Almost the end of the year and the holidays are near. That also means less time reading though at least for me.

It just doesn't feel like I read a lot this year, with the move and other things, RL got busier than I thought. But I will catch up eventual :D

November was a mix of a little of everything for me. Some books better than other. I also started the  Chicagoland Vampires series, that recommended to me. I really like it for the most part.

Kim Harrison's The Drafter was one of the books that I finally got and read. It was good, but not as good as I thought it would or could be. We will see with the second book if that is a series that I will continue or not. For now it is to early to tell for me.

Anywho, for December I have a few ARC that I need to review, after that if I have time I might read some more of the Chicagoland Vampires books. But not sure  how far I will get since I got quiet a few review copies ahead of me, including the 9th book in the Charley Davidson series The Dirt on Ninth Grave which I'm super stoked about :D 

As always if you looking for a the buy-links of books, those can be found in my reviews that I will also link. 

I hope you all  doing great and will have a great and stress free holiday season. Be merry and I hope you all get tons of books form Santa ;) 

As always: Happy Reading and thank you for following and supporting me :) 

The Drafter by Kim Harrison

Synopsis:

Detroit 2030. Double-crossed by the person she loved and betrayed by the covert government organization that trained her to use her body as a weapon, Peri Reed is a renegade on the run.

Don’t forgive and never forget has always been Peri’s creed. But her day job makes it difficult: she is a drafter, possessed of a rare, invaluable skill for altering time, yet destined to forget both the history she changed and the history she rewrote.

When Peri discovers her name on a list of corrupt operatives, she realizes that her own life has been manipulated by the agency. She joins forces with a mysterious rogue soldier in a deadly race to piece together the truth about her final task, unable to trust even herself.

3 ½ ★

My Review 

Fallen by Lauren Kate

Synopsis:

What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours?

17-year-old Lucinda falls in love with a gorgeous, intelligent boy, Daniel, at her new school, the grim, foreboding Sword & Cross . . . only to find out that Daniel is a fallen angel, and that they have spent lifetimes finding and losing one another as good & evil forces plot to keep them apart.

Get ready to fall…

2★

My Review 

Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley

Synopsis:

Indy Savage, cop’s daughter, rock chick and used bookstore owner, has been in love with Lee Nightingale, once bad boy, now the man behind Nightingale Investigations, since she was five years old. No matter what ingenious schemes Indy used to capture his attention, Lee never showed an interest and Indy finally gave up. Now Indy’s employee, Rosie, has lost a bag of diamonds and bad guys are shooting at him. When Indy gets involved, Lee is forced to help. Complicating matters, Lee has decided he’s interested, Indy’s decided she’s not. But she can’t seem to keep Lee out of her life when she’s repeatedly stun gunned, kidnapped and there are car bombs exploding (not to mention she’s finding dead bodies). Indy’s best bet is to solve the mystery of the diamonds before Lee. Lee’s challenge is to keep Indy alive and, at the same time, win back her heart.

4 ★

My Review 

Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Synopsis:

The Dark-Hunters are ancient warriors who have sworn to protect mankind and the fate of the world is in their hands. . .

He is solitude. He is darkness. He is the ruler of the night. Yet Kyrian of Thrace has just woken up handcuffed to his worst nightmare: An accountant. Worse, she’s being hunted by one of the most lethal vampires out there. And if Amanda Devereaux goes down, then he does too. But it’s not just their lives that are hanging in the balance. Kyrian and Amanda are all that stands between humanity and oblivion. Let’s hope they win.

4 ★

My Review

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Synopsis:

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother–or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.

4 ★

My Review 

The Angel Hunter by Jerrod Begora

Synopsis:

“In a Godless world where angels are evil, who would you pray to for help?”

Lucile is a devout Catholic women who prays regularly for God’s help in finding her missing cousin, David, who has likely skipped town on a whim. After accepting help from a stranger, Lucile thinks her prayers have been answered. Unfortunately, she is far from the truth. Lucile is about to be swept up in an ancient battle between humans and angels-where angels are evil and God is nowhere to be found.

Few know the reality, and even fewer summon the courage to fight against the angelic tyranny and help those in need. Meanwhile, cars are dropping from the sky, and God’s servants are in hot pursuit of Lucile and Andrew. Lucile, desperate to save her memories and find her cousin, is seemingly left with no other choice but to trust her quirky new friend who wields a gun and warns of impending disaster. Either God is good and sent the angel to test Lucile’s convictions or he is now using their lives for his amusement.

Torn between trusting her strong religious beliefs and the actions of God’s angelic army, Lucile knows one thing for sure-her cousin is in a lot more trouble than she ever imagined.

3★

My Review 

Crazy for the Competition by Cindi Madsen

Synopsis:

The road to trouble is paved with sweet temptation… Always the rebel in her ultra-conservative family, Quinn Sakata dreams of quitting her dad’s real-estate business and restoring the old Mountain Ridge Bed and Breakfast in her hometown of Hope Springs. Except that Quinn’s not the only person bidding on it. Worse still, her competitor is her high school crush, Heath Brantley, who is all kinds of ripped, tattooed hotness… So much for her “nice, conservative boys” rule. Heath has his own reasons for bidding on Mountain Ridge, and he won’t give in without a fight – even to the red-lipped hottie with a sailor’s mouth. But when their rivalry shifts into an unexpected zing of chemistry, Heath realizes he’s in deep trouble. Because it’s inevitable that emotions will get involved, and he needs to keep his eyes on the prize before they both get hurt.

4★

My Review 

Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill

Synopsis:

They killed me. They healed me. They changed me.

Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn’t exactly glamorous, but I was doing fine until Chicago’s vampires announced their existence to the world. When a rogue vampire attacked me, I was lucky he only got a sip. Another bloodsucker scared him off and decided the best way to save my life was to make me the walking undead.

Now I’ve traded sweating over my thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan “Lord o’ the Manor” Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed,

four-hundred-year-old vampire, he has centuries’ worth of charm, but unfortunately he expects my gratitude—and servitude. Right…

But someone’s out to get me. Is it the rogue vampire who bit me? A vamp from a rival House? An angry mob bearing torches?

My initiation into Chicago’s nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war—and there will be blood…

4 ★

My Review

Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill

Synopsis:

You’d think headlines like that would have provoked the fine citizens of the Windy City to take up arms against us bloodsucking fiends. Instead, ten months later, we’re enjoying a celebrity status reserved for the Hollywood elite—fending off paparazzi only slightly less dangerous than cross and stake-wielding slayers. Don’t get me wrong, Joe Public isn’t exactly thrilled to be living side-by-side with the undead, but at least they haven’t stormed the castle yet.

But all that will change once they learn about the Raves—mass feeding parties where vampires round up humans like cattle and drink themselves silly. Most civilized vampires frown on this behavior, putting mere mortals at ease with their policy of asking a person’s consent before taking a big gulp of the red stuff. However, that doesn’t make good copy for a first time reporter looking to impress his high society family.

So now my “master,” the centuries old, yet gorgeously well-preserved Ethan Sullivan, wants me to reconnect with my own upper class family and act as liaison between humans and vampires—and keep the more unsavory aspects of our existence out of the media. But someone doesn’t want people and vamps to play nicey-nice—someone with an ancient grudge.

4 ½ ★

My Review

Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill

Synopsis:

Merit, Chicago’s newest vampire, is learning how to play well with others. Other supernaturals, that is. Shapeshifters from across the country are convening in the Windy City, and as a gesture of peace, Master Vampire Ethan Sullivan has offered their leader a very special bodyguard: Merit. Merit is supposed to protect the Alpha, Gabriel Keene—and to spy for the vamps while she’s at it. Oh, and luckily Ethan’s offering some steamy, one-on-one combat training sessions to help her prepare for the mission. Merit must accept the assignment, even though she knows that she’ll probably regret it. And she’s not wrong. Someone is gunning for Gabriel Keene, and Merit soon finds herself in the line of fire. She’ll need all the help she can get to track down the would-be assassin, but everywhere she turns, there are rising tensions between supernaturals—not least between her and a certain green-eyed, centuries old master vampire…

5 ★

My Review 

"In a Godless world where angels are evil, who would you pray to for help?"

Lucile is a devout Catholic women who prays regularly for God's help in finding her missing cousin, David, who has likely skipped town on a whim. After accepting help from a stranger, Lucile thinks her prayers have been answered. Unfortunately, she is far from the truth. Lucile is about to be swept up in an ancient battle between humans and angels-where angels are evil and God is nowhere to be found.

Few know the reality, and even fewer summon the courage to fight against the angelic tyranny and help those in need. Meanwhile, cars are dropping from the sky, and God's servants are in hot pursuit of Lucile and Andrew. Lucile, desperate to save her memories and find her cousin, is seemingly left with no other choice but to trust her quirky new friend who wields a gun and warns of impending disaster. Either God is good and sent the angel to test Lucile's convictions or he is now using their lives for his amusement.

Torn between trusting her strong religious beliefs and the actions of God's angelic army, Lucile knows one thing for sure-her cousin is in a lot more trouble than she ever imagined.

I won this book a while back and had it sitting on my desk for a long time and finally got around reading it. Since I always like a books about Angels and Demons and the different views from authors. This book was a little different since we don’t know if god even exist, and if he is good or evil. I though the story was rather interesting and kept me guessing to what is going to happen next. You never knew, who to trust and who to avoid until it was to late. Lucille was the most interesting and baffling character of all. The writing was good. Overall it was a good book. Some things were a bit to drawn out and some of the dialog also was very long and overdrawn that it sometimes got annoying. But not enough for me to give up on the book. I rate this book 3★

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The Blood Between Us: A Twisted Teen Comedy (Paperback)
by Jerrod Begora
Published May 13th 2013 by Self 
isbn: 0615821383
isbn13: 9780615821382

The Blood Between Us follows 3 siblings through their ups and downs. One of the things I did enjoy is that the author included a person with a developmental disability as one of the 3 siblings and made her a real person. Not very common for a main character to have developmental disabilities, so it's nice to see this written and written well. Begora starts the story by individually introducing the 3 main characters in their own section. Took a little bit for me to get into the flow, but the story over all moved along well. Definitely a good read.

****this book was received from the author in exchange for an honest review.****

Hello All!

I'm actually doing a review...it's a miracle! Lol. Today I'm reviewing a book that I won on here and it's called The Angel Hunter by Jerrod Begord.

I'm going to give you the blurb straight from the book. 

In a Godless world where angels are evil, who would you pray to for help? Lucile is a devout Catholic woman who prays regularly for God’s help in finding her missing cousin, David, who has likely skipped town on a whim. After accepting help from a stranger, Lucile thinks her prayers have been answered. Unfortunately, she is far from the truth. Lucile is about to be swept up in an ancient battle between humans and angels where angels are evil and God is nowhere to be found. Few know the reality, and even fewer summon the courage to fight against the angelic tyranny and help those in need. Meanwhile, cars are dropping from the sky, and God’s servants are in hot pursuit of Lucile and Andrew. Lucile, desperate to save her memories and find her cousin, is seemingly left with no other choice but to trust her quirky new friend who wields a gun and warns of impending disaster. Either God is good and sent the angel to test Lucile’s convictions or he is now using their lives for his amusement. Torn between trusting her strong religious beliefs and the actions of God’s angelic army, Lucile knows one thing for sure-her cousin is in a lot more trouble than she ever imagined.

This book was really good, I liked how the Author took religion and turn it into a world of craziness. The protagonist Lucile, is a good character to read in my opinion, she wasn't clingy or complaining about things, she basically just went with it. Well, when a stranger tries to throw you in a car, you'll get a little defensive too. None of the characters seem to bad, it's kind of a reality of how some people are. This book is an easy read, every time I picked it up, I didn't want to stop.

To have a fictional book question whether God is: good, evil, or not even real. It catches your attention, even though it is a fictional book. I liked how the Author took this road and made you question everything. I did! It's kind of funny the way that he took it. I know not a lot of people will agree, but it's still a good book to read. The only thing I did not like about the book was the ending. I would recommend this to anyone who is up for a different kind of read. 

Well, that is it for this review, I'm sorry that this isn't really a detailed review. I just wanted you all to find out for yourselves, on how you will take the book. If you have read it let me know how you liked it or not. 

Until the next review!!!

This was such a cool book. It is fast-paced and always keeps you on your toes. You don't know who to trust. You don't know if God exists and whether he's good or bad. There are twists and turns all along the way.

Having said that, my one critique of the book is that you never know what is going on. The mystery of it is intriguing at first, but after a while I just really wanted to know what the story even was. I liked following Lucile's story because you were able to pick up things as she learned them, but at the same time, there was too much shifting for me to really get it. I think there were a few too many plot twists for me. (Oh, we can trust him? No just kidding, he's the one who's trying to kill us. Oh, but maybe he's not all bad...) The story seemed too indecisive.

There were plenty of things I enjoyed about the book. I loved Begora's switch in narration to distinguish flashbacks from present tense happenings and how the two merged as Lucile tried to figure everything out. Lucile as a character really grew on me as the novel went on. At first I thought she was really annoying, but the final stage she ends the novel in is prettying interesting. I loved the open-ended conclusion. It fit well and did not feel disappointing. I do wish there was more explanation regarding the hierarchy of angels. From what I gathered it was well-thought-out, but the explanation wasn't satisfying.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book.