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Review: The Awakening and The Struggle

The Awakening and The Struggle by L.J. Smith My rating: 2 of 5 stars I don’t generally mind fluffy bunny-style vampire stories, after all I like Twilight, but this book was a bit too fluffy for my taste. As with other young adult vampire stories, the two books were filled more with purple prose than anything that might be even… (more…)

Review: Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris My rating: 3 of 5 stars In last year’s Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris took her once quirky characters on a journey to a place much darker than they’d been before. She managed to court some controversy with the “younger sibling” of Eric Northman, since that character was based on the real-life Alexei Romanov,… (more…)

Review: The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)

The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4) by Laurell K. Hamilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars As with Circus of the Damned, I enjoyed the book. Also, as with the 3rd Anita Blake novel, I felt that it was not as well written as it could be. The stories are very intriguing and, despite their flaws, help keep… (more…)

Review: Circus of the Damned

Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am really getting into the Anita Blake stories, and I found Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton to be an incredible book. The story seemed to continue on in the standard that I’m beginning to expect from the series. There was very little… (more…)

Review: Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar My rating: 5 of 5 stars Gossip Girl, the first of the Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar, was surprisingly fun to read. It didn’t seem like my type of book when I first ran into it a few years ago, but I finally decided to give it a chance. Even though I… (more…)

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