Review: The Devil’s Garden, by Jane Kindred

Posted by on Mar 1, 2012 in Book Review, Books | 3 comments

The Devil’s Garden by Jane Kindred My rating: 4 of 5 stars So many things to list that were wonderful about this book. Beautiful prose, fascinating world, compelling characters, heartbreaking dilemma. BUT, my complaint is that this novella is a novel that wasn’t made to live up to its promise and allowed to be a novella instead. (Notice I said...

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Review: Control Point, by Myke Cole

Posted by on Feb 22, 2012 in Book Review, Books | 5 comments

Control Point by Myke Cole My rating: 4 of 5 stars Stay tuned! At the end of this review is something REALLY COOL! This was a great read. I generally avoid fantasy set in the modern (or sorta) world, and never considered myself a military-anything buff. So Control Point was a very-pleasant surprise. I devoured the book in two days. Cole does a great job of...

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Review: Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

Posted by on Feb 16, 2012 in Book Review, Books | 1 comment

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m not the first one to point out that making an anti-hero work is really difficult; it’s a fine line between being disgusted by the actions and hating the character. Lawrence hit on the balance. I still walked away disturbed, perhaps more so at the end than I’d been all along. But...

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Review: Red by Kait Nolan

Posted by on Feb 9, 2012 in Book Review, Books | 2 comments

Red by Kait Nolan My rating: 5 of 5 stars The premise of this one so intrigued me that I picked it up, even though I’ve been feeling a bit glutted with YA books lately. I’m glad I didn’t pass it up. YA heroines often leave me feeling empty, as if they’re a bit shallow (some of that just being the effect of youth rather than bad writing.)...

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Review: Crash Into You by Roni Loren

Posted by on Jan 26, 2012 in Book Review, Books | 1 comment

Crash Into You by Roni Loren My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a great read. Hot and steamy without being so focused on the erotic elements that it neglected the plot. I was pleasantly surprised at the depth and intricacy of the conflict that is so often missing in erotic romance, where hook-ups are often the whole point of the anemic storyline. Nice bit of...

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