Shield of Winter

Review:

While this book is about Ivy and Vasic, it is also about the aftermath of Silence.  There are repercussions from Silence's fall and people are dying.  There was a big learning about regarding the empaths and what they can do.

I did enjoy reading about the Arrows and how they are choosing their jobs and what they do (and I'm excited for Aden's book).  This is a Psy-Psy pairing (as is the next book) and there are some Changeling bits in this one, but not much.  Overall this is much more serious in tone.  The sexy-times are fairly tame from previous books too.

I did take a little bit of time to get invested in this one, but once I did, it was hard to put down.  There is still a threat from Ming that (I assume) will be dealt with in a later book.  I did think the ending was a little rushed (with regard to Ivy's solution regarding the Infected).

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Each empath can "link" with a certain # pending on their gradient, creating a "Honeycomb."

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Romanceopoly Update the 2nd

Romanceopoly

 

Rolled a 2:  (doubles) and opted to stay Library -> Before the Dawn 1/2

Rolled a 6:  Memory Lane -> Scandelous Desires 1/4

Rolled a 5:  LGBT Lane -> Love Lessons 1/8

Rolled a 4:  (doubles) and opted to roll again- 11: Taxi -> Dead Heat 1/13

Rolled a 6:  Alien Ave -> Temporal Shift  1/16

Rolled a 5:  Mayfair -> Thief of Shadows 1/19

Rolled a 2:  (doubles and opted to stay) Leather Lane -> Magic Shifts 1/23

Rolled a 9:  Dungeon -> The Professional 1/25 

Rolled a 7:  Library -> The Prophet 1/28

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2019 Reading Assignment Challenge-Spring Semester; Update the 2nd

Reading Assignment Challenge- 2019

5 months through May.  Sign up in May for Summer (June-Aug) 

AuthorLuv Intermediate Class: 2 books per month (10) same author- Elizabeth Hoyt

Jan

1.  Scandalous Desires - Elizabeth Hoyt  1/4

2.  Thief of Shadows- E. Hoyt 1/19

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Genre Advanced Class:  3 books per month (15) same genre- I'm going to mix it up and go with Sci-fi romance (fill in as I go) 

Jan

1. Paradise 21  1/5

2. Temporal Shift  1/16

3. Skies of Fire 1/30

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Mix-It-Up Advanced Class:  3 books per month (15) from set list 

Jan

1.  Dead Heat- Patricia Briggs  1/13

2.  Magic Shifts- I Andrews 1/23

3.  The Prophet- A Stevens 1/28

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This is the list:

1.  A Magical Match- Juliet Blackwell

2.  Absolutely, Positively- Heather Webber

3.  A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses- Molly Harper

4.  The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire-Molly Harper

5.  Dead Heat- Patricia Briggs

6.  Night Broken- Patricia Briggs

7.  Darkness Rises- Dianne Duvall

8.  Night Unbound- D. Duvall

9.  Magic Shifts- Ilona Andrews

10. Magic Binds- I. Andrews

11. Shield of Winter- Nalini Singh

12. Shards of Hope- N. Singh

13. The Prophet- Amanda Stevens

14. The Visitor- A. Stevens

15. Sinner- A. Stevens

 

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Skies of Fire

Review:

Louisa and Christopher were lovers and friends.  Until Christopher asked a question that out Louisa on the spot.  So, instead of talking it out, she took the cowardly way out and left without a word.  Fast forward 3 years.

Louisa is a spy.  And is pretty fucking good at it too.  She also makes bombs.  Christopher became what is called a "Man O' War."  He received an implant that made him faster, stronger.  He is the captain of an airship that gets stuck behind enemy lines. 

I liked how they meet again.  Even though Louise was in a position that she needed rescuing, it wasn't because she was stupid or a woman.  She was intelligent, confident, and able to admit she was cowardly and made a mistake 3 years ago.  And Christopher has the confidence to admit when Louisa does something better then him and to be able to forgive.  

I would be liked a little more.  I thought the end was a little rushed.

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The Prophet

Review:

Not as good as the first two. Amelia is back in Charleston. She now has the ghost of a murdered cop haunting her. He wants her to solve his murder. Shani also wants Amelia's help.
I was glad that Amelia's fixation on Devlin came to a conclusion. Either be with him or move on. I got tired about how Amelia was always perseverating over how she broke papa's rules. Just. Get. Over. It. I don't think this was a bad thing.
New interesting characters that could be friends- Isabel and Clementine. 
I thought the ending was a little rushed.

[spoiler]Shani was Robert's daughter not Devlin's. Mariama planned on killing Shani when she drove off cliff, but she was trapped and perished too. Ethan was the one who killed Robert (and his mom it was implied) because he was jealous of his relationship with Mariama. Amelia shots Ethan at the end with Devil's service gun. Clementine was married to an abuser and Isabel shot him in self defense.

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The Professional

Review:

KC's worst book ever.  This would have been a DNF, but I needed a book with an ex-con for a challenge and this fit the bill.

Natalie was adopted.  She is looking for her biological parents.  Surprise! Her dad is Russian mafia.  Sevestyan is the bodyguard sent to "protect" her.

Lets start with Natalie.  She's 24.  Has been "picky" about guys and remains a virgin.  So, of course she goes all lusty over Sevestyan (who is tattooed, a bad boy).  I rolled my eyes so many times they got stuck in the back of my head.  She's also TSLT.

Sevestyan- he is an asshole.  Plain and simple.  He's so cliche- piss poor childhood, abusive father, loves sex and is very, very experienced.  Therefore, he's broken and of course into BDSM!

I've wasted way too much time on a shitty book.

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Magic Shifts

Review:

M.S. opens a few months after breaking off from the pack. Kate and Curran are living in suburbia. George (Mahon's daughter) comes to see them after her boyfriend goes missing and no one from the Pack looks for him.
This had action. Tons of it. The banter I adore. The scene from Applebees. 
Someone that could have helped and didn't 

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Saiman

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.  I liked the revelations about the ghouls 

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djinn with no magic

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. There wasn't much in the Roland story-line. A few books ago I would have said he is evil and wants Kate dead, but now? Maybe he's changed? Or he wants us to think it because he's really evil. I'll be finding out!

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