The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Writing a review of The Book Thief, I am burdened by a sense of “What’s the point?” This book has already received copious amounts of positive press; The New York Times, Kirkus, Horn Book, The Washington Post, and Publisher’s Weekly, among others, have given it glowing reviews. What insight can I really add to this…

Magic Man

Magic Man is the latest in a long series by Patricia Rice. The leads were engaging, but sometimes got lost in what seemed like a cast of thousands, and for those readers like me who haven’t read previously in this series, confusion reigned for some time until I was able to determine what was going…

Be Mine Tonight

There’s nothing really wrong with Be Mine Tonight, but there’s just nothing really great about it either. The first in a series of books featuring a band of 14th century warriors-turned-vampires, the author known for her historical romances turns a competent, if a bit uninspired, hand to paranormal romantic fiction with a bit of a…well,…

Celtic Fire by Joy Nash

Celtic Fire by Joy Nash

Romans and Druids and Ghosts – oh my! Celtic Fire takes place in 117 A.D. Britannia. While the south of England is settled, the Roman conquerors are still fighting the blue-faced Celts along what would later become Hadrian’s Wall. Against this backdrop Joy Nash weaves a seemingly impossible romance between a Roman commander and a…

My Demon’s Kiss by Lucy Blue

I like my vampire heroes to embrace their dark side, to accept their vampire nature, however, the hero of My Demon’s Kiss fights against his every step of the way, and for good reason, he viciously kills a friend immediately after becoming a vampire. The romanticized version of vampires is not present here, no sir….

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