Holy Knox Wellington Batman!
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No cliffhanger
Standalone though part of a larger series
Told from both POVs
Minor editing errors

This is actually the second time I have read this book and it made me remember just how much I loved this book, these characters and the series.

You meet Knox in the previous book and you know he had his heart shattered by the girl he thought would be his forever. Charlie is a new character and you find out she has also been burned. When they first meet these two are like oil and water... But man oh man is the banter and sexual chemistry there from the start.

They fight their feelings hard until they no longer can and once they give in the passion is unstoppable.

Knox might be one of my favorite book boyfriends of all time. He is hot, rugged, hard headed and super sweet at times. All those things combined make for one hot man.

Great read. Awesome characters. Amazing series!
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Alright, I'll be real with y'all... I wasn't convinced that I was going to love Trent's book like I did with the rest of the hotholes. He always rubbed me the wrong way and I had a feeling that his story might be less than thrilling. I was wrong, so so wrong.

It's not filthy or even that taboo, but it is mesmerizing and totally different. Trent isn't like his friends, he comes from different roots and his priorities are vastly different. He works hard and struggles to raise his beautiful daughter alone, and that alone made me fall for him. What I adore about Trent is his ferocity to protect Luna. She's his world, and it's about darn time I read a book where parenthood was described exactly as I feel it really is. He loves that sweet girl, and he's utterly overwhelmed with how to handle her.

This story is great, there are a bunch of tiny mysteries that keep you asking questions throughout the book and best of all... the steam factor is off the charts. I'm talking torrential downpour down below ladies. This is not a drill, Trent is beyond hot. He's practically otherworldly. I just want to capture him and make him love me. But hey, given his history, maybe he would appreciate my weird stalking tendencies when it comes to obsession.

Anyway, I am sold on this entire series. I am by NO means ready to say goodbye to these characters because I love them all so much it hurts. LJ Shen has done an amazing job of creating this riveting world of hothole men who are redeemed by the equally fantastic women who bring them to their knees. It's more than awesome, it's  straight up magical.

Don't bother waiting, you know that you NEED to read this book. Right now.
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This is my favorite Morganville book to date, no doubt about it.  I can't even begin to explain how refreshing it is for me to read a book in a series that is so far along and still be impressed and shocked by it.  Rachel Caine has truly stepped up her game here.  She has come up with a plot twist so unique that it has the town of Morganville completely turned around and twisted from inside out.  She made some shocking plot twists that I never would have seen coming.  It always impresses me when an author is willing to do something controversial and daring with one of her most important characters.  Caine does that here.  And I am left with a lot of questions.  Will there be effects from the author's big decision here? What exactly is the extent of the big surprise?  Is it over and done with or will there still be shocks and changes to come?  All of that just deals with one character.  And "Last Breath" is about so very much more.  Characters we thought we knew (um, Amelie) are making harsh decisions that will effect the residents (living and undead) in a dire way.

I fear giving away too much about this book.  I knew nothing except that it was the newest Morganville book.  That fact alone made the book an automatically pre-order.  However, I loved every page of "Last Breath".  It starts innocently enough with Michael and Eve planning their big wedding.  We get quite a few revelations in that department that had me an emotional roller coaster.  As much as I love Claire and Shane, I adore Eve and Michael.  The the big things start unfolding with the new threat to the town and I knew that this book was something special.

I want to add a couple things.  Firstly, the previous book "Bite Club" was my least favorite Morganville book.  It wasn't bad by any means but I was left wondering if maybe the series was heading down a different path.  All my fears were put at rest with the new book.  "Bite Club" was like the calm before the storm.  I am truly thrilled that Rachel Caine has recently announced the contract for several more Morganville books...I believe it will bring the series up to fifteen novels in total.  I also want to state that I adore Mernin and there is a lot of him in "Last Breath".  In fact everyone we know and love shows up in this book.  The viewpoints switch from Claire to a few other characters.  I don't know that I am a huge fan of this technique but that was the only way to show everything we needed to see in "Last Breath".

I can't recommend "Last Breath" or this series as a whole any more than I do.  This is a must read series.  If you are a fan, don't wait to read this one.  If you haven't started the series yet, don't wait a second longer.  Buy "Glass Houses" right away and dig in.
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I can't believe I missed the release of this book. I blame it on the fact that I no longer have a bookstore close enough to visit every week like I used to. I miss those trips where I could browse the New Releases table or displays. But needless to say once I saw this book had come out I jumped on it. I love Matthew Reilly and really enjoyed his Jack West Jr. books.

This one lived up to almost all of my expectations. The action was there, the thrilling, how will he get himself out of this mess scenes were plentiful AND best of all!!!! Scarecrow is in it! When there was the first mention of the Marine with the anti-flash wraparound glasses my heart jumped wondering if it would actually be Scarecrow. And then there's the reference to the large, mean looking female Marine with him and my hopes truly soared. This book was like my dream come true with two of my favorite characters from Matthew Reilly mixed up in one story. I would have liked to have seen a little more of Scarecrow and have him take a more active role but he was truly there as more of a support character to Jack which was fine. I'm just happy to see more of him.

This book is obviously setting up for several future books which has me all excited and I cannot wait. My only other mild disappointment was that we don't get as much involvement from the rest of Jack's crew. Horus is laid up early on, Lily is almost useless and while Alby does help in one part of the book it's just a small part. I would have liked to see more of them playing an active role in the story. Still Matthew Reilly remains solidly on my must read authors shelf and I cannot wait for his next book!
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New Zealand rugby players come from all over both islands. They are not all handsome but they are all bloody fit. They also come from a multitude of backgrounds, just the same, they are big and they are Kiwi. When a Kiwi boy imprints on a woman, he's done.  Rosalind shines as she portrays the New Zealand men and women.

In this awesome story, Marko Sendoa a southland Basque, reels in the curvy and saucy Maori woman, from the North, that he's known for years. Oh boy, did she grow up! Falling in love, their lives entwine with family, a pregnant cousin and a kitten named Cat that is also in love with Marko.
Fantastic story!
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I squealed when I saw that Astrid and Ethan were getting married . I knew that this was going to be a wedding of the century. Well ok for the decade but if you know Astrid and Ethan you know this vampire couple will not have an easy time getting to the alter . If they get there at all. With the family that Astrid happens to have its a wonder that she hasn't blown up half of the U.S . Between the demons coming through the portals and the family wanting to run the wedding it will make a woman go mental . Will they survive the demons and will they survive the wedding in hell.

 All the characters are back in this addition to the series . Astrid is ass kicking again and trying not to stress out too much about her wedding . She is also trying to stay ahead of her 9 month old son Samuel who is growing fast. She is a strong foul mouth woman who loves her mate and her family and will do anything and everything to keep them from harm. I love her and have learnt some really cool new ways of swearing thanks to Astrid. She is my type of woman, I love her . Ethan and the rest of the gang is here also . I must say my all time favourite characters have to be Mother Nature she is so unpredictable and a laugh riot all glitter and hormones .

 Robyn takes us a laugh riot, fun filled journey through Astrid's life . I have never laughed so hard . Robyn never ceases to amaze me with her fun witty writing. The story is fun and a fast read , I read it in an evening and laughed my way through it . Hubby just laughed at me when he heard me hysterically laughing . So I read him some of the passages and he was rolling on the floor . I have read everything from this author and I must say that with every book she puts out they get better and better . I can't wait to see where Astrid and Ethan go from here and what kind of trouble will their family get into . If you haven't read any of Robyn's books I suggest you do . You will laugh so hard your sides will hurt and you will fall in love. Check out the HOT DAMN series you won't be disappointed
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While I have never been to New Zealand, this book was such FUN and so real that I even found myself saying things like sweet as, much to my friends bemused looks. The characters were believable and I truly cared what happened to them.  The love story developed nicely, with not just passion but depth and personality.  I have been recommending these books to all my friends and am currently reading just friends, AGAIN...guess I am hooked on New Zealand and the All Blacks rugby romances!
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I think I LOVE KNOX SOOOOOO MUCH.
This was even better than book 2
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Vampires are everywhere. Since Bram Stoker first expounded upon the mythology of Vlad the Impaler, to Anne Rice and her tragically beautiful Lestat de Lioncourt, to Stephanie Meyer and her glittery Cullen Clan, Vampires have never been hotter.....Until now! Antonio Acero is the most human vampire physicist with a twist since Niccolo DiConti!  Antonio is handsome and hot-blooded and swears like a sailor and loves like ....well I don't want to give it all away. This is the most inclusive book to date in the magical Mimi Jean Pamfiloff's Accidentally series.  Questions are answered and replaced by new questions.  Laughter is to be expected, and perhaps a tear or two.  This book contains a Macklemore reference, unicorn references and some muy caliente nookie. My only regret is that I devoured this book in roughly 4 hours, because I literally devour all the books in this series.  I can however now read the entire series from start to finish, because I have a devoted farmer unicorn folder on my kindle! Word on the street is there will only be two more books before this series is finished, I know I will be waiting with baited breath.
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Rebecca Forster went above and beyond my expectations with this one!

Detective Finn O'Brien is transferred to a new precinct after being cleared of all charges in a case where he was forced to kill another officer and is now considered persona non grata in the police community.  His first case is a triple homicide where a nanny and two little girls are brutally murdered in the rich, gated community of Fremont Place.  His old partner, Detective Cori Anderson, is brought in to help him with the case since no one else will work with him and are all hoping he will fail.  What follows is beyond mind blowing! The depth of the characters in this story makes them so believable...you feel like you are part of their lives and can't believe there is that much evil in the world! And the ending is so twisted! You won't believe it's over and find yourself needing more!  I am looking forward to more books in this series and  more of detective O'Brien!

I received this book from ebook discovery in exchange for an honest review.
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RATING : 5 SUSPENSE FILLED STARS!
6 AWESOMESAUCE END OF SERIES STARS!

I finished Vampire Hollows in the wee hours and this is how I felt.

OMG!!

GOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLL!!!

SCOOOOOOORREE!!!

HOLY BATPOOP BATMAN!

I LAUGHED, I CRIED, I HURT!

BRILLIANT FINAL INSTALLMENT!

This would have to be one of the best endings I have read for a series wrap up, trust me, Tim did not hold back. I was peeking between my fingers. What Tim does to the reader.......... and you will never guess, some things!

My heart was hurting.
Tim has hit it out of the ball park! I literally cannot say much in this review as all Tim's old and new fans are going to have to read his final instalment in the Kiera Hudson series to understand what I mean without me doing spoilers.

Tim so expertly wraps this series up with everything he has woven all the way through Kiera Hudson series. He really is very impressive.

What I can say is I virtually needed a paramedic on standby for the latter two thirds of this book. Tim was killing me with emotion. I was almost screaming at him. I needed a punching pillow.

Talk about brain scramble. I would be thinking I knew..........but then.........and then.........and , well, THEN................. it was becoming exhausting. I was playing tennis inside my head, all these possibilities. It was rather brilliant of Tim what he has done. I couldn't be happier with the ending.

There is so much I want to say and I just can't. I can't even say Mr Cranky Pants name...ssshhhH!!!! I can't say any of their names or else I will spill. Everything you have loved about Tim's writing in his earlier books in this series is magnified in Vampire Hollows.

Tim has written the creepiest scenes and he will sucker punch you and.......he will hurt you.

I give the ending 6 out of 5, Pure Awesomesauce!

Freaking Awesome!!

FAVE QUOTES:

  We've just followed the pizza-boy halfway up a mountain to some doorway set into a mountainside, and we don't know what's on the other side of that door!"
  "Pizza-boy?" Sparky whimpered.
  "I think he's talking about those spots on your face," Isidor said. "Get used to it, he says that sort of sh** to me all the time."

  "Couldn't you lot use the front door like everybody else?" he snapped over his shoulder. "I heard you were all a bunch of
mavericks, but this takes the pi**!"
  "You mean there's a front door?" I breathed..

  "Where are we?" I breathed, feeling breathless at the sight before me.
  "A promise is a promise," he smiled back at me, and I loved that smile. It wasn't his cocky smile, the one I'd so often wanted to wipe from his face, but it was the nice smile - the one that I had so often wanted to kiss, the one that made my heart race.

Michelle A
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I can sum up this review in four words and some exclamation points: vampire slayer were-unicorn awesomeness!!! You need more information than that? Well, if you insist...

Meet Pearl: 16 years old, vampire, has a taste for mint chocolate chip ice cream, and doesn't believe in unicorns. At least until she gets staked by one in an alley. Somehow she makes it back home, where her highly eccentric family is waiting for her. Unfortunately, they don't believe Pearl's crazy unicorn story. Pearl returns to the scene of the crime, where she's then kidnapped (not by the unicorn), and soon discovers that she now has a reflection and can go out in full sunlight. She spends a whole day roaming the city and misses her lessons back at home. Then her parents bestow the worst punishment imaginable on poor Pearl...high school! Dun dun dun!!!

I really enjoyed Pearl's transformation from having a better-than-thou attitude towards humans, to actually befriending them and caring about their feelings. Zeke and Matt, wanna-be vampire hunters, are hilarious! I want to be friends with them! Evan is a sweetheart, if a little odd, and is so much better than Pearl's jerk of a boyfriend, Jadrien. Although I did like him, since how can you not like someone who says things like "I'll compare your eyes to stars, your lips to rubies, and your breath to industrial-strength air freshener."

I absolutely adored the author's writing style. It's easy and light. The dialogue is hilarious and there's plenty of quote-worthy material:

"I saw a My Little Pony refugee. Horselike. Kind of glowy. Big sharp horn. It looked as if it had jumped off a poster from the bedroom of an eight-year-old girl. It walked toward me. I mocked it. It stabbed me. Chalk this one up as my most embarrassing moment ever."

"The Titanic labeled 'unsinkable' is ironic. Your skirt is just short."

"In fact, the existence of said heart i s open for debate, given the whole no-pulse thing, which, by the way, I've never understood, because how does the lovely, delicious blood travel through our body if we don't have a pulse? Maybe I'll eat a scientist someday and ask him."

"It won't last forever. Nothing does. Not even Spam."

I had to stop jotting down specially selected quotes after about page 80 or else they'd take over this review, but I'm sure you get the point. This book was so much fun, so quirky, unique and just loveable! Easily one of my new favorites. I'm just sad it's not a series...
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Once again Rachel Van Dyken has managed to make my poor heart almost explode! This book isn't just funny, Its laugh out loud almost pee your pants hilarious. It's sweet, like marshmallows & the chemistry is off the charts delicious. The serious subject matter combined with the comic relief is genius. Also loved the fact that all the other characters we know and love made a cameo in the book.

I really can't wait for the next instalment in this series and judging by the epilogue it's going to be one hell of a story.

Hats off to you Ms. Van Dyken. You're awesome
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I have to say that I am NOT an anime fan. I've read almost every manga there is, but I can't get into most anime series. They often make the voices too silly or comical and destroy storylines. This one, I'm happy to say, is awesome!  Black Butler is the kind of guy everyone needs around the house!  He can cook, clean, and destroy your adversaries at every turn. Now that's my kinda man! The art and feeling of this series is dark and Victorian. Anyone into Victorian England or gothic style will love it. I can't wait to watch more of this excellent series.
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If you thought the action between Jace and Clary was hot in The Mortal Instrument Series you better get yourself a fan and an Iced Chai to tackle Clockwork Angel. Clare comes back with a vengeance in this first book in the new series The Infernal Devices.

Set once again in the world of Shadow Hunters this story begins in Victorian England. Still a dark and twisted romp through an urban area, just a bit in the past. The world building is even more fantastic than the last series if that is even possible.

Clare has a penchant for writing swoon worthy boys in novels. Edward Cullen who? Move over pasty guy. There are two not one, yes count them two, avenging angels that are going to press all your right literary buttons. I am torn between my love for Will and Jem, but I think I am pulling a solid Team Will here.

Magnus makes an appearance or two and is still hilariously evocative.

The steam punk people are so exciting I was thinking of building one for myself! I rip roared through the streets of London on a horse, I walked across Black Friars Bridge at dark, I smelled the rot of the Thames and I fell in love. Who doesn't want to do all that?

If you ask me "Pam darling, are you gushing?", I would have to answer "Why, yes I do believe I am, how uncharacteristic of me".

Seriously folks this is the big YA hit of the fall. Read it, really, just read it.
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When I was first introduced to the author of this novella, I thought I had a real nut case on my hands. Well...Becca Moree is not a nutcase but she definitely is one hell of a writer. This book is out of the norm with a great advantage, no one dared to write about what she did. Dark Carnivals, Death, Torture and Sex. It is all what the public was looking for and more. Brett's roughly honed nature with a bit of a sympathetic air starts out this thriller, he is telling us about himself. "Well hello there hunk o' burnin love." That is what I said when I saw the cover. Yeah, wow not even a chapter in and I was hooked. Accept for the clown's and bloody teasers I kept seeing on my web feed. But that is another story. In comes evil, pure torturous, hold nothing back macabre. Charlee ends up right in the middle of hell. We wonder if there is more to this story??? You bet there is! This is where the whole series begins for the FaeTal warriors. Will they show us their good deeds or will they be part of the Carnival of Darkness? This book was extremely well written and executed, flawless editing, a book cover to make the mildest of matrons feel like a hot hooker on a summer night. A must read! I mean really, this will be a #1.
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Absolutely fantastic bit of Victorian Gothic..loved every minute of it!