All of hell is after Dante... they're going to need back up!
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First things first; Devil may cry has been one of my favorite franchises from the begining, and even though the second installment didn't at all compare to the first, it was an overall decent game (on the easy side, but it wasn't the worst thing I've ever played). What the second lacked was polish and style. It's as if they came up with all these ideas that didn't add up in the game. Dante had some new and actually cool moves that really weren't any use, even though in my opinion he looks the best in part 2, he has no personality. What the hell happened to him that shut him up and made him the calm reserved type? The biggest problem was the enemies where not worth his time. Lucia should have and could have handled everything herself from the beginning. And last but not least, the story didn't have a damn thing to do with Dante's past, future, or his leaneage as the son of the "legendary dark knight"... only some passing references. Sorry to get off of the subject, but I had to get that off of my chest. It was just... Dull.

  Devil May Cry 3... it made up for all that was wrong with the second and improved on the first. The game is challanging, not hard. The game dosen't ever stop you in your tracks and completely shows that there is no way of getting past a certain point. Every situation has a way of being delt with and once you gain enough experience to recognize them, you'll find yourself provoking hords of demons to bring it on. True, Like everyone else, I was put down enough to unlock easy mode, but the game never really frustrated me. I used mission 3 on easy as training and as a chance to give Dante some of the power and ability that is rightfully his. After a little getting use to I went right back to normal and had no problem on that or on hard mode. Of course there's two even harder difficulty levels after hard, one every person whose played either of the previous 2 games will know and the other... wait untill you try THAT one. I can understand if this difficulty pisses you off. That deals with the difficulty.

  Graphics wise, I'm not at all impressed. The graphics are pretty average. It's not on par with, say, Metal Gear Solid 3 even though it's the same system. It has style but that dosen't make the graphics better than what they are. I was expecting it to look a bit better, considering how incredible Capcom has Resident Evil 4 looking.

  Looks don't make a game, though... gameplay dose, and that's where this game shines. Experimenting with different styles is a must, but mostly only while you're getting use to the game. You can't know what styles to use on what missions and what situations until you've completed every mission and know what to expect. that means this games real strength is replay value. Don't get me wrong, defeating a bastard of a boss for the first time will make you yourself feel like a badass, but wait until you beat the crap out of that same boss when you know all of his tricks. Knowing their patterns makes the game that much more enjoyable. You'll use Dante and make him exicute moves and handle situations the way the devil intended... with style, an additude and with no problem. Dante's for the most part invinsable... lets not disapoint.

  Music wise, I liked th music from Devil May Cry better. It gave it it's own special mood and tone. The music from part 3 fits, but it's nothing you haven't heard before. Sound effect are fitting also even though, like someone stated before, some are reused from the previous games. No biggie there. All and all this really wasn't a review, but more of my perspective of a game that has over all value and uniqueness that's becoming harder and harder to find these days. I recomend this game to any and everyone... unless, of course, you're afraid of a good fight. It's time to stop using those cheats codes, and button mashing, and time to start actually developing some skills. It's what it's all about and in comes with practice.
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Loved it!!! Massive plot twist that leaves the door wide open for the new series. Loved the character development of Dante and Steele and I am sitting on the edge of my seat to see the outcome after what happened.
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This is a real account on what hell is. Jesus is coming back . Please make a choice to serve Him. Please read John 3:16. Please don't go to hell. Please love and forgive others so that God can forgive you.
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Daring reader, meet another exciting entry in the Dante Walker series.

THE LIBERATOR by Victoria Scott picks up right where The Collector left off. Without giving away any spoilers... Dante Walker definitely changed quite a bit in book one - all in the name of love. Now he's known as a "Liberator", doing good for the sake of mankind and the Big Guy up above... except, that's not exactly where he wants to be...

Although the novel gets off to a slightly rocky start, with much teenage angst and Dante Walker seemingly back to his old ways. Unfortunately, at first Dante doesn't seem to be... as "cool" as I remembered. Honestly, I was a bit concerned as to what direction the novel was heading in the first 100 pages or so, because even Charlie seemed a bit out of character at times - almost like she was while Dante was trying to corrupt her in The Collector. Personally, "Crazy Charlie" isn't the Charlie I know and love. Plus, having to be inside Dante's head, worrying and worrying and worrying some more about her, was almost more than I could stand. A worrying Dante is definitely NOT a fun Dante.

But then, somewhere around the halfway point, tragedy strikes - and that's when the emotions kick in and the book takes a very solid turn in the right direction. Much of what we have to withstand in the first half of the book is better understood and, although I wish that the turn had come some other way, the book quickly propels both the characters and the reader toward a very climatic and simply death defying finish. I don't know where Victoria gets her ideas as to what one's heaven or hell might be like, but the world she paints at the end of THE LIBERATOR is one scary place...

As I said before, the book got off to a bit of a rocky start, which is largely due to the drama between Dante and Charlie in the beginning. Dante obviously has to come to terms to his new "promotion". Understandable. Charlie has to figure some things out about herself, as well. Also understandable, considering the importance of her role and the responsibilities that have been placed on her shoulders. I just had a hard time understanding their relationship and whether or not they would be able to work things out at first. I don't want to spoil anything, but thank goodness the answers (and the surprises) that come to light later in the story make the first half of this book more than worth it. Do Dante (and Charlie) fully redeem themselves? I cannot say... (Again, this is a spoiler-free zone!)

There are a number of new (and returning!) characters that appear in this book, including the feisty Aspen and the delightfully frail "Grams". The supporting cast of characters provide plenty of action and laughter for all, not to mention, tears. I was thrilled at the roles that secondary characters were allowed to play in the overall story. Dare I say, Dante is not the only "cool kid" in the afterlife...

Ultimately, THE LIBERATOR is a much more emotional and action-packed book than The Collector... especially once you reach the 50% mark. I honestly had no idea where the story was heading and I appreciated every surprise and every twist and turn that it took. THE LIBERATOR ends on an extremely torturous note that leaves me clamoring to get my hands on book three.

THE LIBERATOR is a reaper love story meets What Dreams May Come meets The X-men to the extreme. Sound like fun? Well, if you have not yet read The Collector, be sure to pick up that book first. Just like I am, I'll bet that you will greedily be wishing for the next book in the series in no time!

(Final note: Despite what the description would have the reader believe, there is NO love triangle in this novel. Thank goodness.)
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I know I have said this about each volume, but this one has tied them all together in a big bow.

It has showed us why Maggie has gone through hell and back  in Vol #1-7, and who has been the Mastermind of the WHOLE operation.

You laugh, cry, love, and are horrified along with Antonio, Niccolo, and Nick. You really see ALL the GUTS of this story. The LOVE of this family is really over abundance.  It's amazing to see and read.

 You meet a few new characters along the way, (lovely to see) and new relationships bloom to new levels.

Once again, April,you really outdid yourself!! I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!
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WELL HERE IS THE FINAL DISC OF THIS SEASON.  THE DISC STARTS OFF WITH BELLDANDY RETURNING FROM HEAVEN AFTER GETTING HER LICENCE RENEWED, BUT SOMEHOW MARA SWITCHED THINGS SO NOW SHE IS A FIRST CLASS DEMON.  AND TO KEEP KEIICHI HAPPY IS TO DO BAD THINGS.  THEN HILD JOINS IN THE FUN BY GOING BACK IN TIME TO BECOME KEI'S GIRLFRIEND AND THE GODDESSES USE URD'S POWERS OF THE PAST TO GO BACK TO STOP HER.  THE THIRD EPISODE TAKES THE AUTO CLUB OUT ON THE 'CAMPING TRIP' TO A MANSION THAT A FRIEND OF KEI'S GRAND FATHER OWNS.  THERE THEY MEET A GHOST WHO WAS WAITING FOR YEARS FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF A PROMISE THE KEI'S GRANDFATHER MADE TO HER.  THE FINAL EPISODE BRINGS PEORTH BACK TO EARTH WITH A MISSION TO FINALLY GET KEI OVER HIS SHYNESS AND TELL BELL HE LOVES HER.  THROW IN AN URD POTION AND SOME 'SPECIAL' TRAINING FROM PEORTH AND THINGS GO DOWNHILL FAST.

THIS WAS A GREAT SERIES, AND IT LEAVES ONLY ONE QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED...........WHEN DOES SEASON 3 COME OUT??????

SEE YOU NEXT TIME
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The book starts off strong and works back to the original series story line and characters well, but it would be a tough read if I had not
read the first 5 books . I have read the first two in the new series and waiting for number 3

take care dante
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Dante and Ashton
Explosive
Combustible

Fighting His Fire is book #6 in Ann Lister's
Rock Gods Series which follows band mates Dante and Ashton from "Black Ice"

I'll start off by saying this book was AMAZING, it drew me in from page 1.
Dante & Ashton's story is way different from the others in this series, their relationship is combustible very physical to the point of it effecting people around them and also to themselves making it dangerous.

We start off with both Dante and Ashton being duped into an intervention by their band leader Dagger, to say they are not happy about this and how they try to fight against it is putting it mildly. Both are very stubborn and the only way they seem to communicate is through fists  and anger,  but what we will all get to see is the reasoning behind their triggers and that in itself is a journey that you won't want to miss.

Dante DuPont has suffered a traumatic past that he can't seem to move on from,  it is destroying him to the point he feels there is no way he can let go and move forward, this is where you will need tissues and your heart will pull at you.  Ann took a very traumatic issue and brought it to light so brilliantly I can't say enough how spot on she was in writing about this subject , which unfortunately effects more people than we realize. It's not easy to write about such a touchy topic but I can't say it enough just how perfectly it was handled.
Dante has to come to a breaking point and reading it just broke my heart but following his recovery is something that will remain with me for a very long time.

Ashton Lane is young and his temper is volatile, always ready for a rebound mostly through use of his fists and jumping to the wrong conclusions is what puts him and Dante in the situation they are currently in, refusing to admit his feelings towards Dante makes for one explosive disaster after another.

When the walls are broken and Dante opens up about his past we get to witness a story of healing and coming together that is so beautiful but that does not come easy there is a lot of work to get through every step forward is two backwards there is angst and at times I wanted to scream then...... There was the sex and let me tell you WOW!!! Explosive is putting it mildly these two were HOT the chemistry between them was almost animalistic and occasionally we get to see the softer side peek through but be warned you will need a fan blowing on you during their sexy time.
Let's not forget the humor also I was laughing so hard at times at the banter between these two and also with the interaction from the other characters it was great how we were reunited with everyone.

"We're about to tear up another bathroom, aren't we?" Ashton panted before he took another kiss from Dante.
"I'll do my best not to break anything," Dante  replied.
"I can't make that promise." Ashton smirked.
It only took seconds before the sounds in the  bathroom escalated.

"I thought the intervention worked.
Are those two #%*%*** still fighting?
"The intervention did work," Dagger replied.
"Then why does it sound like they're on a killing spree?" Cooper asked.
"Give it a minute,
See I told you. The intervention worked wonders.  However, it has driven up the costs of our room damages."

Well you get the drift on how explosive and scorching  the chemistry is between these two.

I'll leave you all here because I do not want to give anything else away about this brilliant story so please if you are looking for a well written heartwarming beautiful sexy story go "one click" this baby now. And if you are new to the series grab your copies of books 1-5 you will not be disappointed.
I highly recommend this book ( and series) and am so anxiously waiting on the next book about Black Ice member Lincoln

Way to go Ann Lister another Brilliantly written story.
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Adrian, Kalen, Darius's & Hunter have come together at last, to make plans to rescue their brother Tain from the ancient demon who has imprisoned and tortured him for 700 years, being driven insane not being strong enough to escape on his own.  Their women are at their sides, determined to aide in this quest.  Each immortal male is equally determined to exclude the women they love in order to ensure their safety and liberate their brother. Would it be possible to rescue Tain, destroy the demon, remove the demon's influence from his mind and restore his sanity?  This was their hope as the brothers work together. This series needs to be read in order as the entrance of each character is mentioned in subsequent stories.  Enjoy!
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This novella is told from Dante Dombruso's point of view and wraps up the arson investigation from  eighteen months ago, when a mysterious arsonist set a fire intended to wipe the Dombrusos off the map.
We get to fall in love with Dante and Charlie all over again, revisit with Vincent, Andreo and Connie, see how they've grown in the past years and get a glimpse of Dante's mind. Oh, and Nana makes an appearance too, of course!
The story is sprinkled with a little bit of action, a little twist and hot & sweet moments between Dante and Charlie.
Another great book by Alexa Land, looking forward to more First and Forever characters getting their HEA!
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Hellhound is another exciting installment in the Deadtown series!! We're back in Boston and Holzner does a great job building on the cliffhanger at the end of Darklands. I don't want give away anything but one of my favorite story threads in the Deadtown novels is Vicky's family and we get a lot of them in this one which I love! Overall, if you haven't read any of the Deadtown novels, you should start with Deadtown because which novel builds on the last so the storyline is pretty complex in Hellhound. If you've read the first four then you'll love Hellhound!!!
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I couldn't wait to pick up Inferno: Pt 2 as soon as I finished Part One. You will definitely have to read them in order so you can savor the story. I did have to ask myself though if I was ready for more because I knew part two was going to be very intense. T.K. Leigh, you did not disappoint me, but man, did you mess with my emotions. The suspense literally beat me up and I couldn't stop reading.

While this second installment really gets deep with Eleanor and Dante's relationship, I literally felt I was living this with them and getting to know them even more, especially Dante's family. The passion and chemistry is just so hot and the two of them deserve each other. Dante, you sure know how to do a number on me.

I'm okay that there's still two more parts to go because I'm not ready to leave these two behind. This series is everything, amazing characters with a very compelling story line.
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First I would like to thank Remulkin Thramorus without whom humankind might have ceased to exist.  Now to the story:  Each side seemed to be fighting for redemption because everybody lost somebody somewhere along the line.  With that in mind, what do you say?  You shot one of mine, so I will shoot three of yours.  Or, do you say, No more!  Lets work together.  To get to the second way of thinking, we must go through a lot of intricate maneuvering (Physics and calculus again!!!).  I thoroughly enjoyed the story and did try to communicate with the UGF to warn them at times.  According to Dean M. Cole, this is the last book in this series.  But
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This story is so intense!! I can't wait to find out who Avery chooses. I hope it's Sean. I keep thinking it's Marty doing the killings. But, I don't know. I hope and pray Arrangement 15 is the last one. People stop begging for more!!! This is a great series, but it's dragging out and waiting on a next installment is a pain in the tuckus! Awesome story!!
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For a Christian series of books, "Left Behind" seems to have left Christian principles in the dust. In the first 10 volumes, the heroes of the story spent a great deal of time congratulating themselves for being Christian. That's when they weren't beating or shooting the crud out of their enemies. And post-mayhem, our boys (and their girls) never seemed capable of scraping up enough compassion to worry about the teeming hordes of the unsaved, except of course when they were of their own family. But though the cosmos is literally falling apart around them, our gang is a horny as billy goats; there must be a dozen chaste pairings in the series - even some daring interracial stuff, though never with the white folks. Woo hoo!
Finally, in book 11 of the series, and 6+ years into the story, major character Rayford Steele seems to have taken notice of the people who will be snarfing red-hot twinkies at the end. Oh well, better late than never. While it's too late for these poor, tortured souls, it is nice that they can elicit a bit of brow furrowing from the saved.
Again in `Armageddon,' our Joes and Marys are packing as much heat as they can carry, in the form of ray guns that burn their enemies and some sort of big gun that blows craters into its targets. There's a weird paramilitary swagger in this book, with good guys carrying Uzis as casually as pocket Bibles. These are purely defensive,of course, and they try so hard to miss, but (shuckins!) if collateral damage doesn't just seem to happen! Where this colossal armory comes from is anyone's guess, but there you have it, all the way to the bloody cliffhanger that takes us (please, please please!) to the end of the series in the next volume.
And there will be much rejoicing...
The authors must have spent too much time in their youth at church camp, and boy do they make up for it here! Fist-sized gunshot wounds, blood spurting like fountains, guillotines crusted with gore, this book's got it all. It holy, gross, high-caliber pandemonium!
**SPOILER ALERT!!!***
By the way, offing a beloved character in an ATV accident (of all things) at the brink of Armageddon has got to be about the lamest way to move a character offstage. Gastritis from leftover manna would have been a bit more creative.
Yet, I will read book 12, if only to get some closure on the story line!
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Always leave them wanting more, right? Schaefer delivers with a great episode in the Faust series. When last we left poor Daniel it seemed like he was ready for a little bit of the quiet life, but this episode opens with a bang and keeps ticking.
If you liked the first three installments, this is a must read. If you haven't read them yet, you should probably go back to the first.
With a cliffhanger this huge, I can't wait for the fifth!
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I received an eARC of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own.

Let's get down to the nitty gritty, Darkest Before Dawn is just like BAM in your face!!! Muse is back and she's bringing the flames. This girl is still damaged and probably beyond being fixed, but at this point she's just rollin with it. She's done letting this thing inside her keep her from living, she's tired of being played with by the cat. There's still the emotional struggle between Akil and Stefan going on in Muses heart though. Oh, and did I mention Muse has a mini me following her around now? Yupp, Muse is protecting a lil halfbreed girl from seriously deranged demons.

Let's start with the gossip I know everyone wants to hear:The Relationship news!
Muse hasn't picked either man yet, technically. She's still in love with Stefan, but Stefan is doin his own thing. Poor Stefan seems to be being ripped in so many directions. He's still mourning his losses and trying to get control of his demon. Now there's the ever so popular Akil, the demon king and all around charmer. Muse's demon still has the hots for this man, but the human side is pretty much like "meh" at this point. She knows what he's all about, but she's still letting him pull her back in. It's like watching kids with a toy, both parts of this woman are fighting each other over whether or not to just give him up. My monies on Stefan though, sexy icemen just do it for me.

What's up with the mini me Muse? Ironically, Akil has decided to save another halfbreed child and unceremoniously drops her on Muses doorstep and takes off. Muse quickly discovers this child is in serious danger and these demons will stop at nothing to have her. Unfortunately for said demons, Muse is like the mommy from hell equipped with lethal flames and a sarcastic tongue. Good luck getting that kid!

I'm seriously impressed how DaCosta upped the stakes in this book. Her writing has never been better and it hooks you from the beginning. You go through the emotions with the characters, because you cant help it. Your just drawn into it. As I was reading I caught myself actually talking to my kindle, yelling at these bad guys;)! Its just that type of story. I'd definitely recommend for urban fantasy lovers, action lovers and people who enjoy some demons thrown in.

I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. These opinions are my own.