Nikyta’s Reviews

Book Review: The Firecracker and the Rocket by Jackie Nacht

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Nikyta

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18171036Title: The Firecracker and the Rocket
Author: Jackie Nacht
Series: Holiday Jobs that Don’t Suck #7
Heroes: Casey & Vin
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 44 pages
Publisher: Extasy Books
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Available at: Extasy Books & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Sparks will ignite under their passion if these two can just get their acts together.

Casey has held a yearlong crush on Vin Sumpter. When the man keeps coming to his place of work with date after date, he calls Vin out on it only to come to find out things aren’t what they seem. Now, it’s a month later, and Casey is still embarrassed as hell when Vin decides to work at the fireworks tent located in the parking lot of O’Dwyer’s, the pub where Casey works.

Vin Sumpter is tired of playing cat and mouse. Ever since his friend Derek pointed Casey out to him, he hasn’t been able to keep the man out his mind. So, when he is offered the chance to work near Casey, Vin does everything to make the man his.

Will sparks begin to ignite for Vin and Casey? And what will happen when Vin’s summer term is up and he has to leave campus?
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Book Review: Unborn by Amber Lynn Natusch

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Nikyta

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20797388Title: Unborn
Author: Amber Lynn Natusch
Series: Unborn #1
Heroine: Khara
Genre: M/F Urban Fantasy
Length: 258 pages
Publisher: 47North
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Born into mystery. Shackled to darkness…

Khara has spent centuries discovering everything about the Underworld―except her place in it. But when she’s ripped from her home, solving the riddle of her origins becomes more important than ever. With evil stalking her through the dark alleys of Detroit, she finds salvation from an unlikely source: a group of immortal warriors sworn to protect the city. Khara needs their help to unravel the tangled secrets of who and what she is—secrets many seem willing to kill for. But time is running out, and the closer she gets to the truth, the closer necessity binds her to an arrogant fallen angel.

Can their shaky alliance withstand that which threatens her, or will her soul fall victim to the unholy forces that hunt her―those that seek the Unborn?
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Early Review: The Oracle’s Golem by Mell Eight

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Nikyta

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23461233Title: The Oracle’s Golem
Author: Mell Eight
Series: The Oracle #3
Heroes: Golem & Marl
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 20k words
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Available at: Less Than Three Press & Amazon
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Blurb: Golem has never known anything but pain. He exists solely to serve the Oracle’s whims and needs. Determined to escape a life of abuse and servitude, he runs away and finds refuge in a cave.

Then one day a child falls asleep in his lap…

Marl isn’t anyone special. He’s low in the Earth Caste, set to watch over the Caste’s problem child, Lichen. In search of the errant Lichen one day, he unexpectedly comes across Golem hiding deep in the mountains. Even more surprising is the reason that Golem is hiding, a reason that forces Marl to make a choice: Oracle or Golem.
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Book Review: An Angel in Eyeliner by Hunter Frost

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Nikyta

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23362366Title: An Angel in Eyeliner
Author: Hunter Frost
Heroes: Mitch & Keller
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 9k words
Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: All Mitch wants for Christmas is a quiet holiday free from grief. Patching up the face of the target of a mugging in the back alley of his bar seems to throw that wish right out into the cold Chicago night. But the tatted, pierced, and skinny-jean wearing Keller Graham is fearless and proves to be more than a pair of icy blue eyes lined in black. Keller may be a thief, but Mitch never expected him to steal his lonely heart.
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Book Review: But I Look Terrible in Green by Jackie Nacht

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Nikyta

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17619893Title: But I Look Terrible in Green
Author: Jackie Nacht
Series: Holiday Jobs that Don’t Suck #6
Heroes: Jimmy & Niall
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 39 pages
Publisher: Extasy Books
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Available at: Extasy Books & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Can a little luck help these two men’s feelings ignite during the St. Patrick’s Pub madness?

Since the beginning of his senior year in college, Jimmy has lived above the very popular Irish Pub O’Dwyer’s. Sure, the music is loud and the co-eds constantly party, but the bonus is seeing graduate student Niall come in and out of work on a daily basis.

Working separate shifts hasn’t given the two much time to get to know one another. So it’s quite a shock when Niall comes pounding on his door on St. Patrick’s Day asking for help working at the pub on the busiest day of the year. Even though Jimmy just finished with his own shift, being next to Niall for the night is too tempting to resist.

Will sparks finally ignite? And will Jimmy find himself having a little luck of the Irish to finally make Niall notice him?
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Book Review: Pink Bunny Ears…Seriously? by Jackie Nacht

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Nikyta

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17453910Title: Pink Bunny Ears…Seriously?
Author: Jackie Nacht
Series: Holiday Jobs that Don’t Suck #5
Heroes: Merrick & Darren
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 20 pages
Publisher: Extasy Books
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Available at: Extasy Books
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Blurb: Only for the man he loves would Merrick ever wear pink bunny ears and a floppy tail.

Three and half years ago, Merrick moved across the country to go to the small college in Washington where, in his first week, he met fellow student and local, Darren. They immediately hit it off and began dating. Now in their senior year, both have just aced their midterms and plan on going out to celebrate until Darren’s mom calls. Merrick finds himself being asked to help Darren work at one of his mom’s card shops working as none other than…the Easter bunny. Now, all Merrick has to do is suck it up and get through one day so he can have his special night with the man he loves. But little does Darren know that Merrick has more than just a date planned…
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Book Review: Unbreakable by Kami Garcia

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Nikyta

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12371862Title: Unbreakable
Author: Kami Garcia
Series: The Legion #1
Heroine/Hero: Kennedy/Jared/Lukas
Genre: M/F YA Paranormal Suspense
Length: 322 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb: I never believed in ghosts. Until one tried to kill me.

When Kennedy Waters finds her mother dead, her world begins to unravel. She doesn’t know that paranormal forces in a much darker world are the ones pulling the strings. Not until identical twins Jared and Lukas Lockhart break into Kennedy’s room and destroy a dangerous spirit sent to kill her. The brothers reveal that her mother was part of an ancient secret society responsible for protecting the world from a vengeful demon — a society whose five members were all murdered on the same night.

Now Kennedy has to take her mother’s place in the Legion if she wants to uncover the truth and stay alive. Along with new Legion members Priest and Alara, the teens race to find the only weapon that might be able to destroy the demon — battling the deadly spirits he controls every step of the way.
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Book Review: Lukos Heat by Megan Derr

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Nikyta

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22877491Title: Lukos Heat
Author: Megan Derr
Series: Heart of Fire #1
Heroes: Najlah & Barkus
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 19k words
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Available at: Less Than Three Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Najlah is on the hunt for the traitorous coward who attempted to assassinate the king and nearly killed Najlah’s brother in the process. But the hunt has taken his team deep into the Shide, the treacherous, freezing mountains controlled by the mysterious Lukos, feral wolf shifters who do not tolerate trespassers.

When the Lukos come upon them, Najlah is reluctantly intrigued. The Lukos, especially the one called Barkus, are nothing like the soft humans he spends most of his time around. They thrive in the brutal cold the way he thrives in volcanic fire. For the first time, it feels like Najlah may have found someone who can equal the fierceness of dragons, and see them as more than demons.

But if he hopes to explore the bond forming with the Lukos, he must first survive the enemy—and the Shide.
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