Reseña. The Unidentified Redhead (Redhead 1)

The Unidentified Redhead 

by  

Alice Clayton

252 pages

(first published January 1st 2010)

ISBN: 1936305070 (ISBN13: 9781936305070)

Edition Language: English

Series: Redhead #1

BLURB: When Grace Sheridan returns to Los Angeles to become a working actor, it's a second shot at a life-long dream. With some help from her best friend and agent, that dream could become a reality, but at thirty-three, has Grace missed her chance at the big time? Will an unexpected sizzling romance with the entertainment industry's newest 'it' boy shine an uncomfortable spotlight on her life?

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Mis problemas con este libro por cosas que me molestan : humor grosero, conduccion irresponsable y mmm no me convencio. 

Reseña: Forever Fantasy Online (FFO, #1)

Popsugar challenge #48: Un libro acerca de un juego de rol

Forever Fantasy Online  (FFO #1)

by 

Rachel Aaron

432 pages

Published November 1st 2018 by Aaron Bach LLC (first published June 1st 2018)

ISBN: 0692171622 (ISBN13: 9780692171622)

Edition Language: English

Series: FFO #1

BLUB: In the real world, twenty-one-year-old library sciences student Tina Anderson is invisible and under-appreciated, but in the VR-game Forever Fantasy Online she's Roxxy--the respected leader and main tank of a top-tier raiding guild. In the real world, her brother James Anderson is a college drop-out struggling under debt, but in FFO he's famous--an explorer who's gotten every achievement, done every quest, and collected all the rarest items.
Both Tina and James need the game more than they'd like to admit, but their favorite escape turns into a trap when FFO becomes a living world. Wounds are no longer virtual, stupid monsters become cunning, NPCs start acting like actual people, and death might be forever.

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is my first gamer-lit book. I'm not a gamer, but I liked the fantasy of another world reality stuff. This is a know trope about the players stranded inside the game, that I think I see it before in movies?

I liked the character of James in his inside the village situation, rather than Tina, with her close minded mentality.

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Los hermanos Tina y James Anderson han estado jugando por siete años el juego de rol de realidad virtual multijugador en linea (VRMMORPG): Forever Fantasy Online en la onda Dungeons&Dragons con magos, elfos, gigantes, bandidos y piratas, monstruos y zombis. Pero mientras Tina -cuyo alias es Roxxy- juega como Tank, con la forma de una suerte de La Mole, una fuerza de choque capitaneando una liga de asalto a calabozos contra villanos adquiriendo habilidades y tesoros. En tanto el hermano mayor, James, quien en la vida real tiene un monton de trabajos parciales viviendo lleno de deudas y frustaciones, se ha decantado por una vida en una villa de jubatus (especie de guepardos hominidos) con magia curativa adquiriendo conocimientos y mascotas.

De pronto, por un hecho sin explicar hasta ahora, quedan todos atrapados en el juego, donde la muerte ahora es real, y la física empieza a actuar, y los no-jugadores empiezan a actuar fuera de reglas. Ah, y los odian.

Reseña: Rafael (Stone Society #1)

Rafael (Stone Society 1)

by 

Faith Gibson

360 pages

(first published November 16th 2014)

ASIN:B00PR6158S

Edition Language: English

Series: Stone Society #1

Warning: This book contains explicit language as well as detailed (HOT) sex scenes.

There’s a new species of shapeshifter in town…
Raphael Stone is the King of the Gargoyle shapeshifters. His family, The Stone Society, has ruled the Americas for over seven hundred years. As an architect, he has spent the last thirty years helping to rebuild New Atlanta since the near Apocalypse. As King of the Gargouille, he has spent those same thirty years protecting his city from the dregs of society.
Kaya Kane is the New Atlanta Chief of Police. At thirty-six, not only is she the youngest, but also the first female Chief the city has ever had. She has dedicated her life to keeping her city safe. When a multiple homicide brings her face to face with the elusive Rafael Stone, her life will never be the same.
Rafael, Stone Society Book 1, introduces you to a new world filled with Bad Ass shifters and the mates who love them. 

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Mi primera impresión es que se trata de una mala copia de la Hermandad de la Daga Negra. O sea, ¿con eso del Rey y sus Hermanos...? Además de una trama con cientificos locos haciendo experimentos y además con ganas de vengarse.

Esta es una serie nueva asi que el primer libro esta repleto en demasia con un monton de nombres y relaciones que a uno le deja confundido, es como si quisiera presentar todos los personajes a la vez e ir ganando lectores para los 30 y tantos libros que tendra la saga o algo asi (de hecho no secuantos son pero ya van sus pocos, uno por cada Hermano y su pareja. ) Ah y no todos son hetero, sino que hay un par de gays. ¿Ven que se parece a la Hermandad? Bueno, alv erda es que eso eres de mi unica pareja/alma gemela/etc viene creo de los vampiros Carpatos de Christine Feehan, que tambien tienen un rey ....

Rafael es una gargola cambiaforma, le salen alas, garras, piel cuasi impenetrable, etc, pero aparte de ser casi inmortal es de lo mas normal, es un arquitecto que oculta su edad, pues va por los 500 años y algo más y de pronto se queda patidifuso cuando conoce a la jefa de la policia, queanda investigado unos asesinatos de unos VIP.  Todo dentro de un complot que abarca clones, cientificos locos, fugados, hijas perdidas, muchisimos enredos e historias viejisimas (literalmente) que se van desentrañando.

Reseña de ARC: American Witch (American Witch #1)

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American Witch (American Witch #1)

by 

Thea Harrison

476 pages

Published April 25th 2019 by Teddy Harrison LLC

ISBN: 1947046179 (ISBN13: 9781947046177)

Edition Language: English

Series: American Witch #1

 

BLURB: Power can change a person…

For months Molly Sullivan endures the inexplicable: electrical surges, car breakdowns, visions. She even wonders if she might be the cause… and wonders if she might be crazy. Then she discovers her husband has cheated on her. Again. Now Molly realizes she is a newly awakening witch and a woman pushed over the edge.
Revenge can shape a person…
Josiah Mason is a Powerful witch and the leader of a secret coven with a shared goal: to destroy an ancient enemy who has ruined many lives. Josiah lost years to this man, and his sole focus is revenge. He’s prepared for every contingency—except encountering a beautiful new witch who understands nothing of the immense Power building within her or the attraction she wields over him.
As the danger escalates, so does the tension between them. Is a lasting relationship possible? Will either of them live long enough to try?

 

My rating: 3.8 stars

Molly's life changes forever when she decides to divorce her unfaithful husband after 20 years of marriage. Somehow she finds a force in her that is unknown, in more than one sense, because she discovers in this way that she is a witch. But not everything is spells and herbs in that world, because there are powerful individuals willing to do everything to obtain more power.

The only one who seems to know what is happening to Molly with a sort of psychokinetic power is Josiah, so she makes a deal with him to help her control her power in a basic way, more than anything to cover herself and not attract the villain of the story, a warlock who steals magic/power from other witches.

Josiah Mason is the ultimate alpha with bad temper and with a grudge againts the villain. Revenge is his goal.

Reseña de ARC:Blossoms in Autumn

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Blossoms in Autumn 

by 

Zidrou

Aimée de Jongh (Illustrator)

 141 pages

Published March 20th 2019 by Europe Comics

Original Title: L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments

ISBN13: 9791032805862

Edition Language: English

BLURB:  Ulysses, a widower for several years, loses his job as a mover at age 59 and loses his sense of being. Mediterranea, 62 and never married, loses her mother and officially becomes the oldest member of her family. Fate brings them together and helps them to much more than just heal

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Graphic novel. Literatura francesa.

Art - 3.5 / 5

Story - 1 / 5

There are many things in the story that rubs me the wrong way, so... it's not of my liking. And since this is just my personal taste, well, that.

Blossoms in Autumn, -which in French is called "The programmed obsolescence of our sentiments"- is about two aging people who know each other and get together. Ullyses with 59 years old is lay off from a moving company, the loneliness and emptiness of his days is well told. While Mediterranea, with 62 years, still works in a cheese factory, she is going through her own crisis of loneliness after the death of her mother whom she cared for.

Newsflash - Life does not end at 50, or at 60. And I must say (coming from a family that mostly lives after the 90s and a hundred years) not even after that. And yes, they still have sex in some cases. I mean, my maternal grandfather was a hardworking , mean, and lecherous man until the day he died at 96 years old.

But it is Ulysses wich bother me. He repeats again and again that 'he hate reading'. STRIKE ONE. I don't know if that hints at problems like dyslexia? but srly? not good.

Second Act (Second Glances, #2)

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Nota: A pesar de que forma parte de una serie de Segundas Oportunidades, se puede leer como una novela autonclusiva, no veo que se necesario conocer lo anterior.

Second Act (Second Glances, #2)

by 

Nancy Herkness

320 pages

Expected publication: April 2nd 2019 by Montlake Romance

ASIN: B07H7HWB2K

Edition Language: English

Series: Second Glances

BLURB: Lights. Camera. Romance.
Jessica Quillen, veterinarian for the charitable K-9 Angelz program, didn’t mean to stumble into the middle of a New York movie shoot. She just wanted to rescue the stray dog she’d been chasing. Instead, she’s playing catch-up with her ex-fiancé—and the screen’s hottest action hero, Hugh Baker. The only man she ever loved. The dream that disappeared. The heartthrob who’s now hoping for a “take two.”
Seeing Jessica triggers emotions Hugh has tried to forget. Abandoned by his mother to foster care, he still struggles to feel worthy of love and to open his heart to a woman. His biggest mistake was not trusting Jessica. It was his fault she left. All he wants now is to make up for lost time. But he has to prove that she can trust him.

My rating: 2.8 stars de 5

This is a second chance story. Hugh and Jessica broke their engagement 8 years ago; a rising actor and a commited veterinarian that were separated for their life choices. But now when Hugh, a successful action movie star, sees her in N.Y. still helping animals start to think that perhaps this time will be different. Or maybe not.

I like this kind of stories where couples give themselves a second chance. Especially because there were no betrayals here. Only those misunderstandings that are the epitome of all these romance stories. However, many of the things that are said are very valid and understandable. That is, because he does what he does and because she lets it 'flow'.

Reseña: Million Dollar Devil

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Million Dollar Devil 

by 

Katy Evans

 319 pages

Expected publication: May 28th 2019 by Montlake Romance

ISBN: 1542043808 (ISBN13: 9781542043809)

Edition Language: English

 

BLURB: Heir apparent to her father’s company, Lizzy Banks needs a man. The perfect man. But when the rich “fundbabies” she usually rubs shoulders with prove impossible to hire, she takes a chance on a raw beast of a man salvaged from the wreckage of a bar brawl.
James Rowan earns a modest income as a YouTube daredevil, but he can’t refuse Lizzy’s million dollar deal. As she polishes his rough edges, creating a sophisticated gentleman fit for the highest circles of society, not only does she bring out the perfect man—it’s like she’s making the man of her dreams. How can she resist?

My rating: 1.5 stars

Elizabeth Banks lives to please her father, so she does not want to disappoint him when she decides to look for a model for the new line of formal menswear. But instead of getting a millionaire, Elizabeth gets James Rowan who is dedicated to performing risky physical challenges on YouTube in exchange for money.

The story starts well, and I liked it at first, but then she continues playing up with her zero self-esteem and becomes an unbearable character.

Reseña: Masks (Cassandra Palmer #6.5)

Masks (Cassandra Palmer #6.5)

by 

Karen Chance

406 pages

Published March 18th 2014 by Penguin

ISBN: 0698182936 (ISBN13: 9780698182936)

Edition Language: English

Series: Cassandra Palmer

 BLURB: Fifteenth century Venice is a safe haven for the masterless dregs of the vampire world, a city where they can live without the fear of retribution for violating another’s territory.
Still, there are plenty of ways for a young vampire to die in the glittering city, a lesson that prince turned pauper Mircea Basarab must learn quickly. But there are opportunities, too—in the service of a secretive courtesan, in the bed of a beautiful senator, and in the hunt for an ancient assassin.
As a vendetta older than Venice itself comes to a climax, Mircea struggles to evade the dangers of his current life, to come to terms with his past, and to uncover the truth hidden behind a city of masks…

My rating: 4.5

bookshelves: vampiros, historical-fiction, historical-paranormal-fiction, adult-mature, w_courtesan, siglo-15, 2019-readings, political-games

“You think you’re so different from us, because you lost a palace? A kingdom?” Dark eyes blazed down into his. “Son, I lost a kingdom, too. So did every man here. Maybe our kingdoms were smaller, just a house we built with our own two hands, a wife we loved, a child. But do you think they meant any less? Do you think we mourn their loss one bit less than you?

Allá por el año 1448 o algo asi, Mircea Basarab es apenas un 'baby-vampiro' , tras 2 años de no-muerto, y las cosas no van nada de bien. Sin un Master ni familia vampírica que lo proteja y enseñe, ni dinero, ni poderes especiales, la vida es muy difícil. La situación se le complica cuando termina en un calabozo y llega a lo más bajo cuando es comprado como esclavo.

Reseña: Sunshine

Rseña Bilingue.

Sunshine 

by  

Robin McKinley

 

Hardcover, 389 pages

Published September 1st 2003 by Berkley Books

ISBN:0425191788 (ISBN13: 9780425191781)

Edition Language: English

Literary Awards

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (2004)

Un solo libro. Sin traducción al castellano.

BLURB: "Sunshine” is what everyone calls her. She works long hours in her family’s coffeehouse, making her famous “Cinnamon Rolls as Big as Your Head,” Bitter Chocolate Death, Caramel Cataclysm, and other sugar-shock specials that keep the customers coming. She’s happy in her bakery which her stepfather built specially for her but sometimes she feels that she should have life outside the coffeehouse.
One evening she drives out to the lake to get away from her family, to be alone. There hasn’t been any trouble at the lake for years.
But there is trouble that night for Sunshine. But there is trouble that night for Sunshine. She is abducted by a gang of vampires
And now he needs her help to survive the day..

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What this world doesn’t have is the three-wishes, go-to-the-ball-and-meet-your-prince, happily-ever-after kind of magic. We have all the mangling and malevolent kinds. Who invented this system?

Esta es la segunda ocasión que leo Sunshine. Aparte de ser leido en mi época en que leia cualquier cosa de vampiros que caia en mis manos, tiene la gracia por decirlo asi, de ser el único libro de Mckinley que he podido llegar hasta el final; el resto quedan abandonados a las pocas páginas.

La historia central es acerca de una panadera-pastelera llamada Rae Seddon, a quien apodan "Sunshine".  Tiene 25 años, vive sola, pero trabaja en el cafe/restaurant familiar con su padrastro, mamá, su amante cocinero y motorista, y dos hermanos más jovenes. 

Esta es una suerte de realidad alternativa , donde hay 3 grandes Otros: vampiros (los más temidos), hechiceros y demonios. Hubo una gran guerra hace unos años, las Voodoo Wars, y alli cayó gran parte de la población humana, principalmente a manos de los vampiros. Además hay cambiaformas, pero no se habla mucho de ellos, de hecho todo lo acerca de lo extraño para la gente llamada 'normal' es como 'no pensemos en ellos mejor y así no nos afectará'. Seguro. Aparte, la gente usa magia en el día a día, usando protecciones en vez de cerraduras y como alarmas, pra evitar choques de vehiculos y asi. 

La ciudad es New Arcadia, y todo comienza cuando Rae se va a tomar aire al lago, donde hace muchos años sus padres tenian una casa. Alli es secuestrada por vampiros, y ella piensa que esa es su última hora. Sin embargo, ellos tenian una suerte de juego en mente y le abandonana encadenada con un vampiro que se esta muriendo de hambre y que tambien parece prisionero.

Alli, Sunshine tendrá que echar mano a viejos recuerdos casi olvidados, o tal vez a propósito olvidados para poder sobrevivir a  esa situación,

Reseña: Frostbitten (Otherworld #10)

RESEÑA EN INGLES Y EN CASTELLANO

Frostbitten (Otherworld #10)

by

 Kelley Armstrong

 405 pages

Published May 6th 2010 by Orbit (first published September 21st 2009)

ISBN: 1841497754 (ISBN13: 9781841497754)

Edition Language: English

BLURB: After years of struggle, Elena Michaels has finally accepted her life as a werewolf, and learned how to control her wild side.
At least, that's what she believes when she sets off to investigate a series of gruesome murders outside Anchorage. The truth, however, is more complicated. Trapped in a frozen, unforgiving terrain, Elena is forced to confront a deadly secret, and her own, untamed nature...

My rating: 3.5 bleeding stars

Gotta to say that this series by Armstrong (formerly know as Women of Otherworld) is at it best in the werewolves front, and Jamie. I am not fan of Savannah the witch , so I skip those books.

And now, about this book: First - TRIGGER WARNING: lot of rapists running around and violent attempted rapes.

The story? Elena follow a mutt (a werewolf without pack) trying to warn him b/c was framed for murder. The guy flees and so Elena and Clay end in Alaska. There, Clay find an old friend , and more mutts, and more crimes and murder and people missing... and maybe some old folk tale.

There were no humans here. No werewolves. No mysterious beasts. Just something… else. Something primitive, capricious and cruel. Some magic, deep in the forest, that cared little for my survival.

Reseña: Bloodshot Salvation Vol. 1: The Book of Revenge

Bloodshot Salvation Vol. 1: The Book of Revenge 

by  

Jeff Lemire  

Lewis LaRosa (Art)

Mico Suayan (Art)

128 pages

Expected publication: April 3rd 2018 by Valiant Entertainment, LLC

ISBN: 1682152553 (ISBN13: 9781682152553)

Edition Language: English

 Collecting BLOODSHOT SALVATION #1-5.

BLURB: From New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (BLOODSHOT REBORN, Moon Knight) and extraordinary artists Lewis LaRosa (BLOODSHOT REBORN) & Mico Suayan (BLOODSHOT REBORN), a bloody and vengeful new era for Bloodshot begins here as Ray Garrison escapes his violent past to build the one thing he never thought he'd earn: a family.But when a hateful secret from his true love's past threatens their fragile peace, Bloodshot will be forced to run headlong into a barrage of blood, bullets, and broken bones for a revenge-fueled assault that will have crushing consequences for those he holds most dear... His sacrifice will be her salvation.

Now: In the arms of his beloved girlfriend Magic, Bloodshot has finally found hope for the future... in the form of the couple's unborn child. But when Magic's estranged family - a cruel and sadistic clan of homegrown criminals - re-emerge to lay claim to their lost daughter, Bloodshot will be pushed back to the brink of madness, mayhem, and warfare...
Soon: Eight years from today, Bloodshot's daughter has inherited her father's incredible abilities. Hunted by a high-tech kill squad called Omen, Jessie must hone her powers... and learn how to survive before the world is swallowed whole by the darkness that now pervades America...

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My bookshelves: netgalley-arcs, graphic-novel, comics, adventure-and-action, bloody-and-gory, nanotech, superheroes-and-supervillains,

Great teaser for the rest of the story.

This is the trope of 'killing machine let his past behind and goes to live a happy simple life with woman and baby' ... except then makes a very bad decision and all goes to hell.

Bloodshot aka Ray Garrison is living in Minessota with his love, Magic, and a baby girl, Jessie. All is well, until a overheard phone call send him in a hunt seeking revenge. Ray was/is a supersoldier proyect with nanites in him that gives him almost imparable regenerative status and speed , was used as assasin wiping his mind (imagine that! cough).

While Ray is hunting old demons and making said big mistake (you know, breaking promises - baaad) , an old organization is rising again, OMEN, looking for using the nanite proyect with a srly creepy chief aboard.

Reseña: Thorn and Fangs (Thorn and Fangs #1)

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Thorns and Fangs 

by 

Gillian St. Kevern

 372 pages

Published January 18th 2016 by NineStar Press

ISBN13:9781911153184

Edition Language:English

URL:http://ninestarpress.com/product/thorns-and-fangs/

My rating: 3.5 not exactly garden variety stars

bookshelves:  adult-mature, insta-lust-or-luv, m-m, magia, mxm-romance-paranormal, mystery-thriller, necromancy, netgalley-arcs, not-sure-but-not-human, tstl-protagonist, vampiros, w_male-prostitute

first idea: get better after the start.

Nathan works as escort at a club in New Camden. No sad stories, or urgent pression to be prostitute btw. Country boy, still is fascinated by the supernatural life of the city; likes the dance , the thrill of be wanted. When Hunter hired Nate for a private party as a'shared gift'(in case you're wondering it was m-m-m-m), he accepts despite his inner warnings and the feel that something is not right when he is not able to follow his second thoughts or even can't leave when realise that is a house of vampires ... That really made me struggle to keep reading the book at the start because vampiric compulsion rises here it ugly head (not pun intended), and that is NOT sexy. It's evident when the manager accepts regardless of it's against the politics of the club.

Anyway, Nate now keep thinking in Ben , the honoured, a younger vampire. There is even a joke of Aki, his best friend, about Twilight (and yeah broody tortured dead vampire and young obsessed uh escort. Totally ;P).

BUT then this story take a curve into THRILLER territory. 

Reseña: Minotaur in Stone

Minotaur in Stone 

by 

Marjorie M. Liu

 55 pages

Published February 11th 2015 by Marjorie M. Liu

ASIN:B00TJ1KSYE

Edition Language:English

BLURB: A labyrinth of a library. Watchful eyes in the dark. And a woman with nowhere – and nobody – to call home. In MINOTAUR IN STONE, Marjorie M. Liu transports her heroine into the arms of the tragically cursed Minotaur. After millennia of being trapped by an ancient king, the Minotaur has given up hope of escaping the dark labyrinth that imprisons him. When he feels a connection with the woman he watches every night, however, and she returns his feelings after being summoned to his home, he realizes that she may be the champion he needs, and she realizes that she may be falling in love with the man beneath the monster.

My rating: 3,3 stars

My bookshelves: novelette-short, adult-mature, fantasy-paranormal, myth-and-legends

Adult fantasy. A modern take in the Minotaur myth. A young woman living in the fringe , secluded in a library, is conduced in dreams into a dark labyrinth with a not possible man. Both are lost in dark, lonely and with nothing to lose.

[...] to live as an uninvited guest, quiet as a book—and as a book, a dull creature on the surface, but full of the raging wild dark inside the words of my heart.

The start is better than the ending, as far as the way in which the author interweaves the words.

Creo que buena parte de esta idea del laberinto se ve después en su serie Hunter Kiss - The Iron Hunt, que por cierto la recomiendo.

Reseña: Saga #41 (single issue)

Saga #41 (single issue)

by 

Brian K. Vaughan

Fiona Staples (Illustrator)

  32 pages

Published December 28th 2016 by Image Comics

ASIN:B01LY010TZ

Edition Language:English

“THE WAR FOR PHANG,” Part Five. Alana and Marko get their war on. - See more at: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/saga-41#sthash.setxI3Te.dpuf


My rating: 2 of 5 stars
bookshelves:  graphic-novel, space-opera, married-couple, married-plus-baby, ciencia-ficcion

...violence seems to have so much in common with an untreatable venereal disease. It burrows deep inside of everyone it touches, flaring up again and again to hurt others...
...until the day it finally consumes its host.

mmm, still not convinced. to me now it appeal to gore images just for shock effect.

some few new things, the 'return' not very successfull
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Reseña: Saga #40 (single issue)

Saga #40 (single issue)

by  

Brian K. Vaughan

 31 pages

Published November 30th 2016 by Image

ASIN:B01LXHZGD6

Edition Language:English

Series:Saga (Single Issues) #40

"THE WAR FOR PHANG," Part Four

It's all fun and games until...

My rating: 2 of 5 stars
bookshelves:  graphic-novel, ciencia-ficcion, married-couple, married-plus-baby, space-opera

I'm starting to wonder where is this story going.

Wen still driven by revenge. 
vendiendo sus convicciones...
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Marko and guns issues.
Hazel being annoying as always.

The last issues were better.

-the art still ok/weird

Reseña: Rat Queens #16 (single issue)

Rat Queens #16 (single issue)

by  

Kurtis J. Wiebe

Tess Fowler (Illustrator), Tamra Bonvillain (Illustrator)

31 pages

Published May 4th 2016 by Image

ASIN:B01CUZ3LJO

Edition Language:English

WHEN BEARDS COLLIDE" Part One

BLURB: The Rat Queens return to Palisade to find that the world has moved on without them. The tavern is infested with would be heroes, drinking all the ale and getting in all the fights. What's a warrior girl to do?

My rating: 1.7 wtf stars

My bookshelves:  graphic-novel, adventure, adult-mature, mercenary-adventurer, dark-fantasy

I don't know why I bother with this serie anymore. The art is awful; they look really weird in some panels.

Only Dee, Betty and Vi back to Palisade, but (view spoiler) people are different and are doppelgangers it seems? and the people are strangely good looking at the bar <---SPOILER[ people are different and are doppelgangers it seems? and the pe´le is strangely good looking at the bar (hide spoiler)]

The cliffhanger was evil.

Reseña: Undertow (SoulShares #7)

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Undertow (SoulShares #7)

by  

Rory Ni Coileain

 285 pages

Published July 19th 2016 by Riverdale Avenue Books

ASIN B01I62LA3E

Edition Language English

SINOPSIS:

Rhoann Callte, Rhoann Half-Royal, is an impossible Fae. As a shape-shifter, he carries the blood of Fae water elementals and has a once-in-a-generation healing gift. Which is his blessing, or his curse, depending on how you look at it – his gift is needed among the exiled Fae of the Demesne of Purgatory, and he’s coerced from his beloved solitude and sent on a one-way trip to the human world.
Vietnam veteran Mac McAllan has been through hell in the last few months, and not just because his new C-leg isn’t performing up to spec. He and his partner of 34 years, stocky bald muscle bear Lucien de Winter, were working at Purgatory when what the owner said was a gas explosion collapsed the building – and put Lucien into a coma back in August. Now it’s October, and an impossibly handsome stranger says he can heal Lucien. But there’s always a price…

2.5 aquatic stars

I chose this book at random, because reminded me nostalgically of other collections.

Not a bad story, but fail to get me emotionally involved.

Mac and Lucien have been through a lot in their years together; and when Lucien is injured after an explosion that left him comatose, Mac feel afraid and lost. He didn't know that they get entangled in an ancient war between fae and their enemies. But help is in the way.

Rhoann is solitary and is pushed in a strange world with other rules.

Reseña : Devolution (comic)

-Digital copy gently provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review-

Devolution 

by  

Rick Remender 

SKU: C1524100285
Rating: Mature
Cover: Jae Lee
Writer: Rick Remender
Art: Jonathan Wayshak

  144 pages

Expected publication: August 23rd 2016 by Dynamite Entertainment

ISBN:1524100285 (ISBN13: 9781524100285)

 SINOPSIS: Every living creature on Earth has been devolved - the evolutionary clock turned back, reverting all life to odd mutations and prehistoric incarnations. The cities of man are little more than bloody territories ruthlessly dominated by tribal Neanderthals ruling from the backs of mammoths, packs of saber-toothed tigers, and giant man-eating insects. Raja, one of the few remaining "Still Sapien" humans, heads to San Francisco to find the antidote for the world-changing DVO-8 viral agent. But to cross the wasteland, she'll have to convince the last pocket of humanity to join her quest... and survive the Nazi hillbillies that rule them through fear! 

Rick Remender, the acclaimed writer of Black Science, Low, and Deadly Class, unleashes a high-octane dystopian masterpiece on the world, featuring the brilliant artistry of Jonathan Wayshak!

 

My rating: 1,5 shocking stars

bookshelves: netgalley, post-apocalyptic, graphic-novel, adult-mature, bloody-and-gory, comics,

What a mess. A virus invented to erase the religion from humans ...wha?? (yes, a really farfetched premise for a story full of cliches who you could encounter in a midnight "z-movie") transformed the humanity in mad neardenthals , and mutating the rest of biosphere into jurassic park. Yeah, pseudoscience evading all idea of logic. As if neanderthals won't be able to invent some kind of myth and rites (religion) :roll eyes::.

 

Rseña : Touched by Alien (Kitty Katt #1)

Touched by an Alien 

by  

Gini Koch

Published: 2010
389 pgs.

my rating: 2,5 slimy parasites stars

Kitty Katt our average MarySue woman just exited a building when a man suffer a nasty transformation , sprout deadly wings and starting killing people. As everybody normal reaction will be (not) she jump on the guy and kill a slimy blob on him. Well, welcome to Men in Black Meet True Lies Meet Get Smart.. Then , of course, some really georgeous men dressed in Armany arrive to control the situation, and Jeff Martini (and can't you take srly a name like that!) is insta-smitten with Kitty.