Romance, Historical or Otherwise discussion

New topic because the old one was starting to bog down.

What are you reading now? What have you just finished reading? Tell us about it!

I just finished reading , which was so good. The first one was a rough start but the last two were really good.

Now I am reading . I haven't gotten that deep into yet to make a judgement call.

So far I am pleasantly surprised with this series.

Unlawful Contact was my favorite of that series.

I've been looking for an audiobook to start for the Bingo Shelf (magic) and I don't know what to start! I tried Finnikin of the Rock but didn't care for the narrator so I'm switching to ebook.

Then I tried White Cat and I really didn't care for this narrator either. His voice is sort of whiny but neither of my libraries have it in ebook! (What an outrage, LOL!) I think I'll have to stick to audio to this one.

Great idea, I have been wanting to suggest starting a new one for awhile. :) Was the old one archived?

So I am listening to and reading

#1 was just okay for me in the I-Team series. #2 was better. I have never gone on from there.

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "I've been looking for an audiobook to start for the Bingo Shelf (magic) and I don't know what to start! I tried Finnikin of the Rock but didn't care for the narrator so I'm switching to ebook."

Yeah that narrator is not good.

Did you see my list in the discussion thread of my choices? I had quite a few I narrowed it down to. Maybe there is something there for you.

I'll go and take a look. :)

Oh man! You have Chalion in that list - sigh...I love that narration. The other day I finished a really bad book just because he was the narrator...worse, I had to listen to every word (it wasn't a long book though.)

I'm supposed to do a buddy read of The Thief with somebody but we haven't agreed on when to start. So I may pick that one if I cannot find anything in audio.

i started reading Out Of Her League and Mind Fuck last night - both are for 2 pick it for me challenges. In the car I am listening to Sizzle and Burn (there is some seriously cheesy dialogue in there) and at work i'm listening to There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble

Leea, you put up an update on the other currently reading thread -- and I think the thread is deleted? -- anyway, I didn't read it - can you update again? :)

I am surprised that I am enjoying I am only in the beginning, but so far it is decent. The narration is good too.

I started listening to a gazillion fantasy/pnr/uf books which were in the magic shelf and at the end settled on . Is it me, or does she look like a guy?

Happy Monday, everyone! Well, over the weekend I finished which was just okay for me but very, very sensual. I also finished which I loved! Thanks, Stacia for recommending it. And last night I finished which was good. I wish I read all 3 books back to back b/c I forgot a lot from the previous books and I couldn't find the wiki page for it =(

Searching for my next read now and I don't like it when I don't know what I'm in the mood for.

Glad you liked Damaged Goods. :) That one's going to be a re-read for sure at some point.

I was the same way with Hex Hall. I got stuck at the 25% mark, having the same issue with not really remembering what was going on. I ended up putting it down so I could finish the other books I'm on first, then I'll go back to it.

D.G. I thought it was a guy too and I've looked at that cover many times.

It's too bad you didn't like the audio for White Cat. I haven't listened to it but I'd heard it was a good audio. Guess not every narrator works for everyone. I like the book though but I read it in print.

Yup, looks like a dude!

Haha @ a dude.

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Unlawful Contact was my favorite of that series.

I've been looking for an audiobook to start for the Bingo Shelf (magic) and I don't know what to start! I tried [book:Finnikin of th..."

Marc Hunter was super hot. He can take me hostage any day.

Hoping to start reading Amazon just needs to deliver it!!

Okay, I didn't see this new thread... We did have over 10,000 posts in the other one. haha!

I finished earlier and I loved it! It's funny because this is the same world as Mercy but this series is just different. Bran and Leah, those two are a strange combination. I do plan on reading the next one but i've read so man UF and I don't want to get burnt out.

I'm going to read . I need light and some sex... just being honest. lol!

Oh didn't Kay love that series?

Glad you liked Cry Wolf.

I was just wondering where I got the recommendation for that book. I seem to like the same contmps that Kay does:)

Oh yes, the Destiny series is one of my fave contemporaries. I hope you like it, Leea.

Ursula, Demon from the Dark is my fave IAD book. I hope you enjoy Malkom & Carrow. The little girl in that one is cute too.

One Reckless Summer is HOT!! If anyone has the fantasy of doing it (bow chika bowow!) with a stranger/someone you hardly know in the woods. This would be your book. lol!

Kay, are each book in the Destiny series about a new couple or the same one? I never read the synopsis for the next book in case there are spoilers.

Each couple is different & you meet some of them in the first book. I loved how the sex happened right away in One Reckless Summer!! And you're right, it is effen hot!!

One Reckless Summer sounds like my kind of book. I need to get my hands on a copy.

IIRC Toni Blake also writes erotic romance as Lacey Alexander

I'm back reading . I think I started it at the wrong time because I'm really enjoying now.

That is good you are liking it now.

I just started

I am listening to

and I just finished The book is huge -- 510 pages. Big for this genre. I loved this first 270 pages or so, but it really dragged after that. I am mixed as to how I will rate it, I think the world she set up is amazing though. The characaters and the ultimate struggle fell flat though.

The premise for the Brockmann book looks really interesting...although could she have found a better moniker than 'greater than'?

It makes sense in the world -- greater than and fractions. The names/labels refer to mathmatical numbers. The world is good, the vision is interesting and it is informed by Brockmann's politics and fears for the future. I am hoping that the next book is able to carry the momentum through the entire book. But honestly, I lose steam in many romance based books. I haven't before in Brockmann's troubleshooter series. Anyway, I will be reading the next one.

I'm starting Troubleshooters after I finish Clash of Kings! I'm excited.

Dee wrote: "IIRC Toni Blake also writes erotic romance as Lacey Alexander"

I didn't know that! Thanks! I will look for some of her erotica books soon.

I am reading and I'm about halfway through. The situation in the book is not a happy one. I really don't know how the author will end the story. I hope to finish this book tonight.

Wendy F wrote: "I'm starting Troubleshooters after I finish Clash of Kings! I'm excited."

Cool! Remember 1 and 2 are just okay at best -- Kay can attest to that. :D And LOL -- after you finish Clash of Kings -- only a 1,000 pages or so.

Kay wrote: "I am reading and I'm about halfway through. The situation in the book is not a happy one. I really don't know how the author will end the story. I hope to finish this book..."

I have quite a few of her books on my kindle, but never have read them. Not happy doesn't sound like fun erotica!

I finished , it was just okay. I now know I can't just read PNR and UF wholesale, it needs to be unique for me to get into it - -particularly if it involves werewolves and vamps. After reading so many good series about those supes and then not so good books about those supes - -the topic is no longer my go-to at all. Kind of sad. :(

This made me think of you Wendy -- the author of the Gone series is going to be at a local book store to me to promote his new series. :)

Haha, 969 pages if you don't count the breakdown of the houses. I'm on page 601, so not too far.

Regina wrote: "Cool! Remember 1 and 2 are just okay at best -- Kay can attest to that. :D And LOL -- after you finish Clash of Kings -- only a 1,000 pages or so. ..."


I hated the first book. It was a DNF for me. I picked up #3 later and really enjoyed it. I need pick this series back up eventually.

Kay -- were you able to figure out what was going on by starting #3? Because Alyssa and Sam meet in #2 ......

I bought #1 in audio and tried to do a re-read and DNFed it -- what I could tolerate in 2003 was very different than what I like now. Brockmann was my first non-literary fiction read, so it was an entire new world. Do you think Wendy and Leea should start at 2 or 3? I think I recommended to you to start at 3 ....

Regina, it really isn't a fun book. I don't know how to feel about it right now. I think I just need to finish it and find out the outcome of the characters before I can fully give my opinion. My GR friends' ratings are all over the place. Some rated it very high and others were low.

I also totally feel you about PNRs & UFs. It seems like after you read really good ones, other books don't even compare.

when I picked up #3, I wasn't lost at all. The author did a good job with that.

I'm waaaay too anal to start on 2 or 3. I only gave Wrath's book 3 stars, but kept reading those. How about this, I promise to read at least the first 3 books before I make a decision on the series?

Thanks Kay - -that is what many members in the Romantic Suspense group recommend - -start with 3.

is really really good. That is number 4. 3 and 4 are some of my favorites in her series (which has 16 books and several novellas!)

Honestly, I don't want to read sad erotica.

Okay, sounds good. I also give you permission to skim 1 and 2. Although, #2 still has a special place in my heart -- I just loved the set up of the romance.

Wrath's book is hotter - -and more modern though. 1 feels dated. Brockmann even said in her recent interview that she hit her stride with 3 and right before 3 was where she was able to get on to base and do research. Anyway -- enough, I am obsessing! LOL.

From what I heard, Megan Hart writes erotic books that are sort of like contemporary fiction with tough themes and not always a HEA. So there's an erotic component to the stories but there's always a heavy emotional part that is not necessarily happy.

So if you expect it to be an erotic romance, it may not be.

(This is my impression from what friends have told me...never read one of her books but I'm planning to.)

Thanks, DG. That is what I heard too. I decided to give this book a chance and also read outside what I'm normally use to. I just hope my heart won't be so broken when I'm done.

Regina wrote: "Okay, sounds good. I also give you permission to skim 1 and 2. Although, #2 still has a special place in my heart -- I just loved the set up of the romance.

Wrath's book is hotter - -and more ..."

I remember you saying that before, that she hadn't been on base and done reasearch in the beginning. I'm sure it'll be decent at least, I hope.

I'm starting to get what you mean about PNR, Regina. When I saw the list of the last 8 PNR series I started, there's not ONE that I can definitely say I'm excited to continue. There are a few where I may continue and some that I know I won't.

Maybe
A Hunger Like No Other (IAD)
Kiss of Midnight (Midnight Breed)
Eternal Rider (Lords of Deliverance)
If Angels Burn (Darkyns)

Definitely Won't Continue
Haunting Beauty
Firelight
Dark Prince
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf

I'm always mentally exhausted after reading megan hart

Wendy F wrote: "I'm starting Troubleshooters after I finish Clash of Kings! I'm excited."

I'm joining Wendy and starting Troubleshooter next... If anyone else wants to read with us - kind of an impromptu buddy read, we'd love it!

I'm still in the waiting list for Troubleshooter #1 at the library...