Reviews by Louise VanderVliet
This book is a part of a new-to-me series and I really anticipated reading the others in the series. Unless they are very different, I am afraid that after reading this one, I will pass on that. Damien is a Cait Sith vampire and a hired assassin. All his immortal life he has strug ...
There are some books that are truly meant to be released in the summer. They are the ones frequently called “beach reading" that are fun, light, and the plot doesn’t require a lot of thought. Molly Harper’s The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires is the epitome of a beach read. ...
I think it is inevitable that with the coming of the Mayan calendar End Date that there will be more stories coming out that focus on that theme. It is strange when a series that is established on Greek Mythology starts to weave in Mayan Mythology. Fortunately, for Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunter ...
When I think of a Medieval romance, I think of Knights and Damsels in distress. Usually, there is a bit of chivalry and a dragon – real or metaphorical – to slay. In that sense, Deception really didn’t seem to be a typical Medieval romance to me as it had none of those things in it.Kieran ...
C+
Have you ever wondered what would happen if Dracula and Frankenstein were to meet? Apparently, Jeaniene Frost did. As such, she created a love story with Dracula and a young woman with powers similar to Frankenstein and threw them together to see what would happen.Vlad Tepesh is Dracula. The v ...
B+
Sometimes when you are reading a book, it just happens. Everything clicks perfectly into place and the book works for you. For me, My Lady Mage worked nearly perfectly. Merewen is a young woman living under the tyrannical rule of her Uncle in the magical land of Agathia. Desper ...
It must be very hard to write a follow-up for an author when their debut novel is amazing. While Alliance Forged was not as good as Vengeance Born, it is still a great addition to the Light Blade series. Varian is the leader of the half human, half demon group of outcasts known as ...
B+
I never heard of Larissa Ione until I agreed to read this book, and wow! I must have been living under a rock to miss this author. What a great imagination Ione has and she really brings a sense of “normalcy” to these paranormal characters. To start off, I would not recommend r ...
Never has a book been so aptly named. Lady Amelia’s Mess and a Half is a mess and a half. Jake Hillary has been in love with Lady Amelia since he first laid eyes on her. But nasty friends and bitter rivals intervened and separated the two love birds. Instead of marrying Jake, h ...