Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews Reviews In Progress

First I am clearing my calender and reading Magic Slays (Kate Daniels, Book 5) as soon as it is delivered to my Kindle on May 31st. I have never been disappointed in a Kate Daniels book and I just can't wait to read it!

I have been sick so I picked up Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs to get my mind off of how awful I was feeling. It worked and I hope to work on a review for this book sometime this week.

I never got around to writing a review for Bayou Moon (The Edge, Book 2) so the plan is with three days off to get this one finished as well. I can tell you it was a great book and worth the buy just as Silver Borne was.

I am going to go out on a limb here and say anything by Ilona Andrews is worth the dollars spent. You just can't go wrong with a Kate Daniels book.

Oh and don't forget to visit my little sisters blog Oh My Goddess, Are You Stalking Me. She has been allowing me to use some of her great reviews to keep this blog going when I am super busy with other things. Thanks!

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Under Her Skin Book Review

Under Her Skin is a collection of short stories that are guaranteed to get your heart rate up. They were just under a dollar for each story and well worth it because I am sure I will read them again. Each of them has a strong female at the center and a man that just gets Under Her Skin.


Jeaniene Frost provides us with a great story about a hiker who is bitten by a wolf and wakes up a prisoner in "Pack". She must come to terms with the changes that are coming in her life. She finds herself attracted to her captor despite the feelings of anger she has toward him.


"In Sheep's Clothing" by Meljean Brook was a fun story about a girl returning to her home away from home just in time to run into a serial killer. She left after a wolf attacked her and she has returned to a place where she can let the wild go and run free. She calls on her past love for help when the killer attacks her. They rekindle the old flame and hunt down a killer together.  It has a love story, a werewolf, and a serial killer, how could I not like it? This is the first I have heard of Brooks but I will be loading my Kindle with more of her writing in the near future.


"The Grace of Small Magics" by Ilona Andrews was excellent! I was on the edge of my seat almost the entire time. Grace has magic but not much and her family is in servitude to Clan Dreoch. They are called upon when there magic is needed and they do as they are told. Grace is different she does not just accept her fate she wants to bargain for her freedom or at least some worry free years of her life. You can actually find this story here.


If you like Ilona Andrews, the husband and wife writing team, it is worth signing up for the feeds or the newsletter here. I have read several of the short stories for free here and there is always something fun to read on the blog. I enjoy their writing so much I usually end up buying everything anyway but when the budget is tight it is really nice to have access to some free material by my favorite authors.

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Of Swine and Roses Kindle Edition

Of Swine and Roses is a short story by Ilona Andrews. It is the very first of the fiction I have read on my new Kindle. First I want to apologize to the author's because I have been spelling Ilona wrong for what must be years now. Later this week I will try to correct as many "Illona's" as I can. So sorry!

Next I want to tell you this short story was worth the small fee I paid for it. I have been enjoying my Kindle so much with the non-fiction I am reading I decided to look up anything by Ilona Andrews (this is how I realized that I was spelling the name wrong) that I did not have. I found  Curran: Volume I (Curran POV), which I have read but will probably ad it to my collection later. I also found Silent Blade,Of Swine and Roses and Under Her Skin. I bought the latter two. Before my Kindle arrived I bought Bayou Moon but I don't want to read that until I have hours to devote reading it.

Of Swine and Roses is just down right fun. A young girl gets suckered into going on a date with a young man she doesn't like because he is  from a "good" family. Through a series of epic date disasters she ends up chasing a pig and .....well you just have to read it to find out what is next.

The story isn't very long but you will enjoy every minute of it.

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