The Book Whisperers

Shadow Rider by Christine Feehan My rating: 4 of 5 stars So good I had to read it twice!!! I'd expect nothing less from Christine Feehan author of the Carpathian Vampires and the Shifters series. What I liked best about this new series from her was the mafia feel. I'm not just saying that because the characters come off as all Alpha Male badasses (although that's in there too) but because the main characters are both Italian American, one actually does come off as mafia and the other-- well no spoilers here so we'll just say she'd be a great princess. One of things we love about Christine Feehans books are the mysteries that invariably pervade every layer of her story telling and this new series is no different. What is different is the one of the main antagonist turns out to be Stefano Ferraro's own mother. I did not see that one coming and at all. This new book has twists and turns to keep you glued to the edge of your se

Just in time for your weekend reading we have a new YA author for you all to check out. Her new book Oasis in the Clouds . If you think the cover is awesome wait till you read the book. The main character Niri wakes up in a beautiful garden with no memory of who she is or how she got there she believes she's going to spend the rest of her life alone in this beautiful paradise..but come on!!! This is YA fiction you and I both know that's not gonna happen.  Once of Niri's friends from the life she can't remember finds her and brings her out of the garden where she discovers that a powerful Wicca stole her memories. Now Niri has to fight to regain what was taken from her and save the kingdom.  This is an action packed, fast paced read and it's the first book in what will be a series so no spoilers but don't expect everything to be wrapped up by the end of the book.  I thoroughly enjoyed this story and I want to thank C. Esther for thinking of us whe

It's been a busy summer for readers and we've been reading like our lives depended on it. I've rounded out my summer reading with some of the littler known authors that we've featured on our blog in the past. First up is the lastest release in the Ghost Bird Series by C. L. Stone: First Kiss is the tenth book in this ongoing series and unlike the "The Healing Power of Sugar" First Kiss delivers on moving the story forward. The story stagnation appears to be at an end  with the 10th book. I found it a relief and a joy to read this one and get back to what makes this series so amazing in the first place. I'm very much looking forward to the next book in the series so we can learn more about Sang Sorenson and her dark and murky past. In book 10 of the series Sang is finally officially introduced to the Academy. What happens during that visit will leave you in tears. It's at the camp that we discover what all those traumatic events in the past books have

I wanted to kick things off with a fun question, so what is your favorite book of 2016 so far? THE SERPENT KING by Jeff Zentner made me cry so much I leaked tears all over the copy I was borrowing from my daughter. It was the best kind of heartbreak and hope all in one beautiful book. How do you come up with the names for your characters? It sounds super cheesy, but usually they just tell me their names. Sometimes I’ll poke around on baby name websites, but even then, I’m just reading the names until one of them speaks to me. I don’t give it a whole lot of thought. I know some writers do, but if I get too hung up in names and meanings and whatnot, then things start to get too allegorical and prescriptive and the life just drains out of my stories. Did you always want to be a writer? I think somewhere in my subconscious I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but it seemed like a scary thing to want, so I convinced myself I wanted to be other, more sensible things, instead. I’ve always

Since She Went Away by David Bell Thank you to Netgalley for a copy of the eArc. Three months ago Jenna was 15 minutes late to meet her best friend Celia in the meeting place of their teenage years. Celia disappeared that night and hasn't been seen since. Jenna has been beating herself up because she was late, we soon find out that she was late because she caught her son with a bottle of alcohol, but she lied to the police about that. Jared her son is involved with a mysterious young girl named Tabitha. As the mystery deepens and another young woman disappears and found days later dead, everyone begins to wonder what really happened to Celia and if she is connected to all the other things going on. When Tabitha disappears with her creepy dad shortly after breaking up with Jared. Things begin to get strange! I have to say I really didn't know what to expect with this book, and I was totally sucked in from the first page. As I read I was hooked even more on all the dif