Atone by Angela Brown

I recently read "Atone" by one of my favorite authors, Angela Brown. This novelette is part of her NEO chronicles are the stories of our heroes before they band together to save of behinds from those who threaten our existence.

NEO – Network of Extraordinaires and Otherworldlies is shaping up to be one badass group of people, so I can't read their combined adventures, but for now I'm enjoying all of the individual stories. 

Atone, book two, is centered around Caine, a hot assassin that specializes in the ladies. He's ready to retire, but decides to take just one last job, assassinate an assassin, the ultimate "one for the road" departure. Just what Caine needs.

I'm just sayin:

For a novelette I found that Atone offered the reader a lot of information. For example, Caine's background story is full of emotion and betrayal the glimpse into this killers past helps us to understand what shaped him into becoming a real lady killer. 

One of the reasons that I love Angela Brown's work is that she writes very descriptively. I can see in my mind exactly what she is writing:

LOC 171 "Colorful dots covered a gray slate in his mind, moving, coalescing like an impressionistic painting, until a familiar face came into view."

At the same time, she is an author with a sense of humor with her characters:

 loc 390 "When conversations are a blast"

I also love that she writes unconventional women; I'm over lawyers, fashion designers, and medical professionals that act anything but. I want to see more ninja's and mountain women, maybe an astrophysicist or two. I really like that the world has no bounds when Angela writes.

Overall:

I actually cried during one of the scenes in a book, how often does that happen in a novella? Never, unless it is written by a talented artist like Angela Brown who's weaving a tapestry of books into the series she calls NEO chronicles.

Check this book out at Amazon, Goodreads, or Barnes and Noble. 

Book one of NEO:

Frailties of the Bond

And cause I love it so much:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15843604-neverlove

Ravaged by Jaide fox

C-mac and I were huge fans of the Starz original series "Spartacus" in all its glory. Obviously we watched for different reasons;

Cmac: "What did he just say?"
Me: "there's dialog in this show?"
Cmac: "Be serious, What did he say"
Me: "Seriously, I'm only watching for the man meat, beefcake, to ogle these studs muffins. Stop sighing, you sound so exasperated"
Cmac: "So degrading. Do you ever think of anything else? 
Me: "shopping and shoes. Stop rolling your eyes! You asked"
Cmac: "I'll just rewind it"
Me: "ooh, goody! More muffins!

So with the last episode of the muffin show having been aired in march I was missing a little blood and sex in my life. Enter "Ravaged (pleasure masters(futuristic BDSM Alpha Shifters)" by Jaide fox.

The story of a gladiator winning the ultimate prize, a willing sex slave. Did I mention that he has a magical member? Uhm, yeah! Read and enjoyed!

Donor (Dresdon Coven)

I saw this book in my inbox from Amazon.com so I downloaded the sample and immediately fell in love with this dark gritty love story.

Elaina was once a tracker of Dresdan, an ancient species of vampire. For years, she served District 5, until she learned their prime agenda is to create a new race of humans Before Elaina can expose the truth, District 5 discovers that her blood type contains the elements to create a successful hybrid. She becomes the hunted, but protection is found while in the presence of one vampire, Vicq.

Vicq who dies because of her. Or did he?

For a novella I found the characters to be well rounded and very believable. I am now a fan of Mrs. Kirk and will continue to read her novels future works. The story is great, with lots of action and well written romance. I pictured the story in deep crimson and shadows. 

My only gripe is towards the end in the nightclub. A few new characters are introduced towards the end and their interactions with the hero and heroine are kind of uncomfortable other than that A+ for Donor.


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Lions, falcons, bears, and swans.......

Oh my!

Lion And The Falcon (Furry United Coalition) 

I couldn't make it past the sample for this book. There were too many characters with backgrounds that I didn't like this sample enough to buy the book.

Swan And The Bear (Furry United Coalition):

This was just an okay read for me. I found some problems that kep me from loving the book:

Repetitive
Wrong words
Needs better editing
The correct term is stylist, men don't go to hairdressers. Barbers or stylists

But overall, I enjoyed the read enough to continue reading Mrs. Langlais; i mean come on, she has a book titled "Delicate freakin Flower" I have to love her just for that!

 Click the titles to view these books at Amazon.com and form you own opinion!

Blown away

A Guardian's Desire

This is my first experience with an alpha female as the herione of the book and I loved it! Freya, our shero, is working an easy gig; gaurd some girls as they find a mate during a weekend pagent. The warrior in Freya is bored without highstakes action or a pretty boy toy that she can dominant. Enter Rayne, a beautiful witch shifter who throws himself in Freya's path; they become entranced with each other. The problem? Rayne's big dominant alpha, Fenris, who has plans to make Freya one of the pageant girls!.

Omg, this book is so good. The prologue threw me off at first, but by the end I was like, YES! Rayne, isn't just some pretty boy; he tall and muscular with a handsome face, sensitivity, intelligence and some satisfying techniques. Fenris is his total opposite, not pretty but strong like bull and calculating. The pair work their way into Freya's and mine. My favorite part is the courting, when Freya lets herself be free with Rayne and finally starts to accept Fenris. I have read the epilouge at least three times, the insecurities that Freya reveals to her mates is so heart warming; she finally let somone in and was rewarded by unconditional love from not one, but two gorgeous men who call her mate.

There are some typos, but they are minor compared to so many other books out there. I wrote the author with my sentiments ( A nice way of saying I gushed about how much I loved the book) and I mentioned the typos, she assured me that she has an editor and that they try to get to all of them, but some slip through. Ahem, (she straightens her imaginary tie) PLEASE PLEASE, PLEASE (falls to knees) let me help out with that!