Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
I had to buy this book (shocker!) and tragically I didn't like it half as much as the first free one in the series. It was a little to weird and dark for my tastes. And while I like tattoos as much as the next person, it didn't really connect for me that the FMC was going to "reclaim" her body and her life by getting a tattoo - especially a creepy looking one. Why not save up for her own apartment, or a psychiatrist. Both things she needs a lot more than a tattoo in my opinion.
And I know this isn't a romance novel, but where was the resolution on the whole love interest thing?
Anyway, I am obviously reading the whole series now. Spending freeze be damned. Although, to be honest I have not been reading much lately. Too busy tearing my house apart, trying to rebuild it and living with no oven or dishwasher. And painting. Oh the painting.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
No. 54: Wicked Lovely
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
I actually got this book a few months ago in one of my get every free book on amazon kicks. It was recommended to me by a high school student in one of the classes I subbed for. It is the first in a series.
Turns out it was pretty good. Kind of like another series (that shall remain nameless) that I despised, but only good instead of terrible. Imagine that!
It is about fairies and that kind of nonsense, which I am not typically fond of, but this managed to be not too explicit or graphic or yucky. Perhaps because it is a young adult book. Who knows. I do know that I never read any books like this when I was a young adult. I don't think they had any :)
I actually got this book a few months ago in one of my get every free book on amazon kicks. It was recommended to me by a high school student in one of the classes I subbed for. It is the first in a series.
Turns out it was pretty good. Kind of like another series (that shall remain nameless) that I despised, but only good instead of terrible. Imagine that!
It is about fairies and that kind of nonsense, which I am not typically fond of, but this managed to be not too explicit or graphic or yucky. Perhaps because it is a young adult book. Who knows. I do know that I never read any books like this when I was a young adult. I don't think they had any :)
Friday, May 7, 2010
No. 53: Loving A Lost Lord
Loving A Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney
This is perhaps the best FREE book I have ever downloaded. I just got it because the spending freeze is back (boo) and I was getting desperate for something to read (aside from the literally hundreds and hundreds of actual books filling up my house) and it was a regency era romance novel. So I got it. And it was good! I read it straight through in one afternoon, completely ignoring my family and I didn't even make dinner.
It had oh so many good things that I enjoy - a very likable FMC, a slightly mysterious MMC, amnesia, a bad guy, fake deaths, real deaths (or are they fake), mystery, an explosion, secret spiritual/religious goings on, a threatening visit to the bad guys house, and an exciting group of close knit friends that would make up an excellent series if the author was so inclined. I will definitely have to see if she was. After the spending freeze of course.
I don't think I have ever read anything by this author before, but I am glad I got this book. I hope the rest of her books are as good as this one.
*Edited to add - it is a series! Called the Lost Lords! A brand new series with a brand new book released this very week! I am so excited, but I hate the stupid spending freeze. I will have to plead my case. Clearly books are as important as food and electricity. Right???
This is perhaps the best FREE book I have ever downloaded. I just got it because the spending freeze is back (boo) and I was getting desperate for something to read (aside from the literally hundreds and hundreds of actual books filling up my house) and it was a regency era romance novel. So I got it. And it was good! I read it straight through in one afternoon, completely ignoring my family and I didn't even make dinner.
It had oh so many good things that I enjoy - a very likable FMC, a slightly mysterious MMC, amnesia, a bad guy, fake deaths, real deaths (or are they fake), mystery, an explosion, secret spiritual/religious goings on, a threatening visit to the bad guys house, and an exciting group of close knit friends that would make up an excellent series if the author was so inclined. I will definitely have to see if she was. After the spending freeze of course.
I don't think I have ever read anything by this author before, but I am glad I got this book. I hope the rest of her books are as good as this one.
*Edited to add - it is a series! Called the Lost Lords! A brand new series with a brand new book released this very week! I am so excited, but I hate the stupid spending freeze. I will have to plead my case. Clearly books are as important as food and electricity. Right???
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