Other Kindle Books Catch up part 1

I'm going through my Kindle Library history and writing down any that I've read in the last almost 2 years since I last posted!  I'll put any details I remember (favorites for example):

Madeline Hunter : Fairbourne Quartet
  The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne
  The Conquest of Lady Cassandra
  The Counterfeit Mistress
  The Accidental Duchess

Madeline Hunter is always a nice light victorian era romance read for me so I always scoop them up as they come out!

Madeline Hunter:   Dangerous in Diamonds

Madeline Hunter : Wicked Trilogy
  1. His Wicked Reputation
  2. Tall, Dark and Wicked
 Waiting on third.  This is 3 brothers finding love, the third I assume will be the Duke, the first was the illegitimate brother, this was the second brother (lawyer). Always fun to read victorian era romance :)

Kiera Cass
  The Selection , The Elite, The One, The Prince (novella), The Guard (novella)

A young adult series, distopian future where people are forced into castes ruled by a king/queen (mostly king) and the prince chooses his future queen using a 'game' called the Selection.  I enjoyed this series, I don't love the love triangle that a lot of books (young adult romance anyway) have but there was a lot to this series and I enjoyed it thoroughly!

Kiera Cass :   The Siren
 A separate book, standalone about a siren and the challenges of being one.  A young adult book I did enjoy this one quite a bit!

Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl : Beautiful Creatures series
  Beautiful Creatures, Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos, Beautiful Redemption, Dream Dark

A young adult series with magic and intrigue and some very interesting characters.  This was a bit dark but I enjoyed it  and it got me looking for others similar.  I know they made a movie out of the first (or inspired) but I have not seen it.

Maria V Snyder
  Inside Out\Outside In : A standalone/2 part book that I really enjoyed - takes place in another world and I loved the characters and adventure!

  Shadow Study - Some more of the characters we love from the study series but not my favorite because the characters are separated AGAIN.  It does give some good information and Yelena stripped of her powers has some mystery to solve and has to rely on others and her other strengths which have dwindled quite a bit since she learned her magic!

  1. Touch of Power (Healer Series)
  2. Scent of Magic
  3. Taste of Darkness

I loved her Healer series - it reminded me a lot of poison study (study series), the characters I just fell in love with.   It was a bit of a heart wrencher, I wasn't sure where she was going to go with it all but I really did enjoy it.  It doesn't surpass my love for the study series which I have now read I think 4 times but I did enjoy it and I may read it again some time!
 
Debora Geary
   To Love a Witch (nibble)
   Matchmakers 2.0 (nibble)
   Feathers (morsel)
Fun light reads!

Jeaniene Frost
  Once Burned : A Night Prince Novel (1)
  Twice Tempted : A Night Prince Novel (2)
  Bound By Flames : A Night Prince Novel (3)
These are a trilogy about the night prince (dracula) set in the same time with the same characters as her night huntress series so of course I loved these!

  Night's Dark Embrace : A novella set completely in a different world and I'll have to re-read this as I don't think I remember it truly!

CE Murphy
  No Dominion (Walker Papers)
     This is part of the same series but from Gary's point of view, I don't remember this unfortunately but love her books in general!

Amanda Quick :
  The Mystery Woman : Ladies of Lantern Street Series (2)
     This is one of her series where she does one in the past (Amanda Quick, one present and one future - so by her other pen names).  I am faithful and read them all !

  Otherwise Engaged : I don't remember this one but I always enjoy a good Amanda Quick :)

Mary Balogh : Survivors Club Series
 1. The Proposal
 2. The Suitor
 3. The Arrangement
 4. The Escape
 5. Only Enchanting
 6. Only a Promise
 7. Only a Kiss

I enjoy this series a lot, the characters are all tied together (survivors) and finding love as well as becoming whole again.  A victorian era romance, this is always a nice light read for me!

Mary Balogh : A Counterfeit Betrothal/ The Notorious Rake
 Victoria era romance, i don't remember much about these specifically but I always enjoy her writing.

Julie Klassen :
 The Tutor's Daughter :
        A classic Julie Klassen in my mind, mystery and intrigue with some romance.

 The Dancing Master :
      Not my favorite of hers but enjoyable.  The big mystery just wasn't that 'big' and the scandal I felt was a bit over stated.  I will continue to read hers but this one didn't stand out as my favorite of hers.

  The Secret of Pembrooke Park :
       A bit more mystery to this one and closer to what I'm used to by her I enjoyed this one quite a bit!

Devil to Pay

by Jeaniene Frost.

Another short on Kindle.  This one is also earlier in the series, shortly after Mencheres' wife has died I think, before he pairs up and before Cat becomes a vampire.  This one concerns Blake who has been possessed by a very old demon and Elise a vampire who again I don't remember meeting previously.  Mencheres' is more a part of the story than Bones and Cat and the story line is quite interesting as well as the resolution.

Happily Never After

by Jeaniene Frost.

A short I bought on kindle that isn't exactly a Bones/Cat story but they do cross over.  It's a mini romance between Chance (who I don't remember meeting but is a friend of Bones') and a human Isabella who is caught up with the mob due to her brother's troubles.  This takes place before Cat is a vampire so it's earlier in the series and I think it came out in an anthology before but is now on it's own.  It was quite enjoyable but confusing now that I have so many Vampire books 'going', I forget the 'rules' of the vampire worlds from one to the next sometimes.

One Grave At A Time (Nighthuntress book 6)

by Jeanine Frost.

Another Cat and Bones and one of the better ones lately (if you don't count the first few which were the very best). This one focuses on ghosts a bit more, partly because her Uncle Don is now a ghost and partly because the mystery that Cat and Bones are out to 'solve' revolves around a ghost. Action packed and filled with characters we love - it's a great one!

Book Catch Up

I've been reading a lot since the last time I posted, I don't even remember it all but this is what I remember...

Jeanine Frost:
- Eternal Kiss of Darkness (Night Huntress World)
This book covers the love story of Mencheres who we finally get to learn about, and Kira, a new character. I really enjoyed this one, this whole series really and it's great that I read them in order because both of these offshoot books came before the new Bones/Cat book.
- Halfway to the Grave (book 1)
Re-read - probably my favorite of the series!
- One Foot in the Grave (book 2)
Re-read, not my favorite but probably my second favorite.
- At Grave's End (book 3)
Re-read
- Destined for an Early Grave (book 4)
Re-read - probably my least favorite of the books, and i had read it but forgotten pretty much everything about it. Since it's referenced by the off-shoot books this threw me off a bit.
- This Side of the Grave (book 5, or night huntress world book 7)
A new book, not the best in the series but good. It ties a lot of stuff up which is nice and we get to see some of the new characters we got to know in the off-shoot books (Kira again for example).

After reading that series again (which included some audiobooks, then picking it up in paperback to read faster). I started the new Walker Papers book by C.E. Murphy but paused halfway through to start The Host by Stephenie Meyer and I'm still listening to that.

Then on the Kindle I read:
The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen
This was a serious favorite. I really like Klassen's books, they have so much to them. No disappointments in this one at all, although it was a bit more predictable than her first couple of books. I'm looking forward to starting her new one soon.

And finally I'm reading Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas on the Kindle now. I think that's it. I'll follow up once I finish some of the current ones I have going.

First Drop of Crimson (Night Huntress World book 1)

by Jeanine Frost.

This is a spin off of her Night Huntress series. Instead of following Cat and Bones (although that series will continue and they are in these books a bit), they follow side characters we have met along the way.

One thing to note and I was QUITE disappointed about this ... do NOT read this until after reading book 5 of Night Huntress (which is not out yet!) - This Side of the Grave. It appears that this book takes place after that one and a major plot development is given away (boo!).

Anyhow, as a book on it's own this one was great! It follows Spade who is friends with Bones/Crispin and you also get to know their other mutual friend Ian a bit better. I assume Ian will be a future book.

Spade gets involved helping Cat's friend Denise with some Demon issues. She has PTSD issues when around vampires from her time spent with the vampires in an earlier book when her husband was killed - this at least was in a book I had read. Spade has relationship with human issues so there are some barriers to them being together, none the less it is intriguing and the author is quite good at keeping the story moving forward.

I'm not as excited about the next but that might be because I dont' know the characters too well that star in that one.

Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress book 4)

by Jeaniene Frost.

FINALLY - i put the release dates of the Night Huntress books on my calendar so when they come out I can order them and dive right in.

This one was great, I read it in 2 nights and gobbled it right up. This series is always full of anxiety about whether things will work out between the two characters and this one brought that to the extreme but since I read it very quickly I wans't in suspense for too long!

While this one wasnt' my favorite of the series I can't wait for the next and would love to re-read the first 3 now - unfortunately they are loaned out at the moment!

Halfway to the Grave: Night Huntress book 1

by Jeaniene Frost.

This series I started the month before the wedding. It's a newer series and I loved book one. Unfortunately book 2 didn't arrive before the honeymoon so I did not get to bring it.

This book is about a heroine who is half vampire and kills vampires for a living. She falls in love however with a vampire learning that not all vampires are bad. It captured my attention easily and has lots of blood/gore and mystery to keep my interest mixed in with the romance part. I can't wait to read more of these.