Teaser Tuesday #379, July 17th

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today's teaser comes from

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #371, July 16th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #370
Teaser Tuesday #378
WWW Wednesday #378
WOW #375
Will the Time Come #369
Third Sentence Thursday #360
Random Reads #346
First Lines Friday #374
The Reward Challenge Update #355
Follow Friday #348
Book Blogger Hop #40
How Well I Stuck to It #208
Wrote that Review Update #205

Week 28 Reviews:
Charisma
When Blood Calls
In Rides Trouble
Her Fierce Warrior
Kidnapping in the Black Hills
Her Rogue Alpha
Trouble in the Ukraine
Her True Match
Her Dark Half
X-Ops Exposed
Shadow's Bane
Spinning Silver
Awaken in Darkness
A Touch of Midnight
Kiss of Midnight

Random:
We Have the Cover of Highland Brides #7!!!!
We Have the Cover of Throne of Glass #7!!!!

OK, so I got 24 posts in 7 days, What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Grave Mercy, Dark Triumph, Mortal Heart, and Long May She Reign.

Wrote that Review Update #205, July 15th

If you want to participate, set a certain amount of reviews to write, and once you make that goal, you can get a reward!

My reviews to reward is writing all of the reviews of the week, and I motivated myself to write my review for Charisma, When Blood Calls, In Rides Trouble, Her Fierce Warrior, Kidnapping in the Black Hills, Her Rogue Alpha, Trouble in the Ukraine, Her True Match, Her Dark Half, X-Ops Exposed, Shadow's Bane, Spinning Silver, Awaken in Darkness, A Touch of Midnight and Kiss of Midnight, so I have 8 of 8 reviews written!

And as always, I want to review this week's reviews!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

How Well I Stuck to It #208, July 15th

So I decided that I should have accountability on sticking to what should be in a week, so I'm doing How Well I Stuck to It every Sunday, because my schedule should be fixed in by now!

Week 29:
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers, Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers, Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers, Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas

Tour Books: NA.

Review Books: NA.

NetGalley: NA.

Edelweiss: NA.

Meme Books: NA.

Rereads: 4. Check.

New Books: NA.

Yeah, just a few amazing books that I need to reread! Can't wait!

Week 28:
In Rides Trouble by Julie Ann Walker, Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian, Nine by Zach Hines, Scream All Night by Derek Milman, When Blood Calls by J.K. Beck

vs.

Charisma by Jeanne Ryan, When Blood Calls by J.K. Beck, In Rides Trouble by Julie Ann Walker, Her Fierce Warrior by Paige Tyler, Kidnapping in the Black Hills by Paige Tyler, Her Rogue Alpha by Paige Tyler, Trouble in the Ukraine by Paige Tyler, Her True Match by Paige Tyler, Her Dark Half by Paige Tyler, X-Ops Exposed by Paige Tyler, Shadow's Bane by Karen Chance, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, Awaken in Darkness by Dianne Duvall, A Touch of Midnight by Lara Adrian, Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian

Yeah, I read 3/5 of what I planned and I don't know how many more, so yeah, this was a really fantastic week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Week 28 Reviews: A Touch of Midnight, Kiss of Midnight

From Goodreads:
Savannah Dupree is halfway across the country from her Louisiana bayou hometown, a freshman studying at Boston University on a full scholarship. But academic excellence is only one of Savannah's gifts. She possesses something even more remarkable than her quick mind and insatiable curiosity for learning. With a simple touch, Savannah can see an object's past—a skill that puts her life in danger, when her studies bring her into contact with a centuries-old English sword and the secret hidden within the blade's history: the vicious murders of twin boys by a group of fanged creatures borne of the worst kind of nightmare.

In all his three hundred years of living as one of the Breed, vampire warrior Gideon never dreamed he'd see the blade again that spilled his young brothers' lives ages ago on that blood-soaked night in London. Ever since the boys’ deaths, Gideon’s been on a personal quest to rid the world of Rogue vampires, but now he can’t help wondering if the brutal slayings of his only kin was something more sinister—an act perpetrated by an unknown enemy. An enemy who is apparently living in hiding somewhere in Boston. There's one certain way to prove Gideon's suspicion, but it will mean using innocent, gifted Savannah to help uncover the full truth—a truth that will shatter everything she knows about herself and the world around her. And with danger closing in from all sides, the passion that ignites between Gideon and Savannah will tempt them to risk their hearts and lives for a love that might just last an eternity…

From Goodreads:
He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell’s deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night—or this man—is what it seems. For when Gabrielle witnesses a murder outside the club, reality shifts into something dark and deadly. In that shattering instant she is thrust into a realm she never knew existed—a realm where vampires stalk the shadows and a blood war is set to ignite.

Lucan Thorne despises the violence carried out by his lawless brethren. A vampire himself, Lucan is a Breed warrior, sworn to protect his kind—and the unwitting humans existing alongside them—from the mounting threat of the Rogues. Lucan cannot risk binding himself to a mortal woman, but when Gabrielle is targeted by his enemies, he has no choice but to bring her into the dark underworld he commands.

Here, in the arms of the Breed's formidable leader, Gabrielle will confront an extraordinary destiny of danger, seduction, and the darkest pleasures of all. . . .

My Review:


Author: Lara Adrian
Series: Midnight Breed #0.5, 1
Read: July 13th, 13th, 2018
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2018 Books and Kiss of Midnight is a WTC Book!
Publisher: Lara Adrian, LLC, Dell
Published: July 15th 2013, May 1st 2007

A Touch of Midnight:

5/5 Hearts

4.5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Kiss of Midnight:

5/5 Hearts

4.5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 28 Review: Awaken the Darkness

From Goodreads:
He awakens encapsulated in dirt with no knowledge of how he came to be there. Riddled with injuries, he can remember neither his past nor who he is. Nor can he remember what he is. But surely no mortal man could survive being buried deep beneath the earth. All he knows with certainty is that the soothing voice and presence of the woman moving around above enables him to endure the agony of his wounds. And he will do whatever it takes to be with her. 

When Susan first sees the old two-story house for sale, such warmth and longing fill her that—against all reason—she makes an offer. It will take years of hard work and money she frankly doesn’t have to fix up the place. So she can’t explain why she bought it. She also can't explain what compels her to spend hours one night, digging in the basement until she unearths a man. A man who still lives and breathes despite having been buried alive. A man whose intense brown eyes glow amber with pain, declaring him far more than ordinary. 

Susan knows she should keep her distance. He has no memory and possesses gifts that would make most fear him. But as the two work together to unravel the mystery of his past, she finds herself drawn in by his teasing nature and tender touch. So much so that she loses her heart to him even as they find themselves hunted by unknown enemies who are ruthless in their quest to capture them.

My Review:


Author: Dianne Duvall
Series: Immortal Guardians #8
Read: July 12th, 2018
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love this series and her writing, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2018 Book!
Publisher: Dianne Duvall
Published: July 10th 2018

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 28 Review: Spinning Silver

From Goodreads:
Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders... but her father isn't a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has loaned out most of his wife's dowry and left the family on the edge of poverty--until Miryem steps in. Hardening her heart against her fellow villagers' pleas, she sets out to collect what is owed--and finds herself more than up to the task. When her grandfather loans her a pouch of silver pennies, she brings it back full of gold.

But having the reputation of being able to change silver to gold can be more trouble than it's worth--especially when her fate becomes tangled with the cold creatures that haunt the wood, and whose king has learned of her reputation and wants to exploit it for reasons Miryem cannot understand.

My Review:


Author: Naomi Novik
Read: July 12th, 2018
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love her writing, and it's a SAC 2018 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: July 10th 2018

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 28 Review: Shadow's Bane

From Goodreads:
Half-human, half-vampire Dorina Basarab is back--and facing her biggest challenge yet in the next urban fantasy in the New York Times bestselling series.

Dorina Basarab is a dhampir--half-human, half-vampire. As one of the Vampire Senate's newest members, Dory already has a lot on her plate. But then a relative of one of Dory's fey friends goes missing. They fear he's been sold to a slaver who arranges fights--sometimes to the death--between different types of fey.

As Dory investigates, she and her friends learn the slavers are into something much bigger than a fight club. With the Vampire Senate gearing up for war with Faerie, it'll take everything she has to defeat the slavers--and deal with the entirely too attractive master vampire Louis-Cesare....

My Review:
Wow, this book was spectacular! With all the difficult with Reap the Wind and then Ride the Storm, it's been about 6 years since we last had a Dory full length novel. It was well worth the wait, this book, so much happens, some hilarious like the game pieces, some not so much, like slavery. Oh, an the action scenes! Awesome!

After Fury's Kiss, I really wanted to know more about Dorina. And I got that in spades in this book, from scenes that she narrated (now that we know what that was, unlike previously!) and the memories from their dad around the time that he built the wall, events which were informative to the plot of what was going on now, so those did double duty, yeah!

One thing that this book deals with is her relationship with Louis-Cesare. I thought that they'd resolved of the issues that would keep them together, inside and out, but apparently not. Well, I guess with Dorina, they flared up again. To have a side of you that could hurt the person you love? Not fun!

You know that in complex, big series like this one, where they mention what happened in the previous book, the big overarching plot, but it's all simple and you're like, oh, yeah, that's what happened, that's what the characters were trying to do? This book had that combined with how long its been been since I read Fury's Kiss and my memory's that bad. So yeah, that was great!

I have a few questions at the end, some bigger than others. Like some could be answered with a quick sentence. Others, I think will play a pretty significant part in the books to come (because there has to be books to come!) For example, her mom and the gift Dorina displays in this book. Otherwise, this book ended really well, and I'm anticipating more from these amazing two series!

This book was so awesome, and I enjoyed reading it so much! It's a fantastic book!

Author: Karen Chance
Series: Dorina Basarab #4
Read: July 10th, 2018
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2018 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Berkley
Expected Publication: July 31st 2018

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 28 Reviews: Her Fierce Warrior, Kidnapping in the Black Hills, Her Rogue Alpha, Trouble in the Ukraine, Her True Match, Her Dark Half, X-Ops Exposed

From Goodreads:
The woman tensed. As anger and fear ricocheted across her face, her eyes changed from red to green to brown in a dizzying display like nothing he'd ever seen.

Every instinct in Angelo's body screamed at him to lunge for his weapon. Instead he set his feet for impact, blocking her slashing claws. Unbelievably, after a few moments of struggling, she went still, all the fight gone...

Minka isn't sure she should trust the sexy Special Forces soldier who found her. Subjected to horrors, on the run from scientists set on locking her in a cage, Minka is terrified of the monster she's becoming...and somehow, Angelo is the only one who can calm the beast inside her and make her feel safe.

But can she trust the way he makes her feel when she's not even sure she can trust herself?

From Goodreads:
I'm sharing an **exclusive** FREE X-OPS short story with my newsletter subscribers to celebrate the release of HER ROGUE ALPHA, Book 5 in the X-OPS Series.

The story features the Angelo and Minka, the Special Forces hero and feline shifter heroine from HER FIERCE WARRIOR (X-OPS 4)

From Goodreads:
HE'LL DO ANYTHING FOR HER
Former Special Forces Lieutenant Jayson Harmon can't believe that his war scars don't matter to beautiful feline shifter Layla Halliwell. Why would she saddle herself with a broken man?

But Layla knows that Jayson is a hero to the core, and that only she can heal his wounded soul. So when Jayson is deployed on another deadly mission, no way is Layla staying behind...

From Goodreads:
Since so many readers loved the teens Dylan Palmer, Anya Zelenko, Mikhail Ivanov, Larissa Garin, and Olek Rudnik from HER ROGUE ALPHA, I decided to do a fun, adventurous short story featuring them, along with newcomer Alonya Sirko, a female wolf shifter. Hope you enjoy it!

From Goodreads:
After a long game of cat-and-mouse

Feline shifter Dreya Clark picks the wrong penthouse to rob and ends up arrested by sexy detective Braden Hayes. But Braden isn't the only one who's been watching the cat burglar. Agents from the Department of Covert Operations swoop in to offer her a deal. If she wants to stay out of jail, she'll have to work with them—and pair up with the hot cop. Great.

Danger throws this unlikely pair together

Braden isn't thrilled about the DCO meddling in his investigation. He's been chasing Dreya for years. Thrown together on a dangerous covert mission, fur flies and temperatures flare. But when danger closes in on them, their game of cat and mouse turns deadly-serious, and they'll have to rely on each other to make it out alive.

From Goodreads:
Trevor Maxwell
Coyote shifter with an attitude
Covert operator
Trusts no one, especially his devastatingly beautiful new partner

Alina Bosch
Former CIA, newest operative on the covert team
Hired to spy on her partner
Motto: "Never be deceived again."

Coyote shifter Trevor Maxwell is teamed up with CIA agent Alina Bosch to catch a killer. But when the mission becomes much more dangerous than they expected, they're going to have to ignore the attraction between them and learn how to trust one another to come out on the other side...

From Goodreads:
HE LEFT TO KEEP HER SAFE
Believing he's too dangerous to be among people, feline hybrid Tanner Howland retreats deep into the forests of Washington State-with no choice but to leave behind the woman who's captured his heart. What he doesn't know is that she followed him...

SHE WOULDN'T STAY BEHIND
Heartbroken and determined, Dr. Zarina Sokolov tracks Tanner into the wild. Her presence unleashes Tanner's protective instinct-big time. Locals have been disappearing and he is desperate for Zarina to leave. As the kidnappings escalate, Tanner must embrace the dangerous instincts he fears so much. But with Zarina at his side, he'll have to learn to control his animal impulses, or lose himself-and the woman he loves-to the beast within.

My Review:


Author: Paige Tyler
Series: X-Ops #4, 4.5, 5, 5.1, 6, 7, 8
Read: July 8th, 8th, 8th, 8th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 2018
Source: Ebook.bike, NetGalley
Reason Why: I got Her True Match from NetGalley, so I had to read the whole series! And they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2018 Books!
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Published: March 1st 2016, September 2016, September 6th 2016, March 1st 2017, March 7th 2017, September 5th 2017, April 3rd 2018

Her Fierce Warrior:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Kidnapping in the Black Hills:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Her Rogue Alpha:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Trouble in the Ukraine:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Her True Match:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Her Dark Half:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

X-Ops Exposed:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars