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Quick Review: Krampusnaught by Nicholas Olivo

Mar 022012

I received a copy from Nicholas Olivo in exchange for an honest review An 8,000 word collection of short stories, featuring: Krampusnacht: Santa’s been kidnapped by his demonic ex-partner, Krampus! Can Gearstripper the gremlin and Jake the security guard free St. Nick in time for Christmas? Pause: Time’s been frozen on Christmas Eve and two Chroniclers are dispatched to investigate. Find out what happens when they encounter someone dressed as super-hero Commander Courageous! Fulfillment: A mysterious figure known as Stranger Wolfram prepares to summon a creature from the pits of Hell on Christmas Eve. Will fortune teller Mrs. Rita stop him? [ Read More of this Review ]

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Review: Hunting Season by Shelly Laurenston

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Feb 162012

Review: Hunting Season by Shelly Laurenston

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Review: Thread of Death by Jennifer Estep

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Feb 152012

Review: Thread of Death by Jennifer Estep

I purchased this Short from Amazon Thread of Death, Elemental Assassin #5.5

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Series Review: The Magnus Pack by Shelly Laurenston

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Oct 212011

Series Review: The Magnus Pack by Shelly Laurenston

How to tell if Author Shelly Laurenston is for you… Are you: easily offended by swearing? Loud females? Alpha Males? Explicit sex scenes done tastefully :snickers:? If you answered yes, to any of those questions, then you might want to pass Shelly Laurenston by. If you find you laugh at crude humor, silly antics, over the top swearing, and absurdly male men, then read her books. They are fucking fantastic. In an interview we just conducted with Shelly, I asked her about being funny. She says: “Depends who you talk to. Some people find me funny, some people want [ Read More of this Review ]

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Giveaway: 18 and Over Book Blogger Hop ~ Sydney Croft E-Books

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Sep 152011

Welcome to the 18 & over book bloggers giveaway hop for Sept 15th-18th. Badass Book Reviews will be giving away Two Ebooks from Sydney Croft as part of the 18 & Over Couples Blog Hop Giveway hosted by Bitten by Paranormal Romance & Reading Between the Wines Book Club, Book one and two from their ACRO series, Riding the Storm and Unleashing the Storm, both in Mobi Format from Amazon.com, if you do not have a kindle you can choose to have an E-gift Card in the amount of $15.00 to spend how you choose. Either to Barnes [ Read More of this Review ]

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Review: Archangel’s Blade by Nalini Singh

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Sep 122011

Review: Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh

So, I finished reading Archangel’s Blade, which is Dmitri and Honor’s book. It’s going to be tough writing a review that is spoiler free as the premise of their love is rooted in the old. So, let’s start by talking about Nalini. She has such a seductive style. Her words are lyrical and poetic, descriptive without being too wordy. It’s tough to explain unless you have read any of her previous novels. I, personally, have only read her Guild Hunter series, though I do own the first three Psy-Changeling. I tried reading those, but I just wasn’t [ Read More of this Review ]

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Feature Author Monday {Late} ~ Jennifer Estep’s Elemental Assassins

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Aug 162011

Feature Author Monday {Late} ~ Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assassins

The Elemental Assassin series is a favorite of mine, and AH here at Badass Book Reviews. It combines an ass-kicking female heroine, who has a ‘no remorse’ attitude towards killing those she deems worthy of killing. She has a set of morals {I know, how can an assassin have morals right? But she does. She won’t ever kill children, and those who contract her are deeply researched by her handler, so that the job is on the up and up} Jennifer Estep crafted a cool world full of Vampires, Giants, Dwarves, Elementals, The Mob, (Yes, the Mob) 3-dimensional characters {Well, [ Read More of this Review ]

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Waiting on Wednesday ~ The Dragon who Loved Me

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Aug 032011

Waiting on Wednesday ~ The Dragon who Loved Me

Waiting on Wednesday is held by Breaking the Spine. It’s a weekly spotlight to highlight those books we are rubbing our hands together in glee waiting to come out. Without further ado: This week I am WoW’ing on The Dragon Who Loved Me by G.A Aiken. Dragon Kin #5 Release Date : September 6, 2011 I was raised for battle. And as the first daughter of a warrior family, I’ve earned my reputation the hard way. Yet now I fight alongside uncivilized male Northland dragons who think a female is only good for breeding and waiting back home [ Read More of this Review ]

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Feature Author Monday and Giveaway ~ Stacia Kane

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Aug 012011

Stacia Kane is one of my favorite authors. I received an advanced readers copy of Unholy Ghosts before it came out in May 2010. It was such an interesting world — full of complex characters with real flaws and real emotions. I wasn’t sure how a drug addicted heroine would rate up there with the Eve Dallas and Kate Daniels of the world, but there is something so compelling about Chess aka Cesaria Putnam. In Book two, Unholy Magic, Chess was a mess. She made bad decisions. It was very dark, seductive and sinister. It’s certainly not a light and [ Read More of this Review ]

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The Guild Hunter Series by Nalini Singh ~ An Overall Review

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Jul 112011

The Guild Hunter Series by Nalini Singh ~ An Overall Review

The Guild Hunter Series by Nalini Singh I decided to try something a bit different and do an overall series review before getting more in depth with each book installment. I will be posting separate reviews for each novel as well. I just wanted to get my feelings onto cyber paper about the series as a whole. Have you ever wondered what an Angels wings feel like? How they look in the shining sun, or during a dawn flight? Ever wonder what prey smell like to a hunter? Nalini Singh amazes me with her vivid imagery. The way she [ Read More of this Review ]

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Feature Author Monday ~ Kaylea Cross

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Jun 272011

Kaylea Cross is an award winning author of edge-of-your-seat romantic suspense. A Registered Massage Therapist, Kaylea is an avid gardener, artist, Civil War buff, special ops aficionado, bellydancer and former nationally-carded softball pitcher. She is an active member of the Greater Vancouver Romance Writers of America chapter and lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband. Loves: Military alpha male heroes Dark chocolate The Civil War Gardening Belly dancing Baseball (especially the Boston Red Sox) Click on each cover for more information on where to purchase, excerpts, etc. Book One Book Two Book Three I’ve only read the first one, but [ Read More of this Review ]

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Feature Author Monday ~ Pamela Clare ~

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Jun 192011

I have been in love with fiction since I discovered Misty of Chincoteague at the age of 9. By the time I was 12, I�d read all of Marguerite Henry�s books, along with the entire Nancy Drew series, the works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Ayn Rand. Already at that age, I knew I wanted to be a novelist when I grew up. Then, when I was 15, something extraordinary happened. I discovered romance novels. The first romance I ever read was The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss, followed soon after by Shanna and Rosemary [ Read More of this Review ]

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Feature Author Monday ~ Sydney Croft

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Jun 132011

Feature Author Monday is here! Already, can you believe it? This week we are featuring Sydney Croft. If you know the genre at all, you would know that Sydney Croft is a pseudonym for Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler. Sydney Croft is the alter-ego of two published authors who came together to blend their very different writing interests into adventurous tales of erotic paranormal fiction. Together, they developed a world where people with extraordinary abilities, like the power to control storms, could live and work with others like them. The series has been described as “Erotica meets [ Read More of this Review ]

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Feature Author Mondays (FAM) ~ Shelly Laurenston aka G.A. Aiken

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Jun 062011

Feature Author Mondays (FAM) ~ Shelly Laurenston aka G.A. Aiken

Feature Author Mondays are a new thing here at Badass Books – I know it’s not a new thing in book blog land–, but…I’m excited to kick off Feature Author Mondays (F.A.M) with one of my laugh out loud favorites, SHELLY LAURENSTON aka G.A. AIKEN. Originally from Long Island, New York, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelly Laurenston has resigned herself to West Coast living which involves healthy food, mostly sunny days, and lots of guys not wearing shirts when they really should be. Shelly Laurenston is also The New York Times Bestselling author G.A. Aiken, who [ Read More of this Review ]

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I am not a suck up!, authors Ilona Andrews

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Apr 262011

I am not a suck up!, authors Ilona Andrews

But today, I want to talk about one of my favorite author duo’s. Ilona Andrews. A husband and wife writing team of Urban Fantasy, which I think is just all kinds of awesome. I would love if my husband shared my love of books and wanted to write with me, but alas, twas not meant to be. There could be minor spoilers, but I tried to keep it spoiler free! So, onto the goods. Well, first I should point out that I don’t personally know Ilona and Gordon, aside from being a blog stalker obsessed fan reader {OK facebook stalker, [ Read More of this Review ]

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Feature Author Monday ~ Carolyn Crane

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Mar 282011

Ever pick up a book and just think, “Wow, does this book sound…odd” But you figure, what the heck, you need something different, and this sure sounds like it fits the bill. Not only is the book odd, but it’s weird in the most fantastic way possible, it was an extremely interesting, well thought out, and twisty read! Author Carolyn Crane has some serious issues I tell you. In order to come up with this psychological hit squad, and this world filled with mind bendingly awesome characters, she has to be half off her rocker I tell you! I jest. [ Read More of this Review ]

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Feature Author Monday ~ Heather Webber

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Mar 272011

From the publisher: Lucy Valentine is as smart as can be, as single as you can get, and so not qualified to run a matchmaking service. But when her parents temporarily step down from the family business, Valentine, Inc., it’s Lucy’s turn to step up and help out—in the name of love. Plus, her rent is due. Here’s the problem: Lucy doesn’t have the knack for matchmaking. According to family legend, every Valentine has been blessed by Cupid with the ability to read “auras” and pair up perfect couples. But not Lucy. Her skills were zapped away years ago in [ Read More of this Review ]

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Feature Author Monday ~ Julie James

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Mar 242011

I have to say that I found a great new to me author! Julie James writes contemporary Romance, and let me tell you, she is a great writer! The first book I read was Practice Makes Perfect, then I devoured her next two novels Something About You, and A Lot Like Love. She has an easy to read writing voice, and great characterization. Julie is also a graduate of Law School, and you can tell that she knows what she is talking about in her novels. Her Hero’s are scrumptious, her heroines are strong and capable, and they don’t have [ Read More of this Review ]

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Review: Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare

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Sep 162010

Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare I-Team Novel #2 Quick, Quick Review: Again, well written, fast paced, interesting and dangerous. Tortured, Alpha Male Hero, Strong, Compassionate Female Lead. I liked both Julian and Tessa. Both have scarred pasts, secrets and have trouble connecting with others. Pamela Clare has a gift for writing likeable characters and strong plots. There are some very hot scenes between Tessa and Julian. I like all the characters and enjoy seeing characters from previous books. Like Senator Reece and Kara I like all the I-Team members, even Tom, despite his being an asshole [ Read More of this Review ]

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