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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Blue Blooded Vamp - A Review

Blue Blooded Vamp - Jaye Wells (NetGalley)


Overview

The epic conclusion to the amazing Sabina Kane urban fantasy series.
Sabina Kane is on the hunt. Her prey: Cain, the father of the vampire race and the one who murdered her family and her friends. Unfortunately, Cain is hunting Sabina, too.

The one man who holds the key to defeating Cain is, of course, Abel. A mage with secrets to spare and, hopefully, the power to match it. Unfortunately, for Sabina, he's in Rome and may not want to be found.

Sabina sets out for Italy with her friends, Giguhl and Adam Lazarus, to track down the only man who can get her the revenge she hungers for. But will he help her or oppose her? And just who is Abel, really? Worst of all, when Sabina figures out the goddess Lilith has a plan for her-she realizes this trip is getting deadlier by the minute. As they say: when in Rome-SURVIVE.


My Thoughts:

I love this series. It all started when I received the first book as a gift from a fellow book blogger. I put it in my to be read pile and then another blogger friend started a read along on the book. Next thing you know I am completely hooked on this series and sat around waiting for the books to come out so I could devour the next one.

I can't say a whole lot about this book without fear of giving too much away. The book was full of action and intrigue. All the characters came out to play I liked that. I'm sad to see the series end but it ended in a way that was appropriate and left me satisfied. I will say as much as I love Sabina and Adam, I will miss Giguhl the most. Jaye if you read this, you could always do a spin off with Giguhl and I bet all of your readers would be thrilled. I would lol.

So short and sweet, read the book and if you haven't started the series, do! You won't regret it.

Author's Website: Jaye Wells

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Mailbox Monday and What Are You Reading

Mailbox Monday is a weekly meme created by Marcia at Mailbox Monday and is being hosted all this month by Martha of  Martha's Bookshelf.

I got one book this week.







Into the Darkest Corner - Elizabeth Haynes (TLC blog tour)










 It's Monday. What are you reading this week? Hosted by Sheila at One Person's Journey Through A World of Books. This is a meme to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finished this week.

Books I finished in the last week:

11-22-63 Audiobook




Books I am reading this week:

Blue Blooded Vamp - Jaye Wells
Day by Day Armageddon - J.L. Bourne Audiobook.
Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson Audiobook (another book that is totally Sheila's fault. I bought and read this when it first came out but thanks to Sheila's review of the audiobook, my husband and I are listening to it. Very slowly however. It has become what we listen to when we head to camp and head home.


Books to Finish This week

Blue Blooded Vamp - Jaye Wells 

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Andy Gavin Author Spotlight


Andy Gavin

Bio:

 Co-founder of video game developer Naughty Dog and co-creator of Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter has a lifelong passion for storytelling. Turning his focus to writing, he’s crafted a pair of fantasy novels that bring to life versions of our world where all the myths that should be true, are.

His debut novel, The Darkening Dream, fuses intense action with a love of history and all things supernatural. On the eve before creation God created ten special things, among them the Archangel Gabriel’s horn, destined to sound the End of Days. But what happens if you’re a seventeen year-old girl and an ancient evil thinks it’s hidden in your basement?
His second novel Untimed, chronicles the crazy adventures of a boy no one remembers, who falls through a hole in time and finds himself lost in the past.


About The Darkening Dream:

As the modern world establishes itself and pushes the supernatural into the shadows, the supernatural fights back.

An ominous vision and the discovery of a gruesome corpse lead seventeen year-old Sarah Engelmann into a terrifying encounter with the supernatural in 1913 Salem, Massachusetts.

With help from Alex, an attractive Greek immigrant, Sarah sets out to track the evil to its source, never guessing that she will take on a conspiracy involving not only a 900-year vampire, but also a demon-loving Puritan warlock, disgruntled Egyptian gods, and an immortal sorcerer, all on a quest to recover the holy trumpet of the Archangel Gabriel. Relying on the wisdom of an elderly vampire hunter, Sarah’s rabbi father, and her own disturbing visions, Sarah must fight a millennia-old battle between unspeakable forces, where the ultimate prize might be herself.

Long-time readers of dark historical fantasy (Tim Powers, Guy Gavriel Kay, Katherine Kurtz) will appreciate the weaving together of mythology, occult, and religion, while younger readers and fans of HBO dramas (True Blood, Carnivàle) or urban fantasy (Laurell K. Hamilton, Kim Harrison, Jim Butcher) will be drawn to the twisted imagination, graphic action, and romantic tension.

Read the first two sample chapters here >> http://bit.ly/yFXZSm
Up to date reviewer info, including cover and sales links >> http://bit.ly/z1rvqF

Get The Darkening Dream on Amazon

There is an ongoing giveaway on Goodreads (until May 31): 

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

11-22-63 Update

11-22-63 - Stephen King Audio book (own)

I did it! I finally finished this monster of an audio book! I won't be re reviewing the book but will say if given the choice, I would take the audio book of this any day. It brought so much more life to the book. Fantastic!