Flora Reviews.... Raven (The Raven Saga #1) by Suzy Turner

   

Darlings Of Darkness: A Vampire Anthology

By Trina M Lee, Chrissy Peebles, Kristen L Middleton, W.J. May, Suzy Turner, K.C. Blake, Claire Farrell, Dale Mayer, Ally Thomas and S.J. Wright.

...So what’s this book about?

This book is a collection of ten “bestselling” full length urban fantasy and paranormal romance stories with the common theme of all the tales being about vampires. I downloaded this Kindle version for free from Amazon UK in the hope of finding some “new to me” authors. 

I haven't finished the whole book yet but I had to let you know about the story that I've just finished.

Book 3 - "Raven" by Suzy Turner.

This is the first book of a Teen/Young Adult series called “The Raven Saga”. As you all may remember me saying before, teen/YA books are not my choice of reading material, I almost ALWAYS find them tedious, frustrating and it becomes increasingly challenging to care about the characters. 

...but boy, was I pleasantly surprised by this book! I loved everything about it; very easy to read and beautifully written from the viewpoint of our thirteen year old main character, Lilly Taylor, but without being juvenile in plot. This story is about family relationships, dealing with tragedy, experiencing first love and heartache, with a paranormal twist that includes werewolves, shifters, witches, vampires and, of course, magic. 

This book made me laugh as well as shed a few tears, I really got involved with Lilly and all of the supporting characters. I liked that some of the story’s mysteries were solved by the end of this book with some happy endings while letting others mysteries remain elusive.

I am duly impressed & will put book 2 “December Moon” and Book 3 “The Lost Soul” on my Goodreads.com “want to read” list. 

Manday Hotties!!

Hello my lovely followers,

One of my favourite paranormal romance authors, Felicity Heaton , posts delicious pictures of very delectable male specimens every Monday, calling it Manday Hotties.  I’ve joined her “Manday Hotties Blog Hop” to share the love ;-)

 I’ve got a soft spot for dark haired males and stunning eyes are definitely my weakness.

This week I’ve found these two mouthwatering males...

What do you think? 








Have a Happy Monday, and I hope you're week is off to a great start.
*Flora*

 Felicity Says:
Anyone is welcome to participate in the Manday Hotties weekly blog hop. I’ve kept the requirements simple so we can all just have some fun. You just have to follow the rules below which boil down to sign up and then find a hot man picture to post come Monday!
Why has Manday become a blog hop? Well, I was speaking to some fellow bloggers who are like me and post a hottie every week. We’re basically a bunch of paranormal romance ladies who think seeing hot men on a Monday morning is a great start to the week! We were sure that most of you feel the same, so we put together this hop so we can all enjoy the excellent array of hotties in the world.

So lovely followers, why not visit the other sites taking part in Felicity's tasty mancandy hop!

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A February Reading Challenge!

A challenge to read more…

Since joining Goodreads.com I have found many “new to me” authors and series. I took the site’s general “2014 Reading Challenge” and have signed up again this year. In addition to that I decided to sign up for a few reading challenges that the groups I belong to set. This post is all about the monthly reading challenge that the “Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy” Group have set…

PNR & UF Group - February 2015 Challenge

1. Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and beauty. In the story of the Trojan War, the Trojan Paris awarded Aphrodite the Apple of Discord after judging her to be the most beautiful of the goddesses. She then sided with the Trojans throughout the war: Read a book where a war or battle takes place or a book where main characters fight over a love interest.

“Heart of Darkness” by Felicity Heaton in Eternal Love: Vampire Romance Box set

2. Ishtar is the Babylonian goddess of love, procreation, and war. When the love of her life, the farm god Tammuz, died, she followed him to the Underworld: Read a book involving demons or a book where at least part of the story takes place in an underground realm.

“Darkness Reborn – Order of the Blade #5” by Stephanie Rowe

3. Inanna was the oldest of the love goddess of the Mesopotamian region. She was a Sumerian goddess of love and war. Although she is regarded as a virgin, Inanna is a goddess responsible for sexual love, procreation, and fertility: Read a book where a wedding takes place, or where someone is having a baby, or a book where one of the characters is a virgin.

“To Hell and Back (Lily Harper Series #3)” by H.P. Mallory

4. Ashtart/Astarte is a Semitic goddess of sexual love, maternity and fertility. She is also a war goddess and is associated with leopards or lions. Sometimes she is two-horned: Read a book about shifters.

“Hunted By A Jaguar (Eternal Mates #4)” by Felicity Heaton

5. Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty. She was originally an Italic goddess of vegetation and patron of gardens: Read a book involving any woodland creatures, Fairies, Elves, Fae, Dryads, Satyrs, Gnomes, Nymphs, etc.

“Claiming The Vampire (Blood and Absinthe #3)” by Chloe Hart

6. Hathor is an Egyptian goddess who sometimes wears a sun disk with horns on her head: Read a book where a main character has powers similar to the sun, some sort of fire power or pyrokinetics, dragon shifter, fire demon, etc.

“Whisper Cape (Whisper Cape #1)” by Regan Walsh

7. Isis is the Egyptian goddess of magic: Read a book where a main character is some kind of magic user, spellcaster, sorcerer, or mage.

“Of Swine and Roses” by Ilona Andrews

8. Freya was a beautiful Vanir Norse goddess of love, magic, and divination, who was called upon for help in matters of love: Read a book where a character has the power of divination or foretelling the future or a book where at least part of the story involves time travelling to another time or place.

“Darkness Dawns (Immortal Guardians #1)” by Dianne Duvall

9. Nügua was primarily a Chinese creator goddess, but after she populated the earth, she taught mankind how to procreate, so she wouldn't have to do it for them: Read a book where at least one character is of Asian descent, or a book where there’s some sort of Asian martial arts fighting, or a book where part of the story takes place in an Asian named place or city.

“Shadows and Gold (Elemental Legacy #0.5)” by Elizabeth Hunter

10. Tlazolteotl is the Aztec goddess of fertility, sex, childbirth and love. She appears in four forms that correspond to the phases of the moon: Read a book where at least one main character is a werewolf.

“Huntress & Stunner (Alexa O’Brien Huntress Series #0.5 & #0.75)” by Trina M Lee