This month, we're doing something a little bit different: we're showcasing the novella. I've come to really enjoy novellas in the past few years and we've decided to use this month to exclusively review novellas, since we don't often talk about them on the site.Novellas are great glimpses into a world you're already familiar with, as you'll see with some of the reviews we have coming up, but they're also an opportunity for an author to tell a story...
The Naturals is pitched as The Mentalist meets Pretty Little Liars, but personally I think that comparison is extremely inaccurate and deceiving. In my mind, The Naturals is better suited for fans of Barry Lyga's I Hunt Killers than the two aforementioned titles. Jennifer Lynn Barnes has written one of the most compelling thrillers/mysteries that I have read in ages and this is an incredibly fresh start to a new series. I am extremely impressed with The Naturals and I am extremely surprised that I enjoyed this book as much as I did.Between...
Today we have a guest post from Tiffany Allee, author of several paranormal romance novels. She's here today to celebrate the release of VAMPIRES GAMES, the fourth novella in her Otherworlder Enforcement Agency series.Please join me in welcoming Tiffany Allee to the blog, and make sure to stick around for the giveaway!------------------Top Five Most Fascinating Supernatural Dudesby Tiffany AlleeI don’t think that I’m alone in my love for the tough,...
This week we have a guest I'm really excited about: Skyla Dawn Cameron. She's been on my radar for a while thanks to Melissa at My World...in words and pages. (She runs a great blog and you should totally check it out.) She's organized a lovely tour for Ms. Cameron and her newly re-released Demons of Oblivion series and I'm thrilled to welcome her to the blog.Before you go any further, though, there's one little announcement. If you've never tried...
I discovered this series less than a year ago so I was able to devour the first four books, the novellas, and the spinoff pretty quickly. I'm almost caught up now, as I just finished GRAVE SECRET, which I was desperate to read after the end of KEEPING SECRET. I needed to know what kind of relationships Secret would maintain with the main men in her lives and what the next Horrible Thing would be. Well, in GRAVE SECRET, I got my answers to both but...
A while ago, I posted a recruitment post, looking for someone to replace our dear Helen. She isn't leaving completely, but life is forcing her to take a part-time reviewer status, thus the need to find a new member! After much thought, and chat with many of the applicants, our choice settled on Jon!We are convinced Jon's reviews will be right at home here on Team Tynga's Reviews and thought that the fact that he is a teenage boy will be an interesting...
The dystopian genre has been quite popular in the last couple of years, especially when it come to Young Adult books, but truthfully I haven't read many that are outside the YA subgroup. The After Trilogy (or series?) has frankly been a great discovery and I'm a big fan of the concept and the story. As an adult dystopian book, I think it's a nice change from the YA genre books that I'm used to reading, since it does allow for darker and more mature...
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!——————Hello you guys!There won't any vlog this week because I'm in no condition to...
Turns out even though Persephone grew-up as a slave, she was the long lost twin sister of the young King Finnus. Finding out brings its lot of trouble though and to save her life, as well as the one of her friends and her brother, she must set out on a foolish quest to discover the Pool of Genezing. There's only one problem though, no body knows if it really exist. When your very life is in the balance though, you are willing to take leaps of Faith!What...
Gypsy, High Fantasy, Historical, historical fiction, Maureen Fergus, Penguin, Publisher, Razorbill, Review, The Gypsy King, young adult
If you remember, SANCTUM by Sarah Fine was one of my favorite books ever of last year. Really, when it came to dark stories with a slow burn romance, it was number one. So, you can imagine my shock and extreme happiness when I learned that my name--little ole me--is in the acknowledgements section of book two, FRACTURED. This was an insane privilege that left me with happy tears in my eyes because it was completely unexpected. However, it made book...
I am super happy to have a fun giveaway for you today, to 'show that your quest for truth and justice will NEVER FADE'!Courtesy of Disney Book Group, one lucky winner will get a custom Never Fade t-shirt and a copy of Never Fade.Here's a bit more about the book :)The gripping and highly anticipated second installment in a dark YA trilogy about teens with dangerous powers on the run from the government.Ruby never asked for the abilities that...
Our guest this week is indie author Karen Greco. Her book, HELL'S BELLE, just got a snazzy new cover and she's on tour to promote her novel. Keep reading to find out what Karen does when she's not working on the HELL'S BELLE sequel and to enter the tour-wide giveaways for e-copies of the novel.When I am not writing, I am hanging out with my dog!This is Mercy. She's an adult Rottweiler--she was a rescue so we aren't sure her exact age. We guess she's...
Sad to say but this is probably my least favourite London Steampunk novel. It's written with McMaster's characteristic steam and action but I didn't like MY LADY QUICKSILVER nearly as much as KISS OF STEEL or HEART OF IRON. Don't get me wrong -- MY LADY QUICKSILVER is a good book but it didn't meet the admittedly high expectations I hold after reading the first two books in the series.Here's the good: McMaster takes us to a different side of her...
Rachel Caine never ceases to entertain me and this third book of her Revivialist series is no exception. It begins exactly where the previous book ended, with non-stop action and intrigue. Bryn and her gang friends are on the run, avoiding death and bullets from the Fontain Group, the group responsible for backing most of the funding for the creation of Returné, the drug that allows its users to more or less live forever. Right from the beginning of this series, I simply fell for Rachel Caine's take on zombies. I mean these aren't your typical...
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!——————Happy weekend everyone! Here are the books I got over the last few weeks. It...
This year we are lucky enough to celebrate Halloween with a bunch of amazing Harlequin authors! Specifically, Author Julie Kagawa, and her character Zeke are stopping by the blog! This sweet, tough, and disillusioned boy came over to tell us what's the 'Scariest part of being in love'. --------------"The scariest part of being in love? You mean...other then the fact that the girl I'm in love with happens to be a vampire?" *Laughs* "Well, to...
Oooh, the first trailer for Bitten, the Space Channel's adaptation of Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld series. I wasn't sold on Laura Vandervoort as Elena when I heard she was cast but the trailer has changed my mind. What do you thi...
