Pyros ( Darkworld Origins 1) by T. G. Ayer

Happy Sunday to all,

                                       I hope this week has been good for you. Did you enter Brenda's event yet? If not don't hesitate to do it after reading this short review^^ after all you could pick this novella is you are the winner of day 5 giveaway ;)

So i've been preparing myself to start several crafting projets but honestly i'm a little fearful to start at the moment^^ because when i begin i need to finish it so i guess i 'm feeling like read the rest of the book first then start on teh crafts.

Anyway we are still in the quest to read about a maximum of different paranormal creatures and today we have a little bunch of them : wizard, unclassified, magic user, titan  and more so if you are tempted let see what i thought of Pyros, prequel of Skin Deep by T G Ayer.

Happy reading!

Publisher: Infinite Ink Books

Publication: 2014

Genre: urban fantasy, paranormal
Violence: strong
Language: normal
sex: none
Public: 18+

Source: free ( promotion)

Short description from goodreads :

 Logan Westin, the brooding hunk that steals Kailin Odel's heart in SKIN DEEP. Even the fact that she's a panther shifter and he's plain old human couldn't stop the sparks from flying between those two.

But Logan has his own little secrets, a history that weighs down on him, memories that seem to escape him. PYROS tells you where Logan comes from both in the origin of his powers and the source of his troubled mind.


Pyros MUST be read after reading SKIN DEEP because there are major spoilers.

My opinion:

          I’m quite confused honestly which can easily happen when we receive contradictory information. As you can see in goodreads’ description “it must be read after Skin Deep”…. However in the newsletter from the author it was written that to keep the reading in order that was to be read before book 1 Skin Deep….  When I got the novella I was really happy and since the author was telling us it has to be read before I believed that goodread must have made a mistake…. Sadly for once I guess goodreads was better informed.

 If you want to avoid being confused I can only recommend you to read this after not to start the series with this one.

 It’s not that the story isn’t well written, not at all but first it’s short and second it leads to too many question, I didn’t feel like anything was resolved in this one, there was no closure at all. You learn more about Logan true I mean you get part of his background which is interesting but if you haven’t read anything else you can’t compare and it’s not working that well as a stand alone.

Also I was really confused by the beginning  I’m not sure if it’s his memories or the story itself because of what he see and remember it didn’t sound that logical to me with what happens next.

Also I found it quite hard to see who were the good and the bad ones I mean yes omega took him in but making  young children like that work how they do and the treatment they give them…it makes me wonder if the nemesis “the sentinel” wouldn’t be better after all we only get one point of view. We see another group but once again the motivations are not clear. Each group seems to have good people in it though and I would want to know more. Jessamy sound quite protective, Mik the weather mage is quite the diplomatic one oh they are other we hate right away like Gunther and Brett but perhaps they have their reasons?

All put together it’s a interesting reads but I feel I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I had more background thanks to the reading of Skin Deep so I do hope you get to read this if you love the genre or are a fan of the author but I do recommend you to start Skin Deep first.

Score:  3/5

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

Trésors & Trouvailles / Treasures & Finds 1

Hi!

           I've discovered that it has been terribly long since i did a " mailbox post"... i wanted to make at least one per month because in my case making one per week has no sense ( yes sometimes i envy those who get several new books EACH week *___*, bad me)one per month seems ideal.

                           Je viens juste de réaliser combien j'avais été négligente et depuis quand j'avais oublié de partager avec vous mes aquisitiosn récentes. Mon objectif était d'en faire au moins un message par mois puisque dans mon cas précis un par semaine ne fait aucun sens ( et oui parfois je jalouse un peu ceux et celles qui reçoivent plusieurs livres chaque semaine ^^ je reste humaine après tout ;) ) donc le rythme de 1 par mois semble l'idéal.

However, last year and early this one postal service went against me with lots of disappearances and that simply made me too sad to explain so i skipped the sharing post ( and i got less than 10books for the last what? 3/4months? so not a lot to share anyway) I always try to send a confirmation when i receive a letter or a parcels so if you send something and didn't hear from me... thats means sadly it part of the lost ones ç_ç and i'm sorry ( i do try to make the postal service react).

                 Cependant, la fin de l'année et le début de celle -ci, j'ai eu quelques soucis -c'est un euphemisme- avec la Poste et de nombreux envois ne me sont jamais parvenu... cela m'avait vraiment trop déprimée pour partagé le peu effectivement reçu ( environ 10livres sur quoi? 3/4 mois vraiment pas la peine de citer ça). A noté que j'essaie toujours d'envoyer un petit message lorsque je reçois une lettre ou a colis après tout uin petit merci est le minimum alors si vous avez envoyé quelque chose et que je ne vous ai pas contacté c'est que malheureusement l'envoi fait partie de la longue liste des disparu et croyez moi j'en suis la première désolée ( plainte et enquêtes sont en cours)

Starting now i decided to try to do better and that's also mean finding a good name for this meme... after all all the books i get don't arrive in my mailbox, those i find in small shops, secondhand bookshops , take from the library etc..; so "my mailbox" was too restrictive name for me. Also everything isn't about books either and i wanted to express my feeling better thus the name "Treasures and Finds" Trésors and Trouvailles in french.

 A partir de maintenant je veux m'améliorer et cela inclus de trouver un nom pour cette catégorie de post.. après tout les livres que j'obtiens ne me parviennent pas uniquement par courrier loin de là comme ceux que je trouve dans les magasins de seconde main ou à la bibliothèque aussi le terme " mailbox" ou boite au lettre était trop restrictif à mon goût. je voulais aussi plus de liberté pour inclure ce qui n'étais pas des livres ( mais parfois est en relation avec un) et pour exprimer ce que je ressens...après réflexions " Trésors et Trouvailles" a gagné ( Treasures & Finds" lorsque traduit en anglais.)

What this name? Finds for the books i came accross by pure luck they can be good or not but always a discovery, as those i can finally get my hands on in library ( english books are too rare in hem here) etc those i wasn't expecting in a sense. Treasures... because those i receive or win always have a special place in my heart,i treasure them so they get to keep that name ;) as for my favourite series each new addition is a treasure long awaited ;) thus "Treasures and Finds " title and i will start with February month ( especially the last week since it was when the most arrived)

    Pourquoi ce nom? "Trouvailles" simplement pour refléter les livres et autres que je trouve par hasard, cela peut devenir une bonne trouvaille ou pas mais c'est toujours une découverte comme ceux sur lesquels je tombe à la bibliothèque ( trop peu de livres en anglais dans le rayon) etc soit ceux auxquels je ne m'attendais pas. 

Quant au terme "Trésors" c'est parce que à mes yeux tous les livres ou cadeaux que je reçois ou ceux que je gagne sont réellement précieux avec leur spéciale étagère, ce sont vraiment des trésors. A ceux-ci j'ajoute tous les nouveaux tomes des séries que je compte parmi mes favorites et que j'attends parfois bien trop longtemps avant d'en profiter.

Voilà donc comment est né Trésors & Trouvailles dont le premier numéro va commencer par vous révéler les acquisitions de février ( pratiquement toute arrivées la dernière semaine )

Livres gagnés/ Won

Renegade by JA Souders won thanks to Kelsey on Ketch's Book Nook

Deadshifted Thanks to Katrina from Kindred Dreamheart

Fury of Fire by Coreene Callahan from Brenda at Crazy Four Books

Dirty Magic from Preternatura

Cadeaux/ Gifts

Then i received an early birthday present from the really kind Birgit from The Book Garden, it was quite a surprise when she told me something was coming from amazon germany ( and i love receiving from amazon european shop^^).. she gave me sime hints about what it was but honestly it didn't help at all^^... when i saw the box i was amazed! I never received such a big box before so it was really not what i imagined...add to that the fact it weighted nearly nothing had me completely confused and over curious. Thankfully Birgit was kind to let me know i didn't have to wait the 2 weeks before my birthday to open (and use) the gift so... here what i found:

A really REALLY comfy pillow ( proof after this picture for the 30sec that it took to put the camera away my cat who was lurking behind the box had jumped on it and was already deep asleep)and because i love soft plush and wolves she added it ( it was in an additional envelop in fact but really i don't see why it couldn't be added in the geant box there were a lot of free room^^).

It was a wonderful surprise, well thought and simply fantastic i cherish those and Wolfie is a talented nightmares catcher, the pillow is a sleep instant helper ^^ as soon as i put my head on it nothing exist anymore but i do have to protect it by putting it back in the plastic after each use or the cat would try to steal it from me for good ( so far the plastic doesn't bother him and often i find him deeply asleep and purring on it)

 You did manage to make me feel appreciated and even more, so thank you Birgit, i don't have words to tell you how this gift made me feel.

 I also received ( today but i add it here nevertheless) some zentangles made by Roger for my Birthday and those are as well done as all he is drawing so THANK YOU!

What do you think about the Name? Any pet loving stealing from you too?

until the next Trésors & Trouvailles/  Treasures & Finds for the recap of March which should be bigger since it's my birthday month ( and i do have some of the way if they arrive before next month ;))

Chenoire ( Sentinels of New Orleans 1.5) by Suzanne Johnson

Today being the day for the free novella, i really wanted to make a bit of promotion for the one by Suzanne Johnson, a favorite author of mine.
Chenoire is the story of Rene one of the mermen brothers DJ will meet in "River Road" second book off the Sentinels of New Orleans and it was done with all her love for Louisiana.

Why i decided to give you a short review of it today? Simply because it's a fee story that is available for a very limited time and i wanted to give you the opportunity to discover it and the author behind it.  Don't worry even if you haven't read the first book of the series Roayal Street, you really can enjoy Chenoire so after reading this small post click on the link provided and read this novella please.

Enjoy!

                             

title: Chenoire

Publisher: Suzanne Johnson 2012

Genre: Urban fantasy
Violence: mild
Language: normal
sex: none
Public: 18+

Source: free and available only for a limited time on Heroes and Heartbreakers

Short description and information  ( taken from Heroes and Heartbreakers):

If you can wait until River Road second book of the Sentinels of New Orleans series in November, Suzanne offer you a treat “Chenoire,” a short story featuring one of the delicious Delachaise brothers from River Road. Suzanne says: “[T]he story was my response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, and a portion of author proceeds from River Road will go toward spill-related remediation efforts in Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes, where 'Chenoire' takes place. Plaquemines Parish (where much of River Road is set) just got hammered by Hurricane Isaac, too, so that region needs a break!”

The official info: a percentage of author proceeds is going to the Greater New Orleans Foundation's Oil Spill Relief Fund for relief related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill's ongoing impact on Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and lower Jefferson parishes in Louisiana.

Recovering from the loss of her twin sister, Grace Sims throws herself into her work, traveling deep into the dangerous waters of the bayou to document the impact recent oil spills have had on the native wildlife. In need of a guide, she gets more than she bargained for in Rene Delachaise.

The last thing Rene needs is to have to watch our for some city slicker, but that’s just what he’s been ordered to do by his father and clan leader. But what should have been a simple trip down the bayou suddenly turns deadly, and Rene finds himself having to reveal more than the hideouts of local fauna. A world of clans and rituals, strength and magic, weregators and mermen, and maybe even love awaits Grace, if she can survive the day...

My opinion:

          Suzanne Johnson is a kind author but also a really engaged one, she loves Louisiana and New Orleans and when a calamity arises she acts in her way because she respects those inhabitants. It’s something that should be said and in buying River Road you can help too. But before that (however you can already pre order it of course^^) she wanted to offer a treat to her readers, because we count too, and thus she put a small novella on her blog for a short time and for Halloween she accepted that Heroes and Heartbreakers put this small novella online again but you have only until November to savour it if you did not get the opportunity to read it before.

And what a treat it is ^^, the only “bémol” is that’s really short but that put aside Chenoire is wonderfully written and a really good novella. It’s a story about acceptance, trust and the need to move forward with also humour and some fun parts.  I can’t tell you a lot of things if I want to avoid spoiler but I can tell you that you don’t need to have read “Royal Street “(first book of the series) to understand the novella it’s perfect as a stand alone you will just want more because it gives us a good idea of the universe and the writing style of Suzanne.

I loved to have a bit of the Rene background since he will play a major role in River Road.

So take 5 minutes and go to read it please you won’t be disappointed.

Score:  4/5

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

Want to read it? You can find it Here: Chenoire until November so hurry ^^