Waynest 3 : Trompée par Jess Haines

Bonsoir à tous!

                 et bonne année puisque c'est le premier message en français également. Ne croyez pas que je vous avais oubliés loin de là mais depuis la fin de l'année les soucis de santé se sont accumulés et je n'ai pas lu autant que je l'aurait voulu, toute langues confondues. Doucement les choses reprennent leur cours cependant et dès lors vous ne devriez plus attendre si longtemps avant le prochain avis en français j'espère. Mais commençons par le début.

 Récemment lors d'une discussion sur un autre blog on en est venu à citer nos vampires favoris et  parmi la liste Royce est apparu... certes il est un vampire assez mémorables mais je ne voyais pas non plus de raisons pour un si grand attrait je me suis donc promis de reprendre cette série un peu de voir que quoi il en retourne.... j'avoue que après ce tome j'approuve ce choix^^ mais à vous de me dire si vous partagez cet avis ou non.

Bonne Lecture

Editeur VF: Milady 2013
Titre original: Deceived by Others ( edited 2011)
Genre: bit-lit
Violence: élevé
Langage: élévé
sexe: élevé
Public: +18ans

Prix : 7,6 euro

Obtenu par achat

Quatrième de couverture de l'éditeur Milady:

La relation de Shiarra et de Chaz, un loup-garou, n'a rien d'ordinaire. Pourtant, Shiarra est prête à s'engager sérieusement. Elle accepte, d'ailleurs, de partir avec lui en week-end afin de rencontrer sa meute. Mais peu après leur arrivée, des lettres leur ordonnant de partir apparaissent et leur bungalow est saccagé. Shiarra commence alors à enquêter pour savoir s'il s'agit juste de jeunes loups-garous qui s'amusent ou bien de quelque chose de plus sinistre...

Mais le vrai danger est bien plus proche qu'elle ne l'imagine.

Avis:

          Un des avantages, ou  inconvénients pour certains, de cette série est que les titres sont très révélateurs et donne de suite le ton… avec « Trompée » on s’attendait donc à voir Shiarra  souffrir mais je ne pense pas que beaucoup avait envisager qui sera la cause de cette souffrance et la raison de celle-ci. J’ai été assez prise de court également même si j’avais des réserves sur le dit personnage je ne m’attendait pas à un tel virage et surtout à découvrir une telle  profonde face sombre.

 Shiarra est sur le point de prendre une importante décision concernant son avenir avec Chaz, le loup- garou alpha des «  Sunstrickers », elle est prête à légaliser les choses (pas encore mariage mais pour rappel dans cet univers avoir une relation avec un non humain nécessite la signature d’un contrat et c’est loin d’être une mince affaire). Avant tout ce dernier l’emmène lors d’une retraite avec sa meute pour qu’elle en face la connaissance des membres et en apprenne un peu plus à leur égard.

Toutefois dès le début les choses se compliquent, non seulement ses alliés et ennemis prennent bien garde avant même son départ de se dégager de toute responsabilité  et c’est évident très étrange d’entre quelqu’un vous dire qu’il n’est pas responsable lorsque vous ne savez pas de quoi il parle. Cependant, une fois sur place, la violence explose avec un léger enlèvement, une tentative de renversement et des dégâts matériels à ne plus compter….de quoi perturber le beau voyage romantique que Shiarra envisageait.

Confrontée à des vérités qu’elle n’envisageait pas et voyant son monde s’effondrer Shiarra va devoir choisir à qui faire confiance et quelle attitude adopter…. Pour une fois elle se montre des plus violente ( sans accessoire arcanique pour l’influencer). C’était un changement assez intéressant en fait elle devient vraiment pro active mais en même temps ce côté vengeur ne laisse rien présager de bon et j’ai un peu peur de comment elle va évoluer. Une chose est sure Royce gagne des points et on ne s’attendait pas à une telle attitude de sa part.

J’ai aimé ce tome, lu d’une traite et je suis assez impatiente de voir ce que donnera le prochain  après tout^^ je serais heureuse de revoir un python garou ou a corbeau garou^^ et puis ce tome se terminant sur un cliffhanger assez explosif l’attente sera trop longue de toute façon.

 Une excellente addition à la série, ce tome est agréable à lire même si il est aussi violent que les précédents seul le cliffhanger laisse un peu à désirer. J’ai aussi regretté l’attitude des parents de Shiarra et j’espère qu’ils changeront. Si vous aimez cette série c’est un volume à ne pas manquer.

Score:  3,5/5

Disclaimer: Toutes les opinions exprimées ici sont les miennes, il s’agit de d’un avis honnête et personnel. Aucune compensation n’a été fournie en échange de ce dernier.

Challenges:

One Salt Sea ( October Daye 5) by Seanan Mcguire

Good Weekend too all^^

Seanan Mcguire is one of the few authors who can keep me so captivated by a story despite me being sick like hell or exhausted beyond common measure… this time didn’t change that and I couldn’t stop turning the pages, devouring Toby’s adventures… a great start for this year and I’m so impatient to read the next one though I’m also glad I waited since I’m slowly getting up to date with the release… so that’s mean resisting the urge to read them back to back without delay.

[On a side note, after finishing this one I had to read the novella that were set after this story and those I couldn’t resist…sadly I discovered that they weren’t my cup of tea and fortunately they are not essential for the series so you can pass them if you are not into f/f ( In Sea Salt tears ) or m/m (Forbid the Sea) but if you are interested you can check the review for those on my goodread account.]

 Now this review will perhaps be a little short because I can’t reveal too much without spoilers but let see what I can tell you.

Happy reading!

Publisher: DAW

Publication: 2011

ISBN:  0756406838

Genre: dark urban fantasy
Violence: strong
Language: mild
sex: mild
Public: 18+

Source: won

Short description from goodreads :

 October "Toby" Daye is settling into her new role as Countess of Goldengreen. She's actually dating again, and she's taken on Quentin as her squire. So, of course, it's time for things to take a turn for the worse.


Someone has kidnapped the sons of the regent of the Undersea Duchy of Saltmist. To prevent a war between land and sea, Toby must find the missing boys and prove the Queen of the Mists was not behind their abduction. Toby's search will take her from the streets of San Francisco to the lands beneath the waves, and her deadline is firm: she must find the boys in three days' time, or all of the Mists will pay the price. But someone is determined to stop her-and whoever it is isn't playing by Oberon's Laws...

My opinion:

          October will never get a real reprieve, despite nearly dying several times on regular basis she has too much on her plate to rest. Now a Countess against her wills, she must learn that role, while taking in charge part of Quentin’s training, and less formally Raj’s. Add to that, the fact the Luidaeg comes to collects debts when a war is on the verge to explode and you have the recipe for a disaster.

Oh, disaster there are how could it not when children are taking from their homes, tortured and with their life threatened? October couldn’t let that kind of crimes unpunished, children are too sacred and if it means having to fight against the Queen or at least to be diplomatically correct and doing others things she would dreams of never doing ( like approaching water) so be it because before being a countess she is a knight.

 I was really happy to see her having the start of a normal life even if I deeply inside new it couldn’t last and to be honest I didn’t like her lover’s choice but still I wanted her to have a bit of happiness…. I loved Spike and her cats which we just learned are really spies for Tybalt (someone had doubt about that fact, really?!), finding May, Quentin and Raj living (or nearly) with her was simply fabulous…it was a great way to see how she matured since the first book.

She also had to adjust to the event in the last book and how it affected her, that part was interesting and I wasn’t expecting it to be so difficult for her but Seanan managed to make the situation really comprehensible and described Toby’s feeling so well I just wanted more. In this book we learn more about the fae.. so far we learned about the land faeries we got a glimpse of others like the luidaeg and selkies but that’s all.  This time we learn about a complete new range of aquatic faes and discover that there are also some aerial ones nothing catch my attention better it was really interesting to discover them from Toby’s perspective.

What made this book even better was the constant presence of the cait sidhe Tybalt, more often in his cat form than I saw in the past.  He wasn’t his humourous self and he didn’t antagonised October but the situation was too dire for that. In any case he was loyally at her side, fought by her side and for her and never let her down ( the perfect mate I’m telling you). We also learn a lot about the Luidaeg and saw a more vulnerable side of her which drew me to her, she always was fascinating now she is more “human”… she suffered a lot and still do I think.

This book has heartbreaking moments, I nearly cried several time but the author balances all the elements in the story at the perfection and it was never too much or not enough. You get to see and feel things from October’s point of view… yes sometimes I wanted to strangle her at other time I wanted to hug her or cry for her but all along I wanted to be by her side. If you love dark urban fantasy with a touch of romance, fae and shifters  really this is a fabulous series, a must read however I can’t recommend you enough to be careful and read all the books in order ( include the free novella if you want it’s even better) it’s the only way to get completely immersed and have all the insights to follow the red lines ( but each book have some closure so far even if the ending just make you want more since it doesn’t answers all questions) this one was a perfect addition to the series with moving moment, adventures, magic and all the rest

Score:  5/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

Challenges:

Mercy Blade ( Jane Yellowrock 3) by Faith Hunter

Hello to all!

              I decided to start the year slowly, oki the fact i've caught the flu helped but i want to avoid the stress, so i decided to start by reading some books i really want to because i loved the precedent so much i couldn't wait longer.... i picked the next in line for me in the Jane Yellowrockrock series by faith Hunter and while it was a good choice i could have done better. The best part is that this book works for all challenges i've entered so far.

Anyway let start with the first review of 2014, Mercy Blade by faith Hunter

Publisher: Roc

Publication: 2011

ISBN:  0451463722

Genre: urban fantasy
Violence: strong
Language: mild
sex: strong
Public: 18+

Source: bought

Short description from goodreads :

 Jane Yellowrock is a shape-shifting skinwalker--and a rogue-vampire hunter for hire. But lately she's found herself taking blood money from the very vamps she used to hunt.


Things are heating up in the Big Easy. Weres have announced their existence to the world, and revived the bitter tensions that run between them and their old enemies -- vampires. As a trusted employee of Leo Pellissier, Blood Master of the City, Jane finds herself caught in the crossfire.



When Jane is attacked by a pack of marauding werewolves, she is thankful for the help of a mysterious stranger named Girrard. He explains that he used to be Leo's 'Mercy Blade,' a sacred position charged with killing young vampires who have gone insane. What Jane doesn't know is why this powerful assassin left New Orleans. And more troubling, why he's now returned. It's definitely not to make Jane's life easier.

My opinion:

          Faith Hunter is excellent as always but I must admit that so far this book is the one I liked the less in the series. It’s a good one don’t misunderstand me however I’m not fond of universes were werewolves are depicted as crazy beasts and sadly this story focus on them while their description is of savage beast without moral etc… now it’s not that radical they have rules but they don’t follow them and while we get their history it really doesn’t sound fair to them.

Now the great part is that the author makes difference between the different kind of shifters not all of them are so crazy and I guess I can hope for a remedy for the werewolves then^^ after all we all can dream. So I did get interested in the story but this one was a lot more complicated than the first 2 books. Hard to keep up with all the investigation but it was well worth it. I appreciated that Jane was one man- woman and didn’t want to sleep around even if I regretted the choice she made…. Rick isn’t stable and she need stability but beast won on the attractive part I guess^^^. Leo seemed really instable and I hate him more after each book ^^, the way he acts with Jane, how he push aside his most loyal followers… really he can’t be trusted and so far I can’t even respect him but it’s part of the vampire mentality I guess. Bruiser just can’t leave Leo and is too devoted to him to be good for Jane but I think he is the more interested anyway

Molly and her so sweet little girl make some phone interventions and as always I love those they are so funny and protective. I couldn’t stand Evangelina since the beginning and I found strange to see Jane trusting her so quickly and easily.

I really loved the idea of more feline shifters and then the specific creatures ( anzu or grindy) are really interesting and I hope to learn and see more of them even if my opinion on Gee is still hesitant. I need more to decide if I like him or not but for sure I didn’t approve of his actions in this books even if I understand his motivation.

The ending was a little too predictable for me and quite heartbreaking but also a form of cliffhanger so I’m glad I have the next book ready. If you love this series you will love this book even if it’s darker than the precedents and some descriptions are really not for sensitive soul, you will just want more.

Score:  3,5/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

Challenges:

2014 Challenge sign up post part 2

Hi!,
         
oki after thinking a lot about it i decided to join some new challenges hosted by bloggers i trust, i think i will have a part 3 if not a 4th one because i tend to join many challenge but i decided this year to take it easy so i start at the lowest level possible and move up if necessary and i do select some where  a review can be used in different challenge  it will help my motivation without adding too much pressure( and if i do win something it would be a great bonus).

Here are those i join today, both are all year long to avoid the stress of a short time limitation

First :the 2014 Fur & Fangs reading Challenge

 For this one you set your own goals which is fabulous, so many book with a vampires or a werewolves ( or fur shifters) do i plan to read....at least a global of 15 books but how many vampires ones and how many werewolves ones i really can't said. They are often included in my main favourites genre so it should be possible and if i do read more, even better

you can suscribe Here  on Phantasmic Reads and here is a small part of the rules to motivate you to join too

• This challenge will run from January 1st, 2014, until December 31st, 2014.
• Books must be started on or after January 1st, 2014 to count.
• Books can be any publication date and any genre, as long as at least the subject or one of the main characters is a vampire or werewolf.
• Any other shifter with fur can also count. (i.e. cats, tigers, bears).
• Sign ups will be open until December 1st, 2014

Next, because after vampires and werevolves i could need to change my mind a little let see about... the witches!

2014 Witches & Witchcrafts reading Challenge

The level to start is also low which is great so i will try for  the level 1: initiate that means reading at least 1 book ( and up to 5) however i really can't tell which one as of yet.

You can sign up Here on Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf

As for  the rules here there are.

Challenge Rules:

• This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2014 – Dec 31, 2014. I will be posting a place to link up a sign-up post (below), reviews and a wrap-up post. (Note: You do not have to review the books to participate, but only those who link up reviews will be entered for the prize)
• Grab the reading challenge button (code & button below) and post this reading challenge on your blog to track your progress. Please include a link back to this sign-up post so others can join the reading challenge too. You do not have to be a book blogger to participate- you could track your progress and post reviews on Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, etc.
• Any full length book that includes a witch as a main character or includes major witchcraft elements counts. They may be fiction or non-fiction. However, they should not be reference books which are not read cover to cover-I will leave this to your discretion.
• Books can be any format (bound, eBook, audio).
• Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.
• You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
• When you sign up in the linky put the direct link to your post about joining the 2014 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge, not just a link to your blog.
• You can move up levels, but no moving down.
• Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2014, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
• Have some Witchy Good Fun !!!

 So, quite easy for these ones don't you think? interested to join?

 I will keep my progress updated on the special page for 2014 Challenges so don't hesitate to have a look from time to time or to give recommendations if you have any.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR  ^^

May 2014 bring you all Joy, Love, Happiness and Health as well as of course excellent books discoveries

2014 has started and i want to believe it will be a fantastic year for everything.

2013 was far from a bad year even if it wasn't really a good one either. I did have several health problems i still must to take care of but despitye all of that i stayed positive ( most of the time ;) ) I didwhat i wanted on the social part ( a big thanks to the postal service that for once delivered  quickly (t least most of the parcels, some took a lot longer than the rest) - so far i have confirmation for the receiving of 99% of what i sent^^ GREAT! )

And i managed to finish my reading goals ( barely yes but i completed them^^).
Sports romance challenge 12/12
2013 TBR Reading Challenges 67books
goodread challenge 100books
reading romance challenge: completed
2013 reading paranormal challenge: completed

See i can be happy of my last blogging year, of course i still need to improve ( we never stop needing that), however i will put as one of my priority to balance better between life and blog i can't get as stressed as i was when something happen that put me behind my schedule^^.
Another goal i want to reach this year: listing my books. I started in 2013 and  i haven't finished even if my shelves are less in order than before so i want to take care of that when i can.

I'm also planning to comment even more than before when possible and for the rest i will see because i want to be lazy a little just a few day to enjoy this new year, avoid the stress and REST^^ i deserved it^^


Do you have any resolutions or goals for 2014? Happy for 2013 or happy it's in the past and want to forget? Don't hesitate to share

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