Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy discussion
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What are you reading right now?
Laura wrote: "Just finished up 
and this series is addicting. I'm still completley swooning over Master Nolan.Currently working on
[bookcover:Fifty ..."Wait til you get to Master Marcus and finally Master Raoul. IMO they are the best. And actually, in the last book there is a build up that makes me really want to read Master Sam's story.
Christine wrote: "Shawn wrote: "Duchess Nicole wrote: "Is it terrible that the reason I haven't started the Mercy Thompson series is because I've heard of the fade to black love scenes? I read YA, and it doesn't bo..."PR is my first love after all. However, UF has great character, inventive stories and I love those too, I just like to have my little romance fix in the mix. ;D
P.A. wrote: "Laura wrote: "Just finished up and this series is addicting. I'm still completley swooning over Master Nolan.Currently working on
[bo..."Oh I'm excited! I like how they're starting to have more relationship developement in them and a little more suspense. I know it's erotica, but my favorites in the genre have a storyline to go with the hot sex. (ie: Rough Riders is still my favorite in the genre, and of course, I have your recc to thank for it ;) ) And finally it looks like the next couple will be longer!
Duchess Nicole wrote: "Christine wrote: "Shawn wrote: "Duchess Nicole wrote: "Is it terrible that the reason I haven't started the Mercy Thompson series is because I've heard of the fade to black love scenes? I read YA,..."I couldn't have said it better.
Duchess Nicole wrote: "Christine wrote: "Shawn wrote: "Duchess Nicole wrote: "Is it terrible that the reason I haven't started the Mercy Thompson series is because I've heard of the fade to black love scenes? I read YA,..."Absolutely agree! Just ranting about this exact same thing to someone last night. But I still really love the mercy Thompson series
I love, Love, LOVE the Club Shadowland books. PA, you are my hero for recommending them.
Magda wrote: "I love, Love, LOVE the Club Shadowland books. PA, you are my hero for recommending them."LOL, do I get a cape?
LOL Of course. Would you like Wonder Woman boots, too?
Magda wrote: "LOL Of course. Would you like Wonder Woman boots, too?"Oooooo, and the cuffs and lasso. *jumping up and down* Thanks Magda, you're the best. LOL
Half way through
and it has a little bit of fade away sex scenes but I am still enjoying it.
Shawn wrote: "PR is my first love after all. However, UF has great character, inventive stories and I love those too, I just like to have my little romance fix in the mix. ;D "And UF is my first love! I do love my PNR, but I can only take so much romance and sex before I need to go back to UF for a change of pace. However, I do think it's harder to write a really, really good PNR than a really good UF. In my opinion. It just seems a lot harder to balance out developing a believable romance with a believable plot rather than focusing on one to the detriment of the other. In UF, sure you have to develop relationships between the main character and their supporting cast, but it's just not the same as a full blown romance, so you get to focus a lot more on the plot beyond those personal relationships. So no matter what anyone says about the romance genre, I say kudos to those who do it well!
Quite the conversion going on here.Okay, the Shadowland books have to be some of my fav, erotica, same with the Rough Riders by Lorelei James.
Books that have a good story along with really well written sex scenes are good reads, but if the sex is just there because the author thought okay it's been 50 pages I need to put in another sex scene no thanks. I just skim through those and get back to the story.
I love Mercy Thompson series, I think that as you continue to read them you get more invested in the characters and what is happening with them. I'm waiting to get the newest one, I know it's been out for a while but I always wait for the paperbacks because I really don't like hardcovers.
(Tired of getting smacked in the face when I fall asleep reading at night. ha, ha.)
I just got the first for the Riley Jensen series so I will give it a go.
I think that we are all individuals and what appeals to one doesn't appeal to all. I know that there was one series that people raved about, I got excited and bought the first one to try and it was one of the first books in a very long time that I did not finish. So one's person trash is anothers treasure.
That's what makes life interesting.
IMO.
*grin*...Love Mercy..wished it had a bit more sex in it LOL...loved Riley and understand what KA was trying to do but I think you need to read the whole series to get there....Love the Breeds! every book:)...Adore Shadowlands and Rough Riders....so maybe I am just easy to please ....
Jenny wrote: "Quite the conversion going on here.Okay, the Shadowland books have to be some of my fav, erotica, same with the Rough Riders by Lorelei James.
Books that have a good story along with really we..."
I've done that! I set my expectations bar too high, forgetting that I may not like what everyone else does. It was that way with Georgina Kincaid and the Shifters series. Both were good, but not as good as I expected. It's crazy, the varying tastes we all have, yet we all like the genre.
Shawn wrote: "Has anyone read Keri Arthur's spin off from the Riley Jensen series? I have the first two books (tbr). What do you think?"If you're talking about the Dark Angels Risa's books they are really good. I've read the first two and can't wait till July for the next one!
the are on my list jenne:)..waiting for kaz to come back we are doing a buddy read
Just started the
series. Finished the first one and it's okay so far. Really like Kate but I'm hoping for more sexytimes. lol. Please tell me there is light on the horizon!
Great discussion going here, I feel like a lurker just reading & not commenting - but there really isn't anything I can add. I agree about disliking sex as a page filler and the believability of 25orgasms in hour But what I really want to know is exactly who is hogging the guy that is obviously the energizer lover -- you know the one that has at least 10 himself in an hour with no time to re-group and doesn't ever get tired? Is it you PA?
Lychee wrote: "Just started the series. Finished the first one and it's okay so far. Really like Kate but I'm hoping for more sexytimes. lol. Please tell me there is light on the hor..."There is a little bit of sexy times although it doesn't happen until further along in the series. There's a lot of tension, though. And, the series is just plain awesome.
Lychee wrote: "Just started the series. Finished the first one and it's okay so far. Really like Kate but I'm hoping for more sexytimes. lol. Please tell me there is light on the hor..."Not tons of sexytimes, but there is some, and the books get better and better. I LOVE Kate Daniels! And I LOVE CURRAN! I'm so jealous that you're just starting. He's so possessive and delicious!
Pat wrote: "Great discussion going here, I feel like a lurker just reading & not commenting - but there really isn't anything I can add. I agree about disliking sex as a page filler and the believability of..."
ROTFL! Energizer lover! Like a bunny?! PA needs an allowance. Only so many a week.
DN -- personally I wanna know who has him, surely its my turn. I'm alone til the weekend
Like
. Did these people ever sleep? lolThe orgasm fairy must be busy!
Hahahaha, Laura. Have you read this one? 
- I think she stops at 9 cause he can't hold it off any longer. LMAO. REALLY!?!?
Magda wrote: "Hahahaha, Laura. Have you read this one? - I think she stops at 9 cause he can't hold it off any longer. LMAO. REALLY!?!?"He is such a slacker -- an Energizer Lover he is clearly not!
Lychee wrote: "Just started the series. Finished the first one and it's okay so far. Really like Kate but I'm hoping for more sexytimes. lol. Please tell me there is light on the hor..."I love, love, love this series. I first read it three years ago, but just today finished listening to it on audio to refresh my memory. I just love how Kate and Curran interact. When she has the waiter deliver a saucer of milk to his table!?! Love it! You will eventually get some sexy, but I for one loved the build-up as much, if not more than, the culmination of their relationship.
I'd really like to know where to find those men because it sure ain't the ones that I've known. The wham bam thank you madam ones seem to be what I have found more often in my life. Not that there has been many.
I know that reading is fantasy and escape but please there needs to be just a little touch of reality running through the stories.
Lychee wrote: "Just started the
I've had this one on my TBR shelf for quite a while. You guys are making me think that the dust needs of come off and I should give it a try.
Just what I need yet another series to fall in love with.
Thanks Guys!
lol thanks for the reassurances ladies. In point of fact, I love a slow buildup, but you know how it is. The wait is torture! Thankfully, I'm diving right into the 2nd book!
You all have to read it! Required reading for all UF fans! Christine, what about what Kate says when they first meet? Hilarious! Have you read any of the Curran short stories? They're great, and I love getting his point of view.
I love them, too, wish they were longer.
Wrapped up Darker After Midnight ~ Lara Adrian. The best book in the entire series so far. Edge of my seat for most of the book. Fantastic writing, heart pounding action, raw emotion.5 star.
On to Magic in The Wind ~ Christine Feehan. Drake Sisters series.
P.A. wrote: "Magda wrote: "It's not sex scenes. I read & enjoy many books containing sex, especially erotica but as I said unnecessary sex scenes detract from the storyline. Plus, Riley was not a likeable chara..."Do you ever get the feeling that the folks writing some of those ridicules sex scenes are virgins or people who have not experienced any orgasms before? I like to believe it is the lack of experience and not the lack of writing ability that is behind bad writing about sex.
P.A. wrote: "Laura wrote: "Just finished up and this series is addicting. I'm still completley swooning over Master Nolan.Currently working on
[bo..."I read the first one....are the rest of the series better than that one?
Duchess Nicole wrote: "You all have to read it! Required reading for all UF fans! Christine, what about what Kate says when they first meet? Hilarious! Have you read any of the Curran short stories? They're great, a..."Oh yes, the infamous first meeting. That was the moment the first book finally took off for me. I haven't read the Curran POVs yet. I've just recently started checking out the novellas and short stories that go with some of my favorite series. There are so many great moments between Kate and Curran. I love the scene where she pays some folks to use their phone and they give her the money back because the conversation was so entertaining. I believe that was in Book 3.
Yes, Katya, they pick up. You're asking about the Shadowland books, right? IMO, after #3 they're excellent.
Magda wrote: "Yes, Katya, they pick up. You're asking about the Shadowland books, right? IMO, after #3 they're excellent."yup....maybe i will keep reading then.
Finished
awesome and hilarious Reading
next. Hoping to finish a few series' so I can start new ones.
Shawn wrote: "Recently finished Lora Leigh's Breed series (very hot). Now I'm on Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series currently reading I am loving this series; I'm blowing rig..."i totally agree with ya Shawn. i'm also on Silver Borne and i would like more depth to Mercy and Adams relationship. it is getting better with each novel though.
Jenne wrote: "I never cared for Mercy I read the first two but she was too manly for me and Stephen was just goofy with the Scooby van."awww Jenne, u need to give Stephen a little more time. in bks 3&4 u see more development in his character. he's not as goofy as he seems in the first two books. i hope u'll give the other bks in the series a chance someday. they do get better as u continue.
Alana (aka ◘Whiplash◘) wrote: "Teresa wrote: "People if you can not handle the sex in the books , I might suggest that you not read adult books. I can not believe that every one is complaining about the sex scenes in the Riley J..."Giggles...With all of these discusions, I was going to let this series go until your comment. Gotta get me some "boom-chicka-bow-wa", lol.
Lychee wrote: "Just started the series. Finished the first one and it's okay so far. Really like Kate but I'm hoping for more sexytimes. lol. Please tell me there is light on the hor..."The first book is probably the weakest, IMO. I'm on #5 and just adore Kate...LOVE Curran. There's something so honest, sweet and compassionate...yet such a bad-ass all wrapped in Kate.
Christine wrote: "Lychee wrote: "Just started the series. Finished the first one and it's okay so far. Really like Kate but I'm hoping for more sexytimes. lol. Please tell me there is l..."I'm glad you got your hands on the audiobook. What do you think of Kate's voice? At first I didn't care for it bc it was too soft, but as I learned more about her characters (there's something vulnerable-sweet-honest), I loved it. My lib didn't have book 5 in audio so I'm reading instead, but I can still hear their voices. It's going to be a great read!
I know you loved Mercy Thompson too. I loved Kate, you think I'll like Mercy. I only read book 1. She's a little too much of a hard-ass. Am I wrong?
Teresa wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Finished 
. It was pretty good. Now starting 
. It's a whopper, but I'm..."Yes, I'm really enjoying it so far! :)
Franny (The Reader's Edge) wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Cmkage wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Cmkage wrote: "I finished and really liked it after all. The first hundred or so pages were a bit hard to get into, but on..."Yeah, I'm pretty sure the movie has the same title as the first book. It's fairly new too I think.
Cmkage wrote: "Franny (The Reader's Edge) wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Cmkage wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Cmkage wrote: "I finished and really liked it after all. The first hundred or so pages ..."Yeah, I agree with you there. I actually haven't read Game Of Thrones or watched the series, but I've heard good things about it.
Franny (The Reader's Edge) wrote: "Cmkage wrote: "Franny (The Reader's Edge) wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Cmkage wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Cmkage wrote: "I finished and really liked it after all. The first hundr...":)
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I guess it's hard for me to really get on board with the love aspect when there isn't intimacy, or if we only read about a couple of kisses. It's frustrating to really love a couple, and they have a great chemistry, but there's no conclusive evidence of a sex life between them. I don't have to have sex in a book, (I like a lot of YA) but I guess when reading an adult novel, I've come to expect it, and it makes the romantic aspect more realistic.
On the other hand, like we were discussing earlier, I think a lot of authors rely too heavily on the sex to sell their books. I don't pick up a UF expecting erotica, and sometimes a book is more sex than substance. I dislike that, also. Happy mediums are good!