Book Review
of Shades of Gray, book one;
Shades of Desire, book two;
and
Shades of Blood, book three
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Blurb
:
Shades of
Gray
Book One
By L.M.
Pruitt
Jude
Magdalyn Henries lives what many would call an unconventional life.
Orphaned at
birth, raised by nuns, a teenage runaway living on the streets... she now earns
a living at odd jobs, including one as a fake tarot card reader. Very little
about Jude's life appears normal, by any scale.
When she
accepts a gig to do a private reading, unconventional takes on an entirely new
meaning. Life as she knows it ends when she's thrust into a world she never
knew existed-one filled with magic, vampires, and her beloved New Orleans on
the verge of an underground war.
To make
matters worse, she's got two men in her life vying for attention, Williams and
Theo. Both call to a different part of her, but one scares her just a little
bit.
Can she step
up to the challenges set before her and make the right choices for the
greatergreater good?
Shades of
Desire
By L.M.
Pruitt
Blurb
All I wanted
was a little peace and quiet.
Instead,
I've got dead Covenant members and a steady stream of letters from the new guy
in town. His beverage of choice? A 2002 Merlot, with a shot or two of powerful
virgin blood.
On top of
that, I'm breaking in a new police liaison, failing at playing matchmaker, and fighting
nausea like it's a full time job. All I wanted was a little peace and quiet.
Instead,
I've got dead Covenant members and a steady stream of letters from the new guy
in town. His beverage of choice? A 2002 Merlot, with a shot or two of powerful
virgin blood.
On top of
that, I'm breaking in a new police liaison, failing at playing matchmaker, and
fighting nausea like it's a full time job.
Did I forget
to mention that I've also got enough girls living at the Crossroads to start my
own boarding school?
Peace and
quiet? Out the window.
--Jude
Magdalyn Henries
Shades of
Blood
Book 3
If it's not
one thing, it's another.
Felipe, one
of New Orleans's most infamous—and crazy--vampires is back in town. And to say
he's unhappy is an understatement.
Duprees and
Williams have to track down Felipe, fast, before he claims any more victims. If
that means making a deal with the Devil--otherwise known as St. Germaine--and
using an untrained dhampir, so be it.
If that
wasn't enough, I've also got rebellious teenagers, feuding couples, and a
suddenly full social calendar.
The more
things change....
About the
Author:
L.M. Pruitt has been reading and writing for as long as she can
remember. A native of Florida with a love of New Orleans, she has the uncanny
ability to find humor in most things and would probably kill a plastic plant.
She is the author of the Jude Magdalyn Series as well as New Moon Rising,
featuring Cari Gravier, and Taken, featuring Frankie Post. She is currently at
work on the next book in the Moon Rising series, Harvest Moon Rising, due out
April 2012. Ms. Pruitt makes her home in Florida with two cats--one smart, the
other not so much.
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Excerpt:
Shades of Desire
“If someone doesn’t get me a lemon in the next five
minutes, everyone will suffer. A lot.”
“Jude,
I love you. Which is why I can say you’re being just a little overdramatic.”
One look at my face and Theo changed his tune. “But then again, you could say
pregnancy is dramatic and you’re just getting into the groove.”
“Nice
save.” I tried to sit up again. Halfway through the upward movement greasy
waves of nausea rolled over me and I eased back down onto the pillow. Strands
of black hair clung to my sweaty face and I closed my eyes, exhaling slowly.
“Not as nice as that lemon would be right now, but nice.”
“Elizabeth
will be here in a moment. No doubt she’ll have a lemon. And tea. And toast.”
Theo turned over to face me, laying one hand over my still mostly flat stomach.
If you looked close, you could see the smallest of bumps.
I
know, because I checked. Every other day or so.
If
anybody told me three months ago, that the week before Halloween, I’d be lying
in bed with a man who absolutely adored me—even the crazy parts—I’d have asked
them what the hell they were smoking. If they’d thrown in being pregnant, I
would have punched them in their jaw. Then gone to the store and bought a dozen
pregnancy tests and prayed for them all to be negative.
But
that was before the Covenant.
In two
weeks, I’d gone from being an orphan raised by nuns, to the latest in a long
line of only daughters. Women charged with the protection and well-being of
hundreds of people with unique powers. Some made flame burn for hours, while
others called the wind to knock you flat on your ass. They were a group of
people who came together over two-hundred years ago, bound by a prophecy. One
with no past, lost in the present, will bring in the future, through gifts of
both this world and the next.
And
lucky me, I’d passed the job interview.
I’d
sent Hart to a muddy, watery grave-literally. Unless something went crazy
wrong, he’d stay under the Mississippi until the Final Judgment. Williams ruled
the vampires of the city now and kept his distance as much as possible.
And I,
Jude Magdalyn Henries, led the Covenant. Maybe I wasn’t terrific at it. But
Gillian would be proud.
All
things considered, I think I came out with a pretty good deal.
Book Review:
The Covenant is a group in charge of
keeping the supernatural world in working order. The main character, Jude, finds out that the
things that go bump in the night are really the things from nightmares in
“Shades of Grey.. Jude is an orphan who
makes a living doing odd jobs. She has
no family, was orphaned at birth, raised by nuns, lived on the streets as a
teen-age runaway, and meets her first vampire when she is pretending to be a
psychic. Of course, she doesn’t
initially know he’s a vampire, just that he scares her.
“Shades of Grey” is a taut, intense
story about Jude finding out who she is, why she is, and who her family
is. “Shades of Desire” continues the
story of Jude and her coming into power.
It gives more information about the Covenant, what it is and how it
works. It also explores the balance of
power between the Covenant and the vampires in New Orleans.
“Shades of Blood” is a tense edgy
continuation of the story of Jude. Her
pregnancy has progressed enough that it appears the “bumps,” as they call them,
have developed their own personalities that are making themselves know. A serial killer is targeting local vampires
and she gets some news about the babies that causes tensions to rise.
L.M. Pruitt has written an intense
series that has drama, humor, paranormal, heart, romance, and tons of
action. There is something here for
everyone. The fast paced read keeps you
drawn into the story and the plot keeps you intrigued. The characters make you care what happens to
them, a true feat for any author.
I give this series 4.5 out of 5
clouds.
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