REVIEW: Immortals: The Redeeming by Jennifer Ashley

September 19, 2008

Book CoverSandy M's review of Immortals: The Redeeming (Immortals, Book 5) by Jennifer Ashley
Contemporary Paranormal Romance published by Love Spell 26 Aug 08

This book ended up being quite anticlimactic for me. Over the first four books in the series when learning about Tain's horrible circumstances, learning about how Adrian has searched for 700 years for his baby brother, learning that perhaps Tain can't be saved when all is said and done, I knew, once it was announced there would be a book about Tain, that he would be saved, and though most of that takes place in The Gathering, I expected and anticipated more between these immortal demigod brothers in this book. Alas, for me it was not to be. Read more

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Written by Sandy M · Filed Under Review 

What a Week It Was!

August 10, 2008

SandyMWell, it's taken me a week to recuperate and get back into the swing of things since I got home from San Francisco.  Was it all worth it?  Damn straight!

I was supposed to be at the RWA National Conference as a writer.  I started writing only a year or so ago, so I was really looking forward to learning more about the craft.  But who was I trying to kid?  I was 99.9% reader in San Francisco.   I couldn't help myself.  Everywhere I looked were authors I'd been reading for years, authors who I just discovered, and even newer authors who I hadn't yet discovered while at the conference.   And the books!  You've all seen my TBR mountain.  You all know how bad my addiction is.  There was no way in hell anyone could have kept me away from the books in the city by the bay, no matter how they tried.  So while I did learn a little, I had a dream of a week just schmoozing and staring in awe the majority of the week. Read more

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REVIEW: Immortals: The Gathering by Jennifer Ashley

July 27, 2008

book coverSandy M's review of Immortals: The Gathering (Immortals, Book 4) by Jennifer Ashley
Contemporary paranormal romance released by Love Spell 28 Aug 07

I kept my hopes up that this book would bring the series together and be a satisfying pseudo ending for the first four books. I'm happy to say that my hopes were very highly rewarded. The action, romance, and emotion was perfect and we're left in just the right place for the next edition of the series, beginning with Tain's story, The Redeeming, due out next month.

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Review: Highlander Ever After by Jennifer Ashley

April 30, 2008

Highlander Ever After by Jennifer AshleySandy M's review of Highlander Ever After by Jennifer Ashley
Historical Paranormal Romance published by Leisure on 1 Apr 08

This is only my second book by Jennifer Ashley and I am fast becoming a fan. So far her heroes are leaders, larger than life, and wonderfully sexy, and her heroines are independent and witty. The romance between them is fiery and loving. Paranormal elements are thrown in to make reading so much more fun.
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Written by Sandy M · Filed Under Review 

Review: Immortals: The Calling by Jennifer Ashley

April 21, 2008

Immortals: The Calling by Jennifer AshleyShannon C.'s review of Immortals: The Calling (Book 1) by Jennifer Ashley
Contemporary paranormal romance released by Love Spell 1 May 07

I knew about the Immortals multi-author series by Jennifer Ashley, Robin T. Popp and Joy Nash for quite some time, but I've been hesitating to read the books for one major reason. I'm a geek, and in high school I used to play table-top role-playing games. My favorites were the games put out by White Wolf, which happen to have titles like "Vampire: The Masquerade," "Werewolf: The Apocalypse," or "Changeling: The Dreaming." Every time I saw the Immortals books featured somewhere, I invariably thought of those White Wolf games and I told myself that if I ever read them, I would invariably have to stop and ponder what clan, bloodline or gifts the characters would have.

Okay, so that's the lamest reason ever for being hesitant to try a new series. But I was intrigued by the shared world thing that these three authors have going, and I figured it would be a way to try a few new authors so that I could see if I'd like any of their books.

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DUCK FLASH: Romance Immortalized…

April 8, 2008

duckflashdarkjpeg.jpgThis just in...

Those sexy demigods are back. Love Spell's Immortals series is slated to begin again in the fall...