Richelle Mead is an up and coming author in the growing Urban Fantasy genre. Her books for young adults and adults alike are well-written, quickly paced, and really stand apart with their brilliant characterizations. Given that I am a…
Title: Succubus Dreams Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 3 in the Succubus series Why did I read this book: By this point, it should be pretty self-explanatory. Summary: (from KensingtonBooks.com)Some days, a girl…
Title: Succubus On Top Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 2 of the Succubus series Why did I read this book: Loved Succubus Blues (book 1) and could not wait to get more Georgina.…
Title: Frostbite Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 2 in the Vampire Academy series Why did I read this book: Read Vampire Academy in a day, and needed more. Pronto. (This was…
Title: Vampire Academy Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Stand Alone or Series: Book 1 in the Vampire Academy series Why did we read this book: Other than the fact that we are having a Richelle-A-Palooza? Thea…
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Richelle-A-Palooza!
Time for another author spotlight here at The Book Smugglers, and this time it is popular Urban Fantasy author Richelle Mead! Richelle exploded on the scene with her debut novel, Succubus Blues, and has since started the Vampire Academy…
Title: Night Falls Darkly Author: Kim Lenox Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Historical Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 of Shadow Guards series. Summary: ARCHER, Lord Black, returns to England at the behest of Queen Victoria to immerse himself in the dark,…
Title: Goddess of the Sea Author: P.C. Cast Genre: Romantic Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Goddess Summoning series Summary: (from amazon.com)After her plane crashes into the sea, an Air Force Sergeant finds herself occupying the…
Another week, another stash. First things first, we have a winner for our Hex Appeal giveaway: Tetewa Congrats! Drop us an email at thebooksmugglers AT hotmail DOT com with your mailing address, and we will get the book off…
A few weeks ago Ciara and I kicked off the Windflower World Tour – where a copy of this classic, out of print, Romance novel is being passed around from blogger to blogger around the world. The idea is…
Title: The Chosen Sin Author: Anya Bast Genre: Paranormal Romance/Erotica (or is it Erotic Paranormal Romance?) Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Why did I read this book: This was a huge leap out of my comfort zone–as…
Title: Clockwork Heart Author: Dru Pagliassotti Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk Stand Alone or Series: Stand alone novel; although according to Ms. Pagliassotti’s website there is a forthcoming sequel! Why did I read this book: Tia at Fantasy Debut had a…
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Banned Books Week 2008 Meme
This week marks Banned Books Week–where we celebrate our right to free speech, and stand against censorship. The Top 10 Banned Books of 2008: 1. And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson 2. The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier 3. Olive’s…
*Tag teams Katiebabs* Look at the beautiful cover for the next installment of Kresley Cole’s Immortal After Dark series! A big thank you to the great Katie and and to the awesome Meljean Brook for this gift! So what…
Another Powerpuff Girls Review! Both Katie (Blossum) and Ana (Bubbles) got review copies so what better way to go about it than to have another one of our joint efforts? By now, you must know the drill, Bubbles writes…
Title: It Happened One Night Authors: Mary Balogh, Stephanie Laurens, Jacquie D’Alessandro and Candice Hern Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: All fours stories are stand alone Summary: It Happened One Night . . . and nothing was ever…
Title: The Magical Christmas Cat Authors: Lora Leigh, Nalini Singh, Linda Winstead Jones and Erin McCarthy Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/ Series: It can be read as a stand alone but at least two of the stories (Nalini Singh’s…
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Mercy Thompson: Homecoming
This is too cool for words. Fans of Patricia Briggs’s Mercy Thompson books might have heard the good news that Dabel Brothers Publishing will be releasing a 4-part comic book miniseries based on the books this November, titled Mercy…
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Monday Minis! Miniseries Review: N.
Title: N. Produced by Scribner, CBS Mobile Entertainment, Marvel Comics & Stephen King; Based on the short story by Stephen King; Art by Alex Maleev and Jose Villarrubia; Adapted by Marc Guggenheim and Stephen King Summary: (from SimonSays.com)Master storyteller…
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Monday Minis! Miniseries Review: Lost in Austen
Title: Lost in Austen Produced by: UK’s ITV, 4 episodes, aired between 3rd and 24th September 2008 Main Cast and characters: Jemima Rooper as Amanda Price, Alex Kingston as Mrs Bennet,Hugh Bonneville as Mr Bennet, Elliot Cowan as Fitzwilliam…
Ahoy sea dogs an’ land lubbers! Another excitin’ weekend comes t’ a close, an’ we be havin’ another stash. First things first–we be havin’ a winner! The winner of Seduce Me at Sunrise, concluding our Lisa Kleypas week, is….…
Lisa Kleypas is one of the Heavy Hitters of the historical romance genre, with several international bestsellers, and awards to her name. With her new work in contemporaries, it looks like she will be dominating that genre as well!…
6 Rated Books 9 Rated Books Joint Review Lisa Kleypas week
Lisa Kleypas Week – Joint Review: A Wallflower Christmas
Title: A Wallflower Christmas Author: Lisa Kleypas Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: In the world of the Wallflower’s series but can be read as a stand alone Summary: Wealthy entrepreneur Rafe Bowman has come to London to marry…
In 2005, Lisa Kleypas started a new historical romance series. Four very different women find that they are routinely ignored and shunned by London society for various reasons. Annabelle is beautiful, yet destitute; Lillian and her sister Daisy are…
Title: Seduce me at Sunrise Author: Lisa Kleypas Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: The second in The Hathaways series Summary: Win has been an invalid ever since she suffered a near-fatal case of scarlet fever. Merripen is a…