This Chick Read: Sea of Stars (The Kricket Series book 2) by Amy A. Bartol

The majority of Sea of Stars finds Kricket running with Trey Allairis, away from everyone who wants to control her, and through her, her powers of being able to see and change the future.  With the exception of Trey’s two Cavar brothers, Jax and Wayra, she does not trust anyone else on Ethar.  From what we have seen of the other men on Ethar, and how the men from this planet treat women, I don’t blame her. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Sea of Stars (The Kricket Series book 2) by Amy A. Bartol”

This Chick Read: Under Different Stars (The Kricket series Book 1) by Amy A. Bartol

What a great find!  I saw a tweet about this book with a quote that read “So she’s a skeezer?  What’s a skeezer?  A boyfriend stealer.  Lol.”  That one line made me curious enough to look this book up on Amazon, and the synopsis made it sound good enough to read.  As I started reading, the writing was so good, the main character, Kricket, was flawed and funny, that before I knew it, I had read the entire first book in the series and immediately bought the second. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Under Different Stars (The Kricket series Book 1) by Amy A. Bartol”

This Chick Read: Waylaid by Kim Harrison

What happens when the worlds of Rachel Morgan from Kim Harrison’s Hollows series and Peri Reed from The Drafter collides?  You get the chance to find out in Waylaid a novella by the author who wrote both.  Rachel Morgan is one of my absolute favorite fantasy characters and when that series ended, well, I was really unhappy.  When I heard that she would be back in a novella, I jumped at the chance to read it ahead of its release on April 4th. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Waylaid by Kim Harrison”

This Chick Read: Magic Stars (The Grey Wolf Part 1) by Ilona Andrews

Magic Stars is a novella about Derek and Julie, from the Kate Daniels series.  This story takes place after Kate and Curran leave the Pack.  Derek, who had also severed his ties with the pack to join Kate and Curran, was hunting down the killers to a family of four when his path intersects with Julie, Kate’s ward.  Julie, a very head strong 16, takes a case that had come in to Kate’s business, and since Kate had been out, decided to investigate on her own.   Derek and Julie realize that they are investigating the same crime, and join together to solve it. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Magic Stars (The Grey Wolf Part 1) by Ilona Andrews”

This Chick Read: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

This YA book took me completely by surprise.  I try not to read other reviews if I think I’m going to review a book myself, but I had read the synopsis.  It sounded intriguing, but didn’t sound special, yep, insert foot here.  I’ll get back to this statement, I promise, BUT, Rebel of the Sands did have some similarities to other YA novels. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton”

This Chick Read: Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs

Fire Touched is the latest Mercy Thompson novel by Patricia Briggs.  Mercy, a coyote shifter, while battling a Troll on a bridge to keep it from decimating the Tri-Cities population, makes a magical statement declaring the Columbia Basin Pack protectors of that territory.  This is the beginning of a fantastic story of one of my favorite fantasy characters.  Mercy and her husband Adam, the Alpha Continue reading “This Chick Read: Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs”

This Chick Read: Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning

I have eagerly anticipated this installment of the Fever series, as Mac and Barrons are two of my favorite fantasy romance characters.  Mac has grown away from the Barbie from the south stereotype who we met in volume one, evolving into a fighter trying to save humanity, and more importantly those she loves.  Barrons is still a grunting man-beast Continue reading “This Chick Read: Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning”

This Chick Read: Faith and Moonlight by Mark Gelineau and Joe King

Roan and Kay are orphans.  A fire destroys their old life, but they have one chance to enter the School of Faith. They are given one month to pass the entry trials, but as Roan excels and Kay fails, their devotion to each other is put to the test. 

They swore they would face everything together, but when the stakes are losing the life they’ve always dreamed of, what will they do to stay together? What won’t they do? Continue reading “This Chick Read: Faith and Moonlight by Mark Gelineau and Joe King”

This Chick Read: Currans POV (free download) by Gordon Andrews

If you are a huge fan of Ilona Andrews, then you have become addicted, as I have, to the Kate Daniels series.  Kate is a kick ass warrior woman who fights crime, solves mysteries and stands up for the underdog, using her fists, feet, sword and maybe a little boost of magic juice.  The first book, Magic Bites was published in 2007, and since then, we have watched Kate grow Continue reading “This Chick Read: Currans POV (free download) by Gordon Andrews”

This Chick Read: Gifted Thief (Highland Magic #1) by Helen Harper

I have read Helen Harper’s Blood Destiny and Bo Blackman series, am a fan of her writing style, which is very consistent. Strong female lead(Check!), a hidden trait(check!), a ménage of friends who help her fight crime Continue reading “This Chick Read: Gifted Thief (Highland Magic #1) by Helen Harper”