Review: Some Dream for Fools by Faiza Guene

Format Read: HardcoverNumber of Pages: 176 pagesRelease Date: Jun 3 2009Publisher: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtFormats Available: Hardcover, eBookPurchasing Info: GoodReads, Book Depository

Received from the Publisher;

Book Blurb:

Ahleme, a young woman living on the outskirts of Paris, is trying to make a life out of the dreams she brought with her from Algeria and the reality she faces every day. Her father lost his job after an accident at his construction site. Her mother was lost to a massacre in Algeria. And her brother, Foued, boils with adolescent energy and teeters dangerously close to choosing a life of crime.

As she wanders the streets of Paris looking for work, Ahleme negotiates the disparities between her dreams and her life, her youth and her responsibilities, the expectations of those back home and the limitations of life in France.

My Thoughts:

I will admit, I had never heard of Faiza Guene before or her first book, Kiffe, Kiffe Tomorrow, though …

Review: The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay

Format Read: PaperbackNumber of Pages:  394 pagesRelease Date: November 24th, 2009Publisher: PocketFormats Available: Mass Market Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: GoodReads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Book Blurb:Divorced mother of one, Charlie Madigan, lives in a world where the beings of heaven and hell exist among us, and they aren’t the things of Sunday school lessons and Hallmark figurines. In the years since the Revelation, they’ve become our co-workers, neighbors, and fellow citizens.

Charlie works for ITF (Integration Task Force). It’s her job to see that the continued integration of our new “friends” goes smoothly and everyone obeys the law, but when a new off-world drug is released in Underground Atlanta, her daughter is targeted, and her ex-husband makes a fateful bargain to win her back, there’s nothing in heaven or earth (or hell for that matter) that Charlie won’t do to set things right.

My Thoughts:Sometimes there is nothing like a …

Review: Sanctuary by Moira Rogers

Format Read: EbookNumber of Pages: 296 pages Release Date: April 2010 Publisher: Samhain Publishing Formats Available: Ebooks, Paperback Purchasing Info: Good Reads, Author Website, Amazon, Book Depository

Additional Information:  Sanctuary contains book #1 and 2  in the  Red Rock Pass  series by Moira Rogers. Cry Sanctuary and Sanctuary Lost are also available for individual purchase in Ebook format

Cry Sanctuary

Book Blurb:

Keith Winston is tired of fighting. The war between werewolves and wizards rages on in Europe, but he’s come home to Red Rock, Montana in hopes of finding a bit of peace. Instead he finds more strife as he struggles against the pack’s dictates that he resume his place as the alpha’s …

Review: Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready

Format Read: ARC Number of Pages: 320 pagesRelease Date: May 4, 2010 Publisher: Simon Pulse Formats Available: Hardcover, Audio Purchasing Info: Amazon.com, Chapters.ca, GoodReads

Book Blurb:

Love ties them together. Death can’t tear them apart.

Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan’s band playing a critical gig and Aura’s plans for an intimate after-party, Aura knows it will be the most memorable night of her boyfriend’s life. She never thought it would be his last.

Logan’s sudden death leaves Aura devastated. He’s gone.

Well, sort of.

Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability has always been annoying, and Aura had wanted nothing more than to figure out why the Shift happened so she can undo it. But not with Logan’s violet-hued spirit still hanging …

Review: Her Vampire Husband by Michele Hauf

Format Read: eBook ARCNumber of Pages:  368 pagesRelease Date: April 1st 2010Publisher: HQN BooksFormats Available: Mass Market Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: GoodReads, Author’s Website, Book Depository

Book Blurb:An arranged marriage between a werewolf and a vampire.

There will be blood.

She may resist his bite, but she can’t resist his charms…

Werewolf princess Blu Masterson won’t allow her seductive vampire husband to consummate their marriage with his bite, marking her forever. Alone in a secluded estate with her sworn enemy, Blu curses the marriage arranged to bring their rival nations together, especially since Creed Saint-Pierre calls out to her most feral desires.

When Blu uncovers her pack’s secret plot to destroy the vampire nation—and Creed—she is forced to confront her growing feelings for her sexy undead husband. Will she choose the only life she’s ever known or accept his vampire …

Review: Heart of Darkness by Showalter, Shayne, Krinard

Format Read: eBook ARCNumber of Pages: 320 pagesRelease Date: January 1st 2010Publisher: HQN BooksFormats Available: Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: GoodReads, Author’s Website, Book Depository

Book Blurb:From the masters of paranormal romance, three brand-new tales of seduction…

1. The Darkest Angel by Gena Showalter (LOTU, #4.5) An iron-willed demon assassin, the angel Lysander has never know lust–until he meets Bianka. Spawned from the bloodline of Lucifer, the beautiful but deadly Harpy is determined to lead the pure-hearted Lysander into temptation…

2. Love Me to Death by Maggie Shayne Twenty-two years ago four teenage boys were convicted of a young girl’s murder. Now, in the form of a beautiful woman, the “victim” is seeking vengeance. And only one man dares to dig into the past to uncover its secrets…and set her free.

3. Lady of the Nile by Susan Krinard Lady …

Review: Book: The Sequel by Clive Priddle (editor)

Format Read: eARC from NetGalleyNumber of Pages: 144Release Date: May 30, 2009 Publisher: PublicAffairsFormats Available: Paperback, ebookPurchasing Info: Barnes & Noble, Goodreads

Book Blurb:

After the last page is turned and the cover closed on a great book, is it really over? Ever wonder what happens to Harry Potter after, say, twenty years of marriage and a steady government gig? Or what Karl Marx would say about today’s financial crisis? What did Scarlett O’Hara really think about tomorrow?

What comes after “ever after?”

BOOK: The Sequel dares to answer these burning questions with imagined first sentences from would-be follow-ups to classics from The Bible to Lord of the Rings, and from Green Eggs to Hamlet.

A delicious and unexpected return engagement from favorite characters like Jane Eyre, Ebenezer Scrooge, Jay Gatsby, Holden Caulfield, Wilbur …

Review: Born of Night By: Sherrilyn Kenyon

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: 29 September 2009
Format: Paperback 539 pages
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author Website, Book Depository

    Book Blurb:   In the Ichidian Universe ,The Leagues rules all. Expertly trained and highly valued, the League Assasins are the backbone of the government. But not even the League is immune to corruption….

Nykyrian

Command Assassin Nykyrian Quikiades was born and trained to slaughter. Refusing to be a pawn, he turned his back on the League and has been hunted by them ever since. Though many have tried, none can kill him.

Kiara

Kiara Zamir is a woman whose father’s political alliance has made her a target. She wants nothing to do with politics, …