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Oct
22

Review: Riveted by Meljean Brook (Iron Seas #3)

Review: Riveted by Meljean Brook (Iron Seas #3) Riveted (Iron Seas #3) Meljean Brook Published: Sept. 4, 2012 (Berkley Trade) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Reviewed by: Chelsea Rating (out of 5): 3 stars The latest installment of Meljean Brook’s steampunk romance Iron Seas series is heavier on the cultural elements and airship travel than the romance. The first book The Iron Duke was dark, aggressive and sexy. In the second book Heart of...
Mar
15

Book Bits: Karen Mahoney, Stacia Kane, Shiloh Walker, Meljean Brook & Hunger Games

Book Bits: Karen Mahoney, Stacia Kane, Shiloh Walker, Meljean Brook & Hunger Games Before we get into the news, just a quick housekeeping bit. I changed my Twitter name. *gasp* So, if you’ve been following @VampBookClub, you’ll now see @ChelseaVBC popping up in your stream. Don’t worry. It’s still me. As we add more reviewers, etc., I thought it might be helpful to differentiate. Also, you can follow Candace — our new PNR reviewer — at @cpblackburn73. Cover reveal: Falling to Ash I’m a...
Mar
13

If I could be any heroine…

If I could be any heroine… Last week we talked about those heroines we’d never swap places with in a million years. Seriously, no one wants to take Katniss’ place. But a few of you emailed and tweeting asking who I would swap shoes with, figuratively speaking. This one is harder, actually, because I like such dark novels. So, I’ll give you one obvious choice and one where you’ll all think I’m wearing my crazy pants. Then, I want to...
Nov
29

Review: Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook (Iron Seas #2)

Review: Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook (Iron Seas #2) Heart of Steel (Iron Seas #2) Meljean Brook Published: Nov. 1, 2011 (Berkley Trade) Purchase at: Book Depository, B&N or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Meljean Brook’s Heart of Steel is a straight-up adventure. Daring escapes, explosions, zombies, treasure hunting and one man’s quest to fall in love with the woman with a heart of steel. While Heart of Steel is set in the same world as The Iron Duke,...
Aug
23

Review: Wild & Steamy anthology by Meljean Brook, Jill Myles and Carolyn Crane

Review: Wild & Steamy anthology by Meljean Brook, Jill Myles and Carolyn Crane Wild & Steamy Meljean Brook, Jill Myles & Carolyn Crane Published: Aug. 2, 2011 Purchase at: Amazon Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars “Blushing Bounder” by Meljean Brook (3 stars) Meljean Brook’s story is set in her Iron Seas world, before the events of The Iron Duke. We get to learn how Constable Newton ended up in London and learn about his wife. He and the missus are Bounders — what the London folk call...
Dec
29

Top 10 Swoon-Worthy Heroes (2010)

Top 10 Swoon-Worthy Heroes (2010) Our top books of 2010 was posted early enough to be able to use as a shopping list. That means we’re at the end of the year without a nice wrap-up list. Really, it’s a bit embarrassing. So, what do we have in store? A list we know several of you will feel the need to argue with in the comments. (We actually really love that, by the way.) TOP 10 SWOON-WORTHY HEROES In fairness, we’re using the word hero in...
Nov
12

Vampire Book Club’s Best Books of 2010

Vampire Book Club’s Best Books of 2010 This year we fell in love with several new authors, found new series and even decided we could really get into steampunk. We’ve narrowed the list down to these gems. All the books on this list are ones we’ve told friends, family and random people at the bookstore about. These are the books we tell you are musts for your to-read piles. As a matter of fact, print it out and make it a checklist. We were...
Nov
10

Q&A with Meljean Brook: Strong women, hot pirates and zombies

Q&A with Meljean Brook: Strong women, hot pirates and zombies We fell in love with the world Meljean Brook created in The Iron Duke. Read our review and you’ll see we loved the world, the characters and the romance. We loved the merger of steampunk (think: machines, etc.) and more traditional romance. Meljean was kind enough to answer our questions about the strong women in her book (you’ll love Lady Corsair), the pirate, the zombies and what makes a...
Oct
14

Closed: 500 Follower Giveaways – YA and Adult!

Closed: 500 Follower Giveaways – YA and Adult! Update: Thanks for the overwhelming response to the contests. We’ve selected our winners — Jessica and Beleth — and both have claimed their prizes. Keep an eye out. We have many more contests coming up. Wow! We just hit 500 followers via Google Friend Connect (not that the 1,200+ of you on Twitter aren’t favorites, too) and had to celebrate. Thank you so much for reading the blog. We hope you don’t hate...
Sep
26

Early Review: The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook

Early Review: The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook The Iron Duke (Iron Seas #1) Meljean Brook Published: Oct. 5, 2010 Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars If we were to merge the alpha overtones of Gone With the Wind, the swagger of Sherlock Holmes, the post-catastrophic world of Downside and a bunch of microscopic machines, we would get The Iron Duke. (And, yes, it really is that awesome.) Rhys, known to all those other...

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