Cold Fury Review

Cold Fury

By T.M. Goeglein

Summary

Jason Bourne meets The Sopranos in this breathtaking adventure

Sara Jane Rispoli is a normal sixteen-year-old coping with school and a budding romance--until her parents and brother are kidnapped and she discovers her family is deeply embedded in the Chicago Outfit (aka the mob).

Now on the run from a masked assassin, rogue cops and her turncoat uncle, Sara Jane is chased and attacked at every turn, fighting back with cold fury as she searches for her family. It's a quest that takes her through concealed doors and forgotten speakeasies--a city hiding in plain sight. Though armed with a .45 and 96K in cash, an old tattered notebook might be her best defense--hidden in its pages the secret to "ultimate power." It's why she's being pursued, why her family was taken, and could be the key to saving all of their lives.

Action packed, with fresh, cinematic writing, Cold Fury is a riveting and imaginative adventure readers will devour.

What I Loved

Action 

I have always been a fan of action packed books and movies and this book is filled with it. I was always wondering how Sara Jane was going to get out of her current mess and what the next step would be. I never had to skimming through the pages waiting for it to pick up. 

Character

Sara Jane: She is awesome! I love characters who know how to kick-ass, is logical and doesn't loose her cool in a really tough and hard situation. Her life is literal in shambles as she struggles to learn her families hidden secrets while on the run from a few different groups. 

Touch of Power

This is one of those magical realism books, only a little ability is added to enhance the value of the person wielding the ability. Definitely makes the book even better.

Didn't Like

When I first started reading the book I didn't know if Cold Fury was a stand alone book or a series, it is a trilogy by the way. When I was getting near the end and realizing she only had chapters to reunite with her family I came to the conclusion that more books would follow. This made me both sad and happy. I want more books, but I also want to know how she is going to rescue her family. I guess I just have to wait for the next two books.

Recommendation 

Awesome read. Very light on the romance and perfect for male or female readers who love action packed books.

Information 

Cold Fury Trilogy

Cold Fury

Book 2

Book 3

Do you like kick-ass female heroines?

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Top 10 Tuesday (20)

Top 10 Tuesdays

Topic: Top Ten Posts That Would Give the Best Picture of Me

This meme is created by The Broke and the Bookish, anyone can participle telling about their top 10 topic items are.

The majority of my posts that I chose have to do with being at events, taking pictures and having lots of fun. I want to show my blog readers that I not only love books, but I love meeting the authors who write them.

Marissa Meyer Cinder Launch Party Event

This was a wonderful and fun event. I loved taking pictures and writing an event recap for this event. Marissa has linked this recap on her blog and has used some of the pictures on her blog and Facebook as well, which makes me extremely proud.

Never Eighteen Launch Party Event

I meet Megan while at Meyer's launch party, while I wasn't able to read her book before the event I read it after and still attended the event. It was fun and again I had fun taking pictures and seeing some familiar faces.

Alexander Smith and Robin Wasserman Event

This was so much fun, I absolutely adore Alex and I loved all the props he brought to present. Alex ended up still the show and Robin described herself as the opening act.

The Last Echo Launch Party

Yes another launch party I was able to attend. I love Derting, this was the third time I have meet her and it has been fun because now she knows me and who I am. I love that to some authors I am actually a known reader. 

Fierce Reads Event Recap

When I attend 1 author events I will remember what the authors say and write it down, but on multi author events I have given up, it gets to crazy. Now I just take lots of pictures and try to capture the entertainment of the evening. At this event I actually meet up with some local bloggers and had dinner before the event.

Dark Days Fall 2011 Tour

For this event I was actually asked by Harper to be the official event blogger. I recorded the event and took pictures. I put a lot of time into this event and post, it was exhausting and lots of fun.

Author Interview

My very first author interview with Alexander Gordon Smith. I later got to meet him which make the experience event better.

My last favorite posts are some of my favorite Bookography pictures I have taken. I'm very proud of how my photography skill has progressed over the last year. 

Looking For Alaska

I was initially taking these smoke pictures just for fun and to do this for the first time. While I was going through them I realized that this picture looked like the cover of Looking for Alaska. I do want to take these smoke pictures again, it was a lot of fun.

Illusions 

I didn't start out with this picture in mind, I was first trying for a refraction picture but I wasn't liking. As I adjusted I ended up with this picture and I really liked the end result.

Snow White

An in the pages picture that I really liked. I took this picture around the time one of the Snow White movies came out.

What are your posts that best describe you?

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Rift Giveaway

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Giveaway

Chronicling the rise of the Keepers, this is the stunning prequel to Andrea Cremer's internationally bestselling Nightshade trilogy!

Sixteen-year-old Ember Morrow is promised to a group called Conatus after one of their healers saves her mother's life. Once she arrives, Ember finds joy in wielding swords, learning magic, and fighting the encroaching darkness loose in the world. She also finds herself falling in love with her mentor, the dashing, brooding, and powerful Barrow Hess. When the knights realize Eira, one of their leaders, is dabbling in dark magic, Ember and Barrow must choose whether to follow Eira into the nether realm or to pledge their lives to destroying her and her kind.

With action, adventure, magic, and tantalizing sensuality, this book is as fast-paced and breathtaking as the Nightshade novels.

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Must answer the question on THIS post and FILL OUT FORM HERE

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Top 10 Tuesday (19)

Top 10 Tuesdays

Topic: Top Ten Vivid Worlds/Settings in Books

This meme is created by The Broke and the Bookish, anyone can participle telling about their top 10 topic items are.

1. Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

This world is amazing, not just the cultures Jacqueline has created, but the gods as well and Elua's precept "Love as Thou Wilt"

2. Middle Earth

I don't really have to say more

3. Oz

Another no brainer

 4. Dark Dynasties by Kendra Leigh Castle

Come on, I want a man that purrs! 

5 Harry Potter

I want to be a wizard, hands down. Forget being a lame muggle, I want to weird plants or creatures living in my garden.

6. On the Edge by Ilona Andrews

3 separated parallel worlds, our world without magic, the in-between with little magic and the magical realm with lots of magic. 

7. Theatre Illumanita Trilogy by Lisa Mantchev

This world is crazy cool, anything and everything could be possible when written by Bertie

8. Eon by Alison Goodman

This world has dragons, it just sounds amazing.

9. Inheritance Series by Christopher Paolini

Another epic world with dragons

10. Atlantis Series by Gena Showalter

All the mythological creatures are here, yes I want to be there and get myself a sexy dragon shifter.

What are your favorite worlds/settings?

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Bookography #45

Bookography

Bookography is a fun new way to share the beauty of books with photography. Take a picture with the book being the focus or inspiration and share the picture(s) you have created for the week.

Book

The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

Sugar Queen

I loved reading these books and I have had fun taking pictures of these books as well. This is the third one I have taken a picture of. I have also done Garden Spells and Peach Keeper.

Post processing was simple, I added a bit of fill light to give it a bright kinda candied look. Played a little with the contrast, blacks, highlights, shadows and a few other sliders in Lightroom as well.

If you would like to participate please do. I will post my Bookography post each week on Wednesdays. I would love if you would link back to my blog and share your own link in the comments.

To see my previous weeks pictures check out my Bookography tab 

Check out another participator for this week

Alba @---BookPics---

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Shadow Rising Review

Shadow Rising

By Kendra Leigh Castle

Summary

Ancient Secrets, Dark Passions...

As one of the Grigori, a noble vampire dynasty shrouded in mystery, Ariane has spent her life hidden away in the desert. Like all of her kind, she is a watcher, fated to observe, forbidden to act. Yet when her best friend, Sammael, vanishes, she defies all rules and flees her safe haven to bring him home.

A shape-shifting assassin for the House of Shadows, Damien Tremaine is hired to locate Sammael. His hunt for the wayward Grigori leads him to Ariane, the rogue vamp who stands between him and his bounty. Damien never lets emotion interfere with his work, but a single touch from the sexy, beguiling vampire shatters his self-control. Drawn together by their common goal, what begins as an alliance of necessity soon becomes one of desire. But when the secret at the dark heart of the Grigori comes to light, Damien and Ariane must make a choice that could bind them eternally...or tear them—and everything they care about—apart.

What I Loved

Series
Shadow Rising is book 3 in this amazing Dark Dynasties series filled with sexy cat shifting vampire men that purr with a strong female character to complement those bad boys purrfectly. Each book contains a different set of lovers with an overall story arc throughout the series and individually plots within each book. We still get to see the previous couples throughout the series, thankfully, I would miss the other characters too much if their story was done completely.
Characters
Ariane: An innocent vampire, that one doesn't happen often, and I really like her character even more for it. But she can also kick some ass when the need arises, so no weak and whiny dames in this book.
Damien: Oh I absolutely love him. Love his sarcastic attitude that can get him into some major trouble. He is that bad boy that every girl just falls for and wants to be the one to fix and love him. Here is a perfect quote that shows his sex purring mixed with his attitude. "To his shock, he had to swallow back an inadvertent purr. He didn't purr for anyone. Anyone. And certainly not for something as cheap as a little attention."

Romance
Hot and sexy as hell. What can I say I'm a sucker for each purr that these Cait Sith produce.
Story
We get to finally learn about the Grigori and all their secrets and their secrets are awesome. I loved how Kendra has yet again woven another piece of fantasy so masterfully into this fantastic world.

Didn't Like

What the hell is there not to like in these books or this series. The only thing I don't like is the book having to end and wanting the next book, the next story and the next set of lovers.

Recommendation 

Everyone that reads paranormal romance has got to read this series, how can you pass up hot men that purr!

Releases 

July 31st 2012
Amazon / B&N / Book Depository

Information

Dark Dynasties

Dark Awakening my review

Midnight Reckoning my review

Shadow Rising

Immortal Cravings February 2013

Other Books

McInnes Werewolves Trilogy

Call of the Highland Moon trilogy review

Dark Highland Fire

Wild Highland Magic

Renegade Angel my review

Would you love to have a man that purrs?

I would!!

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What an eBook Steal

 An eBook Steal

Dark Awakening by Kendra Leigh Castle

is $2.99 at Amazon on Kindle & B&N on Nook till the end of July 2012

Kendra is my favorite paranormal romance author and I love EVERYTHING written by her. If you are looking for an awesome new series to start with sexy men that purr you have got to check this out now!

Enter the world of the Dark Dynasties...

For centuries, shapeshifting vampire Tynan MacGillivray has prowled the night as an outcast, valued only for his ferocious hunting skills. When a feud among the immortals escalates into all-out war, he is ordered by his ruthless queen to locate a Seer - a human woman with a special gift - who can secure victory for their clan. Ty's search leads him to a quiet New England town, but once he has the Seer in his grasp, her touch awakens within him a hunger like he's never known...

Lily Quinn has always been different. Since childhood, she's had vivid nightmares and an eerie sixth sense. When a sexy, silver-eyed stranger demands her help, Lily plunges into a new world of danger and sensuality. With Ty, she discovers sizzling passions she cannot deny and powers she cannot control. Soon, it is clear that Lily is much more than a Seer - she holds the key to ancient secrets and unthinkable destruction. But will a vampire's vow of eternal protection stop these evil forces...or unleash her dark destiny?

Everyone has got to check out this series!!

Here is MY REVIEW you can see how much I love this book

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