Mini Book Review: Plum Spooky

Janet Evanovich's Plum Spooky is another cute "between-the-numbers" Stephanie Plum novel. I borrowed this from the library and while I have no desire to add this to my shelf to keep I did have fun reading it. It was laugh out loud funny and I really enjoyed it. It is one of those comfortable reads where the characters are familiar and you know it is highly unlikely that any of the usual crew will come to a permanent end.

Sometimes that is just the kind of thing I need :)

Book Review: Second Skin

Second Skin by Caitlin Kitteredge is the third book in the Nocturne City series.

The series itself has a dark urban fantasy kind of feel to it.

The main character, Luna Wilder is a cop and a werewolf. She’s also stubborn, funny and kind of a bitch (I mean that in a good way though).

I really enjoyed this book. It is fast-paced and full of action. This is probably my favorite book in the series, it just keeps getting better.

I highly recommend it.

Today the mail brought...

I'm looking forward to reading this!

Book Review: Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready

Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready

Wicked Game is a fun and often funny vampire adventure with a side of romance. I really enjoyed this book a lot.

The main character Ciara Griffin is a con artist and college student trying to do the legit job thing when she gets and internship at WVMP.

WVMP is a radio station where the DJs are all vampires.

The vampires in this world are of the mostly traditional variety. Sunlight does kill them, holy water can hurt them and they of course drink blood.

The twist here is that he vampires are all forever stuck in the eras they were embraced in and have the tendency to fade or go crazy eventually.

Ciara needs to save the radio station from being bought out by a huge conglomerate called Skywave. Unfortunately money isn’t the only thing standing in the way of the safety of WVMP.

I really loved the characters in this book (which is pretty much the most important thing for me as a reader); the vamps and non-vamps.

I highly recommend this book and I’m really looking forward to reading the next in the series; Bad to the Bone which comes out in May 2009. I was also thrilled to find out that there are two more books contracted after that!

Kitty Raises Hell

Kitty Raises Hell by Carrie Vaughn

I love the Kitty Norville series so much. I want to sit down and read all the books again soon (my mom is borrowing the earlier ones at the moment though); this is how much I love this series. This is book 6 in the series by the way.

Kitty Raises Hell continues where Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand left off (which was released only a month earlier). Kitty and Ben are back from Vegas and the consequences of that visit not only continue but escalate.

I’ve loved Kitty from the beginning and I’ve loved seeing her grow stronger and more confident with every book. I really love Ben and I love the two of them together as a couple. I like seeing how their relation ship is evolving.

I enjoyed learning a bit more about Rick the Vampire and I’m really getting to like him a lot, even though his appearances tend to be brief.

The loose ends that were left dangling after Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand are tied up here which in turn leads to the open ended doom of the big picture.

I really loved this book, but then I’ve felt that way about the whole series. I’m looking forward to more Kitty books in the future.

Oh and if you are unfamiliar with this series Kitty is a werewolf and a late night radio talk show host…the show is basically a call-in advice show for the supernatural wacky.

The series in order...

Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Kitty Goes to Washington
Kitty Takes a Holiday
Kitty and the Silver Bullet
Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand
Kitty Raises Hell

My personal tastes tend to lean toward vampires not werewolves but I really love this series and highly recommend it.
The whole series gets an A+ from me :)