Book Title: Tears of the Vampire - Book 4 in the Immortal Destiny Series
Author: Lorraine Kennedy
Genre: Paranormal/Mystery/Romance
We've met two sisters and a hybrid cousin turned vampire by a psychotic vampire bent on revenge, then says he's in love. Summer's hero, Anton, saves her, leaves his priesthood of the Zen Brotherhood in the werewolf clan of The Vilka to be with her. (Still with me?)
Now we meet the third sister, the youngest immortal sister of the prophecy, Kathrina.
This story has some sporadic writing, lack of proofreading that has plagued the WHOLE series, and gets REALLY confusing at times.
Ms. Kennedy's idea for a story is good, but she needs to work on getting her ideas to written form much better. She also needs to stop relying on grammar check and spell check and invest in a good Copy Editor or at least a good proofreader or two!
Descriptions are very watered-down as we get to the third and fourth books. The same words are used over and over again. (Thesaurus anyone?) The way people fall in love, same way, over and over again. Some characters are completely left out and then given an excuse as an afterthought that just happens to tie in to the rest of story...somewhere...to return. The sisters are to rely on each other and the first two showed a developing friendship while the youngest was left to flounder by herself until the author remembered the older sisters and the crux of the story that they were to rely on each other!
The original attack they supposedly were to get ready for only warranted about three pages. Another fight with someone worse lasts three paragraphs and now the world is all but saved and everyone ignores the youngest sister again. REALLY?!?!
Don't forget we have an eighteen year old who is supposedly half wolf half vampire and somewhere in there is a part angel who can wield the sword of the Archangel Michael and is supposedly immortal by birth, when the 18 year old asks the oldest vampire alive to turn her, so she can spend eternity with him (the "part" angel)?! SHE'S ALREADY IMMORTAL AND CRAVES BLOOD!!
Ms. Kennedy doesn't seem to know her characters... Perhaps a crib sheet next round?
This series, for me, is not something I'd recommend. After getting to the anti-climactic end and quite confusing characters, it's simply a waste of time and brain cells not to mention MONEY.
2 out of 5 Bookmarks The ENTIRE series warrants 2 out of 5 Bookmarks!
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Book Review: Wolves And Black Roses Book Three in the Immortal Destiny Series
Book Title: Wolves and Black Roses
Author: Lorraine Kennedy
Genre: Paranormal/Mystery/Romance
In this book we meet Summer, a cousin to one of the immortal sisters of the prophecy. she is also a hybrid but of "shifter" breed (jaguar/werewolf) who has always been in love with a member of another "tribe". She's attending college when we first met her in book 2 with Sarah.
Unfortunately all the books in this series seem to have the flaw of bad grammar, misspelled words and awful punctuation.
The good thing is at least the story is good - so far. Of course the running pattern is falling in love with someone you can't possibly have. Then when feelings become mutual, the woman sends the man away and then inexplicably they end up together, happily ever after. Sex scenes are mild in this book compared to others.
2.5 out of 5 Bookmarks
Author: Lorraine Kennedy
Genre: Paranormal/Mystery/Romance
In this book we meet Summer, a cousin to one of the immortal sisters of the prophecy. she is also a hybrid but of "shifter" breed (jaguar/werewolf) who has always been in love with a member of another "tribe". She's attending college when we first met her in book 2 with Sarah.
Unfortunately all the books in this series seem to have the flaw of bad grammar, misspelled words and awful punctuation.
The good thing is at least the story is good - so far. Of course the running pattern is falling in love with someone you can't possibly have. Then when feelings become mutual, the woman sends the man away and then inexplicably they end up together, happily ever after. Sex scenes are mild in this book compared to others.
2.5 out of 5 Bookmarks
Book Review: Night Breed- Book Two in the Immortal Destiny Series
Book Title: Night Breed - Book Two in the Immortal Destiny Series
Author: Lorraine Kennedy
Genre: Paranormal/Romance
I have noted several punctual and grammatical errors throughout the book and it started effecting the way the story reads. You get quite frustrated. Towards the end of the book it improves a little though.
The story is truly what is keeping me interested in this series which helps a lot when there are so many errors. We definitely need to find Ms. Kennedy a good proofreader if not a Copy Editor.
The story's characters from the first book are back and we are now introduced to the second of the three sisters. It seems, so far, each woman whose story is told has a penchant for falling in love with a vampire. This second sister is different from the first, making the story much more interesting as the puzzle pieces fall into place.
I'm not going to say much more as I found the story riveting, but I don't see how I can talk more without giving the story away! YES the storyline is that good even though the errors take away from it a lot. Had the plot been uninteresting I would definitely give up on this series. So, it's the plot and storytelling, not the typos and grammatical errors that I'm trying to pay attention to, though it is getting harder at this point.
3 out of 5 Bookmarks
Author: Lorraine Kennedy
Genre: Paranormal/Romance
I have noted several punctual and grammatical errors throughout the book and it started effecting the way the story reads. You get quite frustrated. Towards the end of the book it improves a little though.
The story is truly what is keeping me interested in this series which helps a lot when there are so many errors. We definitely need to find Ms. Kennedy a good proofreader if not a Copy Editor.
The story's characters from the first book are back and we are now introduced to the second of the three sisters. It seems, so far, each woman whose story is told has a penchant for falling in love with a vampire. This second sister is different from the first, making the story much more interesting as the puzzle pieces fall into place.
I'm not going to say much more as I found the story riveting, but I don't see how I can talk more without giving the story away! YES the storyline is that good even though the errors take away from it a lot. Had the plot been uninteresting I would definitely give up on this series. So, it's the plot and storytelling, not the typos and grammatical errors that I'm trying to pay attention to, though it is getting harder at this point.
3 out of 5 Bookmarks
Book Review: Born to Darkness Book 1 in the Immortal Destiny Series
Book Title: Born to Darkness (Book 1 in the Immortal Destiny Series)
Author: Lorraine Kennedy
Genre: Paranormal/Romance
Honestly, I'm not out there looking for romances, they're just finding me lately! ;)
This is yet another "original spin" on the "Vampire/Human/Werewolf/Afterlife" theme.
The characters are relate-able and at times scary, as they should be! The premise is an ancient vampire mates with human women, three of them give birth to three daughters, who don't know their father is an ancient vampire.
The basis for this is the belief that vampires are actually a "species" who were expelled from the "place of light" and become night dwellers. The plan is a group of people called the "Light Seekers" are trying to find out how to get they're lives back into the light. Wonderful take on the vampire genre!
I had problems with grammatical and punctual errors in this book, which had me trying to guess what the author was intending to say or do. I was really shocked by just how many errors there were. Luckily it didn't take away from the story too much so that I didn't want to continue on with reading the next book in the series. I do hope it improves though, as it does start to get to you after a while.
Yes, I would recommend this book!
3 out of 5 Bookmarks
Author: Lorraine Kennedy
Genre: Paranormal/Romance
Honestly, I'm not out there looking for romances, they're just finding me lately! ;)
This is yet another "original spin" on the "Vampire/Human/Werewolf/Afterlife" theme.
The characters are relate-able and at times scary, as they should be! The premise is an ancient vampire mates with human women, three of them give birth to three daughters, who don't know their father is an ancient vampire.
The basis for this is the belief that vampires are actually a "species" who were expelled from the "place of light" and become night dwellers. The plan is a group of people called the "Light Seekers" are trying to find out how to get they're lives back into the light. Wonderful take on the vampire genre!
I had problems with grammatical and punctual errors in this book, which had me trying to guess what the author was intending to say or do. I was really shocked by just how many errors there were. Luckily it didn't take away from the story too much so that I didn't want to continue on with reading the next book in the series. I do hope it improves though, as it does start to get to you after a while.
Yes, I would recommend this book!
3 out of 5 Bookmarks
Book Review: Switch By Megan Hart
Book Title: Switch
Author: Megan Hart
Genre: ADULT!
Slow Beginning of a twenty-something, divorced woman, trying to better herself and rise above her upbringing.
This book was advertised as: "If you liked "Shades of Grey" you"ll love "Switch"". After reading a previous " book" by this author, I was rather skeptical as to whether or not I was going to have to purchase this book a chapter at a time, as seemed to be indicated by a previously reviewed "series" on my blog, however this wasn't the case.
I think after the underestimated, yet overwhelming success of E. L. James' " Fifty Shades of Grey" series, many have tried to write in the same BDSM vein hoping to achieve the same huge success. As much as I'd like to play "let's compare" I won't, and just simply give my review of this book.
This author has a penchant for writing about women who seem to be less than "innocent" and may have a chip on their shoulder. Our main character, Paige, is no exception. She is a well-formed character and our author has been very diligent, giving us an understanding to her and why she acts and does the things she does even though some acts may be in the realm of self-loathing/self-deprecation. She's got more than one side to her, though she's trying to truly rise above the "white trash" way she was raised with the rather over-used excuse of the mother who is either constantly working or going through a revolving door of boyfriends; Siblings from different fathers and only a nineteen year age difference between she and her mother.
One thing's for sure, she's a very sexually aware being and this shows in her narrative. She's always liked having sex in all ways, but her ex-husband is still perplexed as to whether or not "rough" is the way she likes it. In her own narrative, just like most women, it depends on her mood.
Paige begins trying to change her life by moving to a bigger town, but her small town follows her in the form of her ex-husband and high school sweetheart, and a "best friend" she couldn't really refer to as "best" anymore, because she was trying so hard to be more than she was. She could be anyone, even yourself.
Paige obviously wanted to be, and to a certain point already was, fiercely independent. Yet making and following lists start to become important to her. Though she felt her day already well planned, she found a sense of accomplishment after a list had been completed. She uses the lists to "gain control and completely lose it".
After finishing this book, I was truly unimpressed again by this author. She may have a wonderful following, however I do not find anything positive to take away from this book. As stated earlier, the females seem to have a reason for a chip on their shoulder, and not just in this book but others as well. Paige uses people without thinking of the consequences and really, almost all the sexual activity in the book was about masturbating, again selfish gratification. When she does have intercourse it's always anything but "making love" until the very end.
This was not as advertised, which is fine, but this was in no way even close to the same LEAGUE as "Fifty Shades of Grey". What an insult to E.L. James!
1.5 out of 5 Bookmarks
Author: Megan Hart
Genre: ADULT!
Slow Beginning of a twenty-something, divorced woman, trying to better herself and rise above her upbringing.
This book was advertised as: "If you liked "Shades of Grey" you"ll love "Switch"". After reading a previous " book" by this author, I was rather skeptical as to whether or not I was going to have to purchase this book a chapter at a time, as seemed to be indicated by a previously reviewed "series" on my blog, however this wasn't the case.
I think after the underestimated, yet overwhelming success of E. L. James' " Fifty Shades of Grey" series, many have tried to write in the same BDSM vein hoping to achieve the same huge success. As much as I'd like to play "let's compare" I won't, and just simply give my review of this book.
This author has a penchant for writing about women who seem to be less than "innocent" and may have a chip on their shoulder. Our main character, Paige, is no exception. She is a well-formed character and our author has been very diligent, giving us an understanding to her and why she acts and does the things she does even though some acts may be in the realm of self-loathing/self-deprecation. She's got more than one side to her, though she's trying to truly rise above the "white trash" way she was raised with the rather over-used excuse of the mother who is either constantly working or going through a revolving door of boyfriends; Siblings from different fathers and only a nineteen year age difference between she and her mother.
One thing's for sure, she's a very sexually aware being and this shows in her narrative. She's always liked having sex in all ways, but her ex-husband is still perplexed as to whether or not "rough" is the way she likes it. In her own narrative, just like most women, it depends on her mood.
Paige begins trying to change her life by moving to a bigger town, but her small town follows her in the form of her ex-husband and high school sweetheart, and a "best friend" she couldn't really refer to as "best" anymore, because she was trying so hard to be more than she was. She could be anyone, even yourself.
Paige obviously wanted to be, and to a certain point already was, fiercely independent. Yet making and following lists start to become important to her. Though she felt her day already well planned, she found a sense of accomplishment after a list had been completed. She uses the lists to "gain control and completely lose it".
After finishing this book, I was truly unimpressed again by this author. She may have a wonderful following, however I do not find anything positive to take away from this book. As stated earlier, the females seem to have a reason for a chip on their shoulder, and not just in this book but others as well. Paige uses people without thinking of the consequences and really, almost all the sexual activity in the book was about masturbating, again selfish gratification. When she does have intercourse it's always anything but "making love" until the very end.
This was not as advertised, which is fine, but this was in no way even close to the same LEAGUE as "Fifty Shades of Grey". What an insult to E.L. James!
1.5 out of 5 Bookmarks
Book Review - Resurrected Pt 1 By Megan Hart
Book Title: Resurrected Part One
Author: Megan Hart
Genre: CONFUSED
OK, I have to say I was VERY disappointed. THANK HEAVEN this was free. Though I wish I could return the other THREE volumes I purchased in anticipation of the series being DECENT. What a waste of TIME and MONEY! WHY?!
This book was probably twenty pages long, if I'm lucky! It was more like an essay. A weird, out of place, no character build-up, no storytelling or plot ESSAY!!
We get a character who is a self proclaimed drunk, whose been through severe trauma, enough that the alcohol has separated her from her family. Then we have what we can only assume is a cowboy/law-man, though it's never confirmed WHAT he is. They meet at a bar, get blotto drunk, walk across the street to a motel she's staying at, have casual sex. A TORNADO blows through, they try to drive to check on someone HE cares about, witness total destruction, and then a rapid growth of flowers, that suddenly appear, then release something like pollen, into the air and die. They go to the hospital to help out, a wigged out patient rants about the flowers in her hand and says they're in our bar fly woman and more are coming. That's the WHOLE story. SWEAR IT! (Kinda sounds like an invasion of the Body Snatchers type thing.. but really...how many times can THAT story be re-told?)
I hate re-telling an author's story, but really when it takes one paragraph to tell the ENTIRE first volume, why read or buy anymore when you didn't even understand the characters or story of the first!?
Evidently there are several "parts" to this "series". Why is it in a "series" instead of a cohesive novel? (other than to nickel and dime the reader?) There's NO character development and honestly I have no idea what the plot is, but it has something to do with the weird flowers, I'm sure. This just really isn't "my thing". Didn't interest me and the story left me saying, "HUH?". I really feel I wasted my time.
.5 out of 5 Bookmarks
Author: Megan Hart
Genre: CONFUSED
OK, I have to say I was VERY disappointed. THANK HEAVEN this was free. Though I wish I could return the other THREE volumes I purchased in anticipation of the series being DECENT. What a waste of TIME and MONEY! WHY?!
This book was probably twenty pages long, if I'm lucky! It was more like an essay. A weird, out of place, no character build-up, no storytelling or plot ESSAY!!
We get a character who is a self proclaimed drunk, whose been through severe trauma, enough that the alcohol has separated her from her family. Then we have what we can only assume is a cowboy/law-man, though it's never confirmed WHAT he is. They meet at a bar, get blotto drunk, walk across the street to a motel she's staying at, have casual sex. A TORNADO blows through, they try to drive to check on someone HE cares about, witness total destruction, and then a rapid growth of flowers, that suddenly appear, then release something like pollen, into the air and die. They go to the hospital to help out, a wigged out patient rants about the flowers in her hand and says they're in our bar fly woman and more are coming. That's the WHOLE story. SWEAR IT! (Kinda sounds like an invasion of the Body Snatchers type thing.. but really...how many times can THAT story be re-told?)
I hate re-telling an author's story, but really when it takes one paragraph to tell the ENTIRE first volume, why read or buy anymore when you didn't even understand the characters or story of the first!?
Evidently there are several "parts" to this "series". Why is it in a "series" instead of a cohesive novel? (other than to nickel and dime the reader?) There's NO character development and honestly I have no idea what the plot is, but it has something to do with the weird flowers, I'm sure. This just really isn't "my thing". Didn't interest me and the story left me saying, "HUH?". I really feel I wasted my time.
.5 out of 5 Bookmarks
Book Review - In The Dark by Farleigh Greyson
Book Title: In The Dark
Author: Farleigh Greyson
Genre: Sci-Fi, Paranormal
Farleigh Greyson has recently entered into the foray of newly self-published authors. This is her first book and I must say, I'm looking forward to many more.
The way Ms. Greyson has told her story is a new spin on the old myths of the werewolf and the "pack mentality". She also gives enough originality to her story to keep it interesting. Her characters, which are several, are not your "cookie cutter" wolves.
I would like to encourage Ms. Greyson to write more about the main characters in future novels. I would also encourage her to give us more back-story concerning her supporting characters. For example, I just found it too coincidental that one werewolf would find a long lost and even unknown grandchild without a "poof" of some kind to explain it. Another item to pay attention to, was in the "intel" department. It was just too easy to get "intel" without repercussions. The "bad guy" was really "built up" to be horrendous, but we never saw, per se, his ruthlessness because of the "large red wolf" that managed to save the day. Later though no wolf could smell him/her or acknowledge it's presence. This is where, I assume, another book is sure to come out.
The plot of this book was great. The interactions between the pack members known as "The Guardians" was wonderful and the explanation of their existence was well explained, especially since the wolves in this particular story didn't follow the "pack/Alpha" Scenario.
The character match-up of Marek and Zoe works very well and I wish could have gone more in depth somehow to explain and define the instant attraction. I would also have liked to see Zoe interact more with the pack than just the members she lived with. Also, she's a computer whiz whose delegated to kitchen cook. You mean in this day and age the pack has medical personnel but they aren't in need of new computer programs? Zoe seems a little "Barefoot and Pregnant" in her new role after joining the pack and I think she could play a much bigger role seeing as how she and Marek kept referring to themselves as equals, but he goes on about "his female" and "My Mate". Perhaps a little more equality?
All that said, this is a great first outing from Ms. Greyson and I look forward to reading more from her and to watch her and her characters grow.
3 out of 5 Bookmarks
Author: Farleigh Greyson
Genre: Sci-Fi, Paranormal
Farleigh Greyson has recently entered into the foray of newly self-published authors. This is her first book and I must say, I'm looking forward to many more.
The way Ms. Greyson has told her story is a new spin on the old myths of the werewolf and the "pack mentality". She also gives enough originality to her story to keep it interesting. Her characters, which are several, are not your "cookie cutter" wolves.
I would like to encourage Ms. Greyson to write more about the main characters in future novels. I would also encourage her to give us more back-story concerning her supporting characters. For example, I just found it too coincidental that one werewolf would find a long lost and even unknown grandchild without a "poof" of some kind to explain it. Another item to pay attention to, was in the "intel" department. It was just too easy to get "intel" without repercussions. The "bad guy" was really "built up" to be horrendous, but we never saw, per se, his ruthlessness because of the "large red wolf" that managed to save the day. Later though no wolf could smell him/her or acknowledge it's presence. This is where, I assume, another book is sure to come out.
The plot of this book was great. The interactions between the pack members known as "The Guardians" was wonderful and the explanation of their existence was well explained, especially since the wolves in this particular story didn't follow the "pack/Alpha" Scenario.
The character match-up of Marek and Zoe works very well and I wish could have gone more in depth somehow to explain and define the instant attraction. I would also have liked to see Zoe interact more with the pack than just the members she lived with. Also, she's a computer whiz whose delegated to kitchen cook. You mean in this day and age the pack has medical personnel but they aren't in need of new computer programs? Zoe seems a little "Barefoot and Pregnant" in her new role after joining the pack and I think she could play a much bigger role seeing as how she and Marek kept referring to themselves as equals, but he goes on about "his female" and "My Mate". Perhaps a little more equality?
All that said, this is a great first outing from Ms. Greyson and I look forward to reading more from her and to watch her and her characters grow.
3 out of 5 Bookmarks
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