Interview with Flynn Meaney

Today, I am super duper excited as we have the extremely funny Flynn Meaney here to discuss her books: Bloodthirsty and her newest release The Boy Recession (look for my review later today).

Amanda: Flynn can you please tell us a bit about yourself?
Flynn: Well, I grew up just outside of New York City and went to the University of Notre Dame, where I majored in marketing and minored in French. I was really lucky in college because I studied abroad twice—in Ireland, where my family is from, and in Paris. I just finished my MFA in Creative Writing from Hunter College, and now I work for a French company as my “day job.”

Amanda: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?
Flynn: Ooh, I just googled “pantser”—that’s a new word for me, apparently it doesn’t just mean someone who pulls other peoples’ pants down! I’m not a …

Review: Touch by Jus Accardo

Format read: ebook
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
Release Date: 1 November 2011
Length: 251 pages
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Formats available: ebook, paperback
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Blurb:

When a strange boy tumbles down a river embankment and lands at her feet, seventeen-year-old adrenaline junkie Deznee Cross snatches the opportunity to piss off her father by bringing the mysterious hottie with ice blue eyes home.

Except there’s something off with Kale. He wears her shoes in the shower, is overly fascinated with things like DVDs and vases, and acts like she’ll turn to dust if he touches her. It’s not until Dez’s father shows up, wielding a gun and knowing more about Kale than he should, that Dez realizes there’s more to this boy—and her father’s “law firm”—than she realized.

Kale has been a prisoner of …

Review: Turned by Morgan Rice

Format read: ebook
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release Date: 24 January 2011
Length: 129 pages
Publisher: Morgan Rice Publishing
Formats available: ebook, paperback
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Book Blurb:

Eighteen year old Caitlin Paine finds herself uprooted from her nice suburb and forced to attend a dangerous New York City high school when her Mom moves again. The one ray of light in her new surroundings is Jonah, a new classmate who takes an instant liking to her.

But before their romance can blossom, Caitlin suddenly finds herself changing. She is overcome by a superhuman strength, a sensitivity to light, a desire to feed–by feelings she does not understand. She seeks answers to what’s happening to her, and her cravings lead her to the wrong place at the wrong time. Her eyes are opened to …

Review: Tempest’s Fury by Nicole Peeler

Format read: paperback
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release Date: 26 June 2012
Length: 337 pages
Publisher: Orbit
Formats available: ebook, paperback
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Book Blurb:

Jane’s not happy. She’s been packed off to England to fight in a war when she’d much rather be snogging Anyan. Unfortunately, Jane’s enemies have been busy stirring up some major trouble – the kind that attracts a lot of attention. In other words, they’re not making it easy for Jane to get any alone time with the barghest or to indulge in her penchant for stinky cheese.

Praying she can pull off a Joan of Arc without the whole martyrdom thing, Jane must lead Alfar and Halflings alike in a desperate battle to combat an ancient evil. Catapulted into the role of Most Unlikely Hero …

Review: Afterlife by Claudia Gray

Format read: paperback
Genre: Paranormal YA
Release Date: 8 March 2011
Length: 360 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
Formats available: ebook, paperback, hardcover
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Book Blurb:

The battle between vampires and wraiths begins…

It’s going to be okay, Lucas, I thought. We’re dead, but we can still be together. Nothing matters more than that. We’re stronger than death. Now nothing else ever has to come between us. You and I never have to be apart again.

My Thoughts:

The first two books in this series were childish at best, Hourglass started to make up for these downfalls, but Afterlife? It ruined any chance of redemption for this series.

To save his life, Lucas has been turned, now he has to deal with the knowledge that he has joined the ranks of the monsters he has been trained from birth to …

Review: Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

Format read: paperback
Genre: paranormal romance
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Length: 534 pages
Publisher: Penguin
Formats available: ebook, paperback, audiobook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository, Kobo

Book Blurb:

In this “frightenly addictive” paranormal romance saga, there’s a war raging between vampires and their slayers. Here are the stories of a secret band of brothers like no other – six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. And now a dutiful twin must choose between two lives…

Fiercely loyal to the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Phury has sacrificed himself for the good of the race, becoming the male responsible for keeping the Brotherhood’s bloodlines alive. As Primale of the Chosen, he is obligated to father the sons and daughters who will ensure that the traditions of the race survive, and that there are warriors to fight those who want vampires extinguished.

As his first mate, the Chosen Cormia wants to win not only his body but …

Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger

Format read: ebook
Series: The Parasol Protectorate – Book 1
Genre: urban fantasy
Release Date: 1 October 2009
Number of pages: 357 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Formats available: ebook, paperback
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Book Blurb:

ALEXIA TARABOTTI IS LABORING UNDER A GREAT MANY SOCIAL TRIBULATIONS.

First, she has no soul. Second, she is 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 accidently 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 is responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening …

Review: The Promise Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang

Format read: Paperback

Release Date: 25 January 2012

Number of pages: 76

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

Formats available: Paperback

Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository

Blurb:

The war is over…but the adventure has just begun!

Picking up exactly where Avatar: The Last Airbender left off, The Promise takes Aang to a Fire Nation colony in the heart of the Earth Kingdom, where tensions between neighbours threaten to shatter the world’s newfound peace – putting the Avatar on a collision course with one of his closest friends, Fire Lord Zuko!

Written by Eisner Award winner Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) in close collaboration with Avatar creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, this is the story Avatar fans have been waiting for!

My Thoughts:

The Promise Part 1 was just what I needed to slake my thirst for more Avatar: The Last Airbender.

The world is at peace thanks to Aang defeating the Fire Lord. Now, …

Happy Birthday to our Winged Lover

Today is Amanda’s %&$§ Birthday and we have some wishes here waiting just for her.

Has: Happy Happy Birthday Amanda!!!! I hope you have a fantastic day with lots of books and goodies! Lots of Love xxx

Alisha: Happy happy birthday, my Aussie Angel! I hope that your special day starts off an awesome and memorable new year for you! <3

Marlene: Have the absolute bestest of birthdays, Amanda. I hope you get lots of yummy presents! And some delicious books, too! Hugs!

Lea: Happy, happy birthday to you. Have an awesome day full of prezzies & sweets, hope it’s the best ever! 🙂 (((HUGS)))

Jackie: Have a fantastic birthday, Amanda! Hope your day is filled with books, laughter, and maybe a few True Blood freeze frames…of ASkars in the buff 😉

Caro: Joyeux Anniversaire Amanda!! I hope you had a fantastic day on your side of the world! Now It’s time to celebrate on …

Review: Untouched by Jus Accardo

Format read: ebook
Release Date: 28 March 2012
Number of pages: 79
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Formats available: ebook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Blurb:

Until he met Dez, Kale’s days were filled with violence and death. He was used as a weapon of destruction by the power hungry men of Denazen. He’s a Six. A person with an abnormal ability. Some people call them gifts, but not Kale. Kale’s touch means instant death to anyone.
But now there’s Dez, the girl he can touch, and they’re hunting down Sixes and warning them about Denazen. Kale is learning about the world outside captivity and trying to put his dark past behind him. But they underestimated how badly Denazen wanted him back.
When Dez sacrifices herself to save the new Six they rescued from falling into the corp’s hands, Kale is lost. Denazen has brought out its best to get the job done. Samsen, …