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June 30, 2010
Big and Beautiful – Various
Having really enjoyed Xcite's anthology Ultimate Curves, I had a sneaking suspicion that I'd like Big and Beautiful, too. And I was absolutely right.
This anthology contains five smutty Rubenesque stories from Elizabeth Coldwell, Alcamia Payne, Victoria Blisse, Ralph Greco and Viva Jones. Rarely do I read an anthology and like every single story in it, but this is an exception. Each tale is seriously sexy, and they're all different, too.
Elizabeth Coldwell's story is about a curvy lady who...
June 29, 2010
Dead Gorgeous – Toni Sands
Dead Gorgeous is the story of Fenella – or Nella, as she prefers to be called. Her best friend drags her along to a seance against her better judgement. She's completely skeptical about the whole communicating with the dead thing, so when she starts to feel the presence of Rory, her teenage crush, she's understandably confused. But she's having incredibly erotic experiences at completely random times, feeling hands touching her, smelling that familiar cologne. Soon, Nella can't deny that...
June 28, 2010
Dirtyville: 13 Tales Of Small Town Naughty – Various
Dirtyville is an anthology put together by the superb Sommer Marsden. It contains 13 super-short smutty stories from the likes of Sommer Marsden (of course), Scarlett Greyson, Alison Tyler, Cora Zane, Jeremy Edwards, Heidi Champa and Angela Caperton.
Naturally, because there are 13 different authors, you end up with 13 very different stories. The theme is small towns and what's happening behind those closed doors. The tales range from guys giving their first blow jobs, to swingers groups, to d...
Dirtyville: 13 Tales Of Small Town Naughty by Various
Dirtyville is an anthology put together by the superb Sommer Marsden. It contains 13 super-short smutty stories from the likes of Sommer Marsden (of course), Scarlett Greyson, Alison Tyler, Cora Zane, Jeremy Edwards, Heidi Champa and Angela Caperton.
Naturally, because there are 13 different authors, you end up with 13 very different stories. The theme is small towns and what's happening behind those closed doors. The tales range from guys giving their first blow jobs, to swingers groups, to d...
The Point – Victoria Blisse
The action begins right away in Victoria Blisse's vampire novella, The Point. The word cunt appears in the very first sentence. Quite an effort. The cunt in question belongs to a prostitute that vampire Hugh is having sex with; just before he bites her neck and sucks her blood.
This story is the first in what will hopefully be a nice long series. It introduces Hugh, who owns vampire bar The Point. We're told a little of his past and a little of his present. Then Elizabeth comes along...
June 22, 2010
From Dead to Worse – Charlaine Harris
Book eight in The Southern Vampire Mysteries and the action is showing no sign of letting up. This book begins with the settling of dust (some of it vampire) from the events at the vampire summit in the city of Rhodes. Naturally, Sookie got out alive, but some of her friends weren't so lucky. To make things worse, her were-tiger boyfriend Quinn has gone missing.
Sookie does her best to get back to normal, going back to work at Merlotte's, and so on. She's still dealing with betrayal and...
June 21, 2010
Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and the Struggle – L. J. Smith
Due mainly to the ITV2 TV show, the Vampire Diaries is sooo hot right now. Given how addicted I've become to the TV show, I knew I had to read the books – it was just a matter of time.
For some unknown reason, the first two books are in one – and even then, they don't take much time to get through. The language is uncomplicated and the storyline fast paced. In The Awakening, we're introduced to Elena – the "queen" of her high school. She lives with her aunt and sister, as her parents were...
All Together Dead – Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead is book seven in The Southern Vampire Mysteries. Sookie has given up hope of ever having a normal life, particularly now as her telepathic powers are being pimped out to all and sundry. This time Sookie is off to a very important vampire summit as the employee of the queen of Louisiana, Sophie-Anne Leclerq. Her role is to make sure that during the summit, nothing kicks off. That is, she's to weed out any plots to overthrow the queen, rip her off… or worse.
Naturally, it...
June 20, 2010
Definitely Dead – Charlaine Harris
Sookie's certainly in hot water in book number six, Definitely Dead. She finds out that her cousin Hadley, a vampire, is dead. She was the lover of New Orleans' vampire queen and has left Sookie all her belongings. So Sookie must travel to the New Orleans area, to her cousin's apartment and sort through her inheritance. However, it's not that simple. Someone is trying to prevent Sookie from digging around too much in Hadley's life. What is it that they're worried she might discover?
Typically,...
June 19, 2010
Dead as a Doornail – Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail is the fifth book in The Southern Vampire Mysteries. If you haven't read the other four, then don't continue reading this review because it will inevitably contain spoilers!
This novel begins dealing with the fall-out from the last one. Sookie's brother, Jason, is about to turn into a were-panther for the first time after being turned against his will. Sookie, naturally, doesn't have a problem with that as many of her friends and associates are supernatural beings. Jason's c...
