This Chick Read: Imprudence (The Custard Protocol #2) by Gail Carriger

Imprudence continues the adventures started in Prudence with Rue and her friends in their dirigible The Spotted Custard.  I have been a fan of all of Gail Carriger’s series, and one of the things I love the most is how her characters from each series are tied to each other. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Imprudence (The Custard Protocol #2) by Gail Carriger”

This Chick Read: Like a River Glorious (Gold Seer Trilogy #2) by Rae Carson

Lee Westfall, the heroine of the Gold Seer Trilogy, has settled with the folks she’d journeyed cross country in a settlement called Glorious. Her best friend Jefferson is still by her side trying to win her heart. This book tells the story of a much more empowered young woman than we saw in Walk on Earth a Stranger. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Like a River Glorious (Gold Seer Trilogy #2) by Rae Carson”

This Chick Read: Curse on the Land (Soulwood #2) by Faith Hunter

Nell has just completed training at the PsyLED academy, and is back home ready to start her new job. A case breaks and she is sent out to a pond to take a psi reading on a group of ducks who are swimming continuously in a circle.  Nell who was revealed to be inhuman, in the first book, is connected to the land in a mystical way.   Continue reading “This Chick Read: Curse on the Land (Soulwood #2) by Faith Hunter”

This Chick Read: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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”

This Chick Read: Tempted by Fire (Dragons of Bloodfire 1) by Erin Kellison

Emerson Clark checks a box on her college financial aid application saying she is Bloodkin and her life is changed forever. College tuition paid for, job secured, and security at all times.  Years later, she is a mediator on a case between two Bloodkin families about some remains that were found, and who they belong to.   Continue reading “This Chick Read: Tempted by Fire (Dragons of Bloodfire 1) by Erin Kellison”

This Chick Read: Rogue (Talon #2) by Julie Kagawa

Rogue starts off right where the first book leaves off.  Ember Hill left her twin brother, who was loyal to Talon, and went Rogue. She joined Riley on the run, but instead of fleeing, she convinced him to break into the headquarters of the Soldiers of St. George to rescue Garrett, who has been tried for treason and found guilty. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Rogue (Talon #2) by Julie Kagawa”

This Chick Read: Guardian’s Mate (Shifters Unbound #9) by Jennifer Ashley

Rae Lyall has been chosen by the Goddess to be the first female Guardian which pisses off a lot of  elder shifters.  They claim her choosing was  engineered by her father, the leader of the Montana shifter town. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Guardian’s Mate (Shifters Unbound #9) by Jennifer Ashley”

This Chick Read: What We Find (Sullivan’s Crossing #1) by Robyn Carr

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”

This Chick Read: Cast in Flight (Chronicles of Elantra #12) by Michelle Sagara

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”

This Chick Read: Frost Like Night (Snow Like Ashes) by Sara Raasch

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”