February reads

I did a lot of reading in February, which is surprising since I also moved.  Jason and I are officially living in downtown Chattanooga.  I love the new place, and I will have a reading patio come the spring.  I am looking forward to morning cuppas and books on the patio!!  SQUEE!




Freak of Nature by Julia Crane

This was a freebie that I downloaded on a whim ages ago just to have as a back up book.  I should have started it sooner.  It is written a bit simply but that is due to the age of the main character, Kaitlyn.  This is a very interesting twist on the coming of age story type.  It is a story of a young lady who has donated her body to science.  Her body has been used to create the first cyborg weapon/soldier but her mind, her emotions, she has survived.  Worth a read and I am planning on picking up more in this series once time allows.

Hit List and Bullet by Anita Blake

I really have enjoyed the series,  But now I am on the fence.  The books did go back towards Anita Blake vampire executioner and smart/bad ass.  It still seemed to not have the correct ratio with her ever problematic love life and her profession.  Plus the ending of a major arc was SO DISAPPOINTING!  I mean you build up to this point over many books and then finish it in 3 pages at the end of a book.  Not cool!  I have been reading the reviews on the next book and cannot honestly find the desire to read it yet.  May be later on this year I will pick it up.


Vampire Academy and Frost Bite (Vampire Academy #2) by Rachelle Mead

I am sucked in (no that pun was not intended).  I picked up this series after reading a few quotes on Goodreads and it is enjoyable.  Good character development, and some nice story lines to go along with it.  This series is so worthy of recommendations.  Yes, it is vampires and teenage drama angst.  Just think of it as a guilty pleasure like Pretty in Pink.


The Gallery of Vanished Husbands by Natasha Solomons

Look I read big people ficition.  This was a whim.  I am still not sure how I feel about it.  I liked it, the story was engaging.  It just felt a bit bland.  Too much detail on one side and not enough in others, very unbalanced.  I can understand the imbalance  but still makes me not happy.  I am not sure if I would think to recommend this book to others.  It just does not stand out at all.

First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen

Very much worth the wait.  I loved this book.  Which is not surprising, I love this author.  I have read this book twice.  I love rereading her stories.  Bay shines in this book as the main spotlight along with Claire.  All the Waverly women are there in thier odd glories.  It is most assuredly magical realism.  I cannot place why I love these stories or why I tell everyone to read them but I do.  So enjoy and look forward for more great things from this author.