Teaser Tuesday: Lover Awakened

“The kid was there with a water bottle in his hand, and he came forward tentatively, his arm stretched way out in front of him, his head tilted away. Kind of like he was cozying up to a panther and hoped to leave the experience with his limbs still attached.” J.R. Ward, Lover Awakened (book 3 of The Black Dagger Brotherhood).

I found this meme through a blog that I read, and I recommend reading her wordpress blog. Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of shouldbereading. Any one 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!

Review: Eternal Kiss of Darkness (Night Huntress World) by Jeaniene Frost

Adrianne Palicki as Kira

Chloe Grace Moretz as Veritas

Ricardo Dal Moro as Mencheres

Taylor Kitsch as Vlad…yes, I use TK sorta often

From Goodreads:

“Chicago private investigator Kira Graceling should have just kept on walking. But her sense of duty refused to let her ignore the moans of pain coming from inside a warehouse just before dawn. Suddenly she finds herself in a world she’s only imagined in her worst nightmares. At the center is Mencheres, a breathtaking Master vampire who thought he’d seen it all. Then Kira appears, beautiful…human who braved death to rescue him. Though he burns for her, keeping Kira in his world means risking her life. Yet sending her away is unthinkable. But with danger closing in, Mencheres must choose either the woman he craves, or embracing the darkest magic to defeat an enemy bent on his eternal destruction.”

“First bubble baths. Now Disney parks. You’re shattering every creepy vampire myth I’ve ever heard.”

I loved reading this spin-off from the Night Huntress series. Before this, I did not have a strong feel for who Mencheres was. After reading this, though, I have a much greater sense of who he is and what drives him. He is a man that does everything he can to protect those he cares about, but believes he is not worthy of happiness because of the lengths he has had to go to providing protection. He has gone thousands of years without desiring someone to love, but that changes with Kira.

I REALLY like Kira. She is the perfect match for Mencheres, they are so similar. Both are self-sacrificing for those they love. She is such a strong and identifiable.

Vlad (Dracula, though he hates being called that). He is my favorite character in the whole series, and I’m so glad he was in this story. He is sexy, funny, and a bad-ass with fire-wielding abilities. Cannot wait to read his trilogy, but that is another blog.

I recommend reading this, especially if you’ve read the other books in the series. If you love action, supernatural, dream-worthy characters, and humor, this book is for you. It does have some parts to it which were sort of repetitive, like the internal struggle Mencheres deals with. But still, a very good read, giving an insight into a very mysterious vampire.

For a detailed reading order for the whole Night Huntress series, click here.

For those that have read it, what were your thoughts? Is Mencheres more likable now, than before?

Teaser Tuesday

I know this gives another sentence to this teaser, but it was too good not to share!

“‘Before we go, I gotta know: If mind-reading abilities are real, there’s something else I wondered if fiction got right about vampires–‘ ‘Ask me if I sparkle and I’ll kill you where you stand,’ Bones cut him off with utmost seriousness.” pg. 82, “This Side of the Grave”, by Jeaniene Frost

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of shouldbereading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a random page.
3. 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!)
4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

“‘Hopefully it’…

“‘Hopefully it’s another step in convincing you we aren’t all bloodthirsty minions of hell.’ Sydney started to laugh again and then grew pensive. ‘Well, not all of you.'” p. 264 “The Fiery Heart” by Richelle Mead

I found this meme through a blog that I read, and I recommend reading her wordpress blog.Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of shouldbereading. Any one 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!

House of Night: Revealed

Ashley Tisdale as Aphrodite

Don’t know his name, but he is close to how I picture Darius

Again, don’t know his name, but he is pretty much spot-on how I picture Heath

Stark

Victoria Justice as Zoey

From Goodreads:

“Drastically altered after her fall at the end of Hidden, Neferet is now more dangerous than ever–and her quest for vengeance will wreak havoc on humans, as well as Zoey and her friends. Chaos is loosed in Tulsa and the House of Night is blamed. Can Zoey stop Neferet in time to keep her anger from escalating to full-on war? Or will someone else have to step in to take the fall?”

I normally can’t get enough of whatever series I’m reading, and am very saddened when they end, like I am saying goodbye to a really good friend that I won’t see again for a very long time. But then there is this series. The only reason I have continued reading this is because once I start something, I have to see it through. I don’t like leaving things unfinished. I also really like Heath, though there are only small glimpses of him throughout this book. The problem could be that I’m getting older, and expect more out of the stories I read and from the authors, but I don’t think that is entirely it. The quality started off really good in the series, and I think started going downhill after Awakened, which, when I read it, was really excellent. But again, my opinion could change if I re-read it. This really should have been a 9-book series, at most. The storyline is getting so dragged out. This book in particular was absolutely pointless. Probably could have skipped it and just read the next one, it was that devoid of anything happening. I am tired of most of the characters, especially Neferet (why, oh why, has this one not been killed yet and replaced with a different conflict?), Stevie Rae, Zoey, and Stark. Heath, Aphrodite, and Kalona are the only ones that I still like, or can even stand. The dialogue has gone way, way down. I think the authors have taken it upon themselves to see how much they can dumb down the English language. I realize this is YA, but teens don’t really talk like that, and it’s insulting to them to write like they do. I really hope the next book will be the last one.

My First!

Hello Everybody! I am starting this blog because I absolutely love books, and I wanted to have somewhere to jot down thoughts and insights about them, and share with others. I am also really wanting this to be a forum for discussion about literature, because I enjoy hearing other peoples opinions and impressions. My favorite type of books are those with a supernatural element (vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters, fae, dragons, anything along those lines). I love living in fantasy worlds because they are “other” to this one. There are books that I enjoy outside of that genre, just find those easiest to lose myself in. This is going to be a wonderful outlet to connect with people that have a love of reading and can be completely enraptured by the words of a good read. This is my very first blog, and I’m excited to begin this journey!