Shadowfae (The Shadowfae Chronicles #1) by Erica Hayes Review ~Kami

Shadowfae (The Shadowfae Chronicles #1)

by Erica Hayes

http://www.amazon.com/Shadowfae-Chronicles-1-Erica-Hayes/dp/B005GNM2B6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361999774&sr=1-1&keywords=shadowfae

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6450251-shadowfae

http://www.amazon.com/Erica-Hayes/e/B0028OGPLE/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Jade is a succubus enthralled to a demon lord. She is humiliated by what she has to do to survive. Someone is poisoning fae. Rajahni Seth is an incubus and he is trying to imprison four souls so that he can free himself from his own slavery to the demon lord. Kane, the demon lord orders Jade to find out who is poisoning fae. Rajah gives her hope for freedom. This book is a fun, racy, erotic, urban fantasy. 4 stars.

The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles #1) by Kady Cross Review ~Kami

The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles #1)

by Kady Cross

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9166877-the-girl-in-the-steel-corset

http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Steel-Corset-Harlequin-Teen/dp/0373210701/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361909842&sr=8-1&keywords=the+girl+in+the+steel+corset

http://www.amazon.com/Kady-Cross/e/B004Y4VLNI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Living in an alternate 1897 London, Finley Jayne doesn't act like a normal Victorian lady. When the son of her employer attacks her, she fights back and knocks him out cold. Finley is found by a mysterious group led by 18-year-old Griffin King, the Duke of Greythorne. Griffin wants to help Finley control her dark side. This is a really good steampunk story. I was immediately drawn into the plot and characters' lives. I wanted to jump into the book and shake the characters for being stupid at times. They seem rather naïve, but I still liked them. This book ends with a cliffhanger. I am going to need to get the next book. 5 stars.

Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2) by Marissa Meyer Review ~Kami

Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2)

by Marissa Meyer 

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13206760-scarlet

http://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Lunar-Chronicles-Marissa-Meyer/dp/0312642962/ref=la_B005F6VQ6Q_1_1_title_0_main?ie=UTF8&qid=1361594458&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Marissa-Meyer/e/B005F6VQ6Q/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

This is the sequel to Cinder. The Lunar Chronicles are dystopia retellings of classic fairy tales. 16 year-old Cinder is the cyborg Cinderella who loses her foot when she falls down the stairs at the ball. Scarlet is Red Riding Hood. Cress is Rapunzel. Winter is Snow White. Then there is the evil queen who lives on the moon.

18 year-old Scarlet is searching for her grandmother who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Red-headed Scarlet wears a red hoodie and meets a street fighter named Wolf. Cinder escapes from prison. Scarlet and Wolf go off to search for Scarlet's grandmother. Scarlet's father tells her that the men who kidnapped Scarlet's grandmother are looking for something that her grandmother has. Scarlet doesn't believe that her grandmother could be mixed up in something nefarious and insists that they have the wrong person. But Scarlet's grandmother is involved in the conspiracy hiding Cinder's true identity.

I was really liking this book a lot. I liked Cinder too but I liked this one better. I was really enjoying Scarlet and Wolf. I love this series. I am so sad that I have to wait another year for the next book. 5 stars.

The Fire Within (The Fire of The Soul, #1) by Racquel Kechagias Review ~Kami

The Fire Within (The Fire of The Soul, #1)

by Racquel Kechagias

http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Within-Soul-Series-ebook/dp/B00AY7G05I/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1361422742&sr=1-3&keywords=the+fire+within

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17238579-the-fire-within

http://www.amazon.com/Racquel-Kechagias/e/B00B0OM3FU/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Annabelle is turning 17 and she has been promised to a vampire. Anna's father is really cruel. He has said that Anna will have two suitors and then she will choose which man she will marry between Christian and Victor. Christian is a shape shifter called a skin walker and Victor is a vampire. There is considerable enmity between the two of them. There were a few editing and grammatical errors but that didn't take away from enjoying the story for me. The vampires and skin walkers are at war though other shape shifters are good. Skin walkers change shape into other people, while shape shifters take the form of animals. Christian is a very sadistic villain. He is obsessed with Anna. “Little puppets, how I long to pull your strings. Make you dance, twirl, and scream. A twisted game, we can play with three. Little puppets (,) will you play with me(?)” Some of this story was really violent. I found it pretty exciting. 4 stars.

Say Shamrock What? (Jade's College Diaries #1) by Crystal D. Spears Review ~Kami

Say Shamrock What? (Jade's College Diaries#1)

by Crystal D. Spears 

http://www.amazon.com/Shamrock-Jades-College-Diaries-ebook/dp/B00BIPPELQ/ref=cm_rdp_product

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333178-say-shamrock-what

http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-D.-Spears/e/B00B7VTO2Q/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1361405044&sr=1-2-ent

This book was gifted to me by the author for an honest review. Thank You!

This is the continuing adventures of Jade's college days and her sexcapades with four different men. Jade enjoys all four men and doesn't think that she can choose because she is afraid she will make the wrong choice. Brayden suggest the three brothers woo Jade. Drama ensues because the three brothers have dated the same girl before, the gorgeous, catty Tyson. Crystal Spears is really good at writing racy erotica. The sexy scenes are really good. I really liked the first story about Jade, Strictly Off Limits, it was sexy and erotic. In this story we learn more about the characters and get deeper into their personalities. In the first book, Strictly Off Limits, there was very little about the other twin, Brayden, but in this one he is one of Jade's boyfriends and he is not a cookie cutter bad boy, but has layers of personality. Even Jade has layers composed of sadness and regret. This story is so funny, sexy but sweet too. I really enjoy Crystal Spears' stories very much. 5 stars.

Rebel Heart by Lizzy Ford Review ~Kami

Rebel Heart

by Lizzy Ford

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14742815-rebel-heart

http://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Heart-ebook/dp/B008652P3Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1361211683&sr=1-1&keywords=rebel+heart+lizzy+ford

http://www.amazon.com/Lizzy-Ford/e/B004XTTYOC/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

It is the year 2135 and Lana has been called in by her boss to assess the damage in the aftermath of a nuclear attack. The genetically altered, Brady has been charged with protecting Lana. Brady is a solider hunting down insurgents and Lana is a fed analyst and member of the Vice President's staff. This book was a little slow to get into but by chapter 6 it started getting really good and I couldn't stop reading it. There is a war but it isn't perfectly clear who is good and who is bad. The lines are blurred. The rich. The poor. The PMF, insurgency rebellion. Feds. The people and the government. It isn't entirely clear who is right and who is wrong. Lana uncovers a conspiracy and Brady turns out to be different than who she originally thinks he is. Everything Lana believes to be true is shaken as she learns to love her Guardian. A very well written, romantic, futuristic adventure. 4 stars.

Savor (Warm Delicacy #1) by Megan Duncan Review ~Kami

Savor (Warm Delicacy #1)

by Megan Duncan

http://www.amazon.com/Paranormal-Romance-Delicacy-Series-ebook/dp/B005QJ6P9K/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1361042277&sr=1-3&keywords=megan+duncan

http://www.amazon.com/Megan-Duncan/e/B005CQITZU/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10917458-savor

Claire turns 18 and goes to get her donor I.D. She will then regularly donate blood to the blood bank to feed the vampire royal family. Some people protest donating blood to the vampires. There is a lot of propaganda in the society hyping the greatness of the vampires and what an honor it is to donate blood to them. A human representative from the vampire royal family comes to Claire's home and says that her blood is perfect and the vampires are really excited by it. I think this is a clever concept that vampires have convinced humans to willingly donate their blood. It makes sense, people donate blood, plasma and other bodily fluids for money. Claire is a very reluctant vampire princess. I didn't really like Claire too much. I was having problems getting into the story. I was getting bored through a lot of it. The writing is good. The story has promise. A mysterious man who belongs to Claire is interesting. But it didn't quite all come together for me. 3 stars

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Devil's Bargain (Red Letter Days #1) by Rachel Caine Review ~Kami

Devil's Bargain (Red Letter Days #1)

by Rachel Caine

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/261123.Devil_s_Bargain

http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Bargain-Silhouette-Bombshell-ebook/dp/B000MAH97U/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1360616643&sr=1-5&keywords=the+devil%27s+bargain

http://www.amazon.com/Rachel-Caine/e/B001ILHJEA/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

This book was gifted to me by the publisher (Harlequin UK Ltd) for an honest review. Thank You!

34-year-old Jazz is sitting in a bar when a man approaches her and hands her a red envelope. In the envelope is a check for a 100 thousand dollars and a letter saying she should partner with an unknown agency to open the private investigator's office that she has been wanting to open. Jazz and her new partner Lucia are very suspicious of the job offer. Jazz is attracted to the Lawyer Borden but she is pretty sure he is keeping something from her. There is a strange explanation regarding Actors, Choruses and Leads. Some people are important and cause ripples. Then it is explained that the world will end and Jazz is one of two people who can prevent this catastrophic apocalyptic event. This book ends on a cliff hanger so now I'm mad and have to find the next book. I wasn't really liking the story so much, the flow seemed off to me. It seemed to me that the story would work much better as a t.v. series then a book. It reminded me a lot of some t.v. shows that I have seen before. 3 stars.

Sisters Red (Fairytale Retellings #1) by Jackson Pearce Review ~Kami

Sisters Red (Fairytale Retellings #1)

by Jackson Pearce 

http://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Red-Jackson-Pearce/dp/1444900609/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360645821&sr=1-3&keywords=sisters+red

http://www.amazon.com/Jackson-Pearce/e/B002BM3CDC/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6357708-sisters-red

Sisters Rosie and Scarlett lose their grandmother to a Fenris. Scarlett wears a red cloak and hunts the Fenris. Rosie is 16 and Scarlett is 18. Scarlett was terribly scarred and lost an eye protecting Rosie on the day their grandmother was killed. Now they hunt the Fenris, the werewolves, with the help of their woodsman friend Silas. Rosie is seriously attracted to Silas and starts to fall in love with him. Scarlett is obsessed with hunting the Fenris who are searching for a Potential, a man who will become Fenris. I thought this was a pretty good story but I wasn't getting too drawn into the plot and I wasn't caring too much about the characters. Silas thinks Rosie should live her life and not be a hunter if she doesn't want to but Rosie feels obligated to help her sister since Scarlett saved her life. I wasn't really getting into this story too much and thought a lot of it was kind of boring but then the last 50 pages were just amazing which redeemed it for me. 3 stars.

My Real Smile (a smile novella, #1) by Crystal D. Spears Review ~Kami

My Real Smile (a smile novella, #1)

by Crystal D. Spears 

http://www.amazon.com/My-Real-Smile-smile-ebook/dp/B00B5U8LZU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1360735944&sr=1-1&keywords=my+real+smile

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15775200-my-real-smile

http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-D.-Spears/e/B00B7VTO2Q/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

18-year-old Kiara projects a happy persona on the outside when she is really sad and depressed inside. Her boyfriend Justin slept with her sister Alanna. Lucas can tell right away when Kiara smiles her fake smile and he loves her real smile. Kiara's mother is always saying that she should be more like her older sister Alanna. Even when Kiara tells their mother that Alanna slept with Kiara's boyfriend, their mother says it is Kiara's own fault. The only times Kiara is truly happy is when she is singing or when she is with Lucas. Kiara and Lucas are so cute together I just can't stand it. Makes me smile too. Kiara's father is aware of how emotionally abused she is by her mother and he pays to have her move into her own apartment. Alanna starts threatening to steal away Lucas. This is a sweet, poignant, drama filled love story. Very cute. 4 stars.

Lord of Death (Thomas Lord of Death) by K.W. McCabe Review ~Kami

Lord of Death (Thomas Lord of Death)

by K.W. McCabe 

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17313725-lord-of-death

http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Death-Thomas-ebook/dp/B00B854ZM0/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

http://www.amazon.com/KW-McCabe/e/B0066YGTXG/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_2

Thomas offers the Choice to dying souls, come willingly or pay the forfeit. You can't fight death, there are conditions to accepting a longer life. Everyone has their time. Thomas defies Death by trying to warn people. If a person chooses to pay the forfeit someone they know dies in their place and they have to serve Lord Death. Pretty selfish I think to let someone else die in your place. You just know it isn't going to be someone you hate, but someone you truly care about like your child or your spouse. To protect his daughter's soul, Thomas challenges Death. A quick, enjoyable, well-written read. 4 stars.

Strictly Off Limits (Jade's College Diaries,#0.5) by Crystal D. Spears Review ~Kami

Strictly Off Limits (Jade's College Diaries,#0.5)

by Crystal D. Spears 

http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-D.-Spears/e/B00B7VTO2Q/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17285825-strictly-off-limits

http://www.amazon.com/Strictly-Limits-College-Diaries-ebook/dp/B00B6F67RI/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2

Jade is having a really good time at college. She goes to wild parties and gets nasty with even wilder men. She has “eat me” tattooed in a rather suggestive spot. She has piercings in delicate areas. Her best friend is Nate who she hooks up with and then he stops talking to her. She then starts messing around with Dean who has twin brothers Brayden and Layden, her ex-boyfriend. Jade has sex with one guy on a card table and then a different one in a bathroom stall. Jade's friends start calling her Shamrock because of her luck and having four hot men trailing after her. ““But, this right here,” I pat my chest “my heart is off limits and I mean strictly off limits,” I whisper my voice breaking.” “My problem being four intensely hot guys and me not wanting to give my heart up!” Sheesh. I wish I had her problems. The author says this of the story: “I came up with this story from a dream. I sat down and typed it up in ten hours not stopping for even a second.” I wish I had your dreams, Crystal. Yum. This novella is so hot and steamy. I was really liking it. Ready for the next story Ms. Spears. 4 stars.

Meridian (Fenestra #1) by Amber Kizer Review ~Kami

Meridian (Fenestra #1)

by Amber Kizer

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5843145-meridian

http://www.amazon.com/Amber-Kizer/e/B001JRYHXE/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

http://www.amazon.com/Meridian-Amber-Kizer/dp/B005DIC16U/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

16-year-old Meridian is sickly, has constant aches and pains and wakes up every morning with animal corpses in her bed. Meridian is told she is a Fenestra and has to live with her great-aunt. At her Auntie's, Meridian meets a rude boy Tens and a wolf, Custos. Fenestra are the window which souls of the dead travel through to Heaven. Aternocti escort souls to Hell. Tenskatawa Valdes (Tens) is Meridian's protector. The Aternocti want to kill the Fenestra or turn them bad, into Nocti. There is an evil preacher who has taken over the small town of Revelation and proclaimed Auntie to be a witch. This reminded me of the Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones in that souls pass through Meridian like they do Charley. But Meridian has a really hard time with opening and closing her window passage for the souls. This was an interesting concept and there was a lot going on. But it didn't quite come together for me. 3 stars.

The Hand of God (Pastor Charlie) by Tim Miller Review ~Kami

The Hand of God (Pastor Charlie)

by Tim Miller 

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13510252-the-hand-of-god

http://www.amazon.com/Tim-Miller/e/B007GFW8MA/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

http://www.amazon.com/The-Hand-of-God-ebook/dp/B008CS5CSM/ref=tmm_kin_title_0

This book was gifted to me from the author for an honest review. Thank You!

God save me from a righteous man. Pastor Charlie is doing God's work by killing sinners. I personally don't approve with the amount of murder that has been done in the world in God's name. Pastor Charlie meets a man, David Davidson, who tells him that God told David to tell Pastor Charlie to look out for someone who will need to be dealt with. Bishop Hoover shows up and apparently brings a woman back from the dead. Pastor Charlie gets visions of people sinning which he takes to mean God is talking to him. Pastor Charlie then kills the people who he saw sin in his vision. Bishop Hoover and David Davidson both tell Charlie that he doesn't know who he is and that there is more to his visions then what he thinks. “We Protestants are usually rather conservative when it comes to the supernatural.” David Davidson is not exactly a normal human being but then neither is Charlie or Bishop Hoover. I wasn't sure how I felt about this book at first. A pastor who thinks he is doing God's work by killing people? Not really my idea of a sympathetic character. I thought it was very well written and a quick read but I didn't feel like I was liking it. But then 100 pages into the book plot twists abound and the story started getting really interesting. “Life was so much easier when I was just preaching on Sundays and killing sinners on the side.” By the end of the book my only thought was 'Wow'! 5 stars.

Breathers: A Zombie's Lament by S.G. Browne Review ~Kami

Breathers: A Zombie's Lament

by S.G. Browne 

http://www.amazon.com/S.G.-Browne/e/B00279IRF2/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

http://www.amazon.com/Breathers-Zombies-Lament-S-G-Browne/dp/0767930614/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5149517-breathers

Like Warm Bodies, Breathers is a zombie story told from the zombie's point of view. Andy has spontaneously resurrected. He lives in his parents' wine cellar, and they are none to happy about having him back from the dead. He was in a car accident that killed him and his wife. His vocal cords are destroyed so he can't talk but writes on a dry erase board hung around his neck to communicate. He attends a zombie support group, Undead Anonymous and sees a therapist twice a month. I really liked Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion and I like the idea of a zombie book told from the zombie's point of view. This zombie wants to be treated with respect and not attacked, mutilated, tortured or used as a crash test dummy. Zombies don't have any civil rights and Andy can't see his daughter or is allowed to even write her a letter. Though it is pretty hard to get respect when you are a rotting corpse and your smell make every breather near you want to vomit.

Andy gets a zombie girlfriend, Rita. "I haven't been to any of the zombie singles' mixers, but I hear they're a regular maggot-fest." Andy spends a lot of the book protesting and picketing for zombie rights and then getting arrested by the SPCA. Andy meets Ray who gives him some 'venison' he has in a jar. It should come as no surprise to anyone that the meat the zombies eat isn't deer meat. Once Andy discovers what kind of meat Ray's Resplendent Rapture really is and discovers that it makes him feel better and more alive, is when this book starts getting really good. 5 stars.

Spells (Wings #2) by Aprilynne Pike Review ~Kami

Spells (Wings #2)

by Aprilynne Pike

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6801582-spells

http://www.amazon.com/Aprilynne-Pike/e/B001JRX6Z4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

http://www.amazon.com/Spells-Wings-Aprilynne-Pike/dp/0061668087/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4

This is the sequel to Wings where Laurel discovers she is a faerie. She is torn between loving Tamani the faerie and her human boyfriend David. Laurel has been summoned to attend the Academy of Avalon for eight weeks during summer vacation, so that she can get a faerie education. There she is introduced to faerie prejudice. Spring faeries like Tamani are the majority and a lower social class than she is as a Fall faerie. The Spring faeries are the help. Fall faeries are called mixers. Summer faeries are called sparklers. Winter faeries are very rare. And Spring faeries call themselves ticers. Laurel has a lot of problems with her concoctions. None of her potions seem to work out the way she wants them to. Her mother seems to be unable to accept her being a faerie and their relationship is tense. I liked the first book of this series, Wings, better than this one. Spells was starting out really slow. Over halfway through the story, it starts getting exciting with trolls and a human militia hunting supernatural creatures. Laurel is stuck between two worlds, the human world and the faerie world and she is having a hard time deciding which world she belongs in. I personally like Tamani better than David. But Laurel doesn't remember her life as a faerie, she only remembers being raised as a human. This book ends on a cliffhanger so I guess I need to get the next book. 4 stars.

Games of Fate by Kris Austen Radcliffe Review ~Kami

Games of Fate

by Kris Austen Radcliffe 

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17305194-games-of-fate

http://www.amazon.com/Games-Fate-Shifter-Dragon-ebook/dp/B00B7PI158/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1360131962&sr=1-1&keywords=games+of+fate

This book was gifted to me for an honest review. Thank You!

Twenty-year-old Rysa forgets her ADHD medication and then starts having visions. Her abilities as a fate were activated when her mother spit in her orange juice. A gang of ghouls, also called Burners, attack and shackle her. A man and a dragon defend her. Ladon has history with Rysa's mother and it isn't friendly. There are three fates, one can see the past, one the present and one the future. Rysa is a singular fate, she sees past, present and future. Fates activate on a metal object, their talisman, which they then have to have on their person. Rysa seems to activates on the shackles the Burners put on her. There is so much going on in this book. The writing is really amazing. The pacing is spot on. The characters are likable. There is romance, magic, adventure and excitement. This book has it all. I didn't want to stop reading it. “Fate always has its due. Your purpose is to give its glorious clarity to the world.” 5 stars.  

Scent of Darkness (Darkness Chosen #1) by Christina Dodd Review ~Kami

Scent of Darkness (Darkness Chosen #1)

by Christina Dodd

http://www.amazon.com/Scent-Darkness-Chosen-Book/dp/0451221737/ref=sr_1_2_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360215320&sr=1-2&keywords=scent+of+darkness

http://www.amazon.com/Christina-Dodd/e/B001H6TZG6/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/846613.Scent_of_Darkness

In 1,000 AD Konstantine Varinski sold his soul to the devil. “To seal the pact, he promised the devil the family icon, a single painting divided into four images of the Madonna.” Each Varinski has the ability to change into an animal, they are long-lived and they can only breed sons. “They called themselves The Darkness.” Konstantine Wilder is the only descendant to father a daughter. Administrative assistant Ann Smith is in love with Jasha Wilder. Ann intends to seduce Jasha, so she shows up to his isolated home unannounced and catches him changing into a wolf. Ann has her own secrets. She has a mysterious birthmark on her back that seems equal parts good and evil.

This book has love, eroticism, excitement and magical mystery. 4 stars.

Sweet Evil (The Sweet Trilogy #1) by Wendy Higgins Review ~Kami

Sweet Evil (The Sweet Trilogy #1)

by Wendy Higgins 

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11808950-sweet-evil

http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Evil-Wendy-Higgins/dp/0062085611/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360175526&sr=1-1&keywords=sweet+evil

http://www.amazon.com/Wendy-Higgins/e/B006072P64/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

16-year-old Anna can see emotions. Each emotion that she can feel and see has a distinct color. Anna goes with a friend to a concert and first sees Kaidan Rowe, who is the drummer in the band. Kaidan doesn't have an aura, he only has a “concentrated starburst of bright red at his sternum.” What I found refreshing about Anna is that she is poor but she isn't snotty about it. I hate reading about rich, pampered girls with their Prada and Gucci. Things I don't have now and definitely never had growing up. Also, I hate reading about snotty, bratty girls too. She is an honest to goodness good girl, which means she is probably being set up for a fall from grace. Anna has supernatural abilities. Her senses are stronger than normal, she never gets sick and her body heals injuries faster than humanly possible.

Nephilim are supposed to tempt humans and cause them to fall. They are all half-demon, children of humans and demons or fallen angels. Except Anna is a child of a demon and a pure angel, an angel of light. Each Nephilim have their own vices that they use to tempt humans: wrath, adultery, substance abuse, lies, gluttony, greed, envy, lust, pride, theft, hatred and murder. Anna is substance abuse and Kaidan pronounced (Ky-den) is lust.

This book is so good. It is full of supernatural conflict, excitement, lust, love and sweet, sweet evil. 5 stars.

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (Jessica #1) by Beth Fantaskey Review ~Kami

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (Jessica #1)

by Beth Fantaskey

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3389671-jessica-s-guide-to-dating-on-the-dark-side

http://www.amazon.com/Jessicas-Guide-Dating-Dark-ebook/dp/B003UV91AQ/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_kin?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360039363&sr=1-1&keywords=jessica%27s+guide+to+dating+on+the+dark+side

http://www.amazon.com/Beth-Fantaskey/e/B001JRYJ1Y/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Jessica is waiting for the bus at the crack of dawn when she sees a mysterious man wearing a cloak. In her mind she hears the man call her by her birth name: Antanasia. Lucius Vladescu is the imposing foreign exchange student in Jessica's English class who seems rather interested in her bleeding finger when she gets a paper cut.

In this age of Twilight and True Blood, I would think any European stranger with a predilection for wearing black and getting all crazy over a drop of blood would be walking around with a neon sign flashing: VAMPIRE!

Jessica was adopted in Romania. Her “birth parents had been ignorant, superstitious people duped into joining a cult.” And her real name is Antanasia Dragomir. Jessica is a very reluctant vampire princess and Lucius is her imperious, privileged, arrogant, stick up his butt, royal, bethrothed.

Jessica and Lucius are definitely an odd couple. Jessica is a farm girl while Lucius is aristocratic. And Jessica is practical and rational. She doesn't believe in the fantastical. Lucius pops his fangs twice and she still doesn't believe in vampires.

Jessica is torn between her human normal life with nice guy Jake and a world she knows nothing about, a vampire Romanian royal with not so nice Lucius. Then there is the mean girl at school and the bully who calls out the angry mob with torches and pitchforks to add to the conflict.

Jessica's vegan, hippy parents are really funny. A lot of this book, I thought, was really clever. This is a very cute, young adult, vampire love story. I liked it a lot. 4 stars.