I have just fallen so far behind
in my reviewing that I feel it impossible to catch up unless I sort of
paraphrase. Couple of pertinent sentences per book will have to suffice.
Please, these are my opinions
only and reflect my personal feelings about these stories, and whether I would
read further offerings from these authors. I recommend to any potential reader,
if the blurb catches your fancy, give it a shot and make your mind up from
there. What I like you may not, what I don’t you may love – we are all
different and there is room for all of us.
Well, here goes: —
Clipped by Devon McCormack (MM
Paranormal – Fallen Angels, the lot)
Some topsy-turvy shit going on
here. Religion all back to front and roundabout. The Fallen are the hero’s, the
sex is rough and violent, and there is an inordinate fascination with the size
of one’s appendage, but still betrayal is betrayal – so worried for you Kid. Read
more? Hell, yes! Just waiting for an appropriate moment in my life.
Awakened by a Demoness by
Felicity Heaton (FM Paranormal Romance)
Perhaps I just wasn’t in the mood
when I read this one, because it just didn’t engage. For a PR there was nothing
particularly wrong with it but nothing really stood out either other than the
fact the author stuck to English as opposed to American-English. Read more? Not
sure, maybe – and the hesitation has nothing to do with English versus American
either – I’m not American so the spelling was familiar.
Protecting his own by Cherise
Sinclair (FM BDSM Romance)
A visit from old friends is
always welcome and I love Beth and Nolan. Not so sexy, this one deals with loss
and the desire for family. Read more?
Definitely! And am waiting with bated-breath for Uzuri’s story coming
out later this month
Loving Joshua by Grein Murray (MM
Contemporary Romance)
To me the topic is too sensitive
to be treated so unbelievably sweetly. A book dealing with abusive home lives,
teen runaways, homelessness and ultimately, an exploitative industry, I was
expecting something raw and gritty and far more embedded in reality. Read more?
This series? No. If I want sweet I would probably head for a different offering.
Dark Wolf by Kate Douglas
(Blended Paranormal Romance)
Nice to see an author
incorporating a bit of FM, FF, MM and ménage. Books of such nature are few and
far between and am really loving it even if it is being explained away as just
part of the protagonists wolfie nature and not a reflection of the diversity of
society. Read more? If I’m looking for a paranormal romance, then yes, I will
defs look this author up.
Recoil/Owned/Temper by R Phoenix
(MM Dark Fantasy)
I hate Elias Ivers! I would shout this from the rooftops, that’s
how good this author’s writing is because I have never felt so strongly about a
character before. If you want to know what I think of the Ripples in the Status
Quo series see my review on the last episode, Reflection. Read more? Damn right. I’ve gotta see that jerk get his comeuppance,
and to make sure those I love are alright. It’s Dark Fantasy, you just never
know *eats nails*
Captive - Beautiful Monsters by
Jex Lane (MM with some FM – Dark Fantasy)
A debut author who has taken the
Incupire (Vampubus? Vamupus? ewww) world by storm. Love Matthew, hate Tarrick… Sex,
violence, betrayal; and the adventure continues…OMG where is the next book?! Read
more? What? Are you kidding, of course! PS,
Sire, the next in the series is out now so go get it.
Stripped Expectations by James
Lee Hard (MM Contemporary Romance)
Desperate financial situation, only
job in the offering – male stripping–
what more could you ask? This book had all the ingredients to make a cool story,
but– and there’s that word that just negates everything I’ve just said– as far
as it went it was a satisfactory narrative, however I just have one question?
Having not read at all in the story that Jason and Oliver ever saw or were introduced
to Mathew, and the same definitely goes for that bully Thomas, how did any of
them actually know who he even was so Thomas could so spectacularly mess things
up for Mark? Read more? Hmmm - undecided.
Jared by Nicole Edwards (FM
Contemporary Romance)
Go those cowboys and cowgirls –
gotta love them, aye? Well sometimes but not always. Not to say these folks
were unloveable just didn’t grab me by the short and curlies. The first in this
Alluring Indulgence spin-off series was amazing. Sometimes being second in line sucks because
it’s just not possible to live up to.
Read more? I don’t read everything of Ms Edwards but Coyote Ridge series
still has a place in my heart so, yeah
Nut Case Love Anthology by Andrea
Smith; Aim Nicole Walker; Susan Ward & Nicholas Bella (LGBT Anthology)
I have four words to describe
this anthology— Weird, Wonderful, Woeful, Wicked— Read more? While I found this
offering weird, I like Andrea Smith’s style and have read previous books of
hers and loved them so, thumbs up on that one; This was my first intro to Aim
Nicole Walker and I’m hooked; Susan Ward, not so much. As I’ve never yet met a ‘love’–and I
use that term loosely–interest I liked, not into emotional manipulators and
that’s how I see them, I probably won’t read more; Nicholas Bella, no need
to ask, I am a raving fangirl. Of course I’ll be reading more.
The Hard Boys: Alien Abduction
and The Hard Boys Meet Dr. Frankenseed by Ian Cadena (MM… ummm, not really sure
what the label is for this one – Unique, maybe?)
Sex, sex and more sex – you can’t
stop them, they’re all at it like rabbits (even if it brings down the house or
sets it on fire, or shorts the power grid!).
Creepy alien encounters and mad scientists notwithstanding, and the age-old
adage, walk a mile in my shoes before you pass judgement, still leaves plenty
of time for some pretty raunchy shenanigans in this series (almost on every
page!). The tone of writing is breezy and even borderline adolescent but it’s
also hot as fuck. Read more? You betcha, just waiting on the next episode.
Noble episode two in Cobra, the Gay Vigilante Series by Nicholas Bella (MM Dark & Sexy Urban Fantasy)
Something happened to Eric in the military a few years back. A fierce patriot, he volunteered for a special op and got more than he bargained for - Betrayal! With impenetrable skin, amazing strength and an ability to morph his body to look like anyone he wants, he now has taken up the mantle of vigilante for the downtrodden and disenfranchised. He's still got a lot to learn and I fear for him because one of those things in dishing out his just desserts to a scumbag predator is what makes him in the end any different to them? Read more? Oh, definitely. I'm worried. I have to make sure he and Jordan come out of these experiences emotionally unscathed - well as much as is possible considering what they have to deal with, that is.
Havoc episode eight in the Demon’s
Gate Series by Nicholas Bella (MM Dark & Sexy Paranormal or is that Urban
Fantasy too?)
This is a tasty, titillating and tempestuous
serial. The conversion of Andre to an Agoto mate for Brian, begets discord in
the house of our two sexy demon protagonists. With a deadly Xora out on the streets
murdering innocent families, and postulating and jealousies abounding at home,
Brian has his work cut out for him. Read more? Bring it on!!!!
Tricked: A Dark Protector Novella
by Rebecca Zanetti (FM Paranormal Romance)
Ah, this one I liked better than
the last. A feisty but dying woman, saved by a vamp out of the goodness of his
heart (and nothing more) by mating her and endowering her with eternal life. You
can always count on the Vamp being a possessive, pompous, overbearing Alpha
when it comes to his new mate, but Ronnie I loved as much as Jared ended up
doing. She had guts and humour, there was just something more appealing about
her. Read more? Yes, but I might go for a change in series and try Ms Zanetti’s
Scorpius Syndrome…
Sydney
Whyte