Angel with Attitude

$12.51 for rat tricks. Now, I would think that a rat doing tricks would draw more of an audience and much more money. This was all the money Reggie the Rat made when his friend fallen angel, Valerie Grace, forced him to do tricks to make some cash so she could get psychic Bob to help her get back into Heaven. Maybe, if Reggie wasn’t forced to do tricks and was more willing and talented they could have made bank!

I read this part and burst out laughing. Just like the Immortality Bites Series, Angel with Attitude had me roaring. There were so many parts that were hilarious. Michelle Rowen has a “special” kind of humor. How do I describe her humor? Maybe a passage will explain it.

Valerie hurts her ankle. Her tempter demon, Nathaniel, who is uber sexy touches her leg. “Your ankle is broken.” The stranger’s gaze had lowered and he was studying her foot…”Let me take a look at it for you,” he said. Val shook her head. “Really, that’s not necessary,” but he’d already sunk to his knees and pulled up the right leg of her track pants, and was now running a warm hand down her calf. “Oh well, okay then. If you insist.”

Had she shaved her legs recently? She couldn’t remember. She thought so. She’d tried out that depilatory lotion stuff. According to the packaging, it was supposed to last longer than just shaving. She was finding human maintenance to be extremely time-consuming, and in the case of the lotion—a bit goopy.

I thought this was comical. Of course, I busted out laughing. There were many times I did this and, again, my husband had to find out what was so funny. I ignored him and kept reading Angel with Attitude. Valerie has some stranger touching her and she doesn’t know it’s her tempter demon, yet, but worries about her legs being shaved. Yes, there are moments like this silly one that all women have experienced, I’m sure. I know I have and the reality of the situation makes it funny.

The storyline was creative and I really hope the Underworld doesn’t exist. Or maybe, it wouldn’t be so bad if it did look like Miami. The Nightflyers were scary and they would not be fun to encounter, but if glamours really could happen that would be fun. If witchcraft really existed, I can think of some people I would like to turn into rodents or just vanquish them.

What if one of the New York Times bestselling romance writers was a Demon? A male demon! With one big eye and scary looking! Valerie met this writer and the demon sent her autographed books!

The Vampire's Bride - Atlantis Series

As I sit here trying to get my full serving of fruits and veggies for the day, I ask myself if I want to write another blog. Apparently, I do since I’m typing away on my laptop and thinking about which Atlantis book to write about. Do I want to talk about Gray or Layel? Which book did I like better Jewel of Atlantis or The Vampire’s Bride? Man, that’s a tough one. I, thoroughly, enjoyed both and well have read them a zillion times.


Okay, maybe not a zillion times, but more than once along with Catch a Mate. Marcus Brody is another fav character of mine that Showalter created.


I’ve decided after a couple grapes and a bite of mango, this blog will be about The Vampire’s Bride. Layel is more tortured than Edward Cullen and I wished Layel was real. I fell in love with his character and his pain over losing Susan was so sad. Some women eat up that kind of passion and love a guy or in Layel’s case, vampire, has for his woman. Layel fell in love with a human, Susan, he’s the vampire king in Atlantis. A world under the ocean that the Gods created to put their mistakes when trying to create humans.


After two hundred years of mourning Susan, Layel falls in love again with an Amazon, Delilah. But he fights his feelings for Delilah and feels guilty for his desire for her, because he feels he should continue to love and miss Susan. Man, how could you not fall in love with a character like that?


Anyhoo, as I was reading The Vampire’s Bride I thought to myself it’s scary creatures meets Survivor. Hee hee. The top creatures are whisked to this paradise island and made to prove themselves in tasks that a few of the Gods think up for their mere enjoyment, because the Gods are bored! The Gods are not likeable beings, because they are nasty and hurt Lords and the Atlateans for the enjoyment.


I tried to read the Atlantis books in order, but after reading Layel’s sneak in Heart of the Dragon I was drawn to read his story. I’m wondering are there going to be more Atlantis books. Does Zane find his lady love and will it be Nola? Will we read about Brand and Tagart finding their true love?


Showalter does an excellent job at weaving the love web. When I’m reading the romance unfold and all the characters obstacles in acting on their feelings I yell at the characters in my head to just kiss her already. Tell her you love her and throw her on the bed and give her the best sex she’s ever had!

Intertwined - Gena Showalter

This is what I do when I’m brain dead and have no ambition to work on my book I write blogs to inspire me to get in the mood to work on my book. But with summer here and the weather hot as Hades, I can’t be a vampire and stay up until 4 a.m. I have to go to bed and get up early so I can run my dogs in the cool morning. However, it’s really hard for me to go to bed early and most nights I get to bed at 2 a.m. and get up around 8 and take a nap after exercising my pups. My whole day is screwed up and getting through the summer is tough and most of the time I’m T-I-R-E-D.


Anyway, my thoughts on Intertwined, a Gena Showalter book and the first Young Adult book I read. I loved it! Yes, the book was that good. Was it Twilight good? It was as good as Twilight, however, it wasn’t heavy on the romance as Twilight was. I was surprised by this, because I expected more romance with it being a Harlequin book. The lack of romance didn’t deter me from tearing through the book in two days.


After reading the first page of Intertwined, I said to myself, “This is going to be a good book.” The first page grabbed my attention and through the entire book Showalter enticed me to keep turning the page. She does that in her Lord books, too. Well, actually, all her books are page turners.

The book was clever and the storyline interesting. It’s about a human, Aden, that has four souls trapped inside his body. I don’t want to give away any of the book, because kids and adults read the book, because it’s thoroughly entertaining with vampires, werewolves and other creepy creatures. After reading all these books with paranormal creatures, I start to think, “Crap, maybe, they really do exist.” There are some I wish that did, like the Lords and Atlantis and vampires (if they were like Layel). Wink!


Anyhoo, when I finished Intertwined I was like, “THAT’S IT!” There must be a sequel, because it didn’t end like it was finished. When I read that Unraveled was releasing in September 2010 I did a happy dance. I have to find out what happens to Aden and his Princess Vampire. Does the relationship between the werewolf and Mary survive? What other paranormal creatures invade Aden and Mary’s life?



Since Intertwined was the first Young Adult book that I read after the Twilight series, I have to say I’m hooked on paranormal books. During my Young Adult book research, when I was reading a “normal” book I caught myself thinking where are the vampires, the demons, and other scary creatures as I started the book. Rachel Vincent’s Soul Screamers is another one of my favorite Young Adult series to read and I’m anxiously waiting for the next book that comes out next year.


The twist near the end in Intertwined was clever. I, totally, did not expect it. I’m not going to leak it in this review. You’ll have to read Intertwined to understand what I’m talking about, but I will tell you it involves Mary.

The Darkest Passion

Picture a delicious, muscle bound, dark haired, tattooed God-like man with violet eyes and he can fly, because he has these huge Wings of Wrath. As I was reading the part where Aeron is getting sex wild with Olivia (who is a fallen angel) and the man keeps pleasuring the angel in the air as they fall to the ground, I kept thinking how I would like to see this in action on the big screen. This part of The Darkest Passion was my favorite and most memorable passage in the book.


A movie of the Lords of the Underworld would be nice, but I think with all the Lords and the length of each Lord’s story it should be a series on HBO or Showtime. I bought “Into the Dark” and I haven’t read it yet. However, I have read William’s interview with the Lords and the Q & A with Gena Showalter. The movie question comes up in the Q & A and it made me think about a Lords of the Underworld movie. I don’t think two hours is long enough to tell the Lord’s stories from each book and the books to come. With a cable series that usually has six seasons with 8-16 episodes per season, we can get to know the Lords very intimately and enjoy them longer than a two hour movie.


Okay, back to The Darkest Passion. Legion cracks me up. If this goes to TV or a movie, a lizard looking creature dressed in pink sporting a tiara will be the funniest thing in the movie. Her deal with the devil doesn’t quite turn out for Legion, but she was never meant to be Aeron’s true love. I wonder if Legion will get a true love, will we read about it in an upcoming Lord book?


Aeron is one of my favorite Lords so I was excited to read his story. Olivia didn’t leave an impression on me like Anya, Scarlet and Gwen. I’m not sure why, maybe, because she was too sweet and nice. I’m happy Aeron found a true love and Olivia is the complete opposite of him, Wrath and Joy.


Olivia’s conversation with Gideon was hilarious. Gideon is another favorite Lord and I keep picturing Zac Efron playing Gideon. I don’t know why, but Zac has the blue eyes and he’s got such a boyish face and that is how I picture Gideon.


I’m reading books faster than I’m writing reviews of them, so I need to get moving on these reviews. I’ve read all the Atlantis books except for The Nymph King, Catch a Mate, (all Showalter books )and I’m about to read Angel with an Attitude (Michelle Rowen book). And I still haven’t shared my thoughts on The Darkest Night or The Darkest Kiss. Oye Vay (did I spell that right).


Or all the Young Adult books I’ve read, Intertwined by Showalter will be coming next with Unraveled releasing soon.

Go Rockies

One of the things I like to do is go see the Rockies play. I’ve only been to three games this season and it’s sad that I haven’t been to more games, but due to working on the weekends it doesn’t allow me to go spend time with the Rockies sipping beer and eating peanuts.

The last Rockies game was against the Giants and sadly we got our butt kicked by the Giants. We didn’t make one run. The Giants were hitting the ball out in the outfield and the Rockies were striking out every time they came to the plate. It was not a good night for us.

However, I couldn’t tear myself away from the TV today and wished I was at the game. The Rockies whipped the Giants asses. Is that a word asses? Anyway, I was tired as hell and should have taken a nap, but instead I was glued to the television. In my tired state I have no brain power to work on my book, but instead I’m writing blogs.

Anyway, the Rockies won 6-1 with Gonzalez whacking the ball out of the park not once, but twice! Tulo hit the ball way out of the park right after Gonzalez. Mora took a fastball pitch to the knee. OW! I cringed when I saw that happen.

I saw them annihilate the Cubs 17-2. We ended up sweeping the Cubbies and it was fun to actually see the Rockies win a game. It was freezing, yes, in July it was cold as hell at the game, but that’s Colorado for you. But it was nice to get a break from the heat.

The first game I saw this season was against the Red Sox and we didn’t win. Sniff. It was sad to see the Rockies lose and I think I had four beers to drown my sorrow.

Jimenez, Fowler and Hawpe are becoming my favorite players along with Helton, but Helton’s our only franchise player and the only Rockie left from the days of Larry Walker. Dexter Fowler made an incredible catch when we played against the Cubs and injured himself. When I saw him hit the wall and his hand hit the bar, yeah, ouch.

There was a rumor that Matsui was coming back to the Rockies, but I haven’t seen him yet. I’m wondering what happen with Matsui. I’m not sure if the Rockies will play the Cardinals again, but if they do and it’s here we want to go and see Holliday. He’s very much missed and it was sad that he got traded.

Will the Rockies make it into the Playoffs this year?

Lady & the Vamp

“Barkley, did you think Lady & the Vamp was funny?”

“Woof!”

“Barkley, was the part where Quinn was asking you if you located Janie’s sister, funny as hell?’

“Woof!”

Yes, this is how the conversation goes between Quinn and Barkley, who happens to be in werewolf form, when Quinn questions him about Janie’s sister. I thought this was the funniest part of the book and laughed through the whole conversation. Michelle Rowen is so clever. I really enjoyed Lady & the Vamp.

It was an interesting read and finding out Quinn’s story after reading about him in the Immortality Bites series was an enjoyable adventure. Rowen has more funny lines in the book. Another part that cracked me up was when the demon Boss has Janie and Quinn comes to save her. Quinn throws the red stone at the demon Boss expecting him to catch it, but it hits the Boss in the face. Hilarious!

The whole love thing between Barkley and Janie’s sister, Angela, and Lenny amused me. You’ll have to read the book to see how that love triangle worked out. Lenny’s poetry is hysterical. I don’t know what is funnier “Why Vampires are Bad” or his poem about Janie or how Janie reacts to Lenny reading the poetry to her. I’m laughing as I recall all of it.

I read on Rowen’s website that if the Immortality Bites series went to the big screen she has Hugh Jackman in mind to play Thierry. I had to think about that. Hugh is S-E-X-Y and after much thought I could see him as Thierry. As I read Lady & the Vamp, I kept picturing Ryan Phillippe as Quinn. Besides being extremely, blond cuteness, like Quinn is described (by the way, Why is there a dark haired guy on the cover of Lady & the Vamp when Quinn is blond?) and Phillippe would portray the whole depression about being a vampire well.

Who would play Barkley? I need to give more thought about who would play him. But Barkley’s leg humping issues, you guessed it, FUNNY!

Trueblood 2010 - Season 3

This season of Trueblood is hmmm what word or words do I want to use? Well, Sookie and Bill’s relationship has taken a very strange turn. They were very much in love until werewolves, a king vampire and near death got in their way. From the previews from the latest episode, I’m wondering if Sookie will ever love Bill again and what the sexy vampire Eric is up to. Is he trying to get Sookie all to himself?

There have been hints about Eric’s feelings towards Sookie. The very tall, blond vampire is quite sexy and I’m not sure if he’s a good guy. Last season, he seemed like a good guy where as in the first season he seemed evil, but now I’m not sure anymore. He definitely has an agenda, but it’s not clear what his plans are.

Werewolves, Sam’s family and a very psychotic vampire have entered this season of Trueblood. The psychotic vampire we are led to believe is dead, but I’m wondering if he really is gone. Wait, aren’t vampires in Trueblood dead so when they are killed by someone are they really, super dead then? I’ve been reading so many different versions of vampires where they aren’t dead or they are the walking dead that I’ve forgotten what the vampires in Trueblood are.

Well, this psychotic vampire, Franklin, was Cromwell in The Tudors. I have to say he doesn’t make a sexy vampire, but he does make a believable crazy bloodsucker. He wanted Sookie’s friend, Tara, to be his vampire bride. In the beginning, they had a fun, hot one nighter, but Franklin is a bit strange and Tara picks up on his weirdness. Before he turns her into a vamp, she beats him with some kind of weapon. We don’t see his dead body so this makes me wonder if he’ll be back later in the season.

The werewolves behave like uneducated, southern hicks, who get their kicks off drinking vampire blood and killing. Patrick Swayze’s brother, Don, is one of the werewolves and a cast member from Ugly Betty as Conner Owens, who was Wilhelmina Slater’s love interest and Cooter on Trueblood is another familiar face. Cooter is the leader of a werewolf pack and Conner plays the southern hick well.

Sam saves his half-brother from dog fighting. His brother and his mother are shape-shifters just like Sam. After getting to know his family, Sam figures out that his brother is being coerced into shifting and participating in dog fighting after he’s in Pit bull form. Sam saves his brother from a fight after shifting himself into a Pit bull and entering into the owner’s home where many dogs are housed for the deadly sport. Sam releases all the dogs before he breaks up the dog fight where his brother is battling a Rottweiler.

I’m not sure what I think of this season. Bizarre was my first reaction and I’m a bit confused by where the story is going for Sookie and Bill. And I’m wondering what other crazy shit is waiting for us in the coming episodes. However, I’m still thirsty for more of the Southern vampire tales.