Book Rating

Review: The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1) by Suzanne Collins

by Keira 04.21.2012

Brief Overview: Roman Gladiators + Lord of the Flies = The Hunger Games. Panem is a dystopian society that runs on suppression, fear, and death matches. 13 Districts rebelled against the Capitol; the 13th was destroyed; the other 12 aggressively oppressed and subdued and forced to pay tribute each year for their rebellion. The tribute required [...]

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Review: Fire and Ice edited by Elizabeth Coldwell

by Lynn Reynolds 04.19.2012

Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds This is an anthology of five short stories. Four of the stories are M/F with one being M/M. This book will whet your appetite to read more of the author’s material. They are also very explicit stories and they will not disappoint. Fire and Ice by Alanna Appleton: We see Nina [...]

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Review: Mad About the Boy by Suzan Battah

by Lynn Reynolds 04.15.2012

Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds Julia Mendoza is trying to avoid an ex-friend, Kelly. She bumps into a stranger and asks for a favor. Suzan has made Kelly out to be very obnoxious. We also see that Julia used to be married. This is something that affects her relationships. Julia owns a business and is on [...]

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Review: Doukakis’s Apprentice by Sarah Morgan

by Keira 04.11.2012

The title and blurb for this book are misleading because Polly Prince isn’t Damon Doukakis’s apprentice, though he is the boss and she winds up working for him. Polly’s more like a thorn in his side that he’s got to manage until he can expose where his sister and Polly’s father are hiding. Hero: Damon [...]

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Review: On the First Night of Christmas by Heidi Rice

by Keira 04.10.2012

Sum It Up: Sexy, spicy, naughty, and fun! Heroine: Cassie needs to get out of her slump. One cheating ex-fiancé and one passionless college boyfriend are the cause of it. If she could find herself a candy man and use him to spice up her love life, then maybe she can move beyond what happened [...]

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Review: The Cottage in the Woods by Lucy Felthouse

by Lynn Reynolds 04.08.2012

Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds This is a F/F erotic short story. Heidi is at the sink washing a bowl when she sees something out in her garden. Heidi lives in a little cottage far out in the wilderness. She finds that her nocturnal visitor is a fox. Something occurs as she goes out into the [...]

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Review: Tall, Dark and Disreputable by Deb Marlowe

by Keira 04.05.2012

Setup: Portia Tofton was rejected once by adventure seeking Mateo Cardea when their fathers tried to arrange a match. He runs all the way to another continent to ensure he wasn’t snared into a marriage with her and he’s stayed far away until now. Even from the grave his father is trying to throw him [...]

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Review: A Hint of Frost by Hailey Edwards

by Susan S. 04.01.2012

Reviewed by Susan S. Summary: Araneae Nation, Book One It is with a heavy heart that Lourdes replaces her mother as maven of the Araneidae clan. A single act of betrayal has thrust her into a position she was neither prepared for, nor expecting. These circumstances call for a strength-of-steel. And a bravery even stronger [...]