Hitwoman on a Mission

Rating: 5/5

Review: This book kicked butt! I absolutely love the main character, Nadia, who happens to be a hired assassin. This is the second book in an excellent series by Kelley Armstrong. This woman can write! You've got suspense, intrigue, interesting characters, fast-paced storyline, great locale, and plenty of action. I just can't say enough good things about this book and it's author.

Book Description: Nadia Stafford isn’t your typical nature lodge owner. An ex-cop with a legal code all her own, she’s known only as “Dee” to her current employer: a New York crime family that pays her handsomely to bump off traitors. But when Nadia discovers that a troubled teenage employee and her baby have vanished in the Canadian woods, the memory of a past loss comes back with a vengeance and her old instincts go into overdrive.With her enigmatic mentor, Jack, covering her back, Nadia unearths sinister clues that point to an increasingly darker and deadlier mystery. Now, with her obsession over the case deepening, the only way Nadia can right the wrongs of the present is to face her own painful ghosts—and either bury them for good, or die trying. Because in her book everyone deserves a chance. And everyone deserves justice.

The Usual

Rating: 4/5

Review: It was pretty much the same people doing the same things they've been doing. Nothing fresh here. There were a couple of great laugh-out-loud moments, though. I don't know why the author feels that it is so neccasary to blow up a car in just about every book, however. It's not funny any more. That's my only complaint.

Book Description: Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.

Mistaken Identity Leads to Adventure

Rating: 5/5

Review: Companions of the Night by Vivian Van De Velde was an excellent and very fast read. I loved the twists and turns, and hated to see it all end. I want a sequel!

Book Description: When sixteen-year-old Kerry Nowicki helps a young man escape from a group of men who claim he is a vampire, she finds herself faced with some bizarre and dangerous choices.

Lagging Behind Again

Here are the books I've read, and haven't had the opportunity to post about:

Resolution by Robert B. Parker- This was the sequel to Appaloosa, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I may have to start reading more westerns. I love the camaraderie between the two lead characters, and the great John Wayne/old west feel to the book.

The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry- This was a wonderful book, and a very interesting subject (reading the future in lace). I was a little disappointed in a certain twist to the story, though. I don't know, it just kind of threw me a bit, and I didn't like that. Haha! I loved the locale, however, and I am very interested in reading the sequel when it comes out.

Probable Future by Alice Hoffman- I loved the locale, the characters, the unique "gifts" that each woman had, the family history, and oh just about everything. Haha! It was well written, fast-paced, and completely enthralling.