This review is HAHAHAAH!

No, I've not read any one of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight saga books but I've read lots of reviews & spoilers on them. And this review titled "Edward Cullen helps me review Breaking Dawn" (spoiler alert!) had me going AHAHHHAHAHAHHAHAH! It's my favourite review.

I'm older than him, but Robert Pattinson is one yumming looking vampire on this poster:

New Books!

(From the photo) Top book:
Master of Swords
by Anglea Knight

I got Master of Wolves last week and read it and love it. And I'm totally not reading this serie in order. That's me.

(From the photo) The one in the middle:
Lessons From A Courtesan
by Jenna Petersen

I discovered Jenna Petersen from Facebook. While clicking around the web, I heard good things that I might like about this book. So why not try it. ☺

(From the photo) Bottom:
Crazy Hot
by Tara Janzen

*Starts reading.

Julian. The Name. Love it!

I have this thing for heroes called Julian.

I love Julian Samms from The Samms Agenda by Alison Kent. He my favourite guy in the SG-5 series. I find him to be the hottest, but probably also because his name is Julian.

And now I'm reading Pamela Clare's Hard Evidence. Ooh Julian Darcangelo. I'm only up to page 130, but I already think he's the perfect Julian. Menacing, hot, and sweet. "Not so bad", really. ♥

My other favourite romance hero names? Macedon (new!), Cadeon, Ranulf, Bevier. Ok, Bevier is not from a romance novel, but I can just imagine saying his name while.. ☺

Back to reading Hard Evidence. Ooh Julian Darcangelo.

I'm so sad!

I love the two books in Erin McCarthy's New York Girlfriends series: The Pregnancy Test and You Don't Know Jack. Love them.

And I've been looking forward for like.. FOREVER, to read about the other two roommates in this serie. Now, almost two years later, even after reading other Erin McCarthy's fabulous works (High Stakes, Bit the Jackpot, I just have to name them), I'm still eagering waiting.

But then I just noticed this little note at Erin McCarthy's website here (how long has it been there?), and to quote everything:

A note from Erin:

Thanks so much for all the interest in reading stories for Allison and Caroline, the two other roommates in The Pregnancy Test and You Don't Know Jack. While I originally intended to write books for them, a change in publishers has made this impossible at the moment. Hopefully some day soon I'll be able to write a 'Happily Ever After' for Allison and Caroline!

Sadness!

I can wait. But please don't say never.

Hot x 4.

No, I cannot resist four brothers in a book. Multiply hotness by four, and that's Animal Lust by Lacy Danes. I wasn't interested in this book at first because I just don't feel like reading any historicals at the moment. But then, there're four brothers, so how can I say no to four brothers?

Yummy x 4.

Favourite brother? I don't know. Maybe Orin. I've do have a thing for eldest brothers. Davy McCould rocks. *Sigh.

One thing that gets to me though, is that one of the brothers' name is called Mac. What's wrong with Mac? Well, I had nothing against the name at first, not until it was revealed that Mac's full name is Macedon. I repeat, Macedon. M-A-C-E-D-O-N. Macedon. I thought Macedon sounded really sexy. But it's only mentioned once in the whole book. Therefore, I'll make up for the lack of it here: MacedonMacedonMacedonMacedonMacedonMacedon.

Sir Macedon Ursus. ♥

One More Reason to Buy a Book.

I read the newspaper everyday. ☺

So, in today's Life! section of The Straits Times, there's this quote from a taiwanese lyricist, Vincent Fang, in the 'biteintoit' column:

'Buying a book is an investment with the highest return rate. Spend a little money and you get other people's painstaking work'

Wow. The more we should buy books. In my case, more romance books. ♥

Pretty Mass Market Covers.

I've read them all,
When they're in Brava trade.

They all rock,
Their covers are hot,
So they get to decorate my blog. ♥

Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy
by Helenkay Dimon.

The title links to the trade paperback version because this mass version will be out only March '09. Happy waiting.

The next book in this series, 'It's Hotter in Hawaii' is coming out April '09. I can't wait to read this because there's Josh in it! ♥ Josh's own story will be out later next year as stated at Helenkay's blog here. Happy waiting for this too..

Temperature's Rising
by Karen Kelley

Sometimes I wonder, are they trying to make those who already own the trade version buy the same book again in mass version? Well, maybe those rich, rabid fans may. I'm rabid, but sadly not rich.

Anyway, I've just finished Karen Kelley's Nerak series (here, here & here). They're damn funny & sexy and I so need more of these kind of books.

Get A Clue
by Jill Shalvis

I love covers with a couple embracing (or necking). It's sooo hot. ♥ Tasteful hot. Though I wish the picture on this cover is in it's original colours instead the shade of blue. Like the other three covers I posted.

I also visit Jill Shalvis' Blog for a good laugh every week too. ☺



Mouth to Mouth
by Erin McCarthy

I think I miss her comtemporary romance novels. Very much.

Wow, it really seems to be a loong time ago when I read You Don't Know Jack (and loved it).

Hmm. *Goes to put My Immortal at the top my TBR. I do hope she writes more funny vampire romance though.

After seeing that most mass market versions getting hotter covers, no, I still won't wait for them. I'm a big fan of Brava trade paper backs, and I'm not a big fan of waiting. For two years. Give me big fonts any time!

I want a male Siren from the Lore.

If you a big Kresley Cole fan, you should (must!) lurk around her forum. Forums could be messy, but this post nicely links all the very interesting tibits that a fan should (must!) know.

Yesterday, I thought nothing can win demons. But today, I think I maybe wrong. Here's a quote of Ms Kresley Cole from her forum, which still got me squeeealing sliently in my mind:

"... most in the Lore would say that a Siren absolutely cannot have a male child, but there have been rumors about male Sirens who are as big as demons and as seductive as vampires. Instead of singing to enthrall, a male would only have to whisper in a woman's ear, and she'll be his forever. Sigh. I love rumors."

Big as demons. Seductive as vampires.

And they whisper in your ear, and you'd be his forever?

I swear, if male Sirens are real, I'd give up both Cade and Rydstrom for one (I'm not greedy!) of them.

My Very First Demons.

There's a very big, special, loving place in my heart for vampires. So Conrad, red eyes meaning evil or not, I automatically worship him. But I started on Dark Desires After Dusk about an hour after reading Conrad's story. I have no time to gush about Conrad.

Because Cadeon Woede the Kingmaker (aka hawt hawt hawt RAGE demon i.e. non-vampire) invades that heart of mine asap. Cade's my first taste of the demon creatures in romance novels, and ooooh. What I've read I reeeally reeeally like.

♥ EVERYTHING ARE SPOILERS ♥ from now onwards. (Hmm I hardly give these warnings do I? I hate giving spoilers warnings. Disrupts my thinking mind. But I digress.)

One scene that sticks in my mind, the part when Cade gaves Holly a bottle of water, but when she opened the cap and accidentally touches the rim, she does not want to drink it anymore because it's contaminated. Poor girl. OCD. I totally relate to OCD in real life. I don't have it, but someone dear to me has it and I've read up on it. It's not funny.

When Cade asked Holly why she isn't drinking the bottle, she explains to him why, expecting him to laugh at her. Hell, I do expect Cade to laugh at her her or at least give her a weird look. Most people who don't understand OCD does that.

But I guess I don't know Cade well enough.

Instead of doing what Holly and I expected, Cade immediately got another new bottle of water and carefully uncapped it so as to not touch the rim and passes it to Holly. He even relates that "those shorter caps must be a pain in the ass". Wow. Can you just scream considerate? If I'm Holly, I'd jump him there and then. I'm jumping him in my mind already then. That's sooooo sweet. Even sweeter than taking bullets or poisoned arrows or flamming fire balls for her.

It's the little actions you know? OCD is not funny. Seriously.

And the sex? Holy Mama. The thing with Cade fully turning rage demon when claiming his female? To steal Holly's word, want! I thought it's hotter than the previous books, although I admit it's been almost six months since I've read about Lachlain. Time to re-read?

Oh my oh my. Why is it hot? It's the sports car. I've always wanted a sports car. And to do the naughty on the hood with a demon? Phwoar.

Why is it hot again? Demons are not shy. They need it four to five times a day. Phwoarr.

Tell you why it's hot again? It's the horns. Something to the female's advantage. Actually, when I first read about demons in IAD with horns, it's kinda weird to me. I can't really imagine them growing out above the ears. I do refer my paranormal characters human-like. I know demons have horns, but in stories they can do without it right? Like the Lykaes without all the fur?

But now, I'm very-very happy about the horns, I totally want my demons to come with them now. Imagine my poor heart when Cade cut them off at the end for Holly, because she needed normal and he wanted to give her what she needs. Sweet really, but WTF? To my great relief, those sexy horns grow back in two weeks. But I didn't know that.

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I didn't really like the idea much that Cade is willing to risk handling Holly over to the bad guy and then get the sword he needs and then try to get Holly back. No I don't like it much. And I also don't like it when Rydstrom chosed his kingdom over knowing about his female during his meeting with Nix in Dark Needs at Night's Edge. Oh my dearest sexy Woede brothers, I do understand that the many of your people are suffering under the rule of the bad guy, and the very need to get back your kingdom. I do understand. But I'm a girl. In our hearts, we girls want to be the first before everything. In our hearts, the little evil, selfish part somewhere, we want to be the first. Before. Everything.

But I forgave Cade when he cut off his horns for Holly. (Dear Holly I hope you make him grow it back. And in the next book, I want to read about him strutting around with them.) And I forgave Rydstrom when I read about him buttoning his jeans at the end of Dark Desires After Dusk.

Rydstrom.

OMG Rydstrom. I need to retrace his tracks. *Go grabs book*

At the scene where Sabine seduces Rydstrom by grasping his two horns to hold him down to her, I was like, I want to do that! Especially since after learning that the horns are an erogneous zone for demons. To quote Holly again, WANT!

But I also realised that, the bitch Sabine must be his female. Damn. When can a reader ever get the hero all to herself?

And then we learn that Sabine is possibly a hundred (or thousand? I forgot) times more evil then her two already evil brothers, and that she wanted to be pregnant with Rydstrom's baby for evil purposes. Wow-wee.

At the ending where Cade goes to find Rydstrom, he (Rydstrom) appears at his door with no shirt and shoes and was just buttoning his jeans. Can it get anymore obvious what he could have been doing? *Imagination runs wild*

Then Cade thinks that he's changed and that his eyes looked crazed. Whoa? And this scene is followed by a woman screaming for help from Rydstrom's house. Complete with mattress squeaking and chains rattling? Bondage, Rydstrom? Sabine, lucky bitch you. Trying to turn on Rydstrom by acting helpless? Ha!

I didn't think I can be obessed with Rydstrom anymore than I currently am, but just before my lunch today, I read what Ms Kresley Cole said at her forum about Rydstrom:

"The poor demon is all crazed and enraged and seething at his female even as he can’t part from her–or keep his hands off her. Sabine had no idea she was grabbing a tiger by the tail with Rydstrom!"

This is priceless.

Want! Want! Want! Want! Want!

I'm so holding onto this description until Feb 2009, which I hope is a permanent release date. If there's a chance that the date can be earlier, then I don't want it permanent.

Rydstrom, you now officially share the big, special, loving space in my heart with Cade, some vampires whose names I can't remember at the moment, and the other wolf creatures in the Lore, the exact name I can't for my life remember how to spell.

Rydstrom. Rydstrom. Rydstrom. Buttoning up your jeans with a crazed look to meet your brother at the door, while having a helpless woman chained to your bed.

This is driving me crazy.

Rydstrom.

Rök.

OMG I just remembered Rök!

He first appeared in Dark Needs at Night's Edge, with another new demon Grimslade. Oh the thing with this Grim is really cute. He is adverse to bright and beautiful things, and almost had a heart attack when Regin (the Radiant) sat beside him in the bar. Haha! Too bad Regin already has her berseker. If not, it'd be pretty funny to read about them together.

Maybe Grim will have his own story since among so many demons, his and Rök's name are mentioned. But his female can't be ugly rite? Mostly heroines are beautiful right? Maybe Grim will learn to get over his adversion, to be with his I-assume-will-be-beautiful female. Perhaps with Regin's help. Valkyries are fun people.

And Rök. He's Cade's room mate. He WAS Cade's room mate, but since now Cade is living at a new house with Holly, Rök now might be lonely. And I so do not mind being his new room mate. The advantage of being with Rök? He's a smoke demon. From what I've learned, if you have sex with them, a pact made which allows you to summon them at will.

Do smoke demons rock or not?

Do IAD demons rock or not?

To the other creatures of the Lore, sorry. Demons are my thing now. Till the next book. Oh, oops, the next book is Rydstrom. Another demon. Till the next next book then?