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Book Bits: J.R. Ward, Cassie Alexander, City of Bones, Richelle Mead, True Blood

Can I tell you guys how excited I am for this year’s Alpha Showdown? It’s going to be bigger than ever, and the bracket has more new characters and women than ever before. I can’t wait to see how the voting goes down come May. Wrath and Beth Get Another Book When I finished Lover at Last, I immediately started speculating about which couple might be next. I was so wrong, people. J.R. Ward...

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Review: Moonshifted by Cassie Alexander (Edie Spence #2)

Moonshifted (Edie Spence #2) Cassie Alexander Published: Nov. 27, 2012 (St. Martin’s) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Reviewed by: Chelsea Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: This review is spoiler-free. However, it assumes you’ve read the first book in the series and makes references to key plot points from it. If you haven’t read Nightshifted, please check out my review. I read...

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Book Bits: Vicki Pettersson, Rachel Vincent, Andrea Cremer, Cassie Alexander, Karina Cooper

See, I thought the cover of Vicki Pettersson‘s The Taken was gorgeous. It made me want to buy a red dress. Looks like the cover art for its sequel The Lost is also shopping inspiration. Rachel Vincent’s Unbound series is brilliant. If you haven’t read Blood Bound or Shadow Bound yet, do it. Emotional rollercoaster rides. I’m eager for book three, but just got word the release date...

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Review: Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander (Nightshifted #1)

Nightshifted (Nightshifted #1) Cassie Alexander Published: May 22, 2012 (St. Martin’s Press) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Reviewed by: Chelsea Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Any author who can weave wit, subversive undertones and clever world building into a novel gets my attention. Cassie Alexander demanded my attention with Nightshifted. She took a scenario that could become very campy very...

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Auction: Signed sets from Stacey Jay and Cassie Alexander [Books Fighting Cancer]

There’s something therapeutic about reading about people with awful jobs. Or at least ones far harder than your own. Both the heroines in Stacey Jay and Cassie Alexander’s series have jobs harder than yours. And probably grosser. Both series are engaging, dark urban fantasy. And both get big VBC stamps of approval. The highest bidder takes home signed books from both authors. Highest bidder will take...