Pixie: I am officially no longer an Ann Aguirre virgin & let me tell you, this book blew me away. I’m so glad Pam has been on me to read Ms. Aguirre’s work!
Spaz: HOORAY!! I am so happy that not only you got to finally read an Ann Aguirre book, but that we got to read this one together! I have all kinds of warm and fuzzy feelings right now, awwwww!
I feel the need to state that I had a love-hate relationship with the last book in the series, Hell Fire. The love triangle with Corine, Jesse, and Chance and the tension it caused really exhausted me. Even though I have been waiting for this new release, I was nervous to see where it would go. With that being said… I. loved. this. book. Shady Lady is a masterpiece in dark and descriptive narrative. From colorful streets in Mexico to hot, creepy jungles in Peru. Ms. Aguirre takes you to places in your imagination only an expert story teller can take you. There is one scene that involves demonic monkeys were I was truly spooked… and the scenes like that just kept on coming! Continue reading...
Alex Grave is a private investigator for her own company Tongues for the Dead. She uses her abilities as a grave witch - the power to raise and speak to the dead - from assisting family members seeking closure with a dead loved one, to helping the police solve a homicide, and everything in between. She agrees to help her sister, whom she is somewhat estranged from, and quickly finds herself in the middle of death and mayhem.
Grave Witch is the first book in Kalayna Price's Alex Craft series. There were elements of the protagonist, Alexis, that made her completely relatable as well as likable. One touch that I really liked was that every time she raises a shade her eyesight goes wonky and she becomes nearly blind. She is completely vulnerable with her limited sight and that gave her such an element of relatability to me, as someone who wears very very strong contacts. I could really relate to her feeling of helplessness during those periods, when things are happening all around her and she can't freaking see! I felt right there with her in her confusion and frustration. Also, I liked that she was down and out broke, also another element that makes her easy to empathize with. Continue Reading...
Larissa Ione is back and in full effect with her novel Eternal Rider, the first in her new Lords of Deliverance series. The first Horseman Reseph had his Seal broken during the events in the last of the Demonica books Sin Undone, causing him to become Pestilence. He has completely turned evil and is hellbent on breaking the Seals of his 3 fellow Horseman brothers and sister to bring about the Apocalypse. Ares is the Horseman who would be War, and his Seal is carried by a Fallen Angel. If the Angel dies and is not able to pass the seal to someone else beforehand, the Seal will break turning Ares in to War. Through a series of events, the heroine Cara ends up unwillingly carrying Ares's Seal, and thus begins their journey together to prevent Pestilence from starting armageddon. Continue reading...
This is a cross-post from WLP's site.
On Sunday, I discovered that a Momma Mouse had babies underneath the grill cover on our porch. The dogs found it first and killed one of the babies and then ran away the Momma Mouse. I found this little baby was very alive. I recreated the nest as best as I could, and placed the baby mouse in it with the hopes the mom would come back…. She never did. I gave it two hours because that’s how often baby mice have to eat. After agonizing over what to do, I made the best decision I could live with. I went and got kitten replacement milk, an eye dropper, and Baby Mouse now resides in a critter cage over a heating pad. I am going to try my best to be a surrogate mom until Baby Mouse can open his eyes and eventually live on his own. Baby Mouse must be fed every 2 hours, and I have to rub its belly to help it "relieve" itself. I may, or may not, have him at work under my desk in his critter carrier with a heating pad so I can take him outside to my car and feed him every 2 hours (I am sure everyone at work thinks I'm doing drugs).
Thank goodness for all the resources on the internetz and the youtubez!
