Right now I'm going over Happy Hour at Casa Dracula, my first novel, to get it ready as an audio read. I'm tweaking and editing and second-guessing myself. So it was very reassuring to find a new review from A Buckeye Girl Reads today:
Happy Hour at The Casa Dracula was just pure fun. It's I loved that the villains were so great not to like, the hero wasn't your typical ego centric hero, and that the secondary characters were lovable and became instant book friends...so I'll just say again how much I loved this book. If you are looking for a different kind of paranormal romance, then look no further. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.A Buckeye Girl reviews urban fantasy, paranormal romance, YA, chick lit, "and everything in between," and I really like her meter rating system which scores every book on fun categories such as Crush Meter (how much wants to make the hero her book boyfriend), Sizzle Meter (does the romance sizzle?), Sidekick Meter (are the friends entertaining?), and my absolute favorite, Cheesy Line Meter, because she says, "I mainly use this in historical/contemporary romances because the characters sometimes have these wonderful cheesy lines that they say to each other." Yes, cheezy is misspelled, put the cheezy spirit is celebrated!
Stacia Kane, author of the terrific Downside Ghosts series, has a righteous rant on her blog today about authors who react to negative reviews. Go and add your opinion!
In the past nine days or so the internet–at least the writer/reader part of it–seems to have gone kablooey. Specifically, the writer part of it, in that we’ve had a rash of writers deciding it’s their place to tell readers A) How to review books; B) What is and is not okay to say or think; C) Why their opinion is totally wrong; and D) whatever other ridiculous shit they come up with.Stacia's just shared the new cover art to Sacrificial Magic, the fourth book in her urban fantasy series. I devoured the first three and can't wait for this one, which will be released in March. Here's the summary:
When Chess Putnam is ordered by an infamous crime boss—who also happens to be her drug dealer—to use her powers as a witch to solve a grisly murder involving dark magic, she knows she must rise to the challenge. Adding to the intensity: Chess’s boyfriend, Terrible, doesn’t trust her, and Lex, the son of a rival crime lord, is trying to reignite the sparks between him and Chess.Damaged, troubled Chess Putnam is easily on of my favorite urban fantasy heroines. I'll try to get Stacia here for a giveaway and Q&A when her book is released.
Plus there’s the little matter of Chess’s real job as a ghost hunter for the Church of Real Truth, investigating reports of a haunting at a school in the heart of Downside. Someone seems to be taking a crash course in summoning the dead—and if Chess doesn’t watch her back, she may soon be joining their ranks.
GRATUITOUS VIDEOS OF THE DAY
The theme today is new videos. Talking bout troubled heroines, Faith is still one of my faves.
This Selene tribute is kind of awesome.
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