Review: Stormwalker by Allyson James

Format Read: Kindle VersionNumber of Pages: 330Release Date: May 4th, 2010Publisher: BerkleyFormats Available: Paperback, EbookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, BookDepository.com, BookDepository.co.uk, AmazonBook Blurb:

Half-Navajo Janet Begay comes to Magellan to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the police chief’s daughter. But the people of Magellan sense that Janet is not what she seems, and they’re right. Janet possesses extraordinary power which is tied to the storms that waft across the desert. The only person who can control her when she’s caught in the storm’s evocative power is Mick, a dark-haired, blue-eyed biker Janet can’t seem to touch with her powers. He can weild fire and not get burned, and Janet’s never sure where he goes when they’re not together.

Together they investigate mysterious disappearances, which Janet fears are tied to her mother’s people, the mythical gods from below the earth. They …

Bookish Rants or Raves: It’s Raining Kick-Ass Men!?!?

I read a post on Wicked Little Pixie’s blog by the Queen B (you can check out the post  HERE) where she talks about Urban Fantasy, more specifically about the scarce number of Male protagonists in UF. She also mentions that the word on the grapevine is that, and I quote: “writers writing male leads in UF are not being picked up by publishers. Even if the stories are good. What I’m hearing is that they don’t really want men, and they especially don’t want the male protagonist to be bisexual or gay.”

I couldn’t help but take advantage of my little bi-weekly feature and put on my two cents in this whole deal.

I have to admit that I am very ambivalent in this whole thing. On one side I am all for the Kick-Ass men of Urban Fantasy, bring on Dresden, Felix Castor, Simon Canderous and any …

Review: Zerah’s Chosen by Isabelle Santiago

Format Read: PDFNumber of Pages: 200Release Date: September 28th, 2009Publisher: Drollerie PressFormats Available: eBookPurchasing Info:Author’s Website, Amazon

Book Blurb: In Zerah, Guardians of Water, Air, Fire, Earth, Life and Death are chosen by The Beings to serve their people. Able to feel the emotions the Beings cannot, they help their world stay in balance.  Guardians live and die together, but when Kieran is born with the marks that prove he’s the Guardian of Death, his mother hides him instead of giving him up to the temple. She loves him too much to lose him. But then he starts seeing people die, and they’re begging him for help. Trying to remove the “curse”, he inadvertently kills a seer and is brought to the attention of the temple.

His mother is imprisoned and he’s turned over to the temple. The …

Teasingly Short & Hot Reviews

We’ve got to special review for you today. To very hot short reads we got from Tease Publishing for review:

Astoroth: Her Final Sin by Stella and Audra Price

A Scandalous Arrangement by Kayleigh Jamison

Be sure to grab a pack of ice before you start reading because you will definitely need it 😉Astoroth: Her Final Sin by Stella and Audra Price

Format Read: PDFNumber of Pages: 14Release Date: June 15th, 2010Publisher: Tease PublishingFormats Available: eBookPuchasing Info: Author Website, All Romance EBooks

Book Blurb:Meet Astoroth, high duke of hell. When a woman at the end of her bucket list meets him in a bar in Las Vegas, he sees the possibility for some harmless fun with a human just at her expiration date. What he doesn’t count on is deciding to keep her…

My Thoughts:I …

Bookish Rants or Raves: Drawing The Line! What’s Ur Limit?

I was reading a post about Train Wreck Books at Mama Kitty Reviews blog and I started thinking about my limits when it comes to subject matters in the books I choose to read or that are offered to me for review.

I have to admit that I pretty flexible, I usually am open for mostly anything. I love reading M/M Romance, have read a lot of Paranormal Erotica and have no qualms about delving into a book with BDSM elements.

That being said, there are some subjects out there where I simply feel the need to draw the line. I haven’t read any books with them, but I have read about them in blogs and on twitter.

I remember reading on twitter and subsequently on a blog about a book where the woman has sex with a tree… *a moment of silence, please* …

Review: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Format Read: eBookNumber of Pages: 363 pagesRelease Date: January 21st 2010Publisher: Harlequin TeenFormats Available: eBook, PaperbackPurchasing Info: GoodReads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Book Blurb:

Meghan Chase has never fit in at her small-town high school, and now, on the eve of her 16th birthday, she discovers why. When her half brother is kidnapped, Meghan is drawn into a fantastical world she never imagined–the world of Faery, where anything you see may try to eat you, and Meghan is the daughter of the summer faery king. Now she will journey into the depths of Faery to face an unknown enemy . . . and beg the help of a winter prince who might as soon kill her as let her touch his icy heart. The Iron King is the first book in the Iron Fey series.

My Thoughts:Even though I love getting …

Interview: Author Chloe Neill + Giveaway

Hey everyone! We at Book Lovers Inc. would like to give a very warm welcome to Author Chloe Neill. I, The Crazy Lover, am a huge fan of her Chicagoland Vampires series and the Dark Elite series (YA)… I am really excited about the new book coming out soon, Twice Bitten.Chloe Neill is here today for a Giveaway and Interview, YAY! The details for the giveaway are at the bottom of the post!Enjoy!The Crazy Lover: First of all, We’d like welcome you to Book Lovers Inc.!

Chloe Neill: Thanks so much for having me!

The Crazy Lover: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Chloe Neill: Sure. I was born in the Southern U.S., but now live in the Midwest with my two dogs, Baxter and Scout. I love to bake, and I have a dayjob, and I’ve been writing fiction for about five …

Review: Bring On The Night by Sonya Clark

Format Read: eBookNumber of Pages: 70Release Date:  May 17th , 2010Publisher: Lyrical Press, IncFormats Available:eBookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Lyrical Press, IncBook received by the author for review.Book Blurb:If there’s one thing Jessie hates, it’s going after her own kind.

She may be used to taking a bite out of human killers, but she leaves her fellow immortals alone. It’s only after a series of gruesome murders have her suspecting vampires and werewolves are going after innocents does she set out to put a stop to it.It’s not long that Jessie finds herself racing against the waxing moon to stop an ambitious gang of monsters with a sinister agenda.

Only a vampire can own the night.

My Thoughts:

This is was the first time that I encountered an Urban Fantasy book in such a short format. I have found that it is usually Paranormal Romance novels that come …

Interview: Author Sam Hillard + Giveaway

Let’s welcome debut Author, Sam Hilliard, who has recently released his fist novel called: “The Last Track” =)First of all, we’d like welcome you to Book Lovers Inc.!Sam Hilliard: Thanks so much for having me! It’s great to be here.The Crazy Lover: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?Sam Hilliard: I live outside out of NYC with my girlfriend and an army of four cats. For fun I read, play bass, work out, study martial arts and complain about the government. Six years ago, I started work on The Last Track, which released this Spring.

The Crazy Lover: What’s your favorite book at the moment? 

Sam Hilliard: Possum Living which is the story of a girl and her dad who lived for years almost entirely off the grid, raising their own food right in the middle of a suburban …

Bookish Rants or Raves: Book Snobs!

I have to confess that even though I’ve read my share of Brazilian Literary Classics when I was a kid and that I have also read some English and American Literary classics laster on when I was in college, I have always preferred spending my time with my Agatha Christie collection.

Nowadays, I don’t hide my YA, UF and PNR obsession and I am far from being embarrassed by it, but that doesn’t stop people from turning their noses when i mention the types of book I read.

To be quite honest, I don’t give a damn and it’s none of their business which kind of book I have a predilection for. However, I find ridiculous this sort of snobbish behavior.

I was wondering if any of you guys out there have ever been in a situation where you suffered prejudice for the type of book you like …