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QOTD: Zombie Apocalypse

16 August 2011 Jackie 0

Last week, there was one of those status updates going around where people were suppose to look at their friend list and the top 5 had something to do with you during a zombie apocalypse. That got me thinking. With all the fabulous kickass characters in our novels, Which 5 […]

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Embrace the Night Eternal by J. Ware

15 August 2011 Casey 1

Typically, for me, a sequel is rarely better than the first book in any series. That was not the case for Embrace the Night Eternal by Joss Ware, the second book in her Envy Chronicles. It was more suspenseful, more romantic and more intense, ensnaring me from page one and never letting go. Simon […]

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Xombies: Apocalypso by W. Greatshell

14 August 2011 Casey 1

If you haven’t read read any of Walter Greatshell’s Xombies novels, I have two things to say to you. One, why not? And two, what are you waiting for? A group of women have been discovered who are immune to the Agent X plague. The secret of their immunity can […]

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Sunday Surprise – Royal House of Shadows

14 August 2011 Jackie 1

Lord of the Vampires by Gena Showalter (August 23, 2011) Nicolai the Vampire is renowned for his virility, but in a cruel twist of fate “The Dark Seducer” has become a sex slave in the kingdom of Delfina—stripped of his precious timepiece and his memory. All that remains is a […]

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Bite Me by P. Blue

13 August 2011 Casey 3

I first picked up Bite Me by Parker Blue a couple of years ago, but for some reason I just never read it until now. I really hate that reason because Val has instantly become one of my favorite vampire slayers. Life after high school is tough enough without having to go […]

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Tempt Me Saturday!

13 August 2011 Jackie 0

Love Struck by Melissa Marr When Alana gets more or less accidentally entrapped by a selchie she is forced to revise all of her previous rules. Devil to Pay by Jeaniene Frost Blake Turner had it all—until a demon decided to take residence in his soul. Plagued with constant black […]

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In the Dead by J. Petersen

12 August 2011 Casey 0

It’s not often that zombie themed stories can be funny. Yet Jesse Petersen has created not only a hilarous, but heart-wrenching stories filled with blood thirsty zombies. When the Zombie Apocalypse began in Seattle and spread within days to almost the entire western half the country, the survivors had to figure […]

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Bewitching Enchantments

11 August 2011 Jackie 0

I didn’t realize it had been so long since I last updated the Author Website listing.  As such, I’ll be working on that this week and will have a new one posted soon after.  If I’m missing anyone, please don’t hesitate to add them. Richelle Mead has posted the original […]

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Lights, Camera…Monsters by L. Dubois

11 August 2011 Nicole 0

Ever read a blurb, think the plot sounds pretty cool, only to end up slightly disappointed because it fell a bit flat? Well, to be honest, that is what Lights, Camera…Monsters by Lila DuBois was for me. Luke is desperate to save his people. A lifetime of sneaking in to human houses […]

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Guest Author: Jean Johnson

11 August 2011 Jackie 8

Today, Literary Escapism would like to welcome Jean Johnson, who has just released her new science fiction novel, A Soldier’s Duty. Ia is a precog, tormented by visions of the future where her home galaxy has been devastated. To prevent this vision from coming true, Ia enlists in the Terran […]