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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Made the Grade: ParaRealm Series, Book 1

Format: Kindle Edition | File Size: 447 KB | Release Date: March 2011 | Publisher: Tholden Press

"Fierce Dawn" [ParaRealm Series, Book 1] by Amber Scott

My Book Summary : When they were younger Sadie and her little sister, Heather, had to be the ones to make sure that everything was okay with their mother. Especially with her ramblings, non-legible journals, and antics that some days made them wonder if she should be in a loony bin or not. It also didn't help that there was no one who would voluntarily help them out.

Now years later, they've both have grown up and their lives have definitely changed ... or at least Sadie's has. Two years ago, after their mother past away, Sadie did somethings that were like her mother's antics, so much so that Heather now asks like a mother hen to Sadie now, controlling her every move. Sadie understands her sister's concern but things are getting better for her. She has a good job (even if it doesn't pay), a sweet friend, and she is agreeing to therapy. Plus, there is this really hot guy who visits her job a lot that she would love to meet. Things are good ... now if only Heather would see that.

However, Sadie is keeping a secret ..... she keeps having dreams of that hot guy that visits her job. And not only romantic ones either. Could this mean she is becoming more like her mother then ever before? Is she going to go crazy at any moment now?

And right when Sadie thinks she just might have gone crazy ... her world and everything she thought she knew gets turned upside down.

My Book Review : 3.8 out of 5 stars!!!!!!!!!!! This is an intriguing new series with a storyline that hooked me from the beginning. This series seems like a mixture of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series, the X-Men, and R. G. Alexander's Children of the Goddess series all wrapped up in a new different and exciting way!!

The characters are great to read, I loved the back stories and the twists that came along the way! I'm really curious as to what will happen next ... to Elijah's friends (new and old) and to Sadie's family. Also .... to see how/if Sadie's powers will grow!! I do hope that even though in the coming books in this series Sadie & Elijah will be secondary characters, I hope that they will still have decent size rolls in the series. Since my only problem with this novel was even though it ended really good, I still thought it ended too soon ... plus the cliff hanger (of sorts) in the epilogue really doesn't help much at all. =0/

Book Teaser(s) :
Elijah took in her visage and pulled back. "Sadie, I cannot keep kissing you."
"Wow. Um, you sure know how to make a girl feel special, Elijah." Sadie sat up, the pain gone. Embarrassed over her reaction, she tried to pretend she didn't know he saw her lust for him. "I didn't think we'd really practice playing boyfriend girlfriend. I mean, between being chased by immortals and watched by human haters, I think I can actually manage my family wondering who you are." ~ within Chapter 15

For more information on this book, series, and/or any other books by Amber, then please check out her Amazon Page.



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Let it slide, let your troubles fall behind you. Let it shine, until you feel it all around you. And I don't mind, if it's me you need to turn to.

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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Disappointmentville: Mystique Antiques Series, Novella 1

Format: Kindle Edition | File Size: 167 KB | Release Date: November 23, 2011 | Publisher: Tholden Press | Obtained: Amazon.com

"A Love Soul Deep" [Mystique Antiques Series, Novella 1] by Amber Scott

My Book Summary : Sara has been trying to move on from Crew, her boyfriend who has passed away quite a few years ago, for some time. However, since he invades her dreams every so often, which just makes her miss him even more, it's really hard for her to do so. Therefore, when she comes across a locket that has a picture of him inside of it, and then her dreams of him start to feel even more real, Sara starts to think that her love just might be able to bring him back ....

My Book Review : 2.5 out of 5 stars, this novella is clever, sweet, and very intense. I really liked the fantasy aspect of it, especially how just by wishing and her love Crew came back for short periods of time.

The only reason I didn't give this a better rating was because I wasn't happy with the way it ended and the plot itself got slow or annoying at times making me want to stop reading. However, like I said, I am glad I finished reading it since it was an interesting read.

I recommend this to anyone who likes a good fantasy read.

My Previous Review(s) for these Author : Fierce Dawn | Soul Search

Book Teaser(s) :
I got pegged as a tomboy, or worse, as just one of the guys.
Crew saw me as sultry. Deep. Enigmatic.
Stop! I had to stop allowing him to creep into my thoughts like some addict plotting how to get a fix. Crew was gone.
I was still alive and kicking. ~ within Chapter 4

For more information on this book, series, and/or any other books by Amber, then please check out her Amazon Page.



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Monday, November 21, 2011

Made the Grade: Soul Search by Amber Scott

- This is an ARC book - Available Formats through Amazon.com: Kindle Edition - File Size: 345 KB | Release Date: September 2011 | Publisher: Tholden Press | Obtained: Amber Scott

"Soul Search" by Amber Scott

My Book Summary : Based in the 1930 ...

Leigh is hoping to use her talents as a medium to help Beatrice and Beatrice's brother, Grant, find Beatrice's son, Tristan, who got kidnapped over three-years-ago and also as a way to get back home (in California) from a disastrous situation in Paris. Grant has been searching for his nephew ever since he was kidnapped and that night when his life changed by him being turned into a wolf shifter. However, he doesn't like his wolf-side since he always loses control and is unsure what happens when he shifts into it. That is until he meets Leigh, as something about her calls to his wolf-side.

Now they are all heading back to California, to where the kidnapping took place, in hopes they'll find out something helpful at the location and with Leigh. Nevertheless, during the journey, Leigh's life turns upside down when her "angel" begins a fascination to Grant and so does she (in a different way). Will this fascination get the better of her and throw off the investigation?? Or could it help them all in the long run?

However, it seems there is more to the kidnapping and Grant turning into a shifter then he originally thought. Will they be able to find Tristan before it's too late?

My Book Review : 3.5 out of 5 stars!! This is an intriguing story with a new twist on the "shifter" theme. Clever, mysterious, and captivating!! I really enjoyed reading about Grant---his past, the wolf inside him, his dealings with the supernatural world---and how deals with all of the changes to him and the things around him. Jacob is an interesting character because you barely know anything about him, and yet he is in the whole story as more of a main character than anyone else is, so you can never quite tell what he'll do next. The relationship that Leigh and Grant share is definitely unique for the time period, or at least it seems that way to me, which makes it all the more interesting.

I recommend this to anyone who is a fan of paranormal books based in an earlier time setting and/or to those who are fans of authors like: Amber Scott, Dana Marie Bell, or Sandra Edwards.

My Previous Review(s) for these Author : Fierce Dawn

Book Teaser(s) :
Teaser #1
He’d killed that man. No question there. No man could survive that bite. No matter how many times he remembered the stolen soul he’d set free, he’d killed a man. He’d ripped his throat out. Grant was a murderer. An animal. Maybe he’d saved that woman, too. Maybe two rights were worth the single, terrible wrong.
Jean-Paul had acquiesced.
This man hadn’t.
Grant didn’t even know his name. ~ within Chapter 13

For more information on this book and/or any other books by Amber, then please check out her website.



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Made the Grade: ParaRealm Series, Book 1

Disappointmentville: Mystique Antiques Series, Novella 1

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IBC's Bestseller for a Day [November 30th]: Soul Search by Amber Scott

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