Review--Storm Glass

The Glass Series!

Maria V. Snyder has done it again with another brilliant series. For those who may not know, Maria wrote the Study Series which followed a young woman, Yelena, who discovered she has magical talent. Well, since I am talking about the new series, I don't want to get too into that one. If you stop by her website, you can find information and book descriptions for her first three books from her first series.

http://www.mariavsnyder.com/books/

Her new series still takes place in the same world as Yelena. A few years later, Yelena even stops by in the last few chapters. Along with a few other characters from her first trilogy.

Storm Glass brings us into Opal's world, a young glass maker that we met in the first trilogy. It is not necessary to read the first three books in order to know what is happening. Any details you need to know about how Opal connects to Yelena are mentioned in the book, although, I HIGHLY recommend reading the Yelena books. Those are Poison Study; Magic Study; Fire Study

Those are really GREAT reads. Maria's books brings you into this whole other magical world. All books draw you into their world and most of the time, the ones that I read, are already in our current world and time, things are just different with vampires lurking about. There are no vampires in this series, this is a strictly magical series.

Going back to the Glass Series, Opal is a glass-maker and a magician in training, but she feels like maybe she is only a one trick magician, meaning she can only do one thing really well. Opal has the power to do amazing things with glass blowing, she is even able to trap bad guys' souls into them or create glass object so other magicians can communicated to one another from long distances. No need for cell phones!

But something is going wrong with the Stormdancer clan's glass orbs, powerful magicians are dying. The clan needs Opal's help, especially with her particular talents. But the things go wary when she reaches the clan and naturally things are a lot worse than she was originally led to believe.

Opal soon discovers that she has a different kind of power within her and that it can be dangerous, to the people around her and to herself if the wrong people were to find out about it. So now she must keep a secret from her most trusted adviser and few friends.

To make things even MORE interesting and intriguing there is a conflict of love interests going on the book. Opal is torn between two men, both who have the power to steal her heart. She cannot determine who would not break it if she were to hand it over and the results are shocking! You will never see it coming, unless you look (read) very closely. I caught on pretty quickly and was mostly right about the turnout. I won't delve further into my guesses because then that would ruin the book for you.

Maria's books are wonderful and exciting to read. I can't get enough of them. To top it off with every book there is a contest, where you must answer trivia questions regarding the book to win a signed bookplate and then your name is put into a drawing for a signed copy of the book. There are ongoing contests from her previous books as well to win signed bookplates and a chance to win a signed copy of the book as well. So if you read the book or one of her past novels or want to win a signed bookplate and the chance to win an autographed copy of one of her books, check out her contest page on her website:

http://www.mariavsnyder.com/contests.php

Maria is a wonderful author and I love reading her books. I even had the pleasure of meeting with her last year at the Romantic Times Book Convention 2008. I was able to talk with her about her writing career and how she got started since I want to be a writer myself someday soon. She had to go through several rejections before finally getting published by Mira books. Determination is the key, you have to keep going for your dream no matter how many rejections you get. I have taken this advice to heart and think about it constantly as I am trying to write my first novel. I again say, that she is a wonderful and thoughtful person who I still talk to through email every now and then.

So go now, read her books!!

Did you know?

HBO's True Blood series is actually based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mystery Series?

It is probably common knowledge by now, what with the DVD release today and Season 2 kicking off next month. I don't have HBO but bought the DVD today and plan on watching it all tomorrow since I don't have to work.

I already know, from hearing others talk about what it's like that it is really like the books. Some of the characters are vastly different in the show than they are in the book. I heard someone mention Tara being really "crazy" on the show and in the book, she is nothing like that. She was once into the whole vampire thing, but after a serious incident she steered clear of them and went back to being plain old human Tara, instead of the Tara who hangs out with vampires.

Why is it that Hollywood, to put it in basic terms, always messes with the book when making it into a TV show or movie? I understand editing scenes out for time purposes, although, I can say for myself if the movie would be exactly like the book, keeping in all the important and not-as-important scenes, I would stay in the theater no matter how long the movie is. Everyone knows by now that the Harry Potter movies are nothing like the books, I mean come on where the hell has Dobby been since the second movie? He has a critical role in the last book, a whole chapter is dedicated to him. What is it going to be Neville instead?

But that's Hollywood. I am fully prepared for there to be extreme differences from the actual series, which are wonderful to read by the way. If you loved the show, check the books out, they are fabulous. They even have a pack of the first 7 books in paperback. Charlaine is up to book 9 that released just a few weeks ago. There is to be another set of paperbacks releasing books 1-8 later this year. Or if you really love the show, they are revamping the covers to have pictures from the show on it instead of the cartoon drawings that are currently on the covers.

Speaking of vampires and televison shows along the line of books, since this is a reading blog, there is very vague news that L.J. Smith, another fantastic vampire author, this one for YA, who wrote the Vampire Diaries which had recently been republished with a brand new book starting a new Vampire Diaries series, so to speak, called The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Nightfall. This series is supposed to focus more on the character Damon, apparently. At least that was what I heard. I read the series years ago, back when they were 10 years old and now they're over 20, wow! It's a good series, high school and vampires pre-Twilight. I read this long before I read Twilight, and I liked Twilight.

Anyway back to the news, there is supposedly a possible TV show in the making of this book series. The CW is up for making the pilot to pitch it to the people on top, whatever that means, and if it goes okay, we might have ourselves another vampire television show based on a vampire book series! Yea! I am super excited to hear about this and hope whoever it is that makes the BIG decision gives it the okay. There's a chance it might since Twilight has become so big. Ian Somerhandler is supposed to be playing Damon, the bad guy. I think he's perfect for that role, because he does have a sort of rugged bad boy look. Don't ya think?

Review--At Grave's End

At Grave's End

Again if you haven't read the first or second one yet, do NOT read this post any further for there are more spoilers!!!

The third and current installment in the Night Huntress Series. The fourth novel is due out this July. Yea!

In this one Cat and Bones celebrate the holidays, with a battle that takes place in the dead of night. Zombies attack! Seriously!

A woman from Bones' past has come to reek havoc on his life and those around him. Which puts Cat into danger and not even her training she learned as a special agent can save her. She is going to have to embrace the vampire half of her life.

On subplots this book is pretty good. Cat and Bones are married in the eyes of vampires, and Bones is now set to make the union legal in the eyes of humans. Yes, Cat and Bones are planning their wedding, although the plans are put on hold when chaos erupts.

Tate, once Cat's best guy pal, is still vying for her affections despite Bones' many warnings and despite the fact that she loves Bones and is married to him, in one way. Tate takes on certain obstacles and changes his life around in order to make himself more appealing to Cat. He is determined to win her affections once and for all.

While reading the book, you can tell what Cat is going to decide. So be prepared. Cat's father makes another appearance in the book and the results from that are shocking. Not to mention the fact that Cat must tell her mother, who hates vampires with a fiery passion, that she is going to marry Bones.

Her mother has a better role in this novel than she did in book 1. We see more of her as Cat feels she would rather be the one to protect her at her side while this thing with the woman from Bones' past takes place.




Destined for an Early Grave

Out on shelves on July 28!

Taken from Jeaniene Frost's website:

Since half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her undead lover Bones met six years ago, they've fought against the rogue undead, battled a vengeful Master vampire, and pledged their devotion with a blood bond. Now it's time for a vacation. But their hopes for a perfect Paris holiday are dashed when Cat awakes one night in terror. She's having visions of a vampire named Gregor who's more powerful than Bones and has ties to her past that even Cat herself didn't know about.


Now for a little extra news:

Jeaniene is running a contest to win an ARC of Vicki Pettersson's newest book in the Zodiac Series on her Live Journal Blog. Here is a link to get to the site:

http://frost-light.livejournal.com/

All you have to do to enter is email her, it's real simple. I have read and loved Vicki's Zodiac series, I just have not gotten to posting about it since I have read them so long ago. Hers is a fantastic series that has an ongoing battle with the Shadows and Light, members of each Zodiac battle against the other. Check out Vicki's website for immediate details about the series at:

http://www.vickipettersson.com/home.html?p=index

Review--One Foot in the Grave

One Foot in the Grave

Okay if you haven't read the first book, don't continue reading this, for there will be some spoilers.

This second installment of the Night Huntress series takes place a few years after the first one. Cat has joined up with the special unit in the FBI and hunts down more of the bad vampires and other supernatural bad guys. Although she still cannot forget the vampire that she loved and left behind in order to protect; Bones.

It doesn't help that Tate, one of her men on her team is starting to show more affectionate feelings towards her. She doesn't want to be romantically involved with him, but he is determined to win her.

When Cat attends a wedding of one of her friends, who does she standing across from her on the groom's side. Why none other than Bones. Cat begins to panic, wondering how he was able to find her after so long.

But that is nowhere near the beginning of Cat's problems. Someone wants her dead. Permanently. And they're willing to pay big for it. Bones is there to protect the woman he loves who left him without a word.

Cat and Bones' relationship grows stronger than ever when an old flame comes to aid Cat at Bones' request. Cat learns some things about Bones' past. She is also introduced to a large group of vampires and takes part in an important ceremony among the vampires. She also comes face to face with her father.

While a whole lot more happens, I do not want to tell the whole story here. Even the last bit might have been too much of a spoiler, but never fear, I end my rambling here.

Review--Halfway to the Grave

Halfway to the Grave

Okay so I am super behind on blogging on my favorite books and such. I've been busy.

So I want to talk about some books I have read and this is one of them. Halfway to the Grave is the first in the Night Huntress series and is a fabulous read!

In it is Cat who we learn right away is half vampire and half human. Her mother was raped by a newbie vamp and it left her mother hating vampires. Vampires are still a secret to the majority of society and when Cat learns of her father's true identity she begins hunting vampires. She was only a teenager when she killed her first one and is determined to hunt down her father and kill him for what he did to her mother.

Along the way she kills any vampire she can get to. Her mother is pleased by this. But then there is one vampire, Bones, who outsmarts her and is about to kill her, but then he discovered her secret, that she is half vamp. The two then form a union of sorts to hunt down a different vampire that is bad, obviously, but Bones promises that he will use his sources to find her father.

Since this is found in the romance section of the bookstore, you can probably guess what happens between the two. The ending is the ultimate shocker, one that I will not reveal. You'll just have to buy the book for yourself!

Review--Made to be Broken

Made to be Broken

Not the Otherworld, but still just as exciting!

Nadia Stafford isn’t your typical nature lodge owner. An ex-cop with a legal code all her own, she’s known only as “Dee” to her current employers: a New York crime family who pays her handsomely to bump off traitors. But when Nadia discovers that a troubled teenage employee and her baby have vanished in the Canadian woods, the memory of a past loss comes back with a vengeance, and her old instincts go into overdrive.

With her enigmatic mentor, Jack, covering her back, Nadia unearths sinister clues that point to an increasingly darker and deadlier mystery. Now, with her obsession over the case deepening, the only way Nadia can right the wrongs of the present is to face her own painful ghosts—and either bury them for good, or die trying. Because in her book, everyone deserves a chance. And everyone deserves justice.

This is Kelley Armstrong's second novel in her Nadia Stafford series. It is a pretty interesting series. There is no supernatural aspect but the action is still good. In this one the girl Nadia is trying to find is really one of her employees that works at her lodge. When she goes missing she thinks that maybe the girl quit but it soon turns out there is so much more involved than a teenager mother simply skipping out of town.

I don't want to give too much away, as you may know I am pretty bad at this, I feel like I can't tell more than what the back of the cover says for this is what the author or publisher uses to lure the reader in and any more info would give too much away.

There is a bit of romantic interest involved for Nadia, a man from the first book which I haven't read since it was published awhile back. And there is also a hint of a complicated love triangle, but it is not dwelt upon. Really it spent maybe half a chapter talking about what may or may not exist between the two characters, although they were not the ones holding the conversation.

There is a lot of action in this story and tons of "showdowns". It is not a western themed book in the slightest but I don't want to give anything away. Let's just say that Nadia is not your typical girl, she is in no way the damsel in distress. She is the heroine.

Review--White Witch, Black Curse

Okay, I finished the book yesterday, but due to my laptop not working whatsoever, I was unable to finish my post from Tuesday. Yeah, I sooo need to get my laptop fixed, I'm working on it.

Anyway, I could not put this book down, of course I had to when I had to go to class. Stupid college. The book was sooo good, and of course it left a little of this and a little of that hanging to carry onto the next book.

Rachel did manage to track down her boyfriend's killer with the help of her friends and she regained her memory back of what had happened that night Kisten died. That was a verrrryyy interesting chapter. Of course it was towards the end, one of the very last chapters in fact. But lots of other good stuff was going on, it was the holidays! After Christmas but before the new year. And whoa, a lot happened in those few days!

There are also the return of a few characters that I was sooo not expecting, that was just great. They actually came from two of Kim's short stories, one from Dates from Hell and the other from Holidays are Hell, while the book does tell you who these characters are and where they came from, it does help to have read them. The title of her story in Dates from Hell, was Undead in the Garden of Good and Evil then the other story from Holidays are Hell is titled Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel. Reading them will be very helpful for when reading Kim's lastest release, it will give you the whole story, obivously, and not just the brief reference.

And I won't say which one, but if you read White Witch, Black Curse you'll know, one of these characters might be back in the next book.

It doesn't take much for me to admit that I am addicted to Kim's Hollow Series, her characters are fresh and you can easily fall in love with them. Jenks, the smart-mouthed pixie, is by far one of my favorite characters, he has such a way with words--I'll have to leave it at that, if you want to know why I say this then you will have to read the series.

For those of you who are new to the series, it is important to read the books in order, when I was new to the series I started to read the second one first by mistake and I was really confused with several references to past events. I forgot how far I got before I finally discovered that there was another book before it.

So in order, here are the books:

Book 1: Dead Witch Walking
Book 2: The Good, The Bad, and the Undead
Book 3: Every Which Way But Dead
Book 4: A Fistful of Charms
Book 5: For a Few Demons More
Book 6: The Outlaw Demon Wails
Book 7: White Witch, Black Curse

Happy Reading!

Review--White Witch, Black Curse

WHITE WITCH, BLACK CURSE

Some wounds take time to heal . . . and some scars never fade.

Rachel Morgan, kick-ass witch and bounty hunter, has taken her fair share of hits, and has broken lines she swore she would never cross. But when her lover was murdered, it left a deeper wound than Rachel ever imagined, and now she won't rest until his death is solved . . . and avenged. Whatever the cost.

Yet the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and when a new predator moves to the apex of the Inderlander food chain, Rachel's past comes back to haunt her.

Literally.

OUT TODAY!!

Okay I haven't read it nor have I bought it, for 2 reasons as of right now. 1: Borders isn't open yet and 2: I have a class at that time. But as soon as it lets out that is my first stop!

As the book description says Rachel is going to finally track down her boyfriend's murderer. This is the 7th book in the Rachel Morgan series and it has been one helluva ride so far. Rachel has had some bad luck in the past, a scheming boyfriend, making deals with demons, dealing with bad guys on a way too regular basis, becoming leader of her own little pack where there aren't too many werewolves, and oh the list goes on and on!

But this series has everything in it, witches, demons,vampires-both living and dead, there is a difference!!-pixies and fairies, again there's a difference!!, actual elves, werewolves obviously, and oh again, the list goes on and on.

There is tons of action in these books since Rachel is a runner for her own independent business that she runs with her vampire (living) and pixie friends. There are fight scenes, a little bit of romance, but not so much lately due to the plot of this book and Kisten's (the boyfriend) absence in the last book, mysteries, chase and tons of adventure. This is a truly wonderful series that I have been addicted to since day 1!

I'll let you know more about this new release after I buy and read it. It's sure to be a hit and I will probably have it finished with a day or two since I still have classes during the day. Sigh...

Review--Outcast Season: Undone

Once she was a powerful Djinn. Then Cassiel defiled her ruler, Ashan, who tore her vey essence away and reshaped her in human flesh as punishment. Forced to live among mortals, Cassiel has found refuge among the Weather Wardens--whose power she must tap into regularly, or she will die.

Cassiel earns her keep by assisting Earth Warden, Manny Rocha on his missions--which she finds much easier than coping with the emotions and frailities of her human condition, especially her growing affections for Manny's brother, Luis. But when Cassiel encounters a malevolent force that threatens the Rocha family, she discovers that her perceived human weaknesses may be her greatest strengths...

Rachel Caine's new series is absolute must read. For anyone who has not read her current Weather Warden series, which is another series that I highly recommend and will discuss in a bit, this new series is set in the same world! We even get to see familiar faces in the first chapter! Again, I don't want to give away anything from the book other than what the description says, but what I can say is that there is not stop action and so many mysteries to solve, just like in Weather Wardens. You never know who you can trust.

And like Weather Wardens, the end leaves you craving for more. There was so much action taking place and we were finally learning new things about Cassiel, for she is a mysterious character as the novel is from her point of view. We don't always get the full details on why she acts the way she does, other than the fact that she was once a Djinn.

For those who don't know Djinn are like genies, but not with the whole 3 wishes thing like in Aladdin. Djinn were once servants to the Weather Wardens and were forced to do things for them. In short they were treated like slaves, but not all Wardens were cruel to the Djinn. Very few were cruel, others even thought that the Djinn should be free to come and go as they please and help whenever they can and if they could. Djinn are powerful beings that can do many things such as manipulating the weather along with Wardens and manipulating the structure of almost anything. Hate that red jacket, well with just a touch a Djinn can turn it into a black jacket. Don't want the jacket at all, the Djinn can remove it from you with just a look!

I have to give kudos to Rachel for incorporating my favorite line from one of my favorites movies within the novel. It has nothing to do with ruining the plot of the novel so I am just going to say what it is anyway. Chapter 14, page 261: "We're going to need a bigger boat"!! Major kudos to you Rachel! For those who may not know and if you don't, shame on you!!, this line comes from the movie Jaws. The original one, not any of the sequels which did not hold up to the original! Great movie by the way that I highly recommend. Steven Spielberg worked really hard and long on this movie and had many difficulties with the mechanical shark and that is why he never worked on any of the sequels.

The Weather Warden series, currently at book 7 with book 8 to come out later in August 2009, stars Joanne Baldwin a Weather Warden, she controls the weather, there are also Earth and Fire Wardens who control said properties. The Weather Warden series must be read in order to fully understand the story and the story is very long, to explain one novel and then go to the next would give stuff away that I really do not want to do if anyone is interested in reading the series. This is a really great series that is sadly coming to an end next year with the last book. So if you feel like reading up on it this would be the time for there is not much time left for new books to keep you back.

Review--Weather Wardens

Since I was running out of room I decided to just make a new post for the Weather Warden series that I mentioned in the post I wrote above this. So if you want to read about Rachel Caine's newest series that is set in the Weather Warden's world go up to the next post and read on. It is there that I mention this series.

The Weather Wardens series is fantastic! It's about the Wardens who protect us from Mother Nature's fury. We are not supposed to know about them, but....somehow the info got leaked into 7 books, soon to be 8 in August 2009 and finally, and sadly, ending in 2010. As I said in my previous post, this is a series where you must read from book 1 to book 7, then 8 and then 9 next year!

In brief here is the series:

Note: There may be some SPOILERS from book to book based on its descriptions. Especially if you get the exact one that is found on the back of the book. There may even be SPOILERS in these shortened descriptions as well, so reader beware. I did however, try to eliminate some of the major spoilers with the "SPOILER" input. Again, you can easily find the information I withdrew from the author's website or at other book-based websites.

Due to the amount of books and their lengthy descriptions that are usually found on the back, I took the breifiest detailed summary from Amazon and Borders' websites just to quickly sum it up. If you want a fuller description you can easily find them on the back of the books or at Rachel Caine's website: http://www.rachelcaine.com/

Joanne Baldwin is a weather warden, who can control the weather and keep it from being more chaotic and destructive than it already is. She is on the run, though, for she is accused of killing a senior warden, which she did, sort of: a thread of corruption runs through some of the most powerful wardens, one of which put a Demon Mark on her and then died. Her only hope now is to get a djinn from her old friend Lewis, who stole three of them from the council of the wardens many years ago. As she runs, she picks up a hitchhiker who knows things an ordinary person wouldn't, and who offers help. With djinns and other wardens, including those sent to arrest her, all giving her conflicting information, Joanne never quite knows whom to trust in this romantic escapist romp rife with danger, excitement, and even classic cars. Regina SchroederCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Mistaken for a murderer, Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is hunted down and killed by her colleagues. SPOILER, she senses something sinister entering earth's atmosphere--something that makes tomorrow's forecast look deadly.

Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin protected the human race from monster storms MAJOR SPOILER! She's throwing the dice to stop an infinitely powerful, deeply disturbed kid from bringing on a new ice age.

When the truce between the Wardens and the mystical Djinn starts to self-destruct, Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is forced to choose between saving her Djinn lover, saving her abilities, and saving humanity.

Rogue Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin must rally the remnants of the corps against the Djinn, who have SPOILER, and a cranky Mother Earth, who's about to unleash her full fury against the entire world.

After SPOILER, Joanne Baldwin lost her memories thanks to SPOILER the djinn -- and they will remain lost forever unless Joanne can recover her identity -- and destroy the demon who is impersonating her.

After her lover David, a Djinn, asks Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin SPOILER. Unfortunately, there's a devastating earthquake in Florida. She can't ask David and his kind for assistance because the cause of the quake is unlike anything Joanne has ever encountered.

Review--Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand

HONEYMOON IN VEGAS?

Already the alpha pair of Denver's werewolf pack, Kitty and Ben now plan to tie the knot human-style by eloping to Vegas. Kitty is looking forward to sipping fru-fru drinks by the pool and doing her popular radio show on live TV, but her hotel is stocked with werewolf-hating bounty hunters. Elsewhere on the Strip an old-school magician might be wielding the real thing; the vampire community is harboring a dark secret; and the irresistible star of a suspicious animal act is determined to seduce Kitty. Sin City has never been so wild, and this werewolf has never had to fight harder to save not only her wedding, but her very life.


OUT IN STORES NOW!



Finally finished my book for school and immediately started on this one. Carrie Vaughn's latest Kitty novel picks up right where book 4 left off. Unfortunately for any newcomers this is a series where you need to start off at book 1 to fully understand what is going on. This is book 5 and book 6, Kitty Raises Hell is due out February 24 2009. According to Borders though, it is not "supposed" to be out until March 1 2009.


Kitty goes to Vegas in this novel with her mate, but naturally trouble finds Kitty, it even crosses state lines with her. I don't want to give too much away, the back of the book description above pretty much gives the necessary information without giving away too much. Again, if this sounds interesting to you, then I highly suggest reading the other books first, all of which were fascinating!


Book 1 Kitty and the Midnight Hour

Kitty Norville is a midnight-shift DJ for a Denver radio station--and a werewolf in the closet. Sick of lame song requests, she accidentally starts "The Midnight Hour", a late-night advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged.

After desperate vampires, werewolves, and witches across the country begin calling in to share their woes, her new show is a raging success. But it's Kitty who can use some help. With one sexy werewolf-hunter and a few homicidal undead on her tail, Kitty may have bitten off more than she can chew...


Book 2 Kitty Goes to Washington

The country's only celebrity werewolf, late-night radio host Kitty Norville prefers to be heard, not seen. But now when she's invited to testify at a Senate hearing on behalf of supernaturals, her face gets plastered on national TV. Kitty's been in hot water before, but jumping into the D.C. underworld brings a new set of problems. And a new set of friends and enemies, including the vampire mistress of the city; an uber-hot Brazilian were-jaguar; and a paranoid, Bible-thumping senator who wants to expose Kitty as a monster. Kitty quickly learns that in this city of dirt politicians and backstabbing pundits, everyone's itching for a fight.


Book 3 Kitty Takes a Holiday

After SPOILER, Kitty retreats to a mountain cabin to recover and write her memoirs. But this is Kitty, so trouble is never far behind, and instead of Walden Pond, she gets Evil Dead. First someone leaves grotesque animal sacrifices on her porch to curse her, then werewolf hunter Cormac shows up with an injured Ben O'Farrell, Kitty's lawyer, slung over his shoulder. Two hotties and one Kitty in a single-room cabin--can the situation get more tense? When a wolf-like creature with glowing red eyes starts sniffing around the cabin, Kitty wonders if any of them will get out of these woods alive...


Book 4 Kitty and the Silver Bullet

Kitty's radio show is as popular as ever and she has a boyfriend who actually seems to understand her. Can she finally settle down to a normal life? Not if this is just the calm before the storm. When her mother falls ill, Kitty rushes back to Denver--and right back to the abusive pack of werewolves she escaped a year ago. To make matters worse, a war is brewing between the city's two oldest vampires, threatening the whole supernatural community. Though she wants to stay neutral, Kitty is again drawn into a world of politics and violence. To protect her family, her lover, and herself, she'll have to choose sides. And maybe become what she hates--a killer.


Okay none of that was very original, I just typed in what was on the back of the books so I don't give too much away and not leave out any of the finer details. I did leave out a tiny bit from book 3 because it gives a spoiler to book 2 that I didn't want ruin for anyone. Of course if you find the book elsewhere or an excerpt elsewhere you'll find out what the "censored" line was. It's nothing too big, but still it was a pretty intense moment in book 2.


So if you're looking for a good werewolf book to read then Carrie Vaughn's series is a great place to start. All these books I listed are out on the shelves and as I mentioned earlier book 6 Kitty Raises Hell is due out February 24 2009 or March 1 2009. Depending on what website you look to info for. Either way, it should be out around that last week of February.

Review--Pride

PRIDE

Here's hoping cats do have nine lives


I’m on trial for my life. Accused of infecting my human ex-boyfriend—and killing him to cover up the crime. I’m not guilty. But tell that to the panel of Alphas sitting in judgment. Infecting a human is one of three capital offenses recognized by the Pride—along with murder and disclosure of our existence to a human.

I’m two for three. A goner. On top of that, Marc is in danger of being tossed from the Pride, then we discovered a rogue stray terrorizing the mountainside, hunting a wild teenage tabbycat. I think I can protect her from both the ambitious rogue and the scheming of the territorial council.
If I survive my own trial…

Pride is available for pre-order at Barnes and Noble, Borders, Books-A-Million, and Amazon.


RELEASES FEBRUARY 1 2009!!!

So I'm surfing the web and checked Rachel Vincent's blog and I see this contest to enter, all I have to do is mention her latest release Pride, that comes out on Sunday, but it's probably on the shelves now. All I have to do to enter this contest is mention said book and the contest itself, in a personal blog. Since I didn't have one I just up and created my first one with the same blogging network as Rachel. So here it is, my first ever blog!!

This is a fantastic read for all urban fantasy lovers. Do NOT be turned off by the book because it is found in the romance section of the store, while there is some romance in the book, it is nothing to graphic like you would find in an actual romance book. This is really an urban fantasy book with action and even a little bit of blood!

This is the third novel in Rachel Vincent's Shifter series and it is a FAN-TAB-U-LOUS read! The first novel Stray and the second novel Rogue lead Faythe on a wild rollar coaster ride that has become her life. Being dragged away from college in book one due to kidnappings of female werecats, which is what she is, to having a stalker Werecat (for they are not werewolves in this series, but panther-like cats)murder people and put the blame on her. Which leads to this fantastic third novel that has her trial for the events that happened in Rogue, Shifters book 2! The next novel, Prey, comes out July 1 2009 and I am already counting the days.

Rachel's work is really extraordinary, told from Faythe's point of view, we see the world she lives in where being a female werecat is extremely rare since males are the dominant sex in werecats. Faythe is sassy and has a smart mouth which is expected from always being treated like a delicate flower, a thing she really doesn't like. She says exactly what's on her mind and what anyone would say if someone was being a pain in the you know what!

So if you're looking for something so fan-freaking-tastic to read then I strongly recommend reading Rachel Vincent's Shifter series. It would help greatly to read them in order too, and since this is a fairly new series you can be caught up REALLY easily.

Book 1 Stray; out, but may be hard to find, BUT!! it is being reprinted soon!!

Book 2 Rogue; out

Book 3 Pride; Releases February 1 2009, you can probably find it at the stores NOW!

Book 4 Prey; Releases July 1 2009