Justin Bowers
So this is it. The end of the saga of Gabriel de León and Dior Lachance. This series has had be utterly captivated for the past four years, and I just knew that the conclusion was going to smack me in the face. What I wasn’t expecting, however, was how damn hard it hit me in the feels. If...
Justin Bowers
It’s been a very good time for new creative slants on vampire novels, recently, and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is a prime example. The setup is pretty atypical for a horror read. In 2012, a diary written by a Lutheran pastor back in 1912 is discovered in the walls of Montana church. The majority...
Justin Bowers
I adore Ms. Schwab’s writing, and she has proven to surprise me again and again with her ability to shift gears, and styles, with each release. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is no different. Queer vampire stories are definitely not new, but Ms. Schwab introduces some new twists that make...
Justin Bowers
Well, this was the one that broke the camel’s back. I’m done with this series taking up any more of my time, and I have no earthly idea why this series got popular. I was really hoping, by book three, that some sort of writing improvement might have started to develop. No dice. Ms. Peckham...
Justin Bowers
My god, why do I keep reading these books. I was really hoping for a bit of an improvement from the first book, but that just didn’t happen. If anything, the ridiculous extremes from the first book magnified here. The heirs are still dicks, only now they are just that much more dickish! The poor...
Justin Bowers
** This book was provided to me by St. Martin’s Press & NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review ** Lightfall is a book about vampires, werewolves and sorcerers. In fact, it might be the most innovative novel about vampires, werewolves and sorcerers that I’ve read in decades,...
Justin Bowers
I am reading this series because a very dear friend of mine suggested I check them out. She warned me that they would probably make me angry — she was correct — but I’m going to get through this drivel if it kills me. Darcy and Tory Vega are twins who were apparently swapped with human...
Justin Bowers
** This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review ** Elves and vampires; what a fantastic combination! I never like to fault an author for releasing their works out into the world because it is horribly stressful, and, for some, quite traumatic. That...
Justin Bowers
** This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review ** I’ve been a big fan of Mr. Kristoff for quite some time, but this one really knocks it out of the park. Empire of the Vampire has received a ton of hype over the past year, and sometimes that can...