Book Review (45).

Spirit Bound (Sisters of the Heart #2)

by Christine Feehan

Publication: 27th December 2011

Publisher: Piatkus Books

Pages: 404

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Age Appropriate: Adult

**Warning May Contain Spoilers From The Previous Book In The Series**

Lethal undercover agent Stefan Prakenskii knew a thousand ways to kills a man—and twice as many ways to pleasure a woman. That’s what made him look forward to his new mission: arrive in the coastal town of Sea Haven and insinuate himself in the life of an elusive beauty who had mysterious ties to his past, and a link to a dangerously seductive, and equally elusive master criminal who wanted only one thing: to possess her.

Judith Henderson was an artist on the rise—an ethereal, and haunted woman whose own picture-perfect beauty stirred the souls of two men who have made her their obsession. For years she has been waiting for someone to come and unlock the passion and fire within her—waiting for the right man to surrender it to. But only one man can survive her secrets, and the shadow she has cast over both their lives.

My Thoughts.

Christine Feehan is one of my top ten favourite authors of all-time and it's always exciting for me when a new book is released, having read every book she's ever written I know to expect a great book, and this one didn't disappoint.

This series is a spin-off of one of the author's previous series about the seven Drake sisters, Jonas a husband of one of the sisters makes an appearance doing his job as the local Sheriff.

Stefan Prakenskii is undercover in jail with a criminal Jean-Claude La Roux hoping to find information on a microchip that Jean-Claude has that he needs to retrieve to give back to Russia, Jean-Claude has the wall on his side of the cell covered in photos of a woman who Stefan is drawn too and later learns is an ex-girlfriend named Judith.

After getting out of prison he makes his way to Sea Haven in hopes that Jean-Claude passed the microchip off to her and she's hiding it, and to find his brother Lev who has an assassin named Ivanov after him, but unknown to Stefan Judith doesn't have the microchip and is in hiding from Jean-Claude after he ordered the torture and murder of her brother after he wouldn't give up information on where she was.

As soon as they meet Stefan undercover as Thomas Vincent a rich businessman who is interested in buying the local art gallery and Judith are instantly attracted to one another and it is while they are locking up the gallery that Stefan senses Ivanov close.

I did love Stefan and Judith as a couple and that her spirit element was complimented by Stefan's, and I also liked it when Stefan and Lev met up again for the first time since they were children,my only complaint is that they keep mentioning Ilya (their seventh and youngest brother who is married to another of the Drake sisters) but it's the second book and he still hasn't made an appearance although he's been mentioned quite a few times in both books and he's my favourite Prakenskii brother so far.

I also have a feeling that Blythe (a woman who lives on a farm with Judith and five other women) has married a Prakenskii brother after reading the second last page.

Can't wait to see who the next brother is.

I give this 4/5.

Feature And Follow Friday (13).

Follow Friday Is A Weekly Meme Hosted By Parajunkee And Alison Can Read.

Q: Many readers/bloggers are also big music fans. Tell us about a few of your favorite bands/singers that we should listen to in 2012.

At the moment I'm a big fan of Adele, Josh Groban and Rihanna.


My all-time favourites are: Mariah Carey (her old stuff), Celine Dion, Bon Jovi (their old stuff), Beyonce, Madonna (her old stuff), Leona Lewis and Michael Jackson.
There's more but it would take me quite a while to add them all.

Australian Vs U.S.A Book Covers.

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle#1)

Australian.

American.

I definately prefer the American cover.

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In My Mailbox Is A Weekly Meme Hosted By Kristi The Story Siren.

Pre-Order.

Spirit Bound (Sisters Of The Heart #2) - Christine Feehan

Shadow Heir (Dark Swan #4) - Richelle Mead

Dreaming Awake (Falling Under #2) - Gwen Hayes

Brought.

Breaking Dawn (Twilight #4) - Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Dawn (Twilight #4) - Stephenie Meyer (I Like To Collect The Movie Covers)

Devoted (Elixir #2) - Hilary Duff

Angel Fire (Angel #2) - L.A Weatherly

Wood Angel (Plain Kate) - Erin Bow

Book Review (44).

A Need So Beautiful (A Need So Beautiful #1)

by Suzanne Young

Publication: 21st June 2011

Publisher: Balzer + Bray/Harper Collins Australia

Pages: 267

Genre: Paranormal

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

We all want to be remembered. Charlotte's destiny is to be Forgotten...

Charlotte’s best friend thinks Charlotte might be psychic. Her boyfriend thinks she’s cheating on him. But Charlotte knows what’s really wrong: She is one of the Forgotten, a kind of angel on earth, who feels the Need—a powerful, uncontrollable draw to help someone, usually a stranger.

But Charlotte never wanted this responsibility. What she wants is to help her best friend, whose life is spiraling out of control. She wants to lie in her boyfriend's arms forever. But as the Need grows stronger, it begins to take a dangerous toll on Charlotte. And who she was, is, and will become--her mark on this earth, her very existence--is in jeopardy of disappearing completely.

Charlotte will be forced to choose: Should she embrace her fate as a Forgotten, a fate that promises to rip her from the lives of those she loves forever? Or is she willing to fight against her destiny--no matter how dark the consequences.

My Thoughts.

I loved this book and thought it was a great take on Angels.

Charlotte was found abandoned in a hospital waiting room when she was six years old, luckily a E.R nurse Mercy had just become a qualified foster mother and after searching for Charlotte's parents for a year and not finding them she adopted her.

Ten years later and Charlotte has been suffering from something she calls the Need, where she ends up struggling for breathe and in pain and it's while all this is happening she gets a pull to find someone who needs help or is in trouble and Charlotte can see into their future enough to help them with their problem.

Charlotte soon discovers from a family friend that she's an angel a Forgotten (people forget her as soon as she helps them) and she's put on this earth to help people but with each person she helps she loses parts of her skin and it turns to gold she is told that eventually her whole body will turn to gold and her life will be over.

But Charlotte doesn't want to die and her doubts mount up as she comes into contact with a Forgotten who still lives but works for the dark side and she tries to convince Charlotte to do the same.

Charlotte also has a boyfriend Harlin who can't understand why Charlotte keeps on disappearing and doesn't believe she has asthma (her cover for when the Need comes upon her) and he starts to think she's cheating on him.

And the ending of this book definately had me in tears and I really wish I had the next book in the series to go on with straight away I can't wait to find out what happens next.

I loved the concept of this story it was fresh, exciting, sad and a great twist on the angel genre. 

I give this 5/5.

A big thanks to Lara @ Harper Collins Australia.

 

Book Review (43).

Shades of Midnight (Midnight Breed #7)

by Lara Adrian 

Publication: 29th December 2009

Publisher: Dell

Pages: 383

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Age Appropriate: Adult

**Warning May Contain Spoilers From Previous Books In The Series**

In a frozen wilderness steeped in darkness, the lines between good and evil, lover and enemy, are never black or white but drawn in Shades of Midnight.

Something inhuman is stalking the frigid Alaskan wilds, leaving unspeakable carnage in its wake. For bush pilot Alexandra Maguire, the killings stir memories of a horrific event she witnessed as a child and evoke in her the inexplicable sense of otherness she has long felt within herself but never fully understood . . . until a darkly seductive stranger with secrets of his own enters her world.

Sent from Boston on a mission to investigate the savage attacks and stop the slaughter, vampire warrior Kade has his own reasons for returning to the frigid, forbidding place of his birth. Haunted by a secret shame, Kade soon realizes the stunning truth of the threat he faces–a threat that will jeopardize the fragile bond he has formed with the courageous, determined young woman who arouses his deepest passions and most primal hungers. But in bringing Alex into his world of blood and darkness, Kade must confront both his own personal demons and the even greater evil that could destroy all he holds dear.

My Thoughts.

Alexandra 'Alex' is a pilot who delivers food and other necessities to people living far away from any amenities in Alaska it's while making a stop to a family that are one of her regulars that she finds them all dead with their throats ripped out, this brings to mind the murders of her mother and brother both killed in the same way by a vampire right in front of her eyes years ago.

Back in Boston they hear the new and send Kade off to Alaska having been born and lived there for all his life he knows his way around and his father is the darkhaven's leader there, it's not long before Kade and Alex cross pathsand they're instantly attracted to one another, although it's nearly halfway through the book before Kade realises she's a breedmate who has the power to touch someone when they're talking and knows when they're telling the truth or lying.

The Gen One who escaped at the end of the last book appears in Alaska  as does Dragos' operation set up in an old mine.

We also find out that Kade has an identical twin brother who has turned rogue so he has to hunt him down to kill him.

The next book is already set up with Brock meeting his mate towards the end of the book.

Another great one, can't wait for the next.

I give this 5/5. 

Feature And Follow Friday (12).

Q: Go count the number of unread books sitting on your shelf. How many?

Ok so after checking I have a total of 1,087 unread and owned books, that's not including the 18 books I have on pre-order.