Mary

Review: The Genie Ignites by Kellyann Zuzulo (Zubis Chronicles #1)

The Genie Ignites (Zubis Chronicles #1) Kellyann Zuzulo Published: March 2012 (Boroughs Publishing Group) Purchase at: Amazon Reviewed by: Mary Rating (out of 5): 3 stars I’m a newbie to the genre of the Genie, a virgenie, if you will.  As is Bethany O’Brian, but that doesn’t keep her from having some 3D dreams about a mysterious lover.  As a reporter specializing in Middle Eastern diplomats and...

Chelsea

Love Letter to Tyler (Amanda Bonilla’s Shaede Assassin series)

Throughout our Character Love Letters event you’ll see other readers publicly admitting their love for fictional characters. Today is the first of 2013′s fan letters. Jen from Red Hot Books professes her love for Tyler from Amanda Bonilla’s Shaede Assassin books. I love this series, too (though I swoon more for a certain arrogant royal…). You can check out the VBC review of the...

Candace

Review: Oracle’s Moon by Thea Harrison (Elder Races #4)

Oracle’s Moon (Elder Races #4) Thea Harrison Published: March 6, 2012 (Berkley) Purchase at: Book Depository, B&N or Amazon Review by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 5 stars I started counting time for you. I want to change who I am for you. You are my Grace. He was too full and there weren’t enough words. He said, “I did not know I needed grace until I met you.” A few select titles count as...

Chelsea

August Group Read: Ill Wind by Rachel Caine

This month’s poll was very close, but Rachel Caine’s Ill Wind edged out Jeannie Holmes’ Blood Law by three votes. That means August is going to be all about the elemental power, the secretive djinn and urban fantasy goodness that comes with the first Weather Warden novel. While this one is an urban fantasy, our paranormal romance readers will love the chemistry between Joanne and David....

Chelsea

Review: Ill Wind by Rachel Caine (Weather Warden #1)

I made a deal with Kristin from My Bookish Ways: I’d start one of her favorite series, if she’d start one of mine. So, in exchange for her learning to “stay to the light” with Karen Marie Moning’s Darkfever, I dived into Rachel Caine’s Weather Warden books. Ill Wind (Weather Warden #1) Rachel Caine Published: 2003 (Penguin) Purchase at: Book Depository, B&N or...