Here i thought Anya couldn't top Shifter Squad 6.....WRONG!!!
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OMG this story just never stops!  The intrigue, the danger, the love and heartbreak. This is one crazy plot and the characters, WOW. It's not a book that is easily put down!

Slade makes werebear Dice an offer he can't refuse. He puts him in charge of a squadron of misfits that have literally been tossed out of everywhere. Dice swears they are crazy, a bunch of psychoes but if it means being reunited Meredith, the love of his life, who he thought he had lost 5 yrs ago, he will do anything!!!

They are given one night of sizzling passion together before Meredith has to be returned to the enemy. Such heartbreak!

Meanwhile Dive has to whip this ragtag group of misfits into some sort of a team while Meredith holds up at her end surrounded by brutal werewolves. Throughout this tale, Dice never stops thinking of her, hoping to find her.

I really detested his commander, Slade. It's no wonder that Dice wanted a piece of him!

I won't tell you anything more except that this book just HAS to be read! Be prepared though because you just won't be able to put it down!

I am voluntarily reviewing this book after receiving an advanced reader copy of it. Anya, you rocked this one!!!
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While I liked the first book and #2 was pretty good, book 3 has really turned me off.  Why?  Because it lacks logic.  Vampires that have been around forever and have spies everywhere all of a sudden can't figure out the most basic problem without her?  Okaaay.  Werewolves who have been around forever and have known how to handle their lives suddenly need her to take care of them?  Really?  Even the USA government..HOmeland Security, CIA, FBI can't function without her?  Come on.  Even fantacy stories need to make some kind of sense.  Also do not like her passive behavior to authority and her so called honey.  Too bad...cuz this original idea had good possibilities.
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Oh, man. Dakh's a hot mess, isn't he? He's totally clueless when it comes to humans and the madness eating away at his mind has a good hold on him. When he snatched Sasha during the rescue, I wasn't sure how he was going to get an injured, wary woman to see him as more than one of the creatures who's been terrorizing her world.

But he does. Eventually. Honestly, the poor guy is so lost it takes him a while to catch on that human women aren't like drakoni women. Let's just say there's a pretty steep learning curve and leave it at that.

Given Sasha's past interactions with men, her learning curve is even steeper than most, I'd say. The woman is guarded.

Things we did find out: There's more to the dragons' stories than we've seen. Kael was able to piece together some of why the dragons were acting the way they were, but his memory is spotty. Dakh's is also a little holey, but when you start putting together all the little pieces Sasha and Claudia have gleaned, you get to see a bigger picture. And then there's an intentionally vague big thing that happened. We get some answers that pose more questions.

*slow thumbs up*

Bottom line - I'm always down for more crazy dragon goodness. Even when they're really lost and have no clue what's going on. Or maybe especially when they're like that.

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
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I found that Anya for someone so unaware of men drooling over her, she has a lot of confidence, almost to the point of conceit, the way she talks about how hot she is while casually gazing at herself in a window reflection lol

Second...for someone so reserved about her feelings towards Knight and feeling as though she should "run far" she has no problem calling him honey? Lol during their first encounter at his house...

Third...The leading man should NOT smoke...really...EW

And last but certainly not least, Knight, for someone so smart and successful, he sounds like a meathead when he speaks...

Oh by the way babe, I'm a pimp...
OK Honey...

Book needs some serious editing!!!
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After waiting for like, a year and a half for this book to finally be done & released... I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed. I had quite a few unanswered questions from the last book (that ended in a *huge* cliffhanger) and almost none of them were answered in this book and left me even more confused. It felt almost as if someone who was only vaguely aquainted with these characters wrote this book. I am still lookin forward to what is supposed to be the last book in this series and I'm curious to see how it ends. This book doesn't do  the series justice. **SPOILERS AHEAD** for those who would like more detailed explainatons.

This book starts with Tals & Erik having not communicated with one another for a month despite being able to use their mental connection. At first she didn't want Erik to see her that way and then he gave up trying not long after and kept her blocked. WHAT?!!? After everything they have been through together and as strong as their love is... I can't believe that at all! Oh, and there's no mention of where the #$% Erik was while Talia was beng carted away screaming his name at the end of Unforgettable. Seriously, I was sad & angry foor days after that ending and you're not even going to address it?? The Erik I've come to know would have fought tooth & nail. As unstable as he is, what kept HIM from bringing that place down? We've seen him react epically to much lesser things.

Penny hasn't seemed to have talked to Talia any, either! And again, no mention of her vision that sent Talia to prison peacefully.

At varying points, either Erik or Talia have information that are key pieces of the plot but never share that info with one another, like that Victoria voted to kill prisoners, including Talia, or that Anya may have set Talia up. I know there's a lot going on, but these are important things that could threaten your significant other's life. You would make time to tell them!

I've been waiting through release dates being set back 4 or 5 times. I finally have more Talia & Erik, right! No. Besides saying I love you to each other mentally once or twice, they aren't together until almost 90% of the way through the book. They spend a night together and then BAM, book over. :( :(

I knew who was behind The Privileged from the beginning and I didn't find that storyline surprising or super interesting. I am wondering how Gretchen has been running this organization for 10+ years and if/why it was seperate from Mac's. We do meet back up with Kenly & James and I hope we get to find out what they've been up to in another Kenly book.
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And that half would be in generosity ONLY because I have been a MAJOR fan from the beginning and because the ending still gives Harris room to redeem herself!!!
*spolier alert*

I've been Team Eric from the start, but I don't even write as a fan who's fav character isn't going to end up with the heroine, I write as a fan who's characters have been BUTCHERED!!!!!!

Where did Eric go, and who is the empty shell/rude and unforgiveable/ needy and helpless ghost of a vamp you have replaced him with???? After over 1000 years and 11 books worth of developing his character, she REALLY took him apart!!!
Sookie, where to begin?? The ONLY reason I was still reading the books is because I was not faced with the heroine of True Blood who one minute is screaming about something, then whining about things not going her way, then refusing to face the problems in her life and blaming the result on everyone else around her and doesn't even care enough about anything outside herself to feel bad about killing people. I understand that she has been through life-changing situations in the last few books, but even the essence of who she is is not there anymore... The emotional wreck got to me the, most...The scene where she thinks Sam has gone and married the were and she LITERALLY EXPLODES I was like huh???? Then when she burst into tears I was like ok Harris you're losing me!
Alcide, i KNOW he has changed A LOT since he became packmaster, but in her bed though??? I mean COME ON??? Surely Harris, shouldn't the core of these characters remain the same, this read like completely new people we'd never met, not characters we'd grown with and loved!

The icing on the cake though was we got to spend A LOT of time with individuals that we did not even care about... Jane Bodehouse, JB's parents, Officers in Shreveport (for a storyline that could have been ommitted and it wouldn't change the book much) We got more questions that probably won't ever be answered such as why did Claude curse Dermot, then suggest the cure? How did he get away from Niall who was suspecting him pf the curse? Why would he alter himself to exist with humans, when he had been working to overthrow Niall all the while? Why did Freyda go to see Sookie? How long has she been communicating with Eric? What was the point of the writer coming to Sookie's house with the parents? Was there another vampire at Sup bar in shreveport? What was the point of telling us about the were and the vamp who are dating? What were the fae plotting? What is so bad about Bellenos that even got a reaction from Niall?

The cherry on top though, was, it felt like Harris was setting it up to show us that the only constantly good thing that has been in Sookie's life has been Sam... All of a sudden she realizes that they're best buds and she is almost having a nervous breakdown because she thinks he's married and the best birthday gift came from him when previously he's only gotten 3 minutes of fame (if that)!!!! I'd rather she gave us Quinn as the potential see where it goes... Sam is just a comp out and an insult to my reading all 12 books the last 2 of which have been rip-off!!!

I miss the carefree, entertaining, can't-wait-for-next-May-to-see-what-happens-next books that we got until (maybe) book 10 and that's a STRONG maybe!

I hope she saves face even if its not a Sookie-Eric HEA I'll take my favorite joire de vivre Sheriff/Viking/doesn'ttakecrapfromanyoneandisuberSCARY yet you CAN'T help but love him GORGEOUS Vamp!
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Love the concept of this series but author doesn't know where she's going with it. I'm writing this review for all three books out so far.....so spoiler alert!!

I like Lexie and her spunky personality. She's tuff but a sweetheart at the same time. Would do anything for those she loves.

The guys... while we had swoon worthy moments in this book, we also had ones that made me want to smack them upside the head. They weren't consistent with her safety at all through this one. One minute it's "don't  do ghost work with out one of us" and the the next, sending her to do it on her own. What the??

Not to mention, Miles sending her, a lone girl at night to a empty airport to get his bag?? Real smart. He has 4 guy friends he could have asked.

I'm also still mad at the guys from the last book that had bitchy girlfriends. Especially Asher. He was my favorite until he gave Trisha TWO more chances after knowing what she did to Lexie. A FAMILY member. Made me sick he and the others even concider still being with them, nevermind Lexie being so forgiving. They shouldn't have wanted anything to do with someone treating Lexie and Miles that way. Ugh!!  K. Had to get that off my chest. My love and respect for the guys went wayyyyy down after that one.
Oh, and also Asher had to be the one to tell Trisha about Lexie's family situation. Because Trish knew about her mother in rehab and that her father passed. She used the info to hurt Lexie. But she shouldn't have know in the first place. That pissed me off!! Good one Asher. Sooo not your place.

The whole paranormal aspect was almost none existent in this third book. It was brushed under the rug and hardly mentioned at all. The urgency of the last book was all the sudden gone. Okay??

I was glad to see her relationships with some of the guys move along. But it was ruined from the assault at the end. I think it broke Lexie and she'll never be the same. So unnecessary for the story to take that turn. It ruined what she built with the guys and their relationships. I don't see the author fixing this one. Unless of course she deletes her memory of the assault like in the last book. But whatever. Authors not very constant with things. I really thought we were going to see her use her powers more....like have the ghosts help her find her stalker or....Something!!

I also couldn't believe that they thought it was Dylan. Come on guys!! He lives an hour away and couldn't have done the things he did during school hours if he didn't go to her school. No one questioned that. It was also completely unnecessary to make him like a second stalker. Just way too much and over the top for this story.

My last rant is her use of the word "Honey" or "Hon" UGH!! She's 17 not a 50 year old. I seriously cringed whenever she used it. And she used it a LOT!!

Over all I liked the story except what I've already mentioned. But not sure if I'll ready anymore from this series. Author has a lot of potential but she's not there yet. And the price of these books is way to high when they're not edited very well.
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Oh My!! Chosen by a Dragon is a GREAT DISSAPPOINTMENT!!
Leonidas Smoke is the second born of the dragon Princes of the House of Smoke and he must find a mate that will love him and bare his baby dragonling. Its his turn, his brother Lucian has done is part. Has mated and had Larik a baby dragonling.

Enters the dormant which Rosalyn Thorne her magical powers don't work because her and her mother have been hexed. They are referred to as the hedgewitches that live outside of a coven. Isadora Thorn had sex with a shifter and was thrown out of the coven that she and her daughter belong too. Which happens to be her daughter Rosalyn's fathers coven.

The reason I dislike this story so much was the way the characters are written. Rosalyn runs a shop Thorns and All that is suppose to sale magical portions and artifacts, etc. She will barter the use of her body sex for services she needs. She had sex with a construction worker to get shelves built. She is trash and in my opinion nothing more then a prostitute. She tries to trap Leonidas more then once to obtain his blood to sale. Hoping that this will enable her and her mother to becomes members of a coven again an regain there magical powers.

Leonidas is weak nothing like an Alpha male. He is worst then is brother Lucian who is now the King of the Dragaons. At least Lucian has an excellently written mate and now Queen in Arabella Sharp. But Rosalyn is stupid and has nothing good in her to recommend her!!

This is a BIG Disappointment of a story in the Fallen Immortal series!!
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OK, Hassan was so dirty! I'm not sure why Destiney let him play her. She never had to hire a PI to tell what she already knew. She should have went with her gut and cut! Now she done kidnapped the whore, she is really tripping! I need her to get a grip, but she done got duct tape! She's really messing herself up for this lowlife. She gonna need her husband for a lawyer
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I didn't really enjoy this book at all. For me, it is a complete turn-off for Anya to call Knight daddy while they are having sex. Just not comfortable at all ....ewwww! I tried to like this book so much but to find out what  knight really did for a living... just don't feel happy with the storyline morally and for Anya to just accept it seems so far fetched. I normally love all of kristen Ashley's work so for me to rate this so low was out if the ordinary. Hope her next book is back on track and up to her usual high standards.
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I have to say this book did not live up to the potential that the series made it out to be. I was pretty let down with this book... each book had a great cliffhanger which made you believe that the last book would go out with a bang... but to me it felt like a slow leak in a balloon.

It was very easy to follow that is not were the author left me... it was were the ending left me feel like... did I miss something?!?! I mean everything lead up to the one breathtaking  moment and its like the author pop my bubble. It was all over and I was like... that it really?!?! I wanted it to go out with a bang and just two  sentences and it was over!?!!!

I just was shocked that she didn't have anything else planned for the duchess, the King, or anyone of the royals. I still would suggest this series to anyone, but be prepared for a huge let down!

I will say that I love the story and how it makes us think what could happen when we look at people differently and belittle them for their difference. We are one step closer to enslaving them or think of them as "it or things" One thing we should learn from this book is to embrace everyone.
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I read the first book Sterling a few years ago, after it had been on my TBR forever. For some reason I've dragged my feet on continuing with this series. When I had the opportunity to review the audio, SCORE, figured perfect time to get back to this series.

I will admit, I found myself bored with this book. Many times I found myself thinking where is this all going?

There were a few things that I liked...ONE being Logan Cross. :-) I liked his character but I'm still confused as to what a "chitah" is. We get bits of pieces of info about Logan and him being a chitah but not enough. He has some shifter/cat like qualities but isn't a shifter.

Some issues: The humor in this book seemed forced and really wasn't funny because of it. Which sucks because I remember Sterling (book 1) being funny.  Also for an "urban fantasy" book there really wasn't any action to speak of. A few small fight scenes but there was a lot of other stuff that supersedes the action. Twist is also primarily told in Silver's POV but twice we randomly got the POV of Knox. Why? It was just so weird. I also just kept assuming that Silver would end up with Justus or even Simon...hell Adam but now a new guy? Granted I liked Logan's addition but I would have been okay with Silver hooking up or ending up with either of those guys. Also there's nothing but DUDES showing up and being added to the roster. Can there be any woman in this crew?

Overall, I had a hard time staying focused on this one. I really just wanted to be finished with it so I can move on to another audio. And the fact that there was really no closure at the end of the book didn't sit well either. :-/

**Please not I listened to this book via audio.

Narrator: Nicole Poole's narration was decent enough. I found myself liking her at times and NOT liking her at other times. Some of the accents that she tried just didn't come out right to me, the Italian accent from Marco sounded kind of comical. Overall, her voice reminded me of  Justine O' Keef the narrator of the Sinners on Tour series by Olivia Cunning.
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I have never written a book review before but this book was so bad that I had to warn people to save their money. I liked all of TS wolf shifter books so I expected this book to be compareable. I was highly disappointed. I have been struggling to finish this book for days when I usually finish all books within two days. Kat seems too accepting of the fact that she's changed, Maya is 30yo but acts like an 8yo with the way she acts and thinks. "I want a sister"... she sounds dumb. Connor has no personality but then again neither does Kat or Maya. Also the woman on the cover with her short blonde hair looks like the Kat from the beginning of the book in the first scene, not the Kat from the whole book who has dark curly hair. Obviously not thought through. If you want a good shifter series, I suggest Nalini Singh. Read those in order it takes the first two books to understand everything but books 3, 8and 10 are my favorites.
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How did we end up here?

It's the third book in the series and it would appear I'm developing a liking for PNR smut.  I'll take it.

Okay, book.  You've got fifty pages.  Go!

I'm watching Riley quickly de-evolve into this unlikable super snatch and it's kind of cranking my ass.  Since I could read the book in a sitting I'm just going to follow through until the end.  Plus I've come this far so why not?

What worked . . .

The last third or so of the book was its own redemption, really.  I finally got to see the old Riley back, with super awesome powers of awesomeness, of course.  That everyone's so incredibly jealous of and makes all manner of guy want to bang her and whatever.  But really, the kicker, was the introduction of new creatures and this organization that polices the supernatural world when s*** gets out of hand.  Jasper sucked me right back in and while I'm pretty much over Riley and her uncanny ability to get every guy in the world slathering over her I want to know more about this greater world that's opening up.  Namely angels.  It got me good.  Timing is everything and all that.

Plus Jasper that this rather awesome ability to loop interesting back into an otherwise uninteresting moment in the story.  Since a solid chunk of the book was just Riley bitchifying Jasper kept little things happening, even if ti was just Riley losing her mind yet again.  It was enough for me in the context of the greater story arc.  I guess I just like her writing.  Not the greatest in the world, as I've said before, but it hits me right.  I really don't have a good explanation for it.

What didn't work . . .

EVENTIDE is the book that sees Riley change into a mega bitch and, quite frankly, it goes on for a bit longer than it's welcome.  At first she just started off a bit cranky but then she just got nasty and I really didn't like being in her head.  It was just a rancid place to be and I think this part of the story would have been better off being told from the points of view of the people around her.  You already knew what was happening to her and Riley was about as deep as a puddle in this one so it's not like her inner thoughts offered much insight so why not get out of her head completely?  I think the story would have been more enjoyable that way.

In EVERDARK the chapters were prefaced by snippets from Riley, a commentary about something to come in the chapter itself.  In EVENTIDE they were blurbs from other characters about Riley and it felt like a cheap interview on plastic furniture had just been conducted.  They were annoying and ultimately useless to the greater story.  Maybe because they were so Riley-centric that they really got on my nerves, as if the characters only feel in terms of Riley.  At this point the world is starting to revolve around her and I'm kind of over it.

And her relationship with Victorian was just . . . weird.  It somewhat served a purpose in this book but at this point he's just a creep.  A creep that Riley warms up to.  Weird.  I hope it's fleshed out in later books, and not necessarily that way either.

And in the end . . .

I already have the fourth book on my Goodreads WANT list.  I can't help it.  I want to keep coming back.  It's like an addiction.  Although I have a feeling this might be the make or break book.  If I don't enjoy it I'll probably stop reading the series.  There isn't enough sex to keep me entertained and Riley really isn't my friend anymore so it's going to come down to the world but I'm still interested in seeing how it pans out.
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I have LOVED this series since I read the first book....No Turning Back.... I said it once and I will stand by it this book is a definite must read.... But right now I'm so Blankedy Blankedy Pissed off at Blane Kirk it is NOT even funny....Not one little bit!!!

I knew from the first book Kat should have chose Kade...and I hope she realizes it at some point!!! he LOVES for all her faults and quirks and doesn't believe for one second she is helpless....

Why keep letting Blane get away with his stupidity is just beyond me.... Let Kade have a chance at making her happy!!! Please Tiffany Please I want to see them stick to Blane and his Holier than Thou attitude!!!!

Not to mention Senator Keaston Needs to get his in this next book too!!! I couldn't stand him the first time he showed up and definitely couldn't stand him this go around....

Do I reccomend Hell Yes I do!!!!
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The Novellas should have been made into one complete book instead of the short ones they are in currently. The story itself is brutal and it makes you wonder how anyone can survive such a horrible and traumatic event such as Juliette suffered. I also don't know why she didn't have a better plan than becoming a dancer at Dornans club. She had six years to formulate her revenge and I think the plan should have been better formulated than what She did. How she was ever able to become Dornans mistress after what he and his sons raped and beat her was just stupid and not believable in my opinion and once inside the inner circle she had no real plan as to how she was going to kill all the offenders. Thank goodness for Elliot!!! Juliette was so lucky to have him and she put him and his family in so much danger which was selfish. My thoughts on Jase is that he was really weak. He really didn't cut it for me even though he joined the DEA to get his father I didn't think he did enough to avenge the young girl he was supposed to love. Even at the end when he faces Dornan he walks straight into a bullet leaving Juliette to deal with Dornan AGAIN. I much preferred Elliot who sacrificed his life for Juliette only to not end up with her.
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The book started off okay for me.  I liked Callie from the previous books, and I even liked the twins, her two mates in the book. But I was eagerly awaiting the part in the book where she finds her backbone, where she learns to stand up for herself and her beliefs.  However, apparently I was bound to be disappointed.  But the book started to go downhill for me when she pretty much cut off contact with Cadence, her best friend from previous books.  I understood her wanting to leave her Pack, but to totally write-off her friends in the process?? But I ignored that and continued to trudge forward through the book.  My thinking was that maybe she just wanted to get used to her new circumstances, her new life, her new mates, etc. before she opened up to her longtime best friend.  Then we built up to the planning of the wedding....and then I really got pissed off!  I mean, really?!  We act like we could care less if our best friend comes to the wedding or not, we don't have her as a matron of honor (instead choosing to let someone she just met do it)!  She seemed to want to lump Cadence in with everyone who 'did her wrong' from her previous Pack!  Not only did Cadence stand up for her her whole LIFE, but in the beginning of this book she refused to punish Callie along with the rest of the females in the Pack, which led to her being forced to submit to her husband in public (an Alpha werewolf thing)!  And sure, Cadence had a scene where she made a comment about how Callie was supposed to be miserable by now so she would come back to the Pack - but it was NOT done with malicious intent....she was simply missing her best friend!  I was tempted to stop reading it right there, but I continued in the hopes that they would reconcile - and expecting it in fact!  Didn't happen.  In fact, I was sooo mad at the end, where Callie has the nerve to refer to Cades as being 'like a sister' - even though she just threw their friendship down the crapper!  I understand people changing, but when you have a die-hard friend like that, you shouldn't dump the whole relationship because you got married!  And the twins were WAY to eager for her to write it off - to have her cut ties with everything and everyone in her previous life.  I was so mad I could scream!!  What a 'B' of a friend!!  Cades is better off without her, the ungrateful little pup!!  Tempted to not read anymore of the series after this!!