Happy days are here again!

Aug 172008

After breakfast, we decided to have a wander around Nottingham city centre. The main reason I get excited about this is, our usual wandering route takes us past Waterstones. I love Waterstones. It’s the only dedicated bookstore in Nottingham and I’m like a kid in a sweet shop as I walk in. So much anticipation, so many books, so many pages to be turned and their stories explored. Which is odd considering the books I am looking for, are usually out of stock. I still get excited tho.

Today was not a usual day, today everywhere I looked were books that I wanted! I came out with Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Scion, Patricia Briggs’ Iron Kissed and Karen Chance’s Embrace the Night.

Today is a GOOD day to read!

Claimed by Shadow

Aug 132008

Being the heir to the Pythia, the world’s chief clairvoyant, Cassandra feels she has way too much on her plate. The amount of power the position holds would make her attractive to all sorts of factions who would want to bend her to their own devices and she is sick of being used. Struggling to find someone else to be the heir while trying to unsnare herself from the master vampire who placed a geis on her, can she prevent her life from becoming one big bad day.

I was a little surprised at the direction this sequel took, but not unpleasantly. It delved more into the background of the characters, the history of the ‘world’, and also a lot more about the mysterious Pythia. It was as engaging and fast paced as the first, still a little confusing as it flipped around, but again the story didn’t suffer too much as a result. The Time travel seemed a little contrived but it did end up making a lot of sense. As in the first book, there wasn’t a lot of sex but the build up, anticipation and heat were very well done.

Rating: ★★★☆☆ 

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Touch the Dark

Aug 132008

Cassandra Palmer is a talented clairvoyant who can also see and talk to ghosts. When she finds her own obituary notice on her computer screen, she realises the vampire mafia that she managed to escape a few years ago, have found her again. While her instinct is to flee, she ends up turning to unlikely sources for aid gaining interest from the dead and undead alike. Unfortunately there is no such thing as something for nothing and is her life worth the cost?

I’ve had this book around for a while and kept meaning to pick it up. I’m glad I finally did. While the background explanations got a little confusing, it didn’t detract from the fast paced action and intriguing characters. I liked the ‘not as it seems’ aspects to some of the major characters and enjoyed the story unfolding. I also expected it to be another bonkfest but was pleasantly surprised at how little there was and how well the heat, longing and anticipation were built up. Thankfully I had the second book in the series already, so was very keen to plough back into Cassandra’s world.

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

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So many books…

Aug 132008

….. So little time!

Ok so it’s been a while since I blogged or posted a review. I’d like to be able to say something important came up or that I ran out of books to read buuuuuut, I just practice procrastination as a way of life ;)

I think I will have been in my grave at least a week before I stop reading, which would be impressive seeing as I want to be cremated. Interesting segue! Anyway, I’m working on the backlog of reviews and they should be up soon. Unless I need to contemplate my navel or ponder on why I always manage to end up with odd socks after washing a load. Important things you know!

Really :-)

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