Review: Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

Format read: paperback
Release Date: 16 September 2008
Length: 370 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Formats available: paperback, hardcover, audio, ebook
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)

Blurb:

When MacKayla Lane receives a page torn from her dead sister’s journal, she is stunned by Alina’s desperate words. And now MacKayla knows that her sister’s killer is close. But evil is closer. And suddenly the sidhe-seer is on the hunt: For answers. For revenge. And for an ancient book of evil of dark magic so evil it corrupts anyone who touches it.

Mac’s quest for the Sinsar Dubh takes her into the mean, shape shifting streets of Dublin, with a suspicious cop on her tail. Forced into a dangerous triangle of alliance with V’lane, a lethal Fae prince, and Jerricho Barrons, a man of deadly secrets, …

Book Lovers Book Club: Link Up Your Reviews for July 2013 + Giveaway

Today’s the day!

Today you can link up your Soulless & Royal Assassin reviews and enter to win a $10USD voucher for Book Depository!

There is two books this month so two potential entries for each person.

To enter you must:

Read the book/s
Review the book/s – review/s must be at least 300 words – books must be reviewed seperately
Post the review somewhere – your own blog, Goodreads, Amazon etc
Somewhere in the review you must have the words “Book Lovers Book Club” with a link back to this page you may even use our Book Lovers Book Club badge on your review
Post the link to the linky below

All reviews must be in English (I know we are an international blog but I am only fluent in the Queen’s English, Australian and Sarcasm)

All reviews must be your own original work.
All reviews must be posted and added to the linky page before 11:59PM on 31st of July
Winners …

Book Lovers Book Club: August 2013 Selections

Hello all!

It is now time to reveal the August titles for you to vote on. In honour of Cass’s Dragon day feature August’s theme will be…

DRAGONS!!

(I got you there didn’t I…you thought I was going to say Glitter Pixies, didn’t you)

Daggerspell by Katherine Kevy  (Goodreads Link)

Even as a young girl, Jill was a favorite of the magical, mysterious Wildfolk, who appeared to her from their invisible realm. Little did she know her extraordinary friends represented but a glimpse of a forgotten past and a fateful future. Four hundred years-and many lifetimes-ago, one selfish young lord caused the death of two innocent lovers. Then and there he vowed never to rest until he’d rightened that wrong-and laid the foundation for the lives of Jill and all those whom she would hold dear: her  father, the mercenary soldier Cullyn; the exiled  berserker Rhodry Maelwaedd; and the ancient and  powerful herbman Nevyn, all bound in a struggle against darkness. . . and a quest to fulfill …

Review: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Format read: paperback
Genre: High Fantasy
Release Date: 1 March 1996
Length: 448
Publisher: Voyager
Formats available: audio book, paperback, Hardcover, ebook
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father’s gruff stableman. He is treated like an outcast by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz’s blood runs the magic Skill–and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by his family. As barbarous raiders ravage the coasts, Fitz is growing to manhood. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission. And though some regard him as a threat to the …

Book Lovers Book Club: July 2013 Voting Results

Good morning everybody!

It is now time to reveal the how the July votes went!

July’s book will be:

Soulless by Gail Carriger

First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.

Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire – and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.

With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London’s high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?

This month we will also be continuing the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb with the …

On the Book Lovers Shelves: The Winged Lover (who has moved)

Good afternoon!

I hope you are all having a lovely day. Mine was absolutely terrible because we’re in the middle of a wet spot in Sydney and I haven’t been completely dry since Friday.  But enough about that 😀 because today I wanted to give you an update on the state of my shelves.

Why? You may ask. Has something drastic changed that has merited this update?

Why yes, dear readers, it has. You see I moved last November and have nearly finished settling in to my new home (with my new hubby :D). My bookshelves have grown since you last saw them, my TBR pile is now at 90 (far out how did it get that high) and I still have absolutely no room. I honestly thought I’d have room to spare after stacking my shelves, but alas it filled up a lot quicker than I anticipated…as per usual

Unfortunately I don’t have …

Review: The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper

Format read: paperback
Genre: Paranormal Mystery Romance
Release Date: 31 July 2012
Length: 356
Publisher: Pocket Books
Formats available: audio book, paperback
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

Iris Scanlon, Half-Moon Hollow’s only daytime vampire concierge, knows more about the undead than she’d like. Running all their daylight errands—from letting in the plumber to picking up some chilled O neg—gives her a look at the not-so-glamorous side of vampire life. Her rules are strict; relationships with vamps are strictly business, not friendship—and certainly not anything else. But then she finds her newest client, Cal, poisoned on his kitchen floor, and only Iris can help.

Cal – who would be devastatingly sexy, if Iris allowed herself to think that way – offers Iris a …

Book Lovers Book Club: Link up your reviews for June 2013!

Morning everyone,

Well, June is almost at an end, and so is the first ever Book Lovers Book Club read-along!

And now is your chance to link up your review so we can all get some cross promotion going 😀

So if you read Once Burned and/or Assassin’s Apprentice and have reviewed them and posted your review, link them up today!

As you may have seen my Once Burned review went up last week, and the review for Assassin’s Apprentice will be going up this week. Both of my reviews were 5 stars! What did you think of Once Burned and Assassin’s Apprentice?

Also…Don’t forget to vote for next months books! Only a week to go!

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Review: Tiger’s Curse by Colleen Houck

Format read: paperback
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Release Date: 11 January 2011
Length: 498
Publisher: Hodder
Formats available: audio book paperback, ebook, Hardcover
Purchasing Info: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Book Depository US | Book Depository (UK)

Book Blurb:

Passion. Fate. Loyalty.

Would you risk it all to change your destiny?

The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she’d be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But that’s exactly what happened. Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever.

Tiger’s Curse is the exciting first volume in an epic fantasy-romance that will leave you breathless and yearning for more.

My Thoughts:

Although the adventure intrigued me, the main character and the …

Book Lovers Book Club: Discussion Questions – Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost

Good afternoon everyone,

As you may have seen my Once Burned review went up this morning, so I thought that with that review going up I’d pose some discussion questions for anyone who has already read/is reading Once Burned and would like to discuss it:

Do you think that Leila’s “innocence” was handled appropriately? It wasn’t really the first time cliche we’re used to in romance.

Are you a classic Dracula fan? Do you like how Frost portrayed the character?

What did you think of the explanation for Leila’s powers? Was it adequate enough for you?

Naturally if you have any discussion questions feel free to post them in the comments for everyone to have a go at answering and lets see if we can get a big discussion going.

Also make sure to vote for next months Book in the poll on the sidebar.

Happy Reading!