This book was just amazing. We had gadgets and robots, enemies become lovers, intrigue, and an almost full scale war on the streets of London. I think that covers so many different types of books I like that I just couldn't help but fall in love with this one. Mina and Leo are quite the pair. From the very beginning you can see the interest between the two, but their families aren't fond of each other - so hands off!! In fact, Mina would love to see Leo's family fall. But that all gets pushed aside with the crazy prince consort goes - well - crazy.

Then Mina and Leo are forced to work together and realize that there's nothing wrong with changing your mind and opinion on someone. I love how they came together when they really needed to and their relationship just grew from there. I also loved that Mina was a mastermind behind a pretty devious plot - I love a devious woman.

There really wasn't much I didn't like about the story. This one was a big win all around.

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I was not able to connect with the characters or the world. I felt like there was something I was comepletely missing.

Amy Morrison was amazing!!! I totally loved her. I also loved Dax's sister, Kat, and his family. There were so close to perfect you wanted them to be your's, but had enough "family drama" that kept them real. We even get to see the couple from book one a quite a few times (they do all work in the same building/floor).

Notice I haven't said much about Dax yet? He was fun, he was great, but the other characters overshadowed him a bit. He had a good reason for avoiding relationships - and it took him a looong time to get over it, but you could see him making progress the whole way through the book. I really liked that part of him. He was also amazingly spontaneous - there's a scene at a baseball game that made me completely fall in love with him. I just wish he had shone more in the scenes that involved other strong characters.

They had an almost accidental romance. They definitely weren't planning on one or looking for one - it just kind of showed up one day. I loved how much fun the story was. I was grinning through most of it just because everyone was having so much fun throughout the whole story. Even the conflict was done in a way that you couldn't help but smile just a little because you just knew these characters could get through anything together.

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This book tied up just about all of the loose ends in the series. At the end we have a fairly solid idea of where the world is headed and our people are happy. Firewall is really all about getting the world back to a place where Magic Born can live freely and are treated like human beings.

Center to this whole resolution are Tuyet (Snow) and Dale Hayes. They have quite a bit of history between them but now seem to be on opposite sides of the law. Tuyet would do anything to avoid seeing him again, but Hayes has hunted her down and now he needs to figure out what to do with her.

Their romance is really more of a re-kindling and learning how to trust each other again as opposed to a new one. We even get to see their past through a series of flashbacks - while I enjoyed seeing their past, it came up at awkward times in the story that were just a little distracting. There was also soooo much action going on that at time the romance got just a tad lost.

I really loved the characters and their romance, but it got a little lost in the story of what was going on everywhere else. The city and the riots were a character unto themselves and there was just a lot going on all over the place as everything was getting resolved.

This story is really starting to get interesting. As Cory prepares to completely betray Van, she finds herself breaking down, being forced to give up the one person she finally let see a part of her. But before you start wondering why she would do something like this - well, she isn't really given much of a choice.

Her battle against Jade really comes to a head and everything really hits the fan. But Cory isn't one to just roll over and take it - instead she comes up with a very dangerous plan to try and make things right. Now she just needs to pull it off. I have a feeling Volume three is going to be one hell of an adventure.

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This book was a mixed bag for me. I really loved Frankie. She was fun and had an amazing personality. The way she related to the "old folk" and "ex-fiances" was so much fun to experience. Frankie is the big backer behind the campaign to keep the town from being bought up by a nasty developer. She's fighting hard, but the developer fights dirty.

They send in Rafe. I didn't like Rafe. I really wanted Frankie to kick him in the balls and laugh at him for a good chunk of the story. He shows up in town to try and convince her to sell her business - not realizing the Frankie is a girl and that she also has some amazing legs. Ok - I can see how the name could throw you, but didn't you do just a little research? You oh so awesome skills are flaunted several times and this was a serious oversight. He also continues to try and "do his job" of getting her to sell while falling in love with her and having sex with her. Such a jerk!!!

In the end he finds a way back into her good graces - but it seemed a little cheap to me. This book had sooo much going for it outside of Rafe, Even the old lady's book club was hilarious and just the right amount of random humor. I just had such a hard time rooting for Rafe to get the girl.

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I had a lot of fun reading this one. Sadie was a great character. A vampire and owner of one of the city's hottest night clubs takes up a lot of her time - and now that a pack of werewolves has come to town (and her nightclub) she's getting a little annoyed at them. Vampires and werewolves don't really get along. But since one of those wolves, Killian, is the werewolf prince, she has to play nice.

This was a great relationship to watch grow. The verbal sparring and banter was so much fun! You knew they really liked each other and were just putting on a show - but it was a good one. Killian is everything I ever wanted from a werewolf prince. He is all Alpha and all Male and he knows he wants Sadie. If she wants to make it a challenge to catch her - well, that's even more fun.

In the background we have the tentative truce between the species and a handful on each side that doesn't care for it. Also, Sadie is starting to feel a bit weird after taking a sip from Killian - totally loved how this part of the story worked. The only minor disappointment was the werewolf king, Killian's father. He's been hyped up as the super bad-ass and then I just didn't get that from him - AT ALL. Minor complaint, but he had a fairly serious part near the end of the story.

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I think this one just wasn't what I had expected. I had expected a little more seriousness on the historical aspects, but it seemed that the history was more of just a bit of a backdrop for everything instead of an actual part of everything. I really enjoy my historical settings and this one fell a little flat there.

The erotic part of the story was definitely on point. It's more of a low key BDSM with some light bondage, spanking, and feathers for the most part. But it was very sensual - he loved the anticipation. The scenes were written beautifully and they really flew above the rest of the book.

I also like a lot of story to go along with my erotica. It fell a little flat there as well. Bliss's reason for not wanting to marry Stephan is a pretty bad one, once we find out what it is. She refuses to tell him why she's been mad at him for several years though - it just didn't make sense to me at all. He does everything he can to show her that he cares and wants her, but a very minor slip years ago looks like it is going to ruin their chance at being happy together. This part was just too drug out for me.

I did really like the characters overall - just wasn't quite enough to balance out the rest of it.

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The lore in this series is going to be something new and exciting. It's so unique!! I love when an author takes a paranormal creature, one many see as ugly and fearsome, and turns them into something beautiful and awe inspiring. The gargoyles are protectors of the world. They close the rifts that open up between us and the Otherworld (not a good place). The Sentinels are tasked with protecting them.

Rose believes she is the last gargoyle - an orphan rescued from a horrible attack. But she soon learns that everything she was taught was wrong. She meets (or re-meets) Cal and the group of Sentinels he lives with and they open her eyes to her purpose and the truth of her life and her past. Cal is a protective sort - and he tries very hard to put aside his attraction to Rose for "her own good." After all, he can't protect her if he's too busy staring at her butt.

I really liked how their relationship evolved. It went up and down and sideways a couple times, but it wasn't because of pointless drama - it was constantly evolving and progressing into something else. There was TONS of excitement in the story - with Rose and Cal at the center of it all. Both will have to sacrifice to be with the other and in the end - well, let's just say it was beautiful and scary and just about perfect.

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Not realizing that this was a series until after I had started - I almost stopped. So glad that I didn't. There is no need to have read the first book. The Secret Speech is a fast paced race from the first to the last page. Hard to say too much without giving anything away. Leo is an ex-Secret Police officer in soviet Russia, trying to make a living for himself and his family after the death of Stalin. When the new regime issues a blanket denunciation of everything he did things start to get a little bad, quickly followed up with much worse. His past comes back to haunt him and he learns more about himself than he ever could have imagined as he races to keep his family safe and together.

A fantastic and exciting read. I'll be adding the first book to my wishlist.