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[Hyperventilating]

April 9, 2015 by alwaysanswerb 11 Comments

On one hand, I’m so pleased for my Cannonball review to be something I loved; on the other hand, how do I even review Saga Volume 4? It’s insane: suspenseful, heartbreaking, raunchy, funny, touching, and freaking gorgeous. So, what happens in Vol 4, besides everything? Well, Marko and Alanna and family are still on the run from any number of people who want to bring them in for various politically-motivated reasons. While at first the outlaw renegade thing was kind of a turn-on, now it’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: comic books, graphic novels, space opera

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: comic books, graphic novels, space opera ·
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Sticky, sweet, all-consuming fluff.

April 9, 2015 by alwaysanswerb 6 Comments

Tessa Dare is just a gem. I was very slightly underwhelmed by her Stud Club series, having preferred the more recent books of hers that I’ve read, but here I am back at her first novel, and I feel like it’s a perfect representation of what readers should expect from her current oeuvre. Goddess of the Hunt has several delicious — if implausible — romantic encounters, a tomboy heroine, an Unfortunate Misunderstanding, and a really entertaining side plot that sets up the next book in the most […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: historical romance, Regency Romance, Tessa Dare

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: historical romance, Regency Romance, Tessa Dare ·
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Another series to obsess over (but let’s not mention that cover)

April 7, 2015 by alwaysanswerb 7 Comments

It took me a bit less than six hours to read this book, and that’s including the time I spent to stop and breathe. Yes, like everything Ilona Andrews writes, Burn for Me was insanely addictive, filled with their signature magic-laced action and another addition to their canon of loyal, sardonic heroines who (apparently) underestimate their own appeal. This heroine is Nevada Baylor (THAT is a NAME!), owner and chief field agent of a family firm of private investigators that is controlled by a larger corporate […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: ilona andrews, magic, paranormal, Urban Fantasy

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:50 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: ilona andrews, magic, paranormal, Urban Fantasy ·
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Curiosity quelled; expectations exceeded

April 6, 2015 by alwaysanswerb 3 Comments

I’ve heard vague murmurs from various corners that Courtney Milan’s Carhart series, being Courtney Milan, is very good; however, being early Courtney Milan, they aren’t as good as the classics she later produced. That’s possibly true, but the two novels and novella that comprise the series do have a rough charm to them that actually really worked for me, and furthermore, I daresay that they’re a bit more brazen than her later works as well. Let’s get into it! This Wicked Gift (3 stars) is a prequel novella […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Courtney Milan, historical romance, Regency Romance, Victorian romance

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Courtney Milan, historical romance, Regency Romance, Victorian romance ·
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Remains very solid if not stellar.

April 3, 2015 by alwaysanswerb 2 Comments

For some reason I thought Kresley Cole’s Arcana Chronicles would be a trilogy. I don’t know why I thought that, considering her flagship PNR series stands at 15 books and counting. Dead of Winter is the third book in the series, and there is no sign that this thing is ending any time soon. But that’s okay — I’m actually enjoying the series, even if I’ve lost my taste for the type of angsty, controlling-posturing-as-romantic, aggressive young men that are the archetypes for both of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: dystopian YA novels, Kresley Cole, paranormal, Post Apocalyptic, The Arcana Chronicles, Young Adult

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:46 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: dystopian YA novels, Kresley Cole, paranormal, Post Apocalyptic, The Arcana Chronicles, Young Adult ·
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“Someone wants to kill you? Well, I want to make love to you… With two such compelling alternatives, however will you choose?”

March 31, 2015 by alwaysanswerb 2 Comments

I’ve gotta hand it to Tessa Dare: I was not really sure how I was going to end up liking Julian Bellamy. In the first two books in the Stud Club trilogy, he’s very much that annoying friend in your group that you kind of put up with because he’s always been around, but you don’t really like him all that much. He’s whiny and has the worst case of tunnel-vision about the murder of his friend Leo — blinded by guilt and remorse, he […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: historical romance, Regency Romance, Tessa Dare

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: historical romance, Regency Romance, Tessa Dare ·
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