Beauty Dates the Beast by Jessica Sims
- paranormal romance -
Book Order
- Beauty Dates the Beast * * * 1/2
- Book 2 – Untitled full-length novel (Sara’s story) – Nov 2012
Links
Author’s Website : www.jessica-sims.com
Amazon : paperback / eBook (21 reviews : 4.0 avg)
Add To Your GoodReads TBR List (413 ratings : 3.76 avg)
In Six Words
entertaining enough but a little predictable
Why did I read this? And am I glad I did?
I had seen a couple reviews for this and needed an escape read. This did the trick. The dating service plot device was creative and worked better than I expected. The main characters fit into the typical PNR roles. Overly-caring, doesn’t-know-how-hot-she-is virgin and insanely attractive alpha male. There was enough build-up of the side characters that I’m planning on picking up the next book, but they didn’t take away from the main story in this one. A few hot scenes. A few fights. Nothing that intense. According to my GoodReads updates I felt there were a lot of flaws in this one, but at this point I just remember liking it enough for just entertainment.
Brief Summary
WANTED
Single human female to join charming, wealthy, single male were-cougar for a night of romantic fun—and maybe more.
Me: The tall, sensuous, open-minded leader of my clan.
You: A deliciously curvy virgin who’s intimately familiar with what goes bump in the night. Must not be afraid of a little tail. Prefer a woman who’s open to exploring her animal nature. Interest in nighttime walks through the woods a plus.
My turn-ons include protecting you from the worst the supernatural world has to offer. Ready for an adventure? Give me a call.
Vampires and doppelgangers need not apply.
- via GoodReads.com
Other Reviews
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Favorite Quotes
“If you leave me here, I’m just going to follow you,” I said. “Classic stupid horror movie move. And you know bad things always happen to virgins in those.”
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The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showlater
- paranormal romance -
Book Order (Lords of the Underworld)
- The Darkest Fire (prequel)
- The Darkest Night * * * 1/2
- The Darkest Kiss * * * 1/2
- The Darkest Pleasure
- The Darkest Prison (bonus novella)
- The Darkest Whisper
- The Darkest Angel (bonus novella)
- The Darkest Passion
- The Darkest Lie
- The Darkest Secret
- The Darkest Surrender
- The Darkest Seduction (Feb 2012)
Links
Author’s Website : www.genashowalter.com
Author’s Twitter : @genashowalter
Amazon : paperback / eBook (117 reviews : 4.0 avg)
Add To Your GoodReads TBR List (8,649 ratings : 4.22 avg)
In Six Words
enjoyed the world-building not the girl
Why did I read this? And am I glad I did?
After further organizing my GoodReads shelves, I realized how many series I am in the middle of reading (81). Some are beyond my control and I can’t continue until the next book is released, however, the majority of them I just need to pick back up. The Lords of the Underworld series is one of those series that I have the majority of the series and needed to pick it back up.
I enjoyed this book. It was entertaining and I do love books with a dark take on Greek mythology. My main dislike was the female lead. She annoyed the crap out of me. I get the impression that his was intentional seeing how she annoyed just about everyone in the book as well. I don’t want to scare people from picking this up. I loved the male lead. A man so broken from a previous loss that he scarred himself to ensure that no female would ever approach him.
I’ve very much so looking forward to reading the rest of the series. I cannot believe I have to wait so long for Paris’ book!!!
Brief Summary
She has tempted many men…but never found her equal. Until now.
Though she has lived for centuries, Anya, goddess of anarchy, has never known pleasure. Until Lucien, the incarnation of death–a warrior eternally doomed to take souls to the hereafter. He draws her like no other. And Anya will risk anything to have him.But when the merciless Lord of the Underworld is ordered by the gods to claim Anya herself, their uncontrollable attraction becomes an anguished pursuit. Now they must defeat the unconquerable forces that control them, before their thirst for one another demands a sacrifice of love beyond imagining…
- via GoodReads.com
Favorite Quotes
He knew women, even if he couldn’t get close to any one of them. While most loved all things romantic, they hid their romance novels as if they were something to be ashamed of. They couldn’t know that he read them. He loved them, actually, and would have liked a happy ending for himself.
- oh Paris! I can’t wait for your book!
Other Reviews
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Other posts with a 3.5 star rating
I just won these from Jill M. — she came to our book clubs Christmas Party
Now I might have to bump them up!
I haven’t read either, but can’t say I’m 100% enthused about either title. Beauty Dates the Beast sounds quirky, but hearing that it’s fairly predictable puts me on the fence. And as for Darkest Kiss, if one of the protags is consistently unlikeable, I’m likely to start wishing for rocks to fall on her halfway through the novel, which I’m pretty sure isn’t the author’s intent.
Thanks for the honest reviews!
Smiles!
Lori
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