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Whittling Down the Freebie Pile: Darkhouse (Experiment in Terror) by Karina Halle

May 042013

Whittling Down the Freebie Pile: Darkhouse (Experiment in Terror #1) by Karina Halle Book available for free download – Kobo, Smashwords, Amazon (*always check prices before purchase complete) Synopsis from Goodreads: With all the vampire, werewolf and faerie books out there, it’s easy to become numb to all things supernatural. The antidote? Darkhouse introduces two real and unforgettable characters, Perry Palomino & Dex Foray, amateur ghost hunters who are “attractive, relatable and oddly heroic,” “flawed but loveable,” “slightly crazy” and just the most endearing pair to ever tackle the paranormal…just don’t call them normal. Darkhouse is a thrilling and sexy [ Read More of this Review ]

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Early Review: Death Rejoices by A.J. Aalto

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Apr 242013

Early Review: Death Rejoices by A.J. Aalto Book 2 in The Marnie Baranuik Files Release Date: April 30, 2013 Book provided by the publisher Synopsis from Goodreads: Marnie Baranuik is back, and this time, the Great White Shark of psychic investigations has “people skills” and a new assistant who seems to harbor an unhealthy curiosity about Harry, her revenant companion. Together, they’ve got a whole lot of questions that need answering. Is an ancient vampire hunting in Denver? Who is stalking Lord Dreppenstedt? How do you cure a slipper-humping bat, ditch an ogre, or give a demon king the slip? [ Read More of this Review ]

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New Series Review: Touched by A. J. Aalto

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Apr 242013

New Series Review: Touched by A.J. Aalto Book 1 in The Marnie Baranuik Files Book provided by the publisher Synopsis from Goodreads: The media has a nickname for Marnie Baranuik, though she’d rather they didn’t; they call her the Great White Shark, a rare dual-talented forensic psychic. Twice-Touched by the Blue Sense–which gives her the ability to feel the emotions of others, and read impressions left behind on objects–Marnie also has a doctorate in preternatural biology and a working knowledge of the dark arts. She is considered without peer in the psychic community. Then her first big FBI case ended [ Read More of this Review ]

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Human Remains by Elizabeth Haynes

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Mar 042013

Michelle’s Review – 5 Skulls – A+ This book is so disturbing. I hated what it did to me, how it made me think, made me question how I treat others, question my own motives, and question my relationship with my family. I hated how I was so deeply embedded in the mind of a narcissistic sociopath that I could predict his reactions. What does that say about me when I know how a sociopath is going to react (or in this case, not react)? It says nothing about me, and everything about the author and her brilliant writing. Haynes [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review: The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd

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Jan 092013

ARC Review: The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd Book provided by Edelweiss and Harper Collins Children’s Release date: January 29, 2013 Synopsis from Goodreads: In the darkest places, even love is deadly. Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumors about her father’s gruesome experiments. But when she learns he is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review: The Uninvited by Liz Jensen

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Dec 192012

The Uninvited by Liz Jensen Publication Date: 8 Jan 2013 ARC Provided by Netgalley and Bloomsbury USA Synopsis from Goodreads: A seven-year-old girl puts a nail gun to her grandmother’s neck and fires. An isolated incident, say the experts. The experts are wrong. Across the world, children are killing their families. Is violence contagious? As chilling murders by children grip the country, anthropologist Hesketh Lock has his own mystery to solve: a bizarre scandal in the Taiwan timber industry. Hesketh has never been good at relationships: Asperger’s Syndrome has seen to that. But he does have a talent for spotting behavioral [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review: The Burning Bush (Habitat #2)

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Oct 032012

ARC Review: The Burning Bush (Habitat #2)

Michelle’s Review – 4 and 1/2 Skulls – A- I’ve been falling out of love with urban fantasy and paranormal books as of late. I’m not exactly sure when and how it happened but it did. My problems (since you asked): The monsters are not scary. We have vampires, werewolves, demons, shape shifters, witches, and every possible combo imaginable. We have “good” vampires and “bad” vampires. We have “sexy” shape shifters and “scary” shape shifters. Shoot, we even have horny demon doctors trying to save the world! We have it all, in all possible combinations, but even with the infinite [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review: The Map of the Sky by Felix J. Palma

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Sep 282012

ARC Review: The Map of the Sky by Felix J. Palma Book 2 in Triologia Victoriana Book provided by Edelweiss and Atria Books Release date: September 4, 2012 AH’s Review – 5 Skulls – A HG Wells, time travel, aliens, oh my! The Map of the Sky by Felix J. Palma is a fascinating read. The author is a master storyteller, taking the theme of HG Well’s War of the Worlds and expanding upon that story to create a more frightening tale. What if “Martians” really did land on Earth? What if they really had those deadly tripod [ Read More of this Review ]

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Pretty When She Kills Blog Tour Stop and Excerpt!

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Sep 222012

Pretty When She Kills Blog Tour Stop and Excerpt!

Pretty When She Kills By Rhiannon Frater The girls of Badass Book Reviews are big fans of Rhiannon Frater and it is our pleasure to be a stop on the Pretty When She Kills Blog Tour. Please stop by the Bookish Brunette to win a grand prize! It feels like I have been waiting so long for the sequel to Pretty When She Dies, and here it is! Below is an excerpt from this fabulous book. What Frater does brilliantly is weave elements of horror, with the mythology of vampires and still manages to do really interesting character development. The characters from Pretty When [ Read More of this Review ]

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