I have to say that I'm a bit torn in rating this book. It took me a good 50 pages before I finally got pulled into the story, and even then it was not as captivating as it could have been. I do want to like this novel, but there are several issues for me. First, I got hung up on a short, inconseq...
This was a breath of fresh air in the genre of kickass female leads. So many times the authors try so hard to make the heroine big and bad, they come off as jerks or trying to prove something - and then don't live up to their own hype. Max is not perfect. She's got problems. She's also clever...
The descriptiveness of this book piqued my interest. The writer made it a point to separate day from night and to focus on there being harm to those that chose to stray from this strict separation that I found odd yet it simultaneously made the characters far more interesting. It delves further i...
Well, this one wasn't as good as the first, mostly because there was no growth for Max and Alexander. Yes, it was a very dynamic storyline, with lots of crazy creatures and near-death experiences, but I was disappointed in the end. They did manage to gather some people to replace the losses in Ho...
I feel bad for the guy sitting next to me when I finished this book because I may have hot him with my flailing arms because I was so upset. OMG THIS BOOK. I am going NUTS with anticipation!!!! Over everything!!!!! I am getting my hands on book three IMMEDIATELY and reading it because I cannot HA...
Shadow City is the third book in the Horngate Witches series. It features two different plotlines: Max and Scooter enter another realm to reclaim his stolen parts and the birth of a Fury at Horngate.Warning, spoilers ahead...What I Liked:A Fury rises - The Fury storyline was engrossing and sus...
My Initial Reaction…Diana Pharaoh Francis’s creativity continues to blow me away in Shadow City, the third book of the Horngate Witches Series.The Characters…I still adore Max. She’s not only marvelously complex, but she continues to grow and change with each book. One of my favorite parts about ...
I feel that the end of this series got a bit overtaken with a relationship hot mess and much significant glances exchanged and angsting and hand-wringing with no actual sit-down-let's hash-this-out-like-adults-discussion. there is a time and place for snarky quips unless you're trying to paint a ...
Two years after Reisil's arrival, Kodu Riik is decimated by plague and famine. And now a race of sorcerers is trying to take over. Reisil's power is feared by the nobility, others wish to exploit her, and her fellow ahalad-kaaslane begin to doubt her loyalty, as her healing magic fails to stem th...
In the land of Kodu Riik, becoming ahalad-kaaslane is the highest honor one can achieve. It mans the Lady has chosen you to bond and be united forever with one of Her specially blessed animals -- soul to soul... Abandoned by her parents as an infant, Reisil grew up perpetually reminded that s...
Was there anything that might have Taylor’s trace on it so that I could pull through right to her? I had nothing. I was going to have to count on using my own trace to get to the hangar. I touched the bracelet Elle had given me and activated it. Magic swirled around me. My...
Touray asked Price as if he hadn’t just decided I was going to die. I wondered if I’d be killed before or after he did Amy? I have to admit that I wasn’t that heartbroken that she was going to die, too. Price explained how I’d used the blood null, h...
I may have stopped breathing. I turned to look at the woman. Now I could see why she looked familiar. She and Price shared the same bone structure, the same high cheekbones, lips, raven hair, and straight brows. “Are you really here?” Price asked, and there was a wealth of...
THOR demanded, staring at Alexander. “Three hours ago you were all over Max like a sixteen-year-old boy with his first hooker. Now you let her go off and put herself in Sterling’s hands without batting an eyelash. Are you possessed?”Alexander rubbed a finger over his lips. Then he shrugged, decid...