Immortals after Dark Series

Started reading another adult fantasy/romance novel series last night (The Immortals after Dark Series by Kresley Cole), and was quickly addicted (I was still awake at 4 AM reading). The main characters in the first novel are Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, and Emma (Emmaline Troy), a half Valkyrie/half Vampire.

Raised by her Valkyrie aunts and foster mother, shy Emma has lived a shelter life in New Orleans, LA. This novel opens with Emma's first steps towards freedom and adventure on a search for information about her parents in Paris. Her plans quickly become derailed, however, when Lachlain claims her as his mate and drags her to his Scotland home.

I haven't finished the novel yet - but I would currently give it 5 out of 5 stars. 

Midnight Breed Series

Having caught up with the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J. R. Ward, I started reading a new series this weekend, the Midnight Breed series by Lara Adrian. I finished the first book, Kiss of Midnight, last night.

This series is also about vampires and puts a slightly different spin on the vampire legend. For example, all vampires are male and are descendants of aliens.

Like the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, the vampires are born as vampire (not created or subject to an outbreak or disease), but in this series they are born from human females who have a birthmark identifying them as "breedmates". The Midnight Breed series currently has 12 books in it, with #12 recently released in February of this year.

Book Review: Dead Ever After

I finished Dead Ever After, the final book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, last night, and I would give it 3 out of 5 stars as far as finales go. I was hoping for a little more from Eric's character and more action overall. I won't give any of the major plot points of the book away, however, I felt like this book was more of a reunion of characters from past books - and not to strengthen the story line - but simply because it was the final book.

As a result, if you haven't read the first 12 books you will be missing a lot of background information on the characters and their relationships with one another - on the other hand - if you have read the first 12 books (like me) you might be disappointed with the book's overall story line because it is less exciting / adventurous then the first 12.

Fantasy/Romance Series

I was able to find the time to read a number of books this past school year from one of my favorite genres: Fantasy/Romance. A few of my favorites are:

The Mercy Thompson Series (#1-7) by Patricia Briggs as well as its companion The Alpha and Omega Series (#1-3).

The Night Huntress Series (#1-6) 

by Jeaniene Frost.

The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series (#1-11) by J. R. Ward. 

I am still reading this series and am currently on on #7.