Review: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones

Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
Author: Darynda Jones
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Publisher: St Martins Press
Charley Davidson Book #4
ISBN:  1250014468
ISBN13: 9781250014467
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Review Copy Source: Publisher

Sometimes being the grim reaper really is that. Grim. And since Charley’s last case went so awry, she has taken a couple months off to wallow in the wonders of self-pity. But when a woman shows up on her doorstep convinced someone is trying to kill her, Charley has to force herself to rise above. Or at least get dressed. She quickly realizes something is amiss when everyone the woman knows swears she’s insane. The more they refute the woman’s story, the more Charley believes it.

In the meantime, the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, has been cleared of all charges. He is out of prison and out of Charley’s life, as per her wishes and several perfectly timed death threats. But his absence has put a serious crimp in her sex life. While there are other things to consider, like the fact that the city of Albuquerque has been taken hostage by an arsonist, Charley is having a difficult time staying away. Especially when it looks like Reyes may be involved. Just when life was returning to normal, Charley is thrust back into the world of crime, punishment, and the devil in blue jeans.

The Charley Davidson series is one of those series I always recommend to people that ask what a must read series is. Charley's sarcastic, witty personality pulls me in and holds me hostage from beginning to end.

Charley has developed some issues from the event in book 3. Hoarding stuff from tv shopping, not sleeping well, and not leaving her home. Her friends and family are worried about her and they each have different ways in helping her get over her issues. Reyes is beyond yummy, frustrating by yummy. We get some great scenes between him and Charley in book 4. I really really wanted to punch him in the scene at the fight match though. The crazy stalker prison lady? Really? Yuck. Donovan made a small appearance and although I like him, I'm really glad he is a bit out of the picture now. No one will replace Reyes in my eyes. Things continue to be rough with Charley and her Dad, I still cant believe what he did and I don't blame Charley for not forgiving him. It seems like some crazy crap is going to happen involving Garrett. I cant begin to guess what it will be but is seemed like there was a bit of a build up starting. Loved the Dutch explanation as well, we finally know what it means!!

I really love this series, I wholeheartedly recommend it. If you haven't started reading this series yet you need to go pick it up now and start from book 1 because you wont want to miss a minute. FIFTH GRAVE PAST THE LIGHT can not come out soon enough.

I gave it 5/5 stars

Review: Out For Blood by Kristen Painter

Out For Blood
Author: Kristen Painter
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Publisher: Orbit
House of Comarre Book #4
ISBN:   0316200174
ISBN13: 9780316200172
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Review copy Source: Publisher/Netgalley

After nearly dying at the hands of the Aurelian, Chrysabelle finds new determination to move beyond life as a comarré. That is until the Kubai Mata bring a new task to her doorstep: rescue the child Tatiana has kidnapped, or Mal becomes enemy number one.

Character wise OUT FOR BLOOD was full of just about everyone and everyone's points of view like usual.  I still enjoy following along with Chrystabelle's voice and story.  I'm kinda sick of Tatiana and no one seeing through her bull shit. I mean really!?!? How much crap can one bad guy get away with? Will she ever die? I sure hope so, I despise the parts in the book where her character is talking.  I could not stand Creek in OUT FOR BLOOD he annoyed the heck out of me. So glad the love triangle is over with. The Mayor, uggh *rolls eyes*, that's all she deserves. I still love Mal, cant reveal to much about him in book 4 but *sad face*. The parts with Maddox and Fiona were extremely entertaining. Those two are a trip and Fiona pulls out a can of whoop ass. It was fun to "watch" her go all Alpha female.

I can't say that I'm terribly shocked by the ending. I didn't see it coming or anything but i guess I kind of expect Chrystabelle not to have anything go anywhere near easy for her. The situation definitely makes me think that book 5 will be a roller coaster ride. This is one of those series were you would be utterly lost if starting from anywhere but the beginning. All in all OUT FOR BLOOD was a great addition to the series and you wont want to miss it.

I gave it 4/5 stars

New Releases: 11/4-11/10

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Bitter Blood (The Morganville Vampires, #13) by Rachel Caine
Darkness Hunts (Dark Angel’s #5) by Keri Arthur
Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2) by Laini Taylor
Deity (Covenant, #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Dire Wants (Eternal Wolf Clan, #2) by Stephanie Tyler
Eternally Yours (Immortal Beloved, #3) by Cate Tiernan
Her Sky Cowboy (The Glorious Victorious Darcys, #1) by Beth Ciotta
Lord's Fall (Elder Races, #5) by Thea Harrison
Magic For a Price (Allie Beckstrom, #9) by Devon Monk
Polterheist (Esther Diamond, #5) by Laura Resnick
Renegade by Nancy Northcott
Spellfire (Nightkeepers, #8) by Jessica Andersen
Still Life with Shapeshifter (Shifting Circle, #2) by Sharon Shinn
The Dragon Men (Clockwork Empire, #3) by Steven Harper

 

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Review & Giveaway's: Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Deity
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Covenant Book #3
ISBN:   1937053148
ISBN13: 9781937053147
Genre: Young Adult
Review Copy Source: Publisher

"History is on repeat, and things didn't go so well the last time. "


Alexandria isn't sure she's going to make it to her eighteenth birthday--to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the Catskills, she's a goner... and so is Aiden.

If that's not freaky enough, whenever Alex and Seth spend time "training"--which really is just Seth's code word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time--she ends up with another mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of schedule. Awesome.

But as her birthday draws near, her entire world shatters with a startling revelation and she's caught between love and Fate. One will do anything to protect her. One has been lying to her since the beginning. Once the gods have revealed themselves, unleashing their wrath, lives will be irrevocably changed... and destroyed.

Those left standing will discover if love is truly greater than Fate...

I thank the day i discovered Jennifer L Armentrout's books.  Every book in the Covenant series has been fast paced, full of action, danger and suspense and has had me glued to the pages from the first paragraph. DEITY is a huge game changer for the series as truths come out and when Alex's 18th birthday hits nobody is safe.  The situations and emotions throughout the book will leave you feeling like you've been hit by a truck. The series gets better and better with each book.

I really feel I would give away spoilers if I say to much so I will keep this review with some simple thoughts. Alex has absolutely zero downtime. She is constantly under scrutiny and is constantly in trouble with the higher ups. Aiden is still in the front of her mind along the way as she tries to give Seth a chance. I have really enjoyed all of the characters in the series so far. DEITY brings everyone back together as they fight towards a common goal and try to figure out what they will do after everything they know implodes. The ending, holy crud. The suspense is killer and the danger is at an all time high. The last chapter will have you screaming at Jennifer to hurry up with APOLLYON because you will be dying to know what happens next. I LOVE this series and I have no doubt that you will too. 

I gave it 5/5 stars

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Week in Review: 10/28-11/3

Books Ive Bought/received

* Wilde's Meadow by Krystal Wade- eCopy- Kismet Book Tours

Books I Read

River Road by Suzanne Johnson
Twice Shy by Patrick Freivald
Forbidden by Jacquelyn Frank
Wilde's Meadow by Krystal Wade

Reviews Posted

Black Lament by Christina Henry
The Shattered Dark by Sandy Williams
A Trace of Moonlight by Allison Pang

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* New Releases for the week. Was there anything you were looking forward to reading?

* Monday Samantha Young wrote a guest blog for her Scorched Skies Tour. There is also a giveaway. 

* Wednesday Sharon Lynn Fisher author of Ghost Planet stopped in with a guest post and giveaway.

* Regan Summers was here on Thursday on her Running in the Dark tour. She is also offering up a giveaway.
 

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Review: A Trace of Moonlight by Allison Pang

A Trace if Moonlight
Author:Allison Pang
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Publisher: Pocket
Abby Sinclair Book #3
ISBN:  1439198365
ISBN13: 9781439198360
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Review Copy Source: Publisher

Drinking from the waters of lethe and offering herself up as Faerie’s sacrificial Tithe . . . these just might be the least of Abby Sinclair’s problems. Abby’s pact with a daemon—whether or not she remembers making it—is binding, so she’d better count herself lucky that (in the words of a daemon who knows better) there’s nearly always a loophole. But her friends’ reckless attempts to free her, well intentioned though they may be, set off a disastrous chain of events. In no time at all, Abby turns her incubus lover mortal, then gets herself killed, cursed, and married to an elven prince whose mother wants her dead. On top of everything else, she’s lost the Key to the CrossRoads to her mortal enemy, who promptly uses his restored power to wreak havoc on the OtherWorld and put its very existence in jeopardy. Only one person can make things right again, but to find her, Abby must place her trust in allies of mixed loyalties, and conquer her nightmares once and for all.

A TRACE OF MOONLIGHT kicks off shortly after the cliffhanger ending of A SLIVER OF SHADOW. I have to admit that book 3 didn't play out as I had imagined it would. Without giving away spoilers its hard to elaborate on that but I was surprised at how thing played out. A TRACE OF MOONLIGHT takes place in both the Otherworld and the mortal world. All of our favorite characters are involved in this installment and the love triangle between Abby, Talivar and Brystion is still going strong. I really like both of them and was not rooting strongly for either of them. There is a great amount of action as well as twists that you wont expect.

The ending. I'm utterly confused. Are they not joined still? I thought that it was permanent now but then it says they aren't? I read the ending multiple times and still have no clue. And someone said this is the last book? Really? It seems way to up in the air to leave the ending like that. Like I said, I'm confused. Besides that one confusion I loved the book and I love the world that Allison has created with her Abby Sinclair series. Pick up books 1 and 2 before diving in or you might be pretty lost going into A TRACE OF MOONLIGHT. I seriously feel that the series cant end like this though so I really hope there is another book in the making, I must know what will happen next.

I gave it 4/5 stars

Guest Blog & Giveaway: Running in the Dark by Regan Summers

UFI welcomes Regan Summers Author of The Night Runner Series. Thanks for Joining us!!

The Far Side of the Honeymoon

One of the things that I love about paranormal romance and urban fantasy is the urgency of the stories. Yes, you have the love interests, but you also have lives hanging in the balance. Entire cities or worlds at stake. The active hand of fate swinging between fickle and cruel.

It’s so exciting, but I’m always curious as to what comes after the crisis is averted and the couple rides off into the sunset. How does a happily-ever-after work for a couple that was thrown together under dire circumstances and otherwise might not have given each other the time of day?

This is why I love reading and writing series with recurring characters. We get to not only see the most critical hours of their journeys, but also the softly-spoken scenes when the couple is alone, as well as their sacrifices and struggles as they adapt to each other and their new arrangement. Sometimes staying together is more dramatic than fighting off bad guys.

Don’t Bite the Messenger, the novella-length first installment of my Night Runner series ends on a challenge. Our couple, human courier Sydney Kildare and vampire Malcolm Kelly, have fallen into each others arms but now they’re going to see if a relationship can actually work.

She doesn’t trust easily and he has a lifetime of secrets.

While they should be in the honeymoon phase of their relationship, exploring and fawning over each other, fate’s not on their side. Instead, in Running in the Dark, we see Sydney adapting to a new place – Santiago, Chile – and a new role – the bottom of the courier food chain, when she’s used to being at the top. Add to that her internal struggle with the realities of being with a vampire and a few disquieting figures from Malcolm’s past, and living happily-ever-after is the last thing on Syd’s to-do list.

This new couple will have to find a way to survive if they want to stay together.

 

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Regan Summers lives in Anchorage, Alaska with her husband and alien-monkey hybrid of a child. She is a huge fan of the low profile. She likes books, ottomans with concealed storage, small plate dining, libraries, Corporal Hicks, some aspects of pre-revolutionary France, most aspects of current Italy, and books.

Her Night Runner series, including Don’t Bite the Messenger and Running in the Dark, is available wherever e-books are sold.

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Running In the Dark 
Night Runner #1

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 Santiago, Chile

After surviving a vampire turf war in Alaska, vampire courier Sydney Kildare is back behind the wheel and working under an assumed name in Chile. She doesn't speak the language, doesn't know the city and—worst of all—has to drive a crappy car.

What she does have is Malcolm Kelly, her sort-of boyfriend and manager of the city's vampire population. But with Malcolm preoccupied by bloodsucker business—and a gorgeous vampiress from his past—Sydney feels more alone than ever.

But Sydney has more than her love life to worry about. She's got vamps on her tail, mysterious deliveries that leave death in their wake, and old enemies targeting her to get to Malcolm. Turns out he's got a history more deadly than she ever imagined, and she'll have to use every skill in her arsenal to stay alive...

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