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Killing Rites (The Black Sun's Daughter, #4)
by M.L.N. Hanover

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Dead on the Delta (Annabelle Lee, #1)
by Stacey Jay (Goodreads Author)

read in May, 2013

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I just didn't really get into this one. The main character was mostly unlikable and rather useless. I didn't like either love interest, the current or the former. I didn't like how the bad guys just went on for like 5 pages explaining exactl...more

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Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse, #13)
by Charlaine Harris

read in May, 2013

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What to say about the final Sookie Stackhouse book? I admit I'm sad the series is over, though the last several books have been subpar. I think it's just more a fondness for the early days of the book when I laughed at the idea of a character named V...more

MissM liked Codey Blair's review of Songs of the Earth (Wild Hunt, #1):

" I am at a loss here. No book has ever prompted me to join a website to write a review. I am the type of person that never walks out of a movie no matter how bad. Being an avid reader since grade school I can honestly say I have never read a book t... " Read more of this review »

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Songs of the Earth (Wild Hunt, #1)
by Elspeth Cooper (Goodreads Author)

read in May, 2013

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It was ok. Interesting idea but a lot of weird editing errors. It dragged on a bit too. It's as if the book is trying VERY HARD to be the next big, epic series but doesn't quite have the chops to be at that level.

MissM liked Danielle's review of Chosen By Blood (Para-Ops, #1):

" quasi-para-porn.

I love getting digital books from my local library, I find things I wouldn't normally gravitate to. Other times (like this), I end up with something I really wish I hadn't read. Just not my cup of tea. "

MissM liked Sherri *The Lady Hillindale*'s review of Chosen By Blood (Para-Ops, #1):

" I didn't get very far into this before I decided not to finish it. First of all, I'm never going to be okay with a story where a man is "ok" with cheating on his wife, even if she's ok with it and/or she's also cheating. Maybe that's prudish of me... " Read more of this review »

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Chosen By Blood (Para-Ops, #1)
by Virna DePaul (Goodreads Author)

read in May, 2013

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I really hated this book. Even when I don't like the writing or the characters, I often like the idea. This book didn't even have that going for it. I just didn't like a single thing about it.

It felt like entering a story already in progress. I actua...more I really hated this book. Even when I don't like the writing or the characters, I often like the idea. This book didn't even have that going for it. I just didn't like a single thing about it.

It felt like entering a story already in progress. I actually read a dozen pages, stopped, and Googled to see if I had mistakenly gotten a second or third book in a series. Nope, this is supposed to be the first. Except that it starts off after a civil war of sorts between humans and non-human others. Problem is, it's written like you're supposed to just know all about it. Even though it wasn't clear how long it went on for, what started it, how bad it was (casualties? destruction of cities? Who knows!) or even if it was just isolated to the US or North America or the world...? No clue.

Then they don't bother telling you anything about what all the other races are - again, it's like you're just supposed to know. More then halfway through the book, there's a shape shifter. Oh, well, thanks for telling me randomly now. I went half the book not even knowing it was a type. And, even the ones they do show you - a vampire, a werewolf, a mage, and a wraith - none are really explained or explored at all. Why is the mage bald for example? It was made to sound like there was a reason behind it but you didn't bother telling us the reason.

The only race that gets even the slightest info is the vampires of course. And even then, it doesn't make sense. They're immortal. And yet, they're dying? Um, how exactly does that work? And it was like every time the author couldn't figure out where to go next, there would just conveniently be a new power or trick to a power. Like, oh, by the way, apparently gold suppresses mind-reading ability? But don't ask questions because we not only won't get into the details of the telepathy, we certainly won't get into the gold issue either. And, need a plot twist? Now I've just randomly decided that one vampire can't teleport another vampire (oh, did I mention they can fucking teleport too??) because you know, brainwaves. Um, yeah.

If all that weren't bad enough, the book is dry and blunt as hell. Even the sex scenes are just awful in a very blunt, vulgar and utterly unflattering manner. It was all (view spoiler) and (view spoiler) that. Lovely. It's like reading a sex-scene written by a very dull biologist. Technical and crude with no grace or style. I'm not a romance reader by any stretch of the imagination but a lot of Urban Fantasy stories these days have Paranormal Romance overlays so I've read my fair share of sex scenes as a result. I'd take repetitive and flowery over dry and crude any day.

The book just ends. Practically in mid-sentence. Nothing is resolved and yet there's no interesting cliffhanger. It's like the author just stopped typing once a certain word count was reached. In fact, that's the entire feel of this book: just enough to get it technically into a story, but no heart, no soul, no passion. It has the right number of pages and time passes and things happen but no story is told. No journey is undertaken. You feel no accomplishment for having gone through it other then the relief that the damned thing is finally over.

In short, this book was just awful.(less)

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MissM voted on a poll EReader users: do you highlight? She voted for: No, I never highlight.
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MissM is currently reading Killing Rites (The Black Sun's Daughter, #4) by M.L.N. Hanover	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 19, 2013 11:48am
MissM rated a book 2 of 5 stars Dead on the Delta (Annabelle Lee, #1) by Stacey Jay (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2.5 stars I just didn't really get into this one. The main character was mostly unlikable and rather useless. I didn't like either love interest, the current or the former. I didn't like how the bad guys just went on for like 5 pages explaining exactl...more
May 19, 2013 11:47am · see review
MissM rated a book 3 of 5 stars Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse, #13) by Charlaine Harris read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
What to say about the final Sookie Stackhouse book? I admit I'm sad the series is over, though the last several books have been subpar. I think it's just more a fondness for the early days of the book when I laughed at the idea of a character named V...more
May 15, 2013 02:05pm · see review
MissM liked Codey Blair's review of Songs of the Earth (Wild Hunt, #1): " I am at a loss here. No book has ever prompted me to join a website to write a review. I am the type of person that never walks out of a movie no matter how bad. Being an avid reader since grade school I can honestly say I have never read a book t... " Read more of this review »
May 13, 2013 09:13pm · see review
MissM rated a book 3 of 5 stars Songs of the Earth (Wild Hunt, #1) by Elspeth Cooper (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It was ok. Interesting idea but a lot of weird editing errors. It dragged on a bit too. It's as if the book is trying VERY HARD to be the next big, epic series but doesn't quite have the chops to be at that level.
May 13, 2013 09:12pm · see review
MissM liked Danielle's review of Chosen By Blood (Para-Ops, #1): " quasi-para-porn. I love getting digital books from my local library, I find things I wouldn't normally gravitate to. Other times (like this), I end up with something I really wish I hadn't read. Just not my cup of tea. "
May 05, 2013 09:52pm · see review
MissM liked Sherri The Lady Hillindale's review of Chosen By Blood (Para-Ops, #1): " I didn't get very far into this before I decided not to finish it. First of all, I'm never going to be okay with a story where a man is "ok" with cheating on his wife, even if she's ok with it and/or she's also cheating. Maybe that's prudish of me... " Read more of this review »
May 05, 2013 09:52pm · see review
MissM rated a book 1 of 5 stars Chosen By Blood (Para-Ops, #1) by Virna DePaul (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really hated this book. Even when I don't like the writing or the characters, I often like the idea. This book didn't even have that going for it. I just didn't like a single thing about it. It felt like entering a story already in progress. I actua...more
May 05, 2013 09:51pm · see review

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