Grave Destiny by Kalayna Price

 

4 Star

Alex is still growing and changing and trying to figure everything out.  To get help she has to make a deal with the devil, her father.  He says he will help if she takes the next case no matter what and because she needs the help she agrees.  What happens is Dugen and Falin both need her to investigate mysterious deaths in the Winter Court to prevent a war from happening.  Delving into the mystery Alex realizes how intricate the fae world is and how strained it is becoming.  Alex will have to be very careful not to tip the balance either way as it will start a war no one wants.

This is a really good addition to the series.  As the reader we find out a lot more about the fae and faerie.  Several plot points are resolved with several opening up for the last book in the series.  I liked seeing how she investigated on the fae side of the plain instead of working with the police on the human side.  I did miss some of her interactions with the police.  One of the parts of the book that irritated me which has continued from the last couple books is the harping on her poor eyesight.  Nothing major with this book irritated me and I can’t wait to read the last one.

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Charging by Elise Faber

 

4 Star

When Charlotte was an intern, she made the critical error of dating a rookie hockey player, Logan, and he broke her heart.  Now she’s older and built up her defenses against him.  As the GM for Gold, she decided to bring him and in to play and he’s been driving her crazy ever since.  Logan also has gotten older and wiser.  He wants Charlotte back and will do anything to fill the whole he made in her heart.

I forget how much I enjoy the books in this series until I’m reading them.  This was a really good addition to the series.  It’s a second chance at love done right.  I very much enjoyed the slow burn to get Charlotte and Logan together.  It wasn’t insta forgiveness.  Once Logan explained his reasoning for the heartache 8 years ago, she understood, and she eventually forgave him.  It took longer for Logan to forgive himself.  It was the eventually that worked for me so well.  A lot of times forgiveness is almost instantaneous.  This was not the case and it really worked.  If you are looking for a light romantic read this is a really good one to pick up and to try.

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Grave Ransom by Kalayna Price

 

4 Star

Alex is pulled into another investigation but this one is much more sinister.  She is accused of using her magic to create ghouls all over Necros.  Briar Darque comes in weapons blazing with her accusation but when Alex proves her wrong, they team up together.  There is a deadline looming and they need to find the creator to save someone close to Alex.

It was interesting to see how the people in Alex’s life dealt with her life changes and secret keeping.  She deserves better than her friends gave her, but I liked seeing her puzzle out the best ways to deal with everything being thrown at her.  The character development in this book was really good too.  You got to see growth in each character.  The one big issue I had was how Death was handled.  He’s just kind of disappeared from her life in this book.  You can see where the author is leading Alex for her love life in this book and I am interested in seeing how that will work out for her.  Overall, a good addition to the series.

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B Clones by Laurann Dohner

 

2 Star

Big

Gemma is the mother of two adult sons who was in an explosion.  She closes her eyes in a hospital and when she opens them, she’s on a ship.  She thinks she’s hallucinating the ship, her twenty-year-old body, and the big brawny man.    When she finds out she and Big are clones she’s a whole lot freaked out.  Will this nightmare turn into a dream?

Blade

Hailey’s living her family worst nightmare.  She’s been kidnapped off her planet and taken into space for men’s pleasure.  She manages to get out of their clutches and locks herself away to buy time to figure out what she should and can do.  Before she can do anything, the ship is boarded by pirates who kill her kidnappers.  All but one wants to sell her to a brothel.  Blade kills all of the crewmates to save her.  He decides to take her home to his family of clones.

I wanted to like these short stories way more than I did.  There is a good premise here, but it just wasn’t followed through on.  It came across as the beginning chapters to a full-length story but it wasn’t.  It wasn’t just this that caused problems for me but also that the guys pretty much had sex with the women immediately after meeting them.  No get to know them let’s just fuck.  Who cares what hell you’ve been through to get to the meet and greet.  I ended up feeling very unfulfilled and wanting more in a bad way.

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Grave Visions by Kalayna Price

4 Star

Alex and those connected to her are slowly fading.  She needs to align herself to a court or declare herself independent to create a tie to faerie.  The Queen of Winter isn’t interested in her having her freedom and will do anything to force her to tie herself to the Winter Court.  To keep herself from this fate she makes a bargain with the queen.  She will track down the person creating a new glamour-infused drug that causes hallucinations that will eventually kill the person.  If she isn’t able to find the person behind the manufacturing of the drugs she will have to fade or give in to the Queen.

Overall, this was a good addition to the overall series.  It adds new information to the overarching plot as well as having Alex grow as a witch/fae.  There were two issues I had with the story.  One big thing I didn’t like was we don’t really learn why Alex as a different reaction to glitter than everyone else.  The Winter Queen goes crazy on it, but Alex doesn’t.  It was just weird.  I am also really tired of the love triangle between Alex, Death, and Falin.  Either pick one or both.  I don’t care how it is decided just pick already.

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Razor’s Edge by Jayne Rylon

 

3 Star

Isabella thought she married for love and not money until her world crashes down around her.  She runs off to the one person she thought she could trust but even her father betrays her.  With no where to turn she decides to hide in plain sight as an instructor on a TV dance competition.  Her partner for the show is rookie, Razor.  He’s trying to get past months of rehab and therapy over a betrayal by a woman pretending to be an innocence.  When he meets Isabella, he wants to believe her innocence but is struggling with his history.  After several attempts on her life they will need to come together to bring down the criminal enterprise.

I enjoyed the first book way more than I did this one.  Razor was hurt in the last book by a pretty face acting innocent and so he was way more hesitant this time around and I understand that.  However, he took it way to the extreme.  I also felt things were thrown in for shock value and then just kind of brushed off.  One of my biggest wtf moments was when Razor makes Isabella prove she is innocent.  Like what would have happened if she had lost her hymen in some other way than sex?  Would he not believe her and continue to treat her like she was part of the criminal enterprise?  It doesn’t deter me from wanting to read the next book, but I am hesitant to spend $5 bucks for it.

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Grave Memory by Kalayna Price

 

4 Star

Alex, as a grave witch, is used to dealing with death and the dead.  When she gets a front row seat to a suicide she tries to tell the police that it wasn’t suicide they don’t believe her.  She gets the widow to hire her to look into what happened and during her investigation she discovers the shades have no memory of the last 3 days of their lives.  All they remember is the moments before their souls are taken.  Alex will need to use all her skills to figure out what is causing people’s will to live be overpowered into suicide.  While trying to discover what is going on she is struggling with her feelings for Death and Falin.

This was an interesting story.  You get a lot of the interpersonal relationships in this book.  Alex is struggling to maintain her friendship from before the blood moon as well as finding out where she stands with Death and Falin.  As for the plot, it was interesting to see how Alex figured things out and finally resolved the issue.  I also liked seeing the growth in Alex as a character.  She was learning more about her powers and what they mean while also managing to learn about fae society.  It was a really good addition to the series.

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