Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress) is the first in the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost. There’s six in the series so far, which make me a happy girl. I’ve already lined up the rest in my TBR virtual pile. The main character, Cat, is a little different. She’s, well, halfway to the grave, since she’s half human and half vampire – the product of an unwed mother who was raped. She has so many stigmas on her...

Haedyn’s Choice by Jennifer Oliver   I’ll let you in on a secret. Okay, it’s not really a secret. It’s more like a tidbit of useful information that will put you In The Know: There’s a short novella which serves as a prologue to this story. It’s called The Unnamed. I’d seen the cover for it somewhere, and it intrigued me enough to go pick up the book. At 99 cents, why not? The story fascinated...

The Darkening is book 2 is the Shrilugh (pronounce that Shree-Loo) Saga, by Myndi Shafer. If you haven’t read book 1, you really should. My review is here: (click the link!) Go ahead, check it out. I’ll wait. *taps foot* Sounds good, right? It is. Suffice to say, if you like romance and coming of age stories, this is a good one to curl up with. Times two, even. Book 2 continues where book 1 left off. I don’t want to offer...

We interrupt our normally scheduled Monday post for the Friday post that was interrupted by the Birthday post…nevermind. I finished a great book and want to share it with you!   Sooner or later, if you’re a fan of the urban fantasy or paranormal genres in general you might get a little tired of werewolves and vampires. I’m happy to report this story has neither of those things, a fact I loved. It’s normal small...

Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel The Host, based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer, features an Earth that has been invaded by symbiotic aliens who each take over the body of a human, pushing the human mind/soul out of the way. One girl, Melanie, is able to resist the intrusion and fights back so hard she ends up living inside her own head along with the alien, Wanderer. She’s able to affect some of the alien’s actions and in...