early review:Sweet Tea and Spirits (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries 5) by Angie Fox

Hello to all!!!



         I hope you have a great relaxing Sunday! For me it was full cleaning mode so not a lot of rest but the weather was just right to open the window for some fresh air and it was very pleasant.
I'm really happy to share my review with you today because it's a series i absolutely LOVE and when i was accepted in the review team i couldn't believe it so i'm posting this a bit before the release on the 25th so you can preorder it and get a better price or simply get it just as it release whithout waiting.


So today it's book 5 in the Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries series: Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox.  I haven't reviewed all the precedent ones but i will simply i couldn't wait for this one...and the cover is so cute too!

happy reading!

Publisher: Angie Fox

Publication: 2017

Genre: cozy mystery, paranormal mystery
Violence: mild
Language: normal
sex: allusion

Public: 16+

Source: earc for review

Description from goodreads :

 The latest in the USA Today bestselling Southern Ghost Hunter series!

Southern girl Verity Long is about as high society as her pet skunk. Which is why she’s surprised as anyone when the new head of the Sugarland social set invites her to join the "it" girls. But this is no social call. Verity’s new client needs her to go in undercover and investigate strange happenings at the group’s historic headquarters.

But while spirits are whispering hints of murder, the socialites are more focused on Verity’s 1978, avocado-green Cadillac. And when Verity stumbles upon a fresh body, she's going to need the long-dead citizens of Sugarland to help her solve the crime. Good thing she has the handsome deputy sheriff Ellis Wydell on hand, as well as her ghostly sidekick Frankie. The bad thing is, the ghosts are now whispering about the end of a certain ghost hunter

My opinion:

          I really do love this series and it's so well written that even if you are new to the series you could still enjoy this one as the author does  remind us of the important events that happened to lead to the actual situation.  Still if you can start by the beginning it's too good to miss.

However, let see this specific story first.

Verity has decided to accept her gift and try to make a job of it when Frankie agree to lend a bit of its power which isn't often done without some bargaining. She still believes in him but our gangster has quite a mind of its own though a certain lady is perhaps changing that. On the sentimental side, Verity 's relationship with Ellis is evolving well....at least as long as they are left to their own .

We do learn a bit more about Verity's ancestry and i would be happy to meet Ida, we discover Ellis' mother ....i hated her in book 1 and i still do! That woman is intelligent but such a monster...she knew what her son did but  still has it against Verity even after trying to take her last cent! Now she is acting again and  i so would like to see her punished ( and of course i still want Beau to pay dearly for what he did!) because for her all is about appearance.

We also see a bit more of the south's tradition and i really love that. It's funny to see how the city  forgot his history to change it to what would feel more acceptable....but  i do appreciate that  some try to rectify that like Verity. I must say that i'm curious to see how Verity will manage in those society club.

So for the investigation itself it was really funny, i loved the different ghosts and the rhythm was perfect keeping you glued to the book . You want to know the culprit and to see him (or they) get what they deserve....it can take time ( i mean looks for Beau he sure deserves to be punished but so far he isn't) but i'm sure we won't be disappointed.

There is a lot of humour , Molly and Henrietta are some ghosts you will love, Frankie has some ideas to win money after all for him all is about money generally and if it annoys Verity the better. Romance and i won't tell you more about this part you will have to see. Action, because Verity can't stand by or keep her mouth shut but that's why we love.

Really even if you are new to the series don't hesitate to read this you will spend a great time!

Score:  5/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and i voluntary reviewed this book

Back From the Undead (The Bloodhound Files 5) by DD. Barant

Happy Halloween!!!

Leaves are flying with the winds and candy are are dropping in your basket or have you already eaten them all? Here it's quite busy, the Chullu special session in the roleplaying is going well so far but the organsiation (that means me) must be ready for everything and we must keep the schedule too so not a lot of free time and a long, long night ahead.
Now that the meal has been served ( rosted rat^^) though i have a few minutes to share with you one author that makes my halloween time even better but as a rules all year long as long as i can read this fabulous series.

So here comes " Back from the Undead" by DD Barant, 5th book in the series The Bloodhound Files.

Happy reading!

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Publication: 2012

ISBN:  0312545061

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

Source: bought
 

Short description from goodreads :

 Another work day, another case for the Bloodhound Files. But this time, Jace is truly stumped: How is she, a mere human, supposed to penetrate the dark heart of a child-trafficking ring of pire orphans—one that turns out to be part of a blood-farm operation, in the crime-ridden border city of Vancouver, British Columbia?


Jace is in over her head. But with the help of her former lover, Tanaka—whose family is one of the last samurai clans left in Japan—she stands a chance at seeking justice for the condemned children… Until the Yakuza tries to put an end to Jace’s investigation. Jace risks more than death—this time, it’s the fate of her very soul that’s in danger . . .

My opinion:

          Fabulous! Really so far I haven’t discovered another series that can hook me so fast and that since book 1. Of course I have others series I consider favourites (and a lot) but when it comes to suspense one, investigations one I can often guess the culprit , motives etc  it’s not necessarily bad per say, I do enjoy romantic suspense nevertheless but it takes more to keep me hooked. With DD Barant, yes sometimes details can be predictable, I guess some things but there are so many twists and turn that I keep being surprised and I love that!. It’s a book (and series) where each word is important and you don’t want to miss a line.

 I greatly enjoyed “Back from the Undead” because it’s perfectly in the line of the precedents books but at the same time we get once again another dimension. Jace is investigating the disappearance of pire children in Canada….not only it’s highly risky because in this parallel word Canada isn’t a pleasant place but it’s done on Stoker’s demand…. Yes the same man who tried to kill her, who killed a lot of pires and werewolves and is deviously cunning and manipulative. As you can imagine it won’t be easy even less if you add Yakuza to the mix.

DD Barant managed to keep the investigation so realistic despite all the paranormal elements and created so many twists and turns that I had to finish this book in one read. Trying to guess Stocker motives, even more after meeting Zevon was interesting and so funny. Charlie, the golem, is as always a great partner for Jace and he helps her a lot when, starting to be affected by the special spell making guns unknown, Jace is panicking. Oh let’s not forget his love for good clothes and how he hates when they get destroyed or dirty^^… what was the funnier was to see him completely in symbiosis with his T Rex soul^^   I could really imagine the TRex vs Oni and it was so fitting the ambiance of the book that I couldn’t stop smiling.

Jace is adjusting to the universe a little to well even since she is starting to be affected by the curse too but it was interesting to see how her relationships were evolving. Now with Cassius, she still has doubt but decide to go with the flow. She is still planning to go back home but she is starting to make a life for herself where she is by starting a Dojo (even if her clients have more strength and speed than her^^;;)

Eisfanger, the lab technician and shaman, is also on her team and he does help I was happy to see this thrope and how he still get confused by Jace‘s speech and attitude while Charlie seems to have given up. The alchemy between them is really well done.

The investigation part is just right paced, like I said each detail or element has an importance for this story or later but the fact the divinities and spirits were involved was a great plus. Gashadokuro will make you smile and you won’t look at your meals the same way^^ . Really the tension was so high  I was biting my nails but at the same time the balance with the humour just kept a smile on my face all along the story except for one thing.  I was disappointed to see Tanaka appears so shortly and how it went…we learn he is from a family of samurais and that there is top secret because they were hunted and still are. It explains his personality and how feeling guilty about what he has to do he is trying to regain his honor… yes but after that it just felt wrong. I hope we will discover there were more to it and that he will come back because just this time wasn’t enough and not right, I would have hoped he would at least make her meet the other samurais

So at the end I can only recommend you to try this series if you love urban fantasy, humour, action and investigation you will really love it (still think of it as a mix between criminal minds and ncis les expert). I should have read it on Halloween perhaps but each day I waited would have been one too late it’s really a wonderful book so don’t wait and just get your copy . To recommend!

Score:  4,5/5

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

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Alien Diplomacy (Katherine "kitty" Katt 5) by Gini Koch

Hello to all,

           While waiting for my results and thus for a solution to my medical troubles, i decided to read some authors i discovered last year and came to really love. One of those is Gini Koch, each of her book made me laugh, or at least smile, so far so i needed to continue the series and it was also perfect for the challenge of this month : " romance including aliens". I wasn't disappointed at all and i'm glad to have the next book ready when i need a little humour boost.

So here is my opinion on book 5 in the Katherine " Kitty Katt series called " Alien Diplomacy", not my favourite cover but the story is a good as before and book 7 has been released a few days ago so if you haven't started the series yet, you are really missing something.

 Happy Reading

Publisher: DAW

Publication: 2012

ISBN:  0756407168

Genre: paranormal romance, fantasy, humour
Violence: strong
Language: mild
sex: strong
Public: 18+

Source: bought

Short description from goodreads :

 Being newlyweds and new parents is challenging enough. But Jeff and Kitty Martini are also giving up their roles as super-being exterminators and Commanders in Centaurion Division while mastering the political landscape as the new heads of Centaurion's Diplomatic Corps. Enter a shadowy assassination plot and a new set of anti-alien conspirators, and nothing will ever be the same..

My opinion:

          Gini Koch really knows how to catch my interest and not letting go. Alien Diplomacy was funny, inventive and it’s probably only because I’m starting to know her mind that I could guess several parts but not the main one so even with high suspicions I couldn’t stop reading… in fact reading this one just made me want to reread all the first one and it saying a lot since I don’t reread to closely because I remember too well but in this case even a reread doesn’t loose it’s savour.

Kitty has lost her sparks and singular mind  which is causing her some distress now that she must act with diplomacy and can’t rush in the action… or can’t she^^;; try to reign your nature and it comes back in gallop and we love our Kitty as she is after all^.^. I was glad to see that she wasn’t the only one having problem to adjust quite the opposite and that even if they picked the ones to be put at their ex posts. It takes some time to understand than you can make a difference at any place you are as long as you do your best.

To find Kyle and Len once again was too great, I really enjoyed those. As often, our team will have its hands full between threats, assassinations attempts and sadly political meetings ^^. It will be up to kitty to do what she does best: finding unlikely allies and enter the minds of the bad guys to guess who is who….even if Washington DC make that even more difficult. Thankfully she is not alone and Jeff and the poofs ( I really want one) as well as the whole team is backing her up like always.

 This is really one of my favourite series and I’m so glad I won’t need to wait too long before reading next one^^. If you want a fun reads, with action and romance but really a lot of humour despite the tension try this series but in order because you really can’t miss anything it’s too good!

Score:  4/5

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

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L’Insoumise et L’Irlandais (MacEgan 5) par Michelle Willingham

Bonjour à tous,

                           Comme je l'ai annoncé précédemment le mois de septembre sera principalement consacré à la découverte du genre " romance historique" avec des avis en français comme aujourd'hui et d'autres en anglais. Je fais dès lors une petite pause dans ma création de certains cadeaux pour vous présenter mon avis sur "L'insoumise et l' Irlandais" par Michelle Willingham, j'ai aperçu ce livre sur une étagère et je n'ai pas pu résister or en cherchant les informations précises pour rédiger cet avis j'ai eu la surprise d'apprendre qu'il s'agissait en fait du 5ème tome d'une saga, en effet aucune mention n'en était faite dans mon édition >_<.
Je vous rassure il peut être lu seul cependant je préfère lire une série dans l'ordre donc j'espère un jour mettre la main sur les tomes précédents.

Bonne lecture

 

 

Editeur VF: Harlequin, Col. Les Historiques 2011
Titre original:Taming Her Irish Warrior( edited 2009)
Genre: romance historique

Violence: élevé
Langage: normal
sexe: élevé
Public: 18+

Prix : 6,5euro
Obtenu par achat

Quatrième de couverture de l'éditeur Harlequin:

Angleterre, 1180. Frémissante, Honora s’abandonne dans les bras de MacEgan. Plus rien n’existe pour elle sinon le contact brûlant des lèvres de son ténébreux guerrier. Qui aurait dit qu’Ewan MacEgan, avec lequel elle a grandi, deviendrait ce conquérant si séduisant ? Ewan dont elle était follement éprise et qui n’avait déjà d’yeux que pour sa sœur, la douce et fragile Katherine, si différente d’elle… A cette pensée, Honora est brusquement ramenée à la réalité, et repousse le guerrier avec colère. Comment ose-t-il l’embrasser alors qu’il est de retour pour prétendre à la main de Katherine ? Alors qu’il convoite une autre femme ? N’a-t-il donc aucun honneur ? Bouleversée, Honora s’enfuit, déterminée à tout faire, désormais, pour résister à la scandaleuse attirance que le bel Irlandais exerce sur elle…

Avis:

          Très agréable, j’ai apprécié l’histoire sans savoir qu’en fait il s’agissait du 5ème tome d’une saga, il est donc tout a fait possible de lire cette série dans le désordre. L’époque et le fait de la différence entre la culture Normande et Irlandaise m’ont intriguée et j’ai pris plaisir à lire cette histoire et découvrir quelques aspects légaux de l’époque.

Honora est une femme très indépendante et son souhait secret est d’être une guerrière mais pour plaire à son père elle a accepté d’épouser une brute et en a énormément souffert. Si son estime de soi est pratiquement à zéro elle n’en a pas pour autant perdu son sens du devoir et de la justice. Raison pour laquelle elle est encore prête à de nouveaux sacrifices. Par contre, le personnage de sa sœur  ne m’a pas vraiment convaincu et encore moins le secret qu’elle cache car si pour Honora on explique comment elle en est venue à ce point là pour Katherine on dirait qu’elle était beaucoup plus surveillée et dès lors ça me paraissait moins vraisemblable.

Ewan lui veut s’affirmer, étant le plus jeune de 5frères il souhaite affirmer sa puissance et son indépendance pour ce faire il veut des biens et des terres et à ses yeux le plus facile pour obtenir tout cela est d’épouser une jeune et riche héritière. Mais voilà, alors même qu’il a grandit avec Honora et sa sœur, celle-ci ne cesse de le troubler. Vexé par des échanges passés, son honneur le pousse tout de même à veiller sur elle et à la protéger lorsqu’il apprends qu’elle est veuve et ce qu’elle a subit…mais vous savez ce qu’on dit parfois les enfants qui se disputent beaucoup enfant font les meilleurs couples mais il devra alors apprendre à faire confiance car elle n’acceptera plus d’être étouffée par les conventions.

J’ai aimé mais en même temps j’avais l’impression qu’il manquait un je ne sais quoi pour que j’adore ce livre, pas grand-chose mais quand même. Notamment le fait de la capture de Katherine à un moment, je ne vois pas trop comment cela a pu se produire sans que son père ne réagisse plus vite, un détail mais pas sans importance.Peut-être que si j’avais lu les tomes précédents auparavant je n’aurais pas eu cette impression car on fait beaucoup d’allusions à des évènement passés ainsi qu’à l’histoire personnelle des autres frères toutefois le style d’écriture et la façon dont le récit se développement ne donne pas vraiment le sentiment que cette lecture soit indispensable mais elle serait peut-être un bonus plus que respectable.

Je vais vraiment essayer de mettre la main sur le reste de la série en tout cas. A recommander aux amoureux de fins heureuses et romantiques assidus..

Score:  3,5/5

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

Challenges:

Book read for the 2012 TBR reading

This book enter in the Romance and Me Challenge