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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Book Review of Games of Fate

Book Review of Games of Fate
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Blurb : 

 GAMES OF FATE  
WARNING: Contains Adult Sexual Content and some violent imagery.

Rysa Torres misses information.  Loses concentration.  Her attention problems randomize her life but she pushes forward anyway, doing the best she can—until monsters activate a part of her she didn’t know she had. 

As visions of the future whip inside her head, Rysa realizes the truth:  She’s a Fate. 
And she will set fire to the world.

All her options explode.  Her family ripped away, what little control she had destroyed, Rysa is left with one choice:  Will she die to stop the coming flames, or will she allow the man and the dragon she loves to die in her place?

 Games of Fate begins Fate ~ Fire ~ Shifter ~ Dragon, a new Urban Fantasy series with Strong Romantic Elements by Kris Austen Radcliffe.  Set in the open spaces of America, the series takes Rysa and Ladon—and Ladon’s companion beast, Dragon—through a landscape punctuated by unfamiliar creatures:  Fates with the ability to see past, present, and future.  Ghouls called Burners who devour with fire and acid.  Shifters who shape much more than their bodies.  And two dragons who speak with color and pattern.

 It starts here, now, with one young woman’s fight against a burning future—and against the death of the man she loves. 

Also available:  Prolusio: Three Stories of Fates, Fire, Shifters and Dragons.

PROLUSIO:
Contains some violent imagery.

Three short stories set in the Fate ~ Fire ~ Shifter ~ Dragon universe, Prolusio sets the stage for Games of Fate, also available now.

In Texas, a struggling rock star attempts a comeback.  Fire, though, has other ideas. 
In Wisconsin, Shifters do what they do best—anger a dragon. 

And in Minnesota, a mother struggles to free herself from the bonds of a fate she cannot escape

About the Author:

As a child, Kris took down a pack of hungry wolves with only a hardcover copy of The Dragonriders of Pern and a sharpened toothbrush.  That fateful day set her on a path traversing many storytelling worlds—dabbles in film and comic books, time as a talent agent and a textbook photo coordinator, and a foray into nonfiction.  After co-authoring Mind Shapes: Understanding the Differences in Thinking and Communication, Kris returned to academia.  But she craved narrative and a richly-textured world of Fates, Shifters, Burners, and Dragons—and unexpected, true love. 

Kris lives in Minnesota with her husband, two daughters, an Handsome Cat, and an entire menagerie of suburban wildlife bent on destroying her house.  That battered-but-true copy of “Dragonriders”?  She found it yesterday.  It’s time to pay a visit to the woodpeckers.

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ONLINE LINKS:

·         Website:  http://www.sixtalonsign.com/novels/

·         Blog:  I don’t blog.  

·         Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/AuthorKrisAustenRadcliffe or my profile account, if you want to see the snarkier me:  http://www.facebook.com/kris.austenradcliffe

·         Twitter:  https://twitter.com/KrisRadcliffe

o   It’s best to use Facebook to contact me.

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/krisradcliffe 

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Review

Do you know anyone with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) who doesn’t take medication?  It’s exhausting to be around them.  Now imagine that 100 times worse than you have ever seen it before.  Throw in burners (think zombies whose blood can cause metal to explode, and who can burn with a touch), a sexy immortal warrior, a dragon who can turn invisible, and one really confused girl and wahlaa a story to read.

Of course the devil is in the details, and this book is  full of  wonderful details.  You just have to read it as there is simply too much to put down here.  I give this book 4 out of 5 clouds.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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Book Review of Trinity



Book Review of Trinity
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Welcome to Books, Books, and More Books.  I am pleased to share my review of this book with you.  Thank you for visiting and please come again.
 
Author: Clare Davidson
Genre: YA Fantasy

Blurb : 

'Trinity', released July 2012, is Clare Davidson's debut novel. It is an epic fantasy, targeted at young adult readers, with strong crossover appeal into the adult market.
Kiana longs to walk through a forest and feel grass between her toes. But she is the living embodiment of a goddess and has enemies who wish to murder her. Her death will curse the whole of Gettryne. Locked away for protection, she dreams of freedom.
Her wish comes true in the worst possible way, when her home and defenders are destroyed.
Along with an inexperienced guard and a hunted outcast, Kiana flees the ravages of battle to search for a solution to the madness that has gripped Gettryne for a thousand years. Pursued by the vicious and unrelenting Wolves, their journey will take them far beyond their limits, to a secret that will shake the world.

About the Author:

Clare Davidson is a character driven fantasy writer, teacher and mother, from the UK. Clare was born in Northampton and lived in Malaysia for four and a half years as a child, before returning to the UK to settle in Leeds with her family. Whilst attending Lancaster University, Clare met her future husband and never left. They now share their lives with their young daughter and a cranky grey cat, called Ash. Clare juggles family life with writing, teaching and a variety of fiber craft hobbies.

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Excerpt:

“Wolf.”
Skaric looked round. Nidan was chewing on a strip of dark meat.
“Do you want some?”
Skaric’s stomach growled. He hadn’t eaten anything since setting out on patrol with Berend. He shook his head.
“It’s food, not poison.”
Skaric narrowed his eyes. “You got it from the Wolves’ provisions?”
Nidan nodded.
“Six men, travelling light. There won’t be much left. Save it for yourselves.”
He watched as Nidan continued to eat the meat. It didn’t matter that he knew the meat would be too chewy and too salty; just looking at food made his stomach hurt and his mouth water.
Skaric tried to take his mind off hunger by sizing up the Guardian. Nidan was shorter than him but much stronger. If it came to a fight, Skaric would lose. But the Guardian was injured, whilst the worst of Skaric’s wounds—his side, hand and leg—had been healed the night before as a result of Kiana’s bizarre sense of compassion.
Nidan had bandaged his own wounds using supplies from the Wolves’ packs, but they were sloppy and didn’t apply enough pressure. The wounds would get dirty and fester if the Guardian wasn’t careful. Skaric bit his lower lip and looked away. He didn’t care if the Guardian lived or died. It wasn’t his problem.
 “Was it easy for you? Killing your own kin? Did you even know the name of the man whose skull you bashed in?” Nidan said.
Skaric stared at the forest floor. “You didn’t think twice about killing them.”
 “They were my enemy. But your kin.” Nidan’s voice was cold.
Skaric shut his eyes tightly. “Dirk,” he said quietly. “His name was Dirk.” He recalled the faces of the pack. One by one, he fitted names to them. “Dirk. Erich. Jurgen. Bernt. Konrad. Rikert.” Skaric choked on each word as his stomach tightened into knots.

Review

            I loved the concept of the broken triad in this story.  The idea of a god reincarnated in a person and another god being dead was fascinating.   I would love to be able to create worlds like this in my mind.  The creativity and detail was amazing.

            Kiana is innocence and purity incarnate, and her guardian Nidan has the healing strength of the God of body inside him.  Skaric comes from those out to avenge the death of the God of souls by killing Kiana the incarnate of the God of the mind.  Needless to say, Nidan and Skaric hate each other on sight.. and on principle.  Can they overcome their hatred to save their world?  And what will it cost them if they do?... Not telling, you have to read the book.  I wouldn’t want to give the best part away.

            I give this story 4.5 out of 5 clouds.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Book Review of Together in Starlight



Book Review of Together in Starlight
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Welcome to Books, Books, and More Books.  I am pleased to share my review of this book with you.  Thank you for visiting and please come again.

Welcome to Books, Books, and More Books.  I am pleased to share this book with you.  Thank you for visiting and please come again.

BLURB:
CASSIE & BENNETT
ACT TWO
Bennett Saville is sexy. At the peak of his career, the English star of stage and screen is everything a woman might desire, as fiancée Cassandra Wallace well knows. Together they’ve seen the world, from L.A. to Shangri La, yet shadows persist even in the spotlight. At home they face lust, greed and ghosts from their pasts—and that’s off stage. There is also “The Val”. The aged London theatre holds a mystery four centuries old, cast in starlight and waiting to be revealed. Intensely personal, impossibly passionate, the play must go on…and Cassie and Bennett must face it together. 

BIO:
Susan Mac Nicol (Sue to most people) was born in Headingly, Leeds in the United Kingdom. When she was eight years old, her family immigrated to Johannesburg in South Africa, where she remained until her and her family¹s return, with husband and two children, to the UK in December 2000.

Sue¹s career as a professional business woman was mainly in the operational side of the Financial Services and Vehicle Leasing markets. Currently her responsibilities have evolved to being the Regulatory Compliance Officer at a financial services company in Cambridge.

Having written all her life, since her first short story was published in a local youth competition when she was just eleven, in between the day job and daily life, the inspiration for the Starlight series of romance novels was born. Her characters, Cassie and Bennett, finally made their debut on the flickering screen of a laptop. The character of Bennett was inspired by someone very special and perhaps one day, if you get the chance to ask her or meet her, over a cup of good coffee, Sue might just explain who this was. She will probably smile wryly and say, Å’ "Hopefully without sounding like a teenage groupie."

Her first novel was submitted to various publishers and Boroughs Publishing Group liked what they saw. Sue was offered a contract for her novels and that, as they say in the classics, was that.

Sue is a member of the Romance Writers of America and the Romantic Novelists Association here in the UK. She lives in a town house in the rural village of Bocking, in Essex, with her husband, two children and a mixed collie mongrel called Blu, so named because of his two different color eyes ­blue and brown. Sue is a voracious e book reader and a self-confessed geek and Android phone fan. Her office is in her bag most days and without all her gadgets, she confesses she could barely function.

Susan Mac Nicol Online:

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Review

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.  It was like visiting with old friends or one of those people you meet and instantly feel like you have known forever.  I felt like I could join this group of friends and be totally at ease and welcomed like a long lost family member.  As an avid reader, this is not a totally foreign concept… however the skill with which this was accomplished was such that it wasn’t until I emerged from the book and my new friends that I realized exactly how quickly and comprehensively I had become a part of this life.

The characters are written skillfully in such a way that you really care what happens to them.   The story line had surprises around every corner and I was worried that my friends would not make it to their happily-ever-after ending that I wanted for them.

I give this book 4.5 out of 5 clouds.

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