PUG REVIEW: GRAVE DANCE BY KALAYNA PRICE

GRAVE DANCE- ALEX CRAFT #2- KALAYNA PRICE 
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         Whoever said dead men tell no tales obviously never met   Alex Craft.

After a month spent recovering from a vicious fight with a sorcerer, grave witch Alex Craft is ready to get back to solving murders by raising the dead. With her love life in turmoil thanks to the disappearance of Fae Investigation Bureau agent Falin Andrews and a shocking “L” word confession from Death himself, Alex is eager for the distractions of work. But her new case turns out to be a deadly challenge.

The police hire Alex to consult on a particularly strange investigation in the nature preserve south of Nekros City. The strange part: There are no corpses, only fragments of them. A serial killer is potentially on the loose, and Alex has no way to raise a shade without a body, so she’ll have to rely on the magic of others to find leads. But as she begins investigating, a creature born of the darkest magic comes after her. Someone very powerful wants to make sure the only thing she finds is a dead end—her own

THE PUG REVIEW: EVEN WHITE TRASH ZOMBIES GET THE BLUES!

EVEN WHITTE TRASH ZOMBIES GET THE BLUES BY  Diana Rowland- WHITE TRASH ZOMBIE #2

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Angel Crawford is finally starting to get used to life as a brain-eating zombie, but her problems are far from over. Her felony record is coming back to haunt her, more zombie hunters are popping up, and she's beginning to wonder if her hunky cop-boyfriend is involved with the zombie mafia. Yeah, that's right--the zombie mafia.
Throw in a secret lab and a lot of conspiracy, and Angel's going to need all of her brainpower--and maybe a brain smoothie as well--in order to get through it without falling apart.

PUG REVIEW: TOUCH OF POWER BY MARIA V.SNYDER

TOUCH OF POWER BY MARIA. V. SNYDER, HEALER 1#

BLURB:

 

Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan absorbs their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honored for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Fifteen Realms, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos.

Stressed and tired from hiding, Avry is abducted by a band of rogues who, shockingly, value her gift above the golden bounty offered for her capture. Their leader, an enigmatic captor-protector with powers of his own, is unequivocal in his demands: Avry must heal a plague-stricken prince—leader of a campaign against her people. As they traverse the daunting Nine Mountains, beset by mercenaries and magical dangers, Avry must decide who is worth healing and what is worth dying for. Because the price of peace may well be her life...

 

• Genre:  fantasy, young adult 15+, magic

• Pages: 390

• Chapters:26

Published December 20th 2011 by Mira

Key points:  magic, journey, romance, war, violence

In short: A great exciting read with a great journey and brilliant characters.

Paw rating:  

Ginny's (The Pug's) Review:

I and my owner are a big fan of Maria V.J. Snyder, (although we were not overly enthusiastic about the ending of spy glass), nether the less we were excited about getting our paws on her new series (healer).

This book was very much similar to her glass series with a similar magical universe that I was glad to see again, as I loved the varied magicians and magical beings that were presented in both this new series and in her last couple of books.

This book focus on the main character’s Avry journey as she struggles with the emotional and physical manifestations of the views of the people to her natural talent, which has been accused of starting the plague that killed thousands of people who lived in the fifteen realms casing anyone with healer powers to be killed.

Just when things are looking the worse for our Avry she is kidnapped by a band of rogues who have a hidden agenda in helping her to survive, because of this we are taken on an exciting, heart pounding, saddening and physical journey that keeps you turning the pages late into the night.

The characters that are presented to us in this book are lively and very 3D although there is still plenty of potential to develop them further in very interesting ways.  I was truly saddened and cried a few pugs tears when some of the characters who I became to truly love were given their final role in this book never to resurface, although you will have to read the book to find out who bites the dust.  

I thoroughly enjoy this book as the journey given to us is neither too long nor too short and presents a beautifully written complex storyline that unfolds slowly like the petals of a beautiful flower.

Although this story is a slow burner it has great action with in its pages and I definitely suggest everyone to read it. 

Can’t wait to read book two.

OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES:

  COMES OUT: December 27th 2012

I hope you all enjoyed the review :) see you all soon.

Ginny xx

 

                                                       

PUG REVIEW: DEAD ON THE DELTA BY STACEY JAY

DEAD ON THE DELTA BY STACEY JAY: ANNABELLE LEE #1
                                                 
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Once upon a time, fairies were the stuff of bedtime stories and sweet dreams. Then came the mutations, and the dreams became nightmares. Mosquito-size fairies now indulge their taste for human blood—and for most humans, a fairy bite means insanity or death. Luckily, Annabelle Lee isn’t most humans. The hard-drinking, smart-mouthed, bicycle-riding redhead is immune to fairy venom, and able to do the dirty work most humans can’t. Including helping law enforcement— and Cane Cooper, the bayou’s sexiest detective—collect evidence when a body is discovered outside the fairy-proof barricades of her Louisiana town.
But Annabelle isn’t equipped to deal with the murder of a sixyear- old girl or a former lover-turned-FBI snob taking an interest in the case. Suddenly her already bumpy relationship with Cane turns even rockier, and even the most trust-worthy friends become suspects. Annabelle’s life is imploding: between relationship drama, a heartbreaking murder investigation, Breeze-crazed drug runners, and a few too many rum and Cokes, Annabelle is a woman on the run—from her past, toward her future, and into the arms of a darkness waiting just for her. . . .

•  GENRE: YOUNG ADULT 16+, CRIME, FANASY, THRILLER 

• PAGES: 389

• CHAPTERS: 27

•  Published May 31st 2011 by Pocket  

PUG RATING:  

KEYPOINTS:  FAIRIES, CRIME, DRUGS, SOME SEXUAL CONTENT



IN SHORT: A VERY SLOW READ, WITH A LOSELY BASED CRIME PLOT. NOT A BOOK I FOUND ENJOYBLE.



 GINNY'S (THE PUG'S) REVIEW:

ALTHOUGH THIS BOOK HAS A BEAUTIFUL COVER AND AN EXCITITNG PLOT IDEA, ME AND MY HUMAN JUST COULD NOT GET TO GRIPS WITH THIS BOOK.

WE FOUND THE READ TO BE HARD GOING AND RATHER SLOW, CAUSING US ON MANY OCCUSSIONS TO PUT THE BOOK DOWN AND COME BACK TO IT A WHILE LATER.

ALTHOUGH WE REALLY TRIED, WE FOUND THE CHARATERS UNAPLLEALING ESPECIALLY THE MAIN CHARATER ANNABELLE LEE, WHO WE FOUND RATHER WHINY, WHICH GRATED ON OUR NERVES, ALTHOUGH I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CHARATER IS BASED ON A ALCHOLIC WHO IS DISSATISFIED WITH HER LOT WITH LIFE AND HAS A LOT OF CHILHOOD ISSUES.

I’M REALLY SAD THAT I COULDN’T ENJOY THIS PLOT AS I FOUND THE IDEA OF THE STORY FASCINATING, THIS IS A GRITTY PLOT WITH HARD CHARATERS AND HARD TO HANDLE ISSUES, SUCH AS A DEPENDENCY ON ALCOHOL AND THE DEATH OF A YOUNG GIRL.

ALTHOUGH THIS BOOK WAS NOT UP MY STREET, THIS MIGHT SUIT PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A VERY INTENSE READ ON LIFE STRUGGLES AND EMOUTINALLY HARD ISSUES WITH A STRONG FEMALE LEAD BUT BEAR IN MIND IT IS A VERY SLOW READ THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE BOOK.

HOPE YOU LIKED THE REVIEW, SEE YOU ALL SOON

PIG

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