I seem to be in a "series" mode these days, and it's been brilliant..!! I've discovered several new authors (new to me), and they've all had loads of previous books so I've been able to start at the beginning and read book after book, without interruption. There's nothing worse than coming to the end of a book and having to wait a year or more to find out what happens next..!!
It would be way too convoluted, and lengthy, for me to go into much detail with all these stories, and I know most of you nod off quite early into my reviews, so I won't labor here with particulars.
Christine Feehan
The Dark Carpathians series
There are several books in this saga, most of them totally entertaining, though somewhere in the middle I started to lose the plot (or Christine did), but then she came back with a vengeance and I fell back in love with all the Carpathians.
Basically, they are a separate immortal race from us, though they live among us as human. The series starts with the Prince of the Carpathians, and each book thereafter tells a different tale of another member of their society. Lots of action with the bad guys who want to kill them off, love interest stuff, and great plotting. I lived and breathed the Carparthians for about 3 weeks and could hardly move on when I'd finished the last in the series, though thank goodness there are more books in the works.
Catriona McPherson
Dandy Gilver Murder Mysteries
So far there are 4 books in this series. These are very quaint stories, filled with Scottishness and in locales I am familiar with around Edinburgh, which is always cool. Dandy is English, though has married a Scottish guy, and lives outside Perth in the 1920s. She's sort of a grown up Nancy Drew, with lots of humor, weird friends, and her most lovable Dalmatian Bunty. She stumbles into crimes and mysteries, often without a clue...literally. The best part of these books, to me, is life in Scotland in the 1920s. Catriona McPherson has done an amazing amount of research into the era and it's delightful to read about.
Karen Chance
Cassandra Palmer series
There are 4 books in this series, with a fifth book that ties in, but stands alone as it's own story. Cassie is a clairvoyant who can also communicate with spirits. The ghosts aren't usually dangerous, but they sure like to talk..!! Lots of mythological and legendary characters abound in this series, with loads of humor and a tough, smart heroine. Fairies, vamps, dwarves, trolls, etc. It's sort of the adult version of Grimm's Fairy Tales with some laugh-out-loud scenes.
Kresley Cole
Immortals After Dark series
I totally love this series..!! There are 6 books so far, and I can't stand that I have to wait until November 2009 for the next one...aarrgghh. Each book ends in a cliffhanger about the next character's story, so it's been most enjoyable (and deadly for getting anything else done in my day) to finish one, and immediately pick up the next.
Again, it's about immortals, which seems to be my obsession lately. The stories are filled with Valkyries, vamps, werewolves (who live in the Highlands of Scotland no less), and various other creatures who go bump in the night. There are hilarious bits with Nix, the Valkyrie who can see the future but only in riddles, plus lots of action, chaos and mayhem. The plots are fab, with great suspense and characters. Yum, what a super series this is..!!
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