by Emily Whitman
“Persephone. Daughter of Demeter, the harvest goddess. Kidnapped and forced to –”
Wrong! In every book of myths, the same; in every book, wrong!
…
Just once I’d like to set the record straight.
Persephone is trapped in paradise, closed off from the world by her overprotective mother Demeter. When a mysterious, dark, handsome man finds his [...]
Archives for May 2009
Radiant Darkness
Library Loot: May 27-June 2
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
The Awakening
The Darkest Powers
by Kelley Armstrong
The Awakening is the second book in a trilogy. If you haven’t read the first, The Summoning, then you definitely should. Oh, and I wouldn’t read this review. Spoilers galore for those who haven’t read the first.
After mistakenly trusting her Aunt Lauren, Chloe and Rae are taken to the Edison Group’s [...]
The Secret Life of Prince Charming
by Deb Caletti
Quinn loves her dad. She knows he’s not perfect but he’s charismatic, outgoing, fun; it’s hard not to love him. One thing she can’t deny, he’s a womanizer. Quinn doesn’t even know all of the women he’s ever been with. She knows he broke her mother’s heart and left her family — mom, [...]
Dead and Gone
A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
by Charlaine Harris
If you’ve never read a Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire book, I warn you not to read any further but to pick up the first book in the series, Dead Until Dark, and begin there.
Sookie’s in for another wild ride. The Weres are going public, her soon-to-be-ex-sister-in-law is found crucified behind Sookie’s [...]
Library Loot: May 20-26
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
Amaranth Enchantment
by Julie Berry
Lucinda’s parents died in a carriage accident and left her orphaned. Now she lives with her kind uncle and evil aunt, working like a slave in their jewelry shop. One day a witch, a prince, and a thief enter the store and change her life forever.
Reaction: Cute but not great. Basically, The Amaranth [...]
Library Loot: May 13-19
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
Fancy White Trash
by Marjetta Geerling
Abby Savage’s life seems like a soap opera. See if you can keep up with this: Abby’s mother is married to a man, dubbed Guitar Guy, half her age who is also the ex-boyfriend of both of Abby’s older sisters, Shelby and Kait. Not only has Guitar Guy dated both of Abby’s sisters, [...]
Library Loot: May 6-12
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Alessandra that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
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