4.5 out of 5- loved it, loved it!Come read this review at http://badassbookreviews.com/arc-review-the-burning-bush-habitat-2/ , it's my first review in a long time so come by and say hi.... or if you must.... here it is below...I’ve been falling out of love with urban fantasy and paranormal books as of late. I’m not exactly sure when and how it happened but it did. My problems (since you asked):The monsters are not scary. We have vampires, werewolves, demons, shape shifters, witches, and every possible combo imaginable. We have “good” vampires and “bad” vampires. We have “sexy” shape shifters and “scary” shape shifters. Shoot, we even have horny demon doctors trying to save the world! We have it all, in all possible combinations, but even with the infinite possibilities, the monsters are not scary unless the author makes the monster scary. The author shouldn’t have to make the monster scary. It should be scary because, well, it’s a damn monster. In my little imagination, a vampire should be scary because he is a fricking vampire!!! Not because he is a mean vampire. A werewolf is scary because he is a monster with fur and long claws, not because he was abused by a pup and raised by fairies (I made that up by the way). And as a rule, a demon is bad. It’s my rule. Demon = bad. No getting around it. Go ahead and call the monster rights organization, I don’t care. I don’t care how delicious you look, if you are a demon, I’m not going to jump your bones or your horn and I’m certainly not going to let you play doctor on me. Ok, I didn’t know I carried such deep seeded prejudices against monsters, I’m moving on.The monsters are props. Monsters should not allow an author to get away with a bad plot. Just because the love interest is 7ft5, with a forked penis, and has blood that is an aphrodisiac, doesn’t mean you should excuse the author from writing a quality storyline.The monster’s world is not logical. Ok, I know, the monsters are not from this world so they don’t have to follow our rules. Thus, a 180 pound man can fly and turn invisible (or sparkle in some cases). Or a werewolf manages to get no doggie hairs on the carpet and doesn’t smell like wet dog when he comes in from the rain. However, if you create a monsters world, it should be logical within that world. And if you have a monster that defies gravity, take some time to explain it!!!So now that I’ve ranted about my problems with urban fantasy and paranormal books in general, it is so absolutely wonderful when I find a book that makes me fall in love again with this genre. The Burning Bush is that book. The monsters are monsters. They are animalistic, they don’t follow human tradition, customs and they have their own rules. They are brutal, have no mercy, powerful, and frankly, if you don’t like them, it’s tough shit.Kenya Wright manages to not only win me over in making her monsters, well..monsters, but she also throws in a story line that manages to combine mystery, horror, and even some major steamy romance with a side of conflict. I’m usually disappointed in the follow up book (aka book 2) to a strong debut book. But Wright’s book 2 easily surpassed book 1 and left me with one hell of a shocking ending (please oh please say it aint so).
Michelle, the Bookshelf Stalker
4.5 out of 5- loved it, loved it!Come read this review at http://badassbookreviews.com/arc-review-the-burning-bush-habitat-2/ , it's my first review in a long time so come by and say hi.... or if you must.... here it is below...I’ve been falling out of love with urban fantasy and paranormal books as of late. I’m not exactly sure when and how it happened but it did. My problems (since you asked):The monsters are not scary. We have vampires, werewolves, demons, shape shifters, witches, and every possible combo imaginable. We have “good” vampires and “bad” vampires. We have “sexy” shape shifters and “scary” shape shifters. Shoot, we even have horny demon doctors trying to save the world! We have it all, in all possible combinations, but even with the infinite possibilities, the monsters are not scary unless the author makes the monster scary. The author shouldn’t have to make the monster scary. It should be scary because, well, it’s a damn monster. In my little imagination, a vampire should be scary because he is a fricking vampire!!! Not because he is a mean vampire. A werewolf is scary because he is a monster with fur and long claws, not because he was abused by a pup and raised by fairies (I made that up by the way). And as a rule, a demon is bad. It’s my rule. Demon = bad. No getting around it. Go ahead and call the monster rights organization, I don’t care. I don’t care how delicious you look, if you are a demon, I’m not going to jump your bones or your horn and I’m certainly not going to let you play doctor on me. Ok, I didn’t know I carried such deep seeded prejudices against monsters, I’m moving on.The monsters are props. Monsters should not allow an author to get away with a bad plot. Just because the love interest is 7ft5, with a forked penis, and has blood that is an aphrodisiac, doesn’t mean you should excuse the author from writing a quality storyline.The monster’s world is not logical. Ok, I know, the monsters are not from this world so they don’t have to follow our rules. Thus, a 180 pound man can fly and turn invisible (or sparkle in some cases). Or a werewolf manages to get no doggie hairs on the carpet and doesn’t smell like wet dog when he comes in from the rain. However, if you create a monsters world, it should be logical within that world. And if you have a monster that defies gravity, take some time to explain it!!!So now that I’ve ranted about my problems with urban fantasy and paranormal books in general, it is so absolutely wonderful when I find a book that makes me fall in love again with this genre. The Burning Bush is that book. The monsters are monsters. They are animalistic, they don’t follow human tradition, customs and they have their own rules. They are brutal, have no mercy, powerful, and frankly, if you don’t like them, it’s tough shit.Kenya Wright manages to not only win me over in making her monsters, well..monsters, but she also throws in a story line that manages to combine mystery, horror, and even some major steamy romance with a side of conflict. I’m usually disappointed in the follow up book (aka book 2) to a strong debut book. But Wright’s book 2 easily surpassed book 1 and left me with one hell of a shocking ending (please oh please say it aint so).
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Ok. wow. I so did not expect the ending. It was very twisted and I kept waiting for the main character to wake up and tell me it was all a dream. Even with the very weird ending, I thought the book was excellent. It was so different because I kept thinking I had this book figured out and I was far from correct. Seriously fun characters in the book as well. The characters are so normal that like the story, I kept waiting for their secret past to come up and bite me (thankfully, with one character I was finally right, I was starting to question my ability to predict character outcome).This is turning into a ramble/semi-review and I want to put it on badassbookreviews.com soon so you'll all just have to wait.
Still not writing reviews but I'm annoyed by the ending. Too much talk, not enough plot to have the ending like that.
I never though Mr. Corbett would be my saving grace during a real shitty time in my life but this one character, and this series, has been just that. I haven't been able to read really BUT I have been able to listen to audiobooks. Listening to an audiobook where I know the characters makes it easy, and it makes it something that can distract me from everything else. Better review coming later.
Loved it. Review coming soon!
Speaks the Nightbird
I'm so annoyed. I want to give this book the review it deserves. I'm playing catch-up (not ketchup) with everything so for right now, I will just put this down as one of my favorite books of all time.
Once Burned (Night Prince Series #1)
I had issues with the end but overall good.
Thief of Shadows
I loved it, I will write a review when I can. 4.5 out of 5 stars. I'm dealing with nerve damage in my right arm so to type for any period of time (I'm right handed), is difficult. I'm behind in my ARC reviews so it might be awhile before I catch up on my non ARC reviews.
The Hungry Mouth
Isaac Marion is a brilliant writer. Loved it. Review coming when I feel better.
3.5 out of 5. Review coming soon.
started good, dragged, ended good. Review coming soon.
Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)
I loved this book. I love the characters. The story is not as strong as book 1 but nevertheless, it STILL made me cry. I loved the end. Please, Ms. Hoover, keep writing, you had me at page 1.
4.5 out of 5 stars. I really, really loved this book. Now I want book 2!Review coming soon.
