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Release-Day Review: Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost (Night Prince #3)

Bound by Flames (Night Prince #3) Jeaniene Frost Published: January 27, 2015 (Avon) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Chelsea Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: This review assumes you’ve read the Night Prince series. If you’re not up-to-date, please check out our review of Once Burned. Vlad and Leila have had a lot...

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Are you ready for Iced? [H&H]

Based on the tweets I received after posting the October new release list, nearly every one of you is excited for the release of Iced by Karen Marie Moning. It makes sense. Her Fever books featuring Barrons (our first Alpha Showdown champion) and MacKayla are the most addictive I’ve read*. I’m very much looking forward to reading Iced, but I’m also nervous about it. Will Moning’s engaging writing style...

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Exclusive Excerpt from Donna Grant’s Dark Craving

My other online home Heroes & Heartbreakers has snagged an exclusive release from Donna Grant. The novella, called Dark Craving, will go up in three parts on July 23, 24 and 25. Here’s the official blurb: Fueled by ancient magic—and enflamed by human desire—the Dragon King known as Hal can transform himself at will into one of the legendary winged creatures he is sworn to protect. But one thing he can...

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Breaking out of a reading rut [H&H]

I was lucky in this last month to have a couple books that reinvigorated my reading habit. As you know, I went on a little shifter romance bender a week ago. And before that I was head-over-heels for Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennet. (The sequel comes out today, and is coming up quickly on my review to-read pile.) As such, I picked four books to break my genre-reading friends out of any reading rut. One...

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My Super UF Hit Squad at H&H

As I’m recovering from a crazy travel week, Book Bits will be back next week. In the meantime, I’m assembling a fictional hit squad over at Heroes and Heartbreakers today. Something tells me you guys can back this plan. We’ve talked about damaged heroines and bad friend heroines, but what about the baddest bitches on the block? As much as we track their relationships, most urban fantasy heroines should be...

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Let’s talk breather books [H&H Post]

Remember my ho-hum reaction to Kim Harrison’s A Perfect Blood? Yeah. I labeled it a breather book, because I’m not willing to give up on Rachel Morgan just yet. We’ve gone through this time and again — more than once with Sookie Stackhouse — and so I’m over at Heroes & Heartbreakers talking about what makes a breather book. Read the post, then join the discussion.  

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Why I’m Team Eric [H&H post]

I’m over at Heroes & Heartbreakers talking about everyone’s favorite Viking vampire Eric Northman. Fans of Charlaine Harris’ books (now you’re thinking about Dead to the World) and True Blood may want to read this one. A tease: I crack jokes about my affinity for all things Alexander Skarsgard, but I’m going to admit something to you: He’s not the reason I love Eric Northman. I’d be falling all over...

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Over at Heroes & Heartbreakers: Killing for Love

Today I’m over at Heroes & Heartbreakers trying to figure out why we love seeing protective heroes slay the bad guys in front of the heroine. In addition to talking about those heroes in novels, I may reference Sons of Anarchy heavily. If you watch, you understand. There are certain things that when you explain aloud sound awful. For example, think of explaining the plot of The Hunger Games to a friend:...

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Issuing True Blood an ultimatum over at H&H

Last month, I re-read Charlaine Harris’ Dead to the World. It’s my favorite book in the series (and for many of you, as well), and I was nervous to see it adapted to television this summer on True Blood. Find out how I think they’re doing and just what the HBO show will need to do to keep me happy in my first post for Heroes and Heartbreakers: True Blood Ultimatums: Sex or Plot, It’s That...