, as Richelle Mead can NOT write a bad book. It just couldn’t live up to my memory of how much I had enjoyed Iron Crowned. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Shadow Heir (Dark Swan #4) by Richelle Mead”
At the end of the first book, Mercury Striking, Vivienne Wellington was rescued by Raze Shadow and the Vanguard team from more torture by the President of the US. The President, now a Ripper, had thought Vinnie was psychic and was trying to get her to find or tell him where, “The Bunker” was, a top secret location where a supposed cure to the Scorpius virus had been found. In her drug ridden haze, she clings to the strength of Raze, and as she recovers from the drugs and torture, she finds that her feelings for him had strengthened, not faded. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Shadow Falling (The Scorpius Syndrome #2) by Rebecca Zanetti”
Feyre, hunting in the forest to feed her starving family, comes upon a wolf who is about to capture the deer her family desperately needs to survive, and kills it. The wolf is a faerie in disguise, and his death breaks a treaty between faery and humans. Feyre has to go live in Prythian in order to honor the treaty that she did not know she had broken. Tamlin, the lord who brings her to his magical land lets her live in his castle, where she learns that all is not as it appears. He and his people are under a curse, part of which requires them to wear masks that they can never take off, and which they can not speak of to her. Feyre, curious about the curse, the land and Tamlin, ends up investigating the limits to this curse. Continue reading “This Chick Read: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas”
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