Title: Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) Author: Morgan Rhodes (aka. Michelle Rowen) Genre: high fantasy, magic, romance Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: 11 December 2012 Pages: 412 pages Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering. Three kingdoms grapple for power–brutally transforming …
Title: Touch of Power (Healer #1) Author: Maria V. Snyder Genre: paranormal, fantasy, magic, adventure Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: December 2011 Pages: 390 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The price of peace may well be her life… Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But …
I thought I was doing a good job at keeping my vampire/zombie/supernatural obsession at bay… but it turns out everyone I know knows just how much I love things that go bump in the night. This is a review for the fifth book in the Vampire Academy series, Spirit Bound, but I wanted to share something my …
This review does contain spoilers of the previous books in the series. It’s just impossible for me to talk about this book without mentioning pivotal events from the first three books of the series. Title: Blood Promise (Vampire Academy #4) Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Magic, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin) Publication …
Title: Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3) Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Magic, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin) Publication Date: November 2008 Pages: 443 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): It’s springtime at St. Vladimir’s Academy, and Rose Hathaway is this close to graduation. Since making her first Strigoi kills, Rose hasn’t been …
I’m always looking for new books to read. So a couple of months ago I was asking my friend Cam for recommendations and he suggested The Alchemyst. I bought it that night (I think that internet shopping is just feeding my book buying addiction) and then after it arrived in the mail it just sat on my …
Title: Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Magic, Publisher: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin) Publication Date: April 2008 Pages: 327 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose… It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything …
I’m not usually someone who buys more than one book in a series before I start it – just in case I end up not liking it. But when I saw a boxed set of the first four Vampire Academy books on sale I just couldn’t help myself. I liked Richelle Mead’s Georgina Kincaid adult paranormal …
Every now and then I come across a novel that takes me forever to read. Not because I’m not enjoying it but rather the opposite – it’s because I’m having so much fun that I try to draw the story out as long as I possibly can. This book took me two weeks to read… …
Title: Spark (Elementals #2) Author: Brigid Kemmerer Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Magic Publisher: Kensington (I received an ARC from NetGalley) Publication Date: August 2012 (Allen & Unwin are publishing Spark in Australia in October 2012) Pages: 432 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Gabriel Merrick plays with fire. Literally. Sometimes he can even control it. And sometimes he can’t. Like …