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If you’re a long-time VBC reader, you may know I ‘shipped Rose and Dimitri in Richelle Mead’s highly successful Vampire Academy series. In that series we met Adrian Ivashkov. He was a little old to be hanging around high schoolers without, you know, a reason. He was that charming older guy who somehow always had booze. He was hot and a bad influence. Things change, though. People change. They grow. I can... 
Update: This was a close one, but with 55 percent of the vote Kate Daniels is the victor. She moves on to the finale! We’re getting closer and closer to finding the Alpha Showdown 2017 champion. In Round 13 we have two powerhouses from Ilona Andrews. At least this time they’re from different series! We have Mad Rogan from the Hidden Legacy series (and from the comments, many of you are up-to-date... 
Silver Shadows (Bloodlines #5) Richelle Mead Published: July 29, 2014 (Razorbill) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Purchased Reviewed by: Chelsea Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: While this review will remain spoiler-free, it will assume you’ve read the previous books in the Bloodlines series. If you haven’t, take a peek at our review for Bloodlines, the first book in the series. Silver... 
The whole team here at VBC loves Chloe Neill’s Chicagoland Vampires series. There’s a reason you see quotes from Chelsea’s reviews in the front of the books. I really do think the series is a great urban fantasy with a heroine I’m happy to back. Today, though, as we settle in to celebrate the release of Blood Games, we’re going to talk about that green-eyed Master vampire Ethan Sullivan. Back when I first... 
Update: Wow! This one was the most crazy Alpha Showdown at the end. The numbers shifted back and forth from Reyes to Barrons and back again in the final hours. The Grimlets rallied, though, and thousands of votes later…. REYES FARROW IS THE ALPHA SHOWDOWN 2014 CHAMPION! This year’s Alpha Showdown has been the most intense to date. The alphas were bigger, the battles were closer, and the prizes have been... 
I need your help, readers. You see my good friend Megan S. from Stellar Four thinks supernatural types would not make good boyfriends. I’m not saying there aren’t issues to overcome in having a relationship with a vampire or werewolf or faerie (that whole can’t lie thing is a double-edged sword). However, I think the good outweighs the bad. When I look to my list of book boyfriends—when they’re fictional,... 
It’s the final day of Character Love Letters. I hope you’ve found new book boyfriends and best friends. Alpha Showdown will be back in May. So you won’t have too long to wait until we’re talking about our favorite characters again. Today’s love letter comes from Julie at My 5 Monkeys. She’s caught up in the romance between the hero and heroine of Gini Koch’s Katherine ‘Kitty’ Katt series. Read Touched by... 
Ready to meet the next hero you should be swooning for? Today’s Character Love Letter has Christen from Goldilox and the Three Weres sharing her love for Aren from Sandy Williams’ Shadow Reader series. Dear Aren, We’ve never met but I feel like I know you and I’m certain I adore you. Don’t worry, I realize that McKenzie is the one for you and I’m content to admire you from afar. I’ve read all of your... 
If you read Jo’s review of Darynda Jones’ first Charley Davidson book First Grave on the Right, you know she loved it. The fun and snarky tone won her over, and she swooned hard for the hero Reyes. It only made sense to let her write him a Character Love Letter—one that wouldn’t step on Charley’s toes too much. Dear Reyes, I know we haven’t know each other very long (totally my fault), but what I can say,... 
Those YA heroes know how to bring us to our knees, so of course we have a few Character Love Letters to those younger book boyfriends. Laura from Little Read Riding Hood is about to convince us all of her love for Raffe from Susan Ee’s Angelfall. Dearest Raffe, When I first saw you, fighting with the other angels, I thought you are a god compared to them. I mean it took five of them to take you down! I... 
