Review: Out of the Dark by Quinn Loftis

                                        Title: Out of the Dark (Bk 4-The Grey Wolves)

Author: Quinn Loftis

         Format: ebook, 253 pages

            Source: bought from Amazon

Goodreads Summary:

Darkness has descended on the Transylvanian Alps.
Four packs of the powerful Grey wolves – in a rare show of cooperation – had joined together here in an effort to help their pack members find true mates. Then they were betrayed by one of their own – an Alpha hell-bent on becoming the most powerful of the Canis lupis. And though the wolf's assassination attempt on the currently-reigning Romanian Alpha failed, his plans to get Decebel, the Romanian Beta, out of the picture were coming together even as his treachery was discovered. The wolf fled, leaving destruction, death, and a missing mate behind him.

Unbeknownst to the other packs, the wolf has employed a witch to finish the deadly job and help him gain another tool to increase his power. A curse of devastating proportions will cripple Decebel in a way that may dissolve his fragile bond with Jennifer. Meanwhile, injured and alone, Jen has been fighting for her life. She had come to terms with her fate, accepting that she would not share a life with Decebel, until help came in the most unexpected form...

Vasile will have to use all his resources – including Sally, the new gypsy healer of the Romanian pack – to discover a way in which to destroy the witch, lift the curse from Decebel and reunite him with the one woman who makes him whole, and solve a mystery that's been surrounding the Romanian pack for 300 years.

My Feelings:

I have been a huge fan of this series ever since I read Prince of Wolves, the first book in the Grey Wolves series, and the author Quinn Loftis is an amazing person too.  

This lady really knows how to write dialogue!  Reading the chit chat between the three girls and their interactions among the other werewolves is so funny.  I know I had to put the book down because I was laughing so much.  I love when there is humor in a book and it isn't just dark, depressing, and completely sad.  

These girls, Jacque, Jen and Sally, are so kick ass! Not to mention, they are some pretty smart southern girls too! I have to support fellow southern gals now ya'll!  

And of course, our wolves are absolutely swoon worthy!  Dec is rugged, handsome, but he also has that soft side that Jen only seems to bring out.  

You have so much going on in this story; there is never a dull moment!  And definitely heart shattering moments so make sure you have your tissues ready!  

In this book, we get introduced into more supernatural beings, good and evil, and we also meet some new pack members too.  

I will say this book is much darker than the first 3 and I didn't like the evil witch using simple animals to do her bidding.  Not fair!

I have to say this series is probably one of my favorite YA romances of all time!  It has all the elements I like having in a book: comedy, romance, mystery, and some yummy werewolves. There were a few spelling errors but nothing that took away from the story at all.  

Loftis doesn't hold back in this book and all hell does break loose too!  I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves YA reads and paranormal too.  

Have to give this story 5 hearts!

 Also don't forget to check out my interview with Quinn Loftis tomorrow and we will be having a giveaway!!  

Review: The Vampire King

As everyone knows I am a huge fan of werewolves and I tend to enjoy the occasional vampire story too.  Well, Heather Killough- Walden has created many books that are very entertaining to read and appeal to my romantic side as well.  

Her series, Big Bad Wolf Series, is absolutely amazing!  There are four books in this series that deals with different alpha males finding their one and only female, who happen to be an alpha in their own right.  These books I have safely tucked away on my Kindle for me to read over and over again.  

But then she drops the bomb on us and tells everyone she will not be releasing any more BBW books; WHAT?!!?  NO!!!!!

Not to worry though, she has decided to start a new series called The Kings and the first book in the series is The Vampire King.  Our favorite characters from the Big Bad Wolf World will be scattered throughout offereing different cameos but we also get to meet new heroes and heroines that will make us sweat, curse, and yell.   

I just finished The Vampire King and the hero, Roman,. is right up my alley.  He is the tall dark and handsome vampire that every woman wants to find on her way home.  He is a caring person, but has been alive for so long, that he is just plain tired.  

Then, the heroine, Evie, is just amazing.  She is a paranormal author who writes about vampires swooping in and falling in love with females.  Little does she know that what she has written about has came to her doorstep.  

I loved the fact that Evie is an author.  I am hoping to eventually become a budding author too and so Evie is my hero in that aspect.  I loved the way Walden made Evie so life like.  Yes she is beautiful,but curvy.  She is independent, but she still has others that rely on her.  And she has panic attacks.  That makes the book more believable because too many times in stories, the heroine is presented with unbelievable information and they are just like, "well okay that is fine."  But not Evie, she accepts it up to a certain point and then she is just like hold the F up!!

If vampires are not something that you can wrap your head around, this story does have witches, warlocks, black magic, and the promising foreshadowing of some other very sexy kings that will get their chance at love.  

I think The Vampire King, is an interesting start to this promising new series, The Kings, and I cannot wait to get my hands on the next "King" coming out.  

Review: The Other Covenant

For anyone, who wants to read a paranormal thriller, but doesn't want the sexy hot romance or goriness that is sometimes associated with these genres, I believe this novel is definitely worth a read.
This supernatural book is written more through a technical scientific way, going into detail and explaining why there is magic in this world.


I have recently read the book, The Other Covenant, by Caroline Crosby. It is a deeply layered story about people who use black magic to further themselves and the country, and about the people that use white magic to try to counter the evil that some black magic users represent.  

Our heroine of the story, Elizabeth, is a very interesting character.  She has so much control over her magic, her life, and her emotions.  When she first meets someone that she has heard of all her life as being an adept with the covenant, someone that isn't on the good side, she is concerned whether she should help him. But because of her honor and the goodness inside of her she has to help him.  

This story was exciting in some places, but in other ways it was a bit boring.  I was very taken with the way Miss Crosby used such scientific ways to describe magic using; the psychic bands that they operate on.  I liked how there was an art form to understanding it, instead of just making it very "magical" without any explanation.  I, however, don't think I could follow some of the explanations because it tended to get long winded and more and more complicated.  

I am a huge history lover, and I fell in love with how some chapters had more of a historical background,especially with how the United States of America was formed with the help of some paranormal influence.  

I think Elizabeth is a special person.  She is so patient with explaining everything to the bodygaurd, and even has to explain things a couple of times.  I think the author really wanted the audience to realize that Elizabeth has a lot of power but is the epiphany of good, even with all the power she has running inside of her.

When the characters are reading the manuscript, the chapters will jump from present day, back into the past of the manuscript.  I, personally, love when an author does this.  I like getting background information throughout the book, instead of it all being lumped together in a few pages.  I liked that very much because it helped me understand things better in steps then having to look back at what was going on.  

Not only could this book be considered a paranormal thriller, it could also be grouped in as a mystery too.  It has a very good "who dunnit" theme running through the book that will have you guessing up to the very end.  Miss Crosby did an excellent job of keeping me on the edge of my seat with the action during the fight scenes.  The only problem with that was: there wasn't enough fight scenes!!  I wish there were more to show more of what Elizabeth is truly capable of, physically and psychically.

There was some romance sprinkled here and there; as well as foreshadowing of another romance under way.  I didn't really find the romance aspect very convincing.  It seemed to be a little forced, and at times, unbelievable.  Which is saying a lot when the book has supernatural in its essence.  

There were also spots when the dialogue became a little choppy, jumping from one speaker to the other so quickly, it was a little hard to keep up.  I found myself going back and re-reading some lines just to make sure I knew who was saying what.

Other than those things, I think this has the potential to become a very well known and interesting series.  It does end very abruptly, but I like it, because it has you wishing you could just get a hold of the next one asap!  It is in true cliff hanger fashion and I definitely have to applaud the writer for the ending; it was awesome.  

Overall, I think The Other Covenant, was a good book.  It wasn't one of my favorites by any means; but I enjoyed reading it and I will definitely be looking for the next in the series.  This book could appeal to many different kinds of readers because of the scientific way it goes about explaining the supernatural aspects; but it also has so much drama and mystery in it that it keeps the story interesting.  And really who doesn't get excited when witches and black and white magic is involved?  I love magic!