Kaz Brekker, the criminal mastermind behind one of the gangs in the barrel of Ketterdam, takes on a job that requires the services of an elite team to successfully attempt an impossible heist. His team consists of five members of his gang from the Dregs and an ex soldier of the facility they are going to break into. This mission was not without its flaws, nor were the people involved. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo”
Maggie Sullivan, as a neuro surgeon, is used to making judgement calls in the emergency room that may save lives. One day, her structured life falls down around her and she escapes to her father’s house in the mountains to recoup. What was supposed to be a two week break stretches into two months, while she tries to explore and reimagine the direction she wants the rest of her life to take. Cal Jones was also on a break from his life, and in Sullivan’s Crossing he discovers Maggie, and together they journey towards a new life filled with love and purpose. Continue reading “This Chick Read: What We Find (Sullivan’s Crossing #1) by Robyn Carr”
Kaylin Neya, the Chosen, lives in a house that is a sentient being, able to make any room fit its owner, and offering a defense that only the Pentagon (if this weren’t a fantasy world) could compare. Kaylin has been collecting the lost, or those that are without a “family”, housing them in her home and keeping them safe. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Cast in Flight (Chronicles of Elantra #12) by Michelle Sagara”
Frost Like Night is the final book in the Snow Like Ashes trilogy. At the end of Ice Like Fire, Meira goes off with Rares to the mountains where he trains her to not fear her magic. If she embraces it, she has a chance against Angra to free all of the people of Primoria from the Decay. Meira has to search within herself to find the strength and courage to fight for her people even though she herself may not survive the battle. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Frost Like Night (Snow Like Ashes) by Sara Raasch”
What if we lived in a world where dragons were living among humans without us knowing it? This is the world that Ember lives in, but she isn’t human, she’s only pretending to be. It is summertime in California, and Ember and her twin brother have been allowed a vacation of sorts, before they undergo their entrance into Talon. The super secret ruling government for dragons. Ember hasn’t been around humans before, but she assimilates easily into teenage life at the beach. Ember quickly realizes that the life that she has been promised may not be the life that she wants to have. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Talon (The Talon Saga book 1) by Julie Kagawa”
I am loving this Heartbreaker Bay series! It’s set in San Francisco where we get to enjoy learning more about a fun group of friends who work and live in the same neighborhood. This time the story revolves around Willa, the owner of a pet store / pet boutique / pet wedding planner. Yep, it’s a pet a la mode store. Willa, who we met in Sweet Little Lies, has had a crush on Keane since high school. Unfortunately, he doesn’t remember her at all, which seriously pisses her off. Continue reading “This Chick Read: The Trouble With Mistletoe (A Heartbreaker Bay Novel) by Jill Shalvis”
Skinwalker is a paranormal mystery set in urban New Orleans, a very appropriate setting for this genre. What makes this book different than other paranormal books I’ve read is that our protagonist, Jane Yellowrock, is a Skinwalker and I’ve never read a book where the Skinwalker wasn’t an evil character. Skinwalkers can take the shape of any animal, and as Jane takes shape we see her struggle with her inner beast. I found that struggle to be just as interesting as her investigation. She is inhuman, yet that struggle humanizes her and makes her someone we can identify with and like. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock #1) by Faith Hunter”
Shadow’s End is the latest novel in the Elder Races series. Thea Harrison has created a world where Elves, Vampires, Djinn and Wyr’s live in territories ruled by Kings, Queens or leaders of their species. This novel is about Graydon, gryphon and First Sentinel to the Wyr and Beluviel, consort to the Elven High Lord. A relationship between the two of them would be forbidden, but 200 years ago they had a dalliance Continue reading “This Chick Read: Shadow’s End (Elder Races #9) by Thea Harrison”
At the end of the first novel, Feyre dies, and all of the High Lords, present at the moment of her death, help re-make her. She is brought back to life, but it is as an immortal, not as a human. This novel is about Feyre’s internal struggle. She killed others in order to save Tamlin, and the Spring Court, but in her mind, she can’t seem to wipe that blood off her hands, a la Lady Macbeth. Out, Out damn spot! Continue reading “This Chick Read: A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas”
I have read Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protecterate series and listened to her Etiquette and Espionage series, so when Prudence came out, the first in the Custard Protocol series, I immediately put it on my TBR list. Yep, it took me a year and a half, the impetus being that the second book in this series, Imprudence, is out. I do love being able to quickly move on to the second book! Continue reading “This Chick’s Audible Review: Prudence by Gail Carriger (read by Moira Quirk)”
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