My favorite paranormal romances are the funny ones: No larger-than-life heroes that take themselves too seriously, no heroines that can’t wait to be bonded, no destruction of the world looming. Instead, I like amusing little magics and the zany situations that occur when you throw magical elements into the mundane world. This explains why I…
With a title like this, I knew this book wasn’t going to be the next Dr. Zhivago. I looked forward to a light, funny story that would leave me in a good mood, but after reading this book, I couldn’t help but feel that it was actually too over-the-top and calculated in its pandemonium. The…
Witch In the House is the promising beginning of a series about three best friends whose husbands mysteriously disappeared after an ice storm six years earlier. Though the circumstances that put the hero and heroine together are quite sad, this is a story in which I truly believe in the couple’s HEA, which, I might…
Why, Oh Why is it that previously wonderful series’ take a dramatic downhill turn when moving to hardcover? I have waited not too patiently for each installment in the Hollows series and never been truly disappointed until now. With A Few Demons More I feel like the author chopped up the characters and threw them…
I first read and loved Howl’s Moving Castle when it was published twenty years ago. In my umpteenth re-reading of the book for this DIK review, I realize I still love it as much as ever. It is, in my opinion, one of the best novels ever about finding yourself and about the nature of…
Charmed and Ready is the second book in a series, and not having read the first one, there were times I was lost. However, the book is funny and charming enough that I plan to check out the first one in the series, Charmed and Dangerous. Bronwyn is a powerful witch who can not only…
I have a confession to make: I’ve never enjoyed a stand-alone title by Nora Roberts. Her connected books, though, are quite another story. This is the first title in the Circle trilogy, and it’s a good thing that the other books will follow quickly, because I cannot wait! Many of her connected books contain more…
Fantasy and Paranormal Romances seem to be everywhere these days, and Cheyenne McCray’s Forbidden Magic stands as one of the most entertaining I’ve read in some time. While not perfect, it is a sexy and exciting read. Silver Ashcroft is a D’Anu witch, sworn to practice only white magic. Without her coven’s knowledge, she secretly…
Bedspell has kind of wacky premise, so it could have wound up being either unbearably silly or enjoyably fun. Fortunately it’s the latter. Make no mistake, it is a little silly, but it’s also sweet and thoroughly likable. Signe Sargent’s dream is to work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Despite her college degree, though,…
I am easily bored by politics. It doesn’t seem to matter if it’s present-day Congressional wrangling or the more direct and often brutal politics of other eras – at a certain point I just begin to lose interest. This, unfortunately, is exactly what happened when I read Lady Robyn, the second book in a…