La Crimson Femme
- a day ago
Review: Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston @ShelLaurenston
★★★★ @ShelLaurenston #BiteMe #Bookreview #Hilarious A recent sale for this wonderfully funny book moved this book from #1480 in my TBR to #1. Since I added this book back in January 2014, it is a shame it has taken me a bit over 7.5 years to get to it. I wish I started reading Ms. Laurenston immediately when I first learned of her so many years ago. I picked this one up because it is about Livy and there was a 99 cent sale on it this last week on Amazon in the States. Livy
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La Crimson Femme
- 2 days ago
Review: The Handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood
★★★★ #ThrowbackReview #Bookreview #Political Years ago, I read book because it is on the feminist must read list. Yes, there is a list and there is a manifesto somewhere too. As a new wave feminist, I roared with my sisters and read this book with much chest thumping. As I look back now almost 2 decades later, I cringe at the idealist narrowminded feminazi that I was at the time. Looking back at this book, I say the rating stands because it was at the stage where I was cha
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La Crimson Femme
- 3 days ago
Review: Shifters and Glyphs by Christina Bauer
★★★★ @CB_Bauer #NetGalley #ShiftersandGlyphs #Bookreview From the imaginative mind of Ms. Bauer, comes another unique paranormal fantasy series. Once again, my only lament is, where was Ms. Bauer when I was a young teenager, looking for books to read? This new series, Fairy Tales of the Magicorum is a darker look and feel for those who like Mercedes Lackey's Five Hundred Kingdom series. Once again, I picked up the series midway and it is easy to follow and enjoy. This can b
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La Crimson Femme
- 4 days ago
Review: Demons of the Flame Sea by Jean Johnson
★★★ @JeanJAuthor #DemonsoftheFlameSea #bookreview #NetGalley This review is a long time coming and apologies to the author for taking essentially 5 years to get to this book. Ms. Johnson writes fantasy books that are more plot driven than romance driven. I like this about her books. Specifically, I like book where the characters are in a new world and trying to build alliances as well as creating a new settlement. This series is taking a bit of many things I like and blend
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La Crimson Femme
- 5 days ago
Review: The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill
★★★★ @chloeneill #TheBrightandBreakingSea #bookreview This book was on my TBR pile and I finally dived into it. Let's just say, I went in totally cold and forgot why I put this on my list as well as which author wrote. The first two chapters confused me greatly because I had this mixed with another author and series. I had to go look at the blurb and then verify that I didn't miss reading a book before going back to the book. If you are a bit lost when you first read this
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La Crimson Femme
- 6 days ago
Review: Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
★★★★ #ThrowbackReview #MagicsPrice #ShouldBeNetflixSeries The conclusion to this trilogy is shows the amazing character growth Vanyel makes through the years. This book can not be read out of order. This series must be read in the order it was written for the full experience and enjoyment. I read this book decades ago and to this day I still love it. Recently, I pulled this book out again and re-read it because it was so well written and ahead of its time. This is a book
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La Crimson Femme
- Jun 6
Review: Pixieland Diaries by Christina Bauer
★★ #PixielandDiaries #Netgalley Finally starting a series at the beginning instead of the middle with Ms. Bauer, I'm thinking this series is not written for people like me. The writing style of breaking through the 4th wall (see this blog post) even if it is through a Diary entry doesn't work for me. I don't like it. I suffered through each diary entry to get to the action. My main issue with Diary entry style writing is that there is too much talking and not enough action.
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La Crimson Femme
- Jun 5
Review: Mona Lisa Awakening by Sunny
★★★ #ThrowbackReview When this book first came out, I was so excited. This was still back pre-GoodReads days and there were not that many good paranormal stories out yet. This started out promising yet ended up fizzing out for me. Not because the author quit writing, but because it felt too much like taking other author's creativity and patching it together into her own. For those who have read Anne Rice's vampire series, Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry series and Anne B
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La Crimson Femme
- Jun 4
Review: The Dark Lands by Christina Bauer
★★★ ½ @CB_Bauer #BookReview #TheDarkLands #NetGalley Demons, Angels and Shifters oh my. . . diving into the middle of this series, I quickly came up to speed. Ms. Bauer creates many different types of worlds and each of them are unique if a bit dark. Usually YA books make me want to run away from them. When it comes to Ms. Bauer, I only wish one thing. That she was writing these books over 30 years ago when I was a teenager, looking for great sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal books.
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La Crimson Femme
- Jun 3
Review: Guild Boss by Jayne Castle
★★★★ ½ @JayneAnnKrentz #GuildBoss #NetGalley #Bookreview #MustRead Everything I hoped for in the latest Harmony novel showed up in Guild Boss. There is romance, mystery, danger, sexy times and above all else, a dust bunny. Never underestimate the draw of a dust bunny. Otis nearly steals the show in this book. I just adore him and wish I had my own little dust bunny buddy. Returning back to this world, we are in Illusion Town where Lucy, a weather psychic is caught up in
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La Crimson Femme
- Jun 2
Review: Rebel's Karma by Rebecca Zanetti
★★★★ ½ @RebeccaZanetti.books Benjamin's story is finally here. BENNY! He is the logistics guy. I like him because he's the one who gets things to where it needs to be and he's the one who finds and creates their secret hideouts. This latest book is a turning point for many in this universe. I'm not sure how Ms. Zanetti will be resolving these pretty major conflicts between the different supes. From my perspective, the Kurjans are clearly bad guys. I cannot fathom it any
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La Crimson Femme
- Jun 1
Review: Cast in Conflict by Michelle Sagara
★★★★ ½ @msagara #CastinConflict @edelweiss_squad #bookreview Kaylin is back and she takes on yet another death defying mission. Into the heart of Ravellon, she finds something completely unexpected. This latest book in the series is yet another epic quest with danger and heartbreak. Just how much has been lost with the battle with the Shadow? What is it that causes Shadow? I'm still in the dark about it (no pun intended). This story is as much Kaylins as it is Bellusdeo
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