|
Sinful Sirens Giveaway Hop... (ends at 12:01 AM on May 21st)
DDR Red Carpet & Giveaway Presents: Running Scared by Billi Jean (ends at 12:01 AM on May 25th)
Wet and Wild Giveaway Hop... (starts May 20th and ends May 25th)
Fantasy Blog Hop... (starts June 27th and ends June 30th)
Thanks for dropping by Dark Divas Reviews!
January 24th, 2011
 Ride to Ecstasy by Jory Strong
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Genre: Sci-Fi, male/male, ménage
Length: Novella
 Review Copy Received from Publisher
Summary:
A desperate escape from the water planet of Qumaar lands Karena on Adjara, a closed desert world where the scarcity of women means each has at least two mates. It’s her face lovers Zyan and Kaeden seewhen they undertake a vision quest to find the female meant to be theirs.
Aroused beyond measure, awed at discovering she can communicate with horses, they’re more than ready to stake their claim in a carnal sharing of pleasure. But while capturing her body and enslaving it with passion is easy, happiness will depend on capturing her heart—and making her a willing prisoner to destiny.
A standalone set in the world first discovered in The Joining and Passion’s Song, both published in Ellora’s Cavemen anthologies.
Reader Advisory: If you love M/M, Zyan and Kaeden seriously steam up the pages, both before and after finding Karena.
Rhonda’s Review:
This is my first book by Jory Strong, so I have not read the first two books set in the same “world”. Ride to Ecstasy is a good read that just ended too soon. I think it could have gone a little longer so we could see how Karena adjusted to her life with Kaeden and Zyan. 
Kaeden and Zyan are already in love and happy together. Part of me wishes that Ms. Strong would have left it with just the two men. I would have liked to see more of the emotions between the threesome instead of them just having a lot of sex. (I know, you’re shocked I’m saying this).
Kaeden and Zyan botch a few things with Karena, but that’s to be expected as they learn to strengthen their relationship. Seeing everything that Karena had to deal with and her escape made me hope she is successful and happy.
Ride to Ecstasy was well-written and the characters were loveable. However, I would have liked to have seen more depth in the plot of the story as well as the characters to make it a more comprehensible story that you could dig your teeth into and take a bite. Regardless, I look forward to reading other stories by Ms. Strong.
Rated 3.5 Delightful Divas by Rhonda!
Have Your Book Reviewed
Become A Reviewer
Posted in 3 1/2 divas, ellora's cave, Erotic, fantasy/sci-fi, Jory Strong, m/m, m/m/f, menage, Rhonda, Ride to Ecstasy | No Comments »
December 21st, 2010
 Pack by Teya Martin
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand
Genre: GLBT (M/M), Erotic, Paranormal
Review Copy Received from Publisher
Summary:
Despite being different, Zacky has maintained a strict level of denial, although his inability to digest anything but meat, preferably raw meat, is impossible to hide or deny. His puritanical and violent father controls him with religion and fear, and he leads a quiet, lonely life.
After his twenty-first birthday, he starts to lose control of everything he’s repressed, especially when he meets Tyler, a man who fascinates and terrifies him. Tyler and his friends force him to realize that he is not only gay but not quite human.
Now he can no longer digest anything but blood, and his growing desires for Tyler and for blood conflict with everything he’s been taught is right. He fights it, even knowing that he’s hurting himself and Tyler in the process, and even when he accepts that he has to leave his home when the time comes for them to move on.
Rhonda’s Review:
I’ll just start by saying that I absolutely adore Zacky and Tyler! Teya Martin has a very special couple with these two men.
The story is different from other paranormal stories I’ve read but she makes it work. You feel sorry for Zacky because of the life he has lived with his father, but it just makes you cheer him along when he finds Tyler. Seeing everything that both Zacky and Tyler have gone through in their lives, you just want them to be so happy together. It was hard to witness Zacky’s resist being with Tyler and the pain it caused Tyler, but you could also see the pain it caused Zacky knowing he was causing Tyler pain.
All the characters in Ms. Martin’s story are very multifaceted, in that most of them you want to see get their own happy ever after. The only part of the story I had trouble with, was when Tyler’s brother makes his appearance and the violence he brings with him.
Other than that, I will most definitely be recommending Pack by Teya Martin to everyone I can. In addition, I cannot wait to see the next story in this series.
Rated 4.5 Delightful Divas by Rhonda!
Have Your Book Reviewed
Become A Reviewer
Posted in 4 1/2 Divas, Erotic, Gay, GLBT, m/m, Pack, Paranormal, Rhonda, Siren-Bookstrand, Teya Martin | No Comments »
December 21st, 2010
 Bad Boys by Pat Cunningham
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand
Genre: Erotic Romance, GLBT, Paranormal
Review Copy Received from Publisher
Summary:
“Chicks dig the bad boys.” So claims Boranaz the demon, and to prove it he intends to seduce Solian the angel’s charge, a mortal woman named Wanda.
However, over the course of dinner dates, clubbing and an unexpected kiss, Boranaz finds himself falling instead for Solian’s heavenly hotness. Suddenly the game plan changes. Can Boranaz tempt the good guy into taking a chance on a bad boy, or will his hopes for a happy ending go straight to Hell?
Rhonda’s Review:
Pat Cunningham is a new to me author and I really enjoyed reading about her take on demons and angels which is a new type of story for me also, but at least I started with a wonderful story.
Bad Boys is a delightful romantic story. Boranaz is a sexy demon that loves to cause trouble, especially for angel Solian. Boranaz decides to use Wanda, the human Solian is watching over, to make his point that women prefer bad boys over nice guys. While doing this, Boranaz gives Solian a kiss. From then on, the kiss is the only thing the two men can think about. The chemistry between Boranaz and Solian is blazing.
Ms. Cunningham is very good at bringing the reader into the world she creates. The humor in the story is awesome. Seeing the relationship between Boranaz and Solian come together is very emotional. I could not stop reading until the story was finished. I would be very happy to recommend this story to everyone and I’m sure I will be reading it again.
Rated 4 Delightful Divas by Rhonda!
Have Your Book Reviewed
Become A Reviewer
Posted in 4 1/2 Divas, Bad Boys, contemporary, Erotic, GLBT, m/m, Pat Cunningham, Rhonda, Siren-Bookstrand | No Comments »
June 17th, 2010
 Dream Mate by Stormy Glenn
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand
Genre: EROTIC Romance Alternative (M/M or F/F) Futuristic
Review Copy Received from Publisher
Summary:
Katzman Warrior Trajan Varl was sent to Elquone by his friend, Chellak Rai, to find a doctor for his mate. When Elquone’s High Ruler won’t let the doctor, Saris, leave without a contract, Trajan has to refuse. His laws don’t allow slavery.
The High Ruler then reclassifies Saris and he is taken away to be retrained as a pleasure slave. Trajan now has no doctor to take back to Katzman. More than that, Trajan suspects that Saris is his mate.
Determined to find out and bring a doctor back as ordered, Trajan breaks into the training facility and rescues Saris, spiriting him off the planet in his ship. When they are attacked, they take an escape pod to a nearby planet.
The emotions the mating cycle evoke in both of them threatens to tear them apart before they can even get together, and they are still being hunted. Can Trajan convince Saris to be his mate and save his life, or will he lose his mate before he can even claim him?
Note: Contains male pregnancy
Rhonda’s Review:
Dream Mate is the sequel to The Katzman’s Mate and picks the story up a few months later. When Trajan is sent to find a doctor to help Demyan it is anything but smooth. Trajan and Saris are attracted to each other but when Trajan refused the contract, Saris is moved from being a doctor to the bruters to a sex slave training facility. Trajan knows that he cannot leave Saris there and breaks Saris out. Saris has a hard time believing Trajan when he tells Saris that slavery is outlawed on Katzman because of the way he has been raised and the way things are done on Elquone.
When Toc Jerell, the chief advisor from Elquone, attacks the space ship in an attempt to recapture Saris, Trajan is determined to help his mate escape using the pod. Unfortunately, when the ship is hit and Saris realizes that Trajan is in trouble, he goes back only to find Trajan unconscious, which makes Saris even more determined to get both of them to the escape pod in spite of Trajan’s orders. The reader sees how Saris can take charge of the situation as he rescues them from the destroyed space ship. It’s obvious that the men have feelings for each other, but they struggle with communication at every turn, which will make for an interesting relationship complication in the future.
Stormy Glenn pulls you right into Trajan and Saris’ story. Dream Mate is fast moving and filled with emotions that go from despair to amusing to ecstasy and all over again. Trajan and Saris clash at times since they both have very strong personalities, but the reader can see that they belong together and the sex scenes are fiery. It was wonderfully to see Demyan and Chellak again and though the male pregnancy was a little different than anything I have read before, Ms. Glenn writes the storyline so well that it is believable in the world she has created. I’m still hoping for a story about Caprian and Yerik.
Rated 4½ Delightful Divas by Rhonda!
Have Your Book Reviewed
Become A Reviewer
Posted in 4 1/2 Divas, Dream Mate, Erotic, fantasy/sci-fi, GLBT, m/m, Rhonda, Siren-Bookstrand, Stormy Glenn | No Comments »
June 12th, 2010
 The Katzman’s Mate by Stormy Glenn
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand
Genre: Erotic Romance, GLBT (M/M), Futuristic
Review Copy Received from Publisher
Summary:
Thirty years after his father, the High Ruler of Katzman, was murdered, Commander Chellak Rai has finally returned to reclaim his birthright. What he finds is more than he expected or could ever have hoped for.
Demyan is a bruter, one of the rare and exotic people of the planet Elquone. He is also a slave. And according to his contract, if he does not have a master, he must be returned to the cruel hands of Vortigern Vedek, the man that killed Chellak’s father and stole his throne.
For Chellak, it is a double-edged sword. He knows the moment he meets Demyan that the sexy little man is his destined mate, but the laws of his planet state that he can not own a slave. To keep Demyan, he must defy his own laws and beliefs. But keeping Demyan is not as easy as winning his heart.
Rhonda’s Review:
The Katzman’s Mate is my first futuristic book and I LOVED it. Chellak is the alpha and Demyan is a slave. Chellak is instantly drawn to Demyan who has been badly mistreated. Seeing his story unfold is reason enough to read The Katzman’s Mate. Another interesting character in the story is Sorina, another slave, who has risked a lot to watch out for Demyan.
Chellak and Demyan lead us on emotional ups and downs throughout the book. Luckily Chellak’s brother and his mate are there to help them. Demyan is unable to talk and Chellak asks his brother’s mate, Yerik to teach Demyan how to read and write. The Katzman’s Mate also shows us how there must be communication with the one you love or it leads to misunderstandings and complications guaranteed to make your head spin.
Ms. Glenn does a wonderful job as an author of drawing the reader into the world she creates in The Katzman’s Mate. In addition, Ms. Glenn always has such unique and intriguing characters and the characters in The Katzman’s Mate are no different. Ms. Glenn has also incorporated a few surprises for the reader that speaking from personal experience, you’re definitely going to enjoy. I hope that Ms. Glenn decides to write about Caprian and Yerik sometime in the future. I would love to read about them.
Rated 4½ Delightful Divas by Rhonda!
Have Your Book Reviewed
Become A Reviewer
Posted in 4 1/2 Divas, Erotic, fantasy/sci-fi, GLBT, m/m, Rhonda, Siren-Bookstrand, Stormy Glenn, The Katzman's Mate | No Comments »
|
|
