Lady D's Ramblings

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've been a big lover of Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark series for years. So, when I heard that her publisher offered a free 17 chapter view of her YA novel, Poison Princess, I jumped all over the chance to check it out. I totally wasn't disappointed. I ended up buying the full-length novel that same day. If you're looking for a typical happy-go-lucky YA novel, this very much is NOT it. Kresley Cole takes this book to some dark places, just like she takes her IAD heroines through. This book is YA, so there is no sex, but there are some very steamy scenes between the two main characters. Evangeline Green is a typical rich southern cheerleader. Blonde, football boyfriend, loving mother, huge mansion. But there's something different about Evie. She has visions, horrifying visions of an apocalyptic nature. Having just come back from a summer in a children's mental hospital in Atlanta, Evie is doing ever...

Torment by Lauren Kate My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the second book in Lauren Kate's Fallen series. This book takes up immediately after the last book ends, with Luce and Daniel fleeing from Sword & Cross reform school. Daniel has teemed up with Cam to take on this new threat to Luce, and has let Luce in on close to nothing of his plans. He also takes her to a new school, one where the children of angels and humans, called Nephilim, also attend. Luce is there without Daniel, however, and that seems to sting a bit. In this book, Luce and Daniel have some problems, which was weird compared to last book. And in truth, I wasn't a fan of the way that there were times, when they have this multiple-lives spanning love, that they use the term "break up" a few times. I'm not sure that that would/could happen. But it seems that it might. Luce also begins to learn about her past lives in this book through the shadows that we saw in the last book. This was a totally...

Heh. I'm sure I'll work on this challenge at some point. So far this year, I've been doing a lot of re-reading. Atlantis Series 1. Heart of the Dragon 2. Jewel of Atlantis 3. The Nymph King 4. The Vampire's Bride White Rabbit Chronicles 1. Alice in Zombieland 2. Through the Zombie Glass ~♥~ Lady D

Well, I've knocked a couple books off my list! Just chugging along. How're your lists coming? Category 1: Vampires 1. Guilty Pleasures- Laurell K. Hamilton (re-read) 2. Twice Tempted- Jeaniene Frost 3. Lover Reborn- J.R. Ward 4. Shadow's Claim- Kresley Cole 5. Vamped- Lucienne Diver Category 2: Angels and Demons 1. Archangel's Kiss- Nalini Singh 2. Torment- Lauren Kate 3. Envy- J.R. Ward 4. The Devil Inside- Jenna Black (re-read) 5. Speak of the Devil- Jenna Black Category 3: Fae and Magic 1. Unholy Ghosts- Stacia Kane 2. Steel's Edge- Ilona Andrews 3. Spell Bound- Kelley Armstrong 4. Night Seeker- Yasmine Galenorn 5. Summer Knight- Jim Butcher Category 4: Shifters/Werewolves 1. Fair Game- Patricia Briggs 2. Magic Rises- Ilona Andrews 3. How to Drive a Dragon Crazy- G.A. Aiken 4. Alpha- Rachel Vincent 5.You Slay Me- Katie MacAlister(re-read) ~♥~ Lady D

Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lucia the Archer is a valkyrie who suffered great pain in her past, and because of it, the goddess Skathi gave her the ability to be the best archer in the world, as long as she stays chaste. Garreth MacRieve is a Lykae who has been looking for his mate for centuries, and one day, while he's playing rugby with some demons, he manages to scent her. Now, Garreth is chasing his reluctant valkyrie all over the world, hoping to convince her that she's his mate, and she will want to stay that way. But what Garreth doesn't know is that Lucia is seeking something called a dieumort. Something that will allow her to face her past and kill a god. Will Garreth and Lucia be able to get over her vows to Skathi? Will Lucia be able to face her past and allow herself a future with her fearsome Lykae? Pleasure of a Dark Prince is a great book in the IAD (Immortals After Dark) series by Kresley Cole. You get to see some of y...