Teaser Tuesday #8 ~ "Bound by Blood"

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser this week is from Bound by Blood by Danielle Bourbon and Kimberly Hoyt.  The book is just out and I'm going to be reviewing here soon (requested by the author).



"Thank you, Se--your Grace.  And please, call me Laurel," she said with such a serious look on her face.  It was not commonly done for men and women to call each other by their given manes, especially in court."

p.95.

Jeaniene Frost book news!

Excellent news for all fans!!  Jeaniene Frost has announced today on her blog Frost Light that she has been contracted for an extra two books in the Night Huntress series.  There will now be NINE rather than seven books in the Night Huntress series, that's two more books with Cat & Bones!!!  Fantastic news for all :)

That's not all though!  Jeaniene will also be writing a series centered around Vland.  The first book is scheduled for in 2012.

 Well, I am thrilled to announce that I will be writing two more novels for the Night Huntress series, ending Cat and Bones’s storyline now at book nine instead of seven. AND, if that wasn’t enough to make my day, I am also contracted to write the first two books in a new series featuring – you guessed it – Vlad as the hero and a new character named Leila as the heroine.

You can read the rest of Jeaniene's blog post here.  I'm guessing she is very happy, the post ends....

*throws confetti and passes out cyber-champagne!*

Find out more about Jeaniene and her books around the web:

Jeaniene's website
Twitter
Goodreads
Facebook

In My Mailbox #8

In My Mailbox is a bookish meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren and inspired by Alea @ Pop Culture Junkie.


This week I've received a book for review and bought just one book!   Hope you all have a good weekend, check out the links on my side bar for my 150+ Follower giveaway and my H.P.Mallory giveaway!


I received for review:

Title: No Rest for the WICCA
Author: Toni LoTempio


Communing with the dead is an everyday occurrence for PI Morgan Hawkes. A half-Wiccan witch who can commune with spirits of those caught between worlds, Morgan uses her talents to exorcise the trapped ghost or demon as part of the Paranormal Investigation Squad – until a string of murders with a voodoo slant prompts the Special Forces Agency to ask for her assistance. Someone’s killing pureblood witches- and the SFA’s convinced Morgan’s heritage (her father was a voodoo priest) could be instrumental in solving the mystery. Teamed with dashing SF agent Cole St. John – an Inheritor Vampire that sets her blood racing – the two of them fight their attraction for each other as they race to stop a madman from unleashing a demonic force upon the world. 


I bought:


Title: Howling at the Moon
Author: Karen MacInerney


“A swift-paced, fun romp.”
–Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author

Romance is about to get a little hairy.

Sophie Garou seems to have it all: a great job at a prestigious accounting firm, a closet that rivals a Nordstrom showroom, and a terrific boyfriend who isn’t afraid to use the “M” word. There’s just one little itty-bitty problem: Sophie is a werewolf–and her time of month has a whole new meaning.

Needless to say, life among yummy flesh-and-blood humans is no piece of steak . . . er, cake!, but regular doses of wolfsbane tea and a mother who runs a magic shop have helped Sophie keep her paranormal pedigree under wraps. Still, when a sexy, golden-eyed werewolf prowls into town, Sophie finds herself struggling to keep her animal impulses in check–not to mention trying to keep things on track with her super hot (and super human) lawyer boyfriend. What’s more, someone is threatening to expose Sophie for what she really is. And when her mother is accused of selling a poison-laced potion, Sophie must sniff out a culprit before the fur hits the fan.

150+ Followers giveaway

Wow, I've reached 150 followers!!  When I started this blog I wondered if anyone would actually come to read my book review blog when there are already some fantastic ones out there!  Was there actually space for me?  Thank you to everyone who visits my blog to read my reviews, other posts and follow me.  I appreciate every single one of you :)

To celebrate reaching 150 followers (I think it's actually 155 as I write) I'm having a giveaway!  I've picked six books I've liked this year, all are first in a series and I think well worth a read.  The winner will get to pick which book they would like, the prize will be dispatched from The Book Depositary.   If I reach 200 followers I will add a second winner, 250 followers I'll add a third etc.  The giveaway ends 9 November 2010.  To enter you must be a follower (old or new) select the book you'd like to win, fill in the form below and post a comment telling me what your favourite book this year has been!   The rules are below the books!

The books to choose from:



Rules and how to enter:
1. You must be a follower, old or new.
2. Open internationally as long as you live in a country The Book Depository ships to (check here).
3. You must fill in the form below.
4. Leave a comment on your favourite book of the year.
5. Giveaway closes 9th November 2010.

18 & Over Book Blogger Tag Along Friday #5

Calling all 18 and over book bloggers, are you looking for more bloggers like yourself? Well please join in so we can tag along with each other. This is for a specific group and your blog needs to primarily have book reviews and post adult book content. In other words, if you read books like erotic and adult romance and have adult pic., then you can play tag along. Sorry YA readers, but if you read both (I know some of you do) you can tag along also. Just make sure you have both YA and adult romance on your blog.  I wanted to do this not only for myself, but for others out there that are looking for more adult book blogs.

It doesn't matter what you read if its paranormal, suspense, historical, contemporary or mystery, along with erotic with any genre. As long as it is adult then your in.

To join in the fun drop by Bitten By Paranormal Romance for more details and to see who else is taking part!

Welcome to my blog!  I read mainly 18+ paranormal romance and urban fantasy.  I on occasion delve into YA and erotica too.  

Follow Friday #9 & Book Blogger Hop #8

 It's Friday which means blog hopping time! Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee so head on over to join in the fun!  Her featured blog this week is Seduced By Books who asks the question:
 

How many reviews do you like to do a week?

I aim for two or three each week, but some weeks I only manage one if I'm really busy!  I think that's a reasonable number for me as I also work full time and am studying for my BSc part time too.  I'd love to be able to do more but simply don't have the time to read anymore!!

I am also taking part in the Book Blogger Hop hosted by Crazy For Books so head on over to join in the fun! 

This week's question comes from Suko who blogs at Suko's Notebook :
 

What's your favorite beverage while reading or blogging, if any? Is it tea, coffee, water, a glass of wine, or something else?

COFFEE!  It's got to be coffee!  I'm totally addicted to coffee.  I know I drink way too much of it and like it with chocolate or a biscuit (sorry US people - cookie!) so it's not so good for my waistline either!!

 

On Magic Faerie's Paranormal Review this week:

Reviews

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton

Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning

Interview and giveaway 

H.P. Mallory interview and giveaway

H.P.Mallory is offering two books, one each of Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble and To Kill A Warlock.  To enter click here and scroll to the bottom of the post!
 Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend everyone!!!

Review: "Darkfever" by Karen Marie Moning

Title: Darkfever
Author: Karen Marie Moning
ISBN 10: 0385339151
ISBN13:  9780739474235

About the book (from Goodreads)

MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens.

When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed–a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae….

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane–an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac’s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book–because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands….

Genre: Urban Fantasy
Series: Fever #1
Published: 31st October 2006
Publisher:  Delacorte Press
Website: Karen Marie Moning
Excert: Read chapter one here


My Review

Mac Kayla “Mac” Lane had a comfortable life in her small town with her family and worrying about nothing more than her suntan or what to wear the next day.  Her world changes forever when she receives a telephone call telling her that her sister has been killed in Ireland.  Mac decides to travel to Ireland to find out who killed her sister, almost as soon as she arrives her troubles and danger start.

Mac stumbles upon Barrons Books and Baubles after wandering the dangerous deserted streets she later learns are the Dark Zone.  Here she asks about the “Sinsar Dubh” which her sister told her she had to find.  Although initially extremely unhelpful, understandably so we come to learn later, events conspire to force Mac back there where she begins to discover what it means to be a  Sidhe-seer.

Mac grows as a character so much more than I expected her to from our introduction to her.  She turns out to be smart, tough and able to look after herself (all be it with a lot of guidance from Barrons).  I liked how she was able to be some much more than her “Barbie” type looks.

Jericho Barons is a difficult character to weigh up, he is very secretive and there is clearly much more to him than meets the eye.  He is Mac’s main source of information and safety as well as the subject of attraction bubbling under the surface.  Barrons is hot, mysterious, sexy and dark, in other words exactly what we like in an alpha male in urban fantasy.  I’m looking forward to more Barrons in the rest of the series!

The Unseelie Fae are the stuff of your nightmares!  The descriptions of them are hideous and I really never want to meet them.  The Seelie Fae on the other hand are as attractive as can be, I won’t say any more as I’m trying to be spoiler free! 

The world building in Darkfever is woven wonderfully into the story, an intriguing and exciting world has been created by Karen Marie Moning that will hook you in.  The mythology of the world is seamlessly woven into the story.

If you like kick ass heroines and an alpha male who is mysterious, hot and more than a little difficult at times then Darkfever is probably for you!  Thrown in the wonderful setting of Dublin and you can not go wrong in my opinion.

I really enjoyed Darkfever and will definitely continue to read the series.  I am looking forward to reading Bloodfever (look out for a review sometime soon) and am going to try to pace myself so I’m ready to read Shadowfever when it’s released early next year!