Georgina Kinkaid Series Giveaway

Great Contest Going on at Book faery blog giving away a set of Georgina Kinkaid books by Richelle Mead. http://book-faery.blogspot.com/2010/02/giveaway-georgina-kincaid-series-by.html

Seduce me contest

Yankee Romance Reviewers blog is having a contest giving away Seduce Me by Robyn DeHart as part of the Seduce Me Blog tour.

http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/2009/08/seduce-me-by-robyn-dehart-blog-tour-5.html

Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/

I Love the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia and when I found out she had another series that had some familiar characters I got Cry wolf and didn't regret it.

Hunting Ground Alpha and Omega book 2
by Patricia Briggs
Release Date: August 25, 2009

Mated to werewolf Charles Cornick, the son—and enforcer—of the leader of the North American werewolves, Anna Latham now knows how dangerous being a werewolf is, especially when a werewolf opposes Charles and his father is struck down. Charles’s reputation makes him the prime suspect, and the penalty for the crime is execution. Now Anna and Charles must combine their talents to hunt down the real killer—or Charles will take the fall.

Browsing around Amazon I found Nice girls don't have fangs the first book in the series. I bought it and loved it. I laughed out loud many times the book was so funny. I have to see what happens next with Jane.

Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (Jane Jameson Book 2)

by Molly Harper

Release Date: August 25, 2009

Once a devoted children's librarian, Jane Jameson now works at a rundown occult bookstore. Once a regular gal, she's now a vampire. And instead of a bride, she's an eternal bridesmaid -- which leads her to question where exactly her relationship with her irresistibly sexy sire, Gabriel, is headed. Mercurial, enigmatic, apparently commitment-phobic vampires are nothing if not hard to read. While Jane is trying to master undead dating, she is also donning the ugliest bridesmaid's dress in history at her best friend Zeb's Titanic-themed wedding. Between a freaked-out groom-to-be, his hostile werewolf in-laws, and Zeb's mother, hell-bent on seeing Jane walk the aisle with Zeb, Jane's got the feeling she's just rearranging the proverbial deck chairs.
Meanwhile, Half Moon Hollow's own Black Widow, Jane's Grandma Ruthie, has met her match in her latest fiancé. He smells like bad cheese and has a suspicious history of dead spouses. But Jane's biting her tongue. After all, would a nice girl really think she has a future with a vampire?

Cooler Contest

Reading Writing and ranting August Giveaway

Reading Writing and Ranting is giving away either Dreamfever by Karen Moning or Covet by JR Ward.


http://readingwritingranting.blogspot.com/2009/07/august-giveaway-dreamfever-or-covet.html

Awesome contest at All I want and more

Cecile at All I want and more is having an awesome contest celebrating 101 posts. She's giving away The Chosen Sin by Anya Bast, A Mermaids Kiss by Joey W Hill, and A Hint of Wicked by Jennifer Haymore. Also her special guest Kimber Chin is giving away a complete set of her ebooks.


http://alliwantandmore.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-101th-post-awesome-giveaway-and.html

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews

Atlanta would be a nice place to live, if it weren’t for magic…
One moment magic dominates, and cars stall and guns fail. The next, technology takes over and the defensive spells no longer protect your house from monsters. Here skyscrapers topple under onslaught of magic; werebears and werehyenas prowl through the ruined streets; and the Masters of the Dead, necromancers driven by their thirst of knowledge and wealth, pilot blood-crazed vampires with their minds.
In this world lives Kate Daniels. Kate likes her sword a little too much and has a hard time controlling her mouth. The magic in her blood makes her a target, and she spent most of her life hiding in plain sight. But when Kate’s guardian is murdered, she must choose to do nothing and remain safe or to pursue his preternatural killer. Hiding is easy, but the right choice is rarely easy

http://www.ilona-andrews.com/kate-daniels/magic-bites/

My thoughts

The world building in this book was very creative. Necromancers piloting vampires around was something new to me but very interesting. If your looking for sexy vamps this might not be the book for you.

Kate is a likeable character that's not overconfident. She seems to really know her strengths and weaknesses. Magic Bites is a great start for a series I definitely can't wait to find out more about Kate , Curran and meet new characters.

I would give this a 4 out of 5

I would definitely recommend this book.

Kate Daniels series

1. Magic Bites

2. Magic Burns

3. Magic Strikes

4. Magic Mourns from the Must love Hellhounds anthology

Find out more at Ilona Andrews website

http://www.ilona-andrews.com/