Jaime Rush

Jaime Rush did a spectacular job on this novel, Dragon Awakened. I had actually gotten the second novel at a giant book clearance at a book store, so I picked up the first novel to begin the series. It was not what I expected at all, which is a good thing! I expected it to be a cheesey set of dragons flying around, but instead it's sexy humans who have a dragon sort of soul. Amazing idea! And amazing writing!

I did find this novel to move slow, which made it very hard to read, but the action and romance when it came was excellent and beautifully written. It needed to move faster to the plot instead of having these little side adventures that didn't seem to go anywhere. I did love the book though, and I felt like I couldn't put the book down.

I really liked this book and I will definitely read any other books Jaime Rush had, but it wasn't the most excellent start for a series. The characters were well developed, the plot was well planned, but I just found some of the chapters to be very boring.

Overall, it was a very good novel and I would suggest it to those looking for an out of the norm fantasy or supernatural type book.

Three out of five stars.… (meer)

Published in 2004, this is a multi-authored novel for charity with too many names to mention, but I picked it up because one of those authors is Jennifer Crusie. Apparently not a new idea, but this is the first time I’ve come across a published novel with a different author writing each chapter. Starting with the first and the next author carrying on the story until the last author writes the ending. A murder mystery with little romance. The novel has a lot happening, with a large and entertaining cast, and it all felt a bit of a jumble but was impressive, with many fun sections. Not sure it’s a book I would want to read twice, but it was worth checking out.… (meer)

This is the first book I have read in this series. It can be read as a stand alone novel. I liked that Rath was not just the strong lead in this book. Nessa was a force to be reckoned with as well. Together, they made a good team. As the action picked up and these two spent more time in each other's company, the temperature got hotter between them.

Wild Lies is what I would classify as a romantic suspense book. It had the right amount of heat to balance the action. Although, I have to admit that in the beginning I did find the story took a while to pick up for me. Additionally, in the beginning, I struggled to connect with either of Rath or Nessa. After getting about a third of the way to halfway, the story really picked up and was nonstop until the end. Overall, I did like this book and would read the other books in this series.… (meer)