Stacking The Shelves: May 23, 2015

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted @ Tynga's Reviews.

Won:
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
I won this lovely book on a giveaway on The Daily Prophecy. I'm currently reading it and I'm definitely loving it!

Bought:
King's by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
This book was recommended to me so since it was only .99 for Kindle I just bought it.

Bought:
Insatiable by J.D. Hawkins
Christina from Booksane showed this to me and I just couldn't resist! ;)

For Review:
Luxor: Book of Past Lives by Julie Bettendorf
Already read it and my review should be coming soon!

For Review:
My Lady Viper by E. Knight
I just couldn't resist when I saw this one on NetGalley.

Won:
Vampire's Bane by Suzannah Daniels
I've been eyeing this for a few weeks so I'm super excited that I won it.

Won:
Sudden Secrets by C. Lee McKenzie
Another one that I won! 

Leave me links to your hauls so I can stop by, please! :)

Cover Reveal: Eternal Light by Inger Iversen

I'm so glad to be part of the cover reveal for Eternal Light by Inger Iversen. The cover is simply gorgeous and of course I can't wait to read the book!

Eternal Light by Inger Iversen 
(Few Are Angels #3) 
Publication date: June 1st 2015
Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult

Ella has accepted her fate of fifteen years with Aleixandre, but does not consent to his plan of using her powers to eradicate the Chorý race. In a last ditch effort to sway her, Aleixandre offers an early release of her debt and to allow Kale residence in the garden house.

Will this be enough for Ella to take the deal?

Enlisting the help of Kale, Sola, and Jace—Ella sets off to look for the Zdrowy, a mysterious group of Chorý, thought to have been cured of la Luxure.

Join Ella and Kale in the final installment of the Few Are Angels series, as they are set on a path that not only leads to a possible cure to the Chorý status, but may also offer Kale something he has been chasing his entire immortal life—absolution.

About the Author:

Inger Iversen was born in 1982 to Anne and Kaii Iversen. She lives in Virginia Beach with her overweight lap cat, Max and her tree hugging boyfriend Joshua. She spends 90 percent of her time in Barnes and Noble and the other ten pretending not to want to be in Barnes and Noble.

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Review: Werewolves Be Damned by Stacey Kennedy

Title: Werewolves Be Damned 
Author: Stacey Kennedy
Series: Magic & Mayhem #1
Publication: April 15th 2013 by Entangled Publishing
Genre: Adult ~ Paranormal Romance ~ Urban Fantasy
Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Rating: 3/5

  

Nexi Jones—part witch, part guardian, and wannabe kick-ass warrior—can’t throw a punch or conjure the simplest magic. But that doesn’t stop her from hunting the werewolves who slaughtered her human family. She’ll have her revenge, but only if Kyden, the elite guardian, would get the hell out of her way.

Kyden can’t decide if Nexi wants to get herself killed or if she just has no clue what she’s doing. But her father made it clear: keep Nexi safe…or else. Of course, the more Nexi runs toward revenge, the more she needs Kyden’s aid, and as she grows into her power and confidence, so does his desire to protect her. The only problem? She’d rather he dropped dead.

But when a vampire paints a bull’s-eye on Nexi’s back, she’s hard-pressed to deny Kyden and the help he’s offering. Even if it means getting her revenge will be a little bit harder. At least it will still be as sweet.

I liked the world that Stacey Kennedy had created with Werewolves Be Damned. I have to admit, though, that along the way it started losing its appeal a little bit. But it definitely started out as a very promising paranormal romance. 

I like Nexi a lot. She had fire, learned to kick ass and was determinded to avenge the death of her adoptive parents. I like that in a female main character + she was part with, part guardian. So that was pretty original, in my opinion. 

Kyden, on the other hand I liked a little less. I should've loved him since he's kickass a guardian, dressed in a leather kilt but I don't know... I wasn't his biggest fan. Maybe if there would've been a little more character building for both him and Nexi, as well as other characters, I think I would've liked Kyden and this book a tad more.

I like book that have a lot of paranormal creatures. And this book had a whole bunch of them. I'm talking guardians, witches, werewolves, vampires. That part of the book appealed to me the most because of the paranormal diversity. As far as secondary characters went, I actually loved the sexy british werewolf Briggs. He was way more interesting to me than Kyden was. 

The writing was pretty good as well. It wasn't spectacular or anything but I've read way worse. And I thought there were some really funny scenes in the book as well. So overall this book wasn't bad (not at all!) but it wasn't the best either. The start was really good but I had expected a bit more, I guess. 

       About the Author:

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STACEY KENNEDY is the USA Today bestselling author of the CLUB SIN series. Growing up, Stacey’s mind wandered the path less traveled and that path most often led to love. She has always broken rules and she continues to feed off emotion – staying true to her heart. Those traits are now the bones of her stories. She lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, who puts any of the heroes in her books to shame, and their two young children. If she’s not on mom duty or plugging away at a new story, you’ll find Stacey camping in the summer, hibernating in the winter and obsessing over Penny Dreadful, Game of Thrones and Outlander.