Liviania’s review of Tangled Threads (Elemental Assassin, Book 4) by Jennifer Estep Urban Fantasy published by Pocket 26 Apr 11 I can’t decide if Jennifer Estep is spinning her wheels with Tangled Threads or not.  If it were a standalone novel, I would love it.  As it is, I feel like very few of the [...]

Liviania’s review of Shift (The Shifters, Book 5) by Rachel Vincent Paranormal romance published by MIRA 1 Mar 10 Sometimes I read other people’s reviews before I write mine, sometimes I don’t. This time I did. I found that a number of people hated the book because they’d enjoyed the first several but lamented Faythe’s [...]

Liviania’s review of Spider’s Bite (Elemental Assassin, Book 1) by Jennifer Estep Urban fantasy released by Pocket 26 Jan 2010 I love Jennifer Estep’s Bigtime series.  They’re funny and sweet romances.  Then she went and wrote a more traditional urban fantasy series, starring an assassin – one of my favorite character types.  I couldn’t resist [...]

Liviania’s retro review of Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase Historical romance released by Avon 1 Jan 1995, reprinted Dec 2007 While I’ve now been reading romances steadily for two years, I’m still new to the genre and catching up on the classics.  I read and enjoyed Loretta Chase’s Your Scandalous Ways, and I’ve seen [...]

Liviania’s review of Hero at Large by Janet Evanovich Contemporary romance released by Harper 30 Mar 2010 I love Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series.  Her other books have been more hit and miss for me, especially HarperCollins’s reprints of her old categories.  For the most part, Hero at Large is funny and entertaining.  In my [...]

Liviania’s review of The Darkest Passion (Lords of the Underworld, Book 5) by Gena Showalter Paranormal romance released by HQN 25 May 2010 Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld series, I’ve decided, are the literary equivalent of a summer blockbuster.  They contain exotic locales, gorgeous people, hunts for MacGuffins, and plenty of action.  They may [...]

Liviania’s review of On the Edge (The Edge, Book 1) by Ilona Andrews Urban fantasy released by Ace 29 Sept 2009 You can barely take two steps in the urban fantasy pond before hearing a recommendation for Ilona Andrews (the penname of the eponymous Andrews and her husband Gordon). I recently managed to pick up [...]

Liviania’s review of The Executive’s Pregnancy Ultimatum by Emilie Rose Contemporary romance released by Silhouette Desire 1 Feb 10 After limecello got onto me for reading specific titles she recommends by the author she likes instead of picking any book by the author, I pretty much chose to read The Executive’s Pregnancy Ultimatum by Emilie [...]

Liviania’s review of Lured by Lori Devoti Paranormal romance released by Nocturne Bites 1 Jan 10 I enjoyed Lori Devoti’s Unbound series and Amazon Ink, so I happily picked up Lured for more of the same.  Unfortunately, it wasn’t more but less.

Liviania’s review of Dream Stalker by Jenna Kernan Paranormal romance released by Silhouette Nocturne 1 Dec 09 Jenna Kernan gets bonus points for using Lakota mythology. As urban fantasy and paranormal romance have become more popular, authors have diversified their interests from vampires.  But Native American myths remain sadly underused, possibly because many of their [...]

Liviania’s review of Rage: A Love Story by Julie Anne Peters LGBTQ Young Adult released by Knopf Books for Young Readers 8 Sept 09 Julie Anne Peters is known for writing novels about LGBTQ teens.  While the main characters of Rage are lesbian or bisexual, it’s not a focus of the story.  Johanna and Reeve [...]

Liviania’s review of Ice Song by Kirsten Imani Kisai Science fiction/fantasy released by Del Rey 19 May 2009 Sybil quickly figured out that I enjoy stories that play with gender.  Many people are intrigued by what separates men and women, but I enjoy that separation even more when it’s illuminated by a blending of the [...]