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...

by Hanna Martine A Taste of Ice is book #2 in The Elementals series by Hannah Martine. I’m a huge fan of book #1 (see my review here), and book 2 did not disappoint. The world continues to grow and develop as Martine introduces new characters and continues the story from before in one nice, well rounded heap of awesomeness. A Taste of Ice starts out at a slow burn and focuses on the budding relationship between two misfits: Xavier (a...

It’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned anything about my writerly doings. If I’m in the middle of a first draft I’m often skittish about sharing any details because those details frequently change. In the current WIP (work in progress) alone I’ve written 90 thousand words and deleted about 40 thousand, only to add another 30 thousand different words. Sometimes it takes awhile for the story to mesh with the idea...

Maggie For Hire, by Kate Danley I enjoyed the heck out of this story. It’s light, despite the fact that she’s killing ghouls and vampires all over the place. Maggie, the main character, has a quirky sense of humor that made me feel like I could ride alongside her while killing vampires and actually have a good time. The elf who joins her for this adventure might have had something to do with my enjoyment (tall, hunky, fairy...

Arlene Blakely has created a seriously fun, kick ass read. It’s cozy mystery-meets urban fantasy with a dose of humor on the side. I loved the refreshing voice in this, the down to earth lead character, and the very different friends around her. Lani has a real sense of who she is: a girl born to a powerful magical family who has no magic at all. She’s forced to find employment in the real, non magical, world because of her lack of magic,...