Welcome to my little part of the Dark Queen Blog Tour! I've been absent lately - life and work have really gotten in the way of my reading, but bills have to be paid. Jane will always make me find time!
We have a Blog Tour Giveaway for you! You can enter once at each blog stop to increase your chances of winning! I'm including a link for all of the stops on the tour so you can be sure to catch as many as possible. Please remember that we are not all posting on the same day so you may have to come back to hit some of the stops! ;) The Rafflecopter for the giveaway is at the bottom of my post.
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About DARK QUEEN:
Jane Yellowrock used to hunt vampires, but now she must fight--and win--beside them.As Enforcer to the vampire Master of the City of New Orleans, Jane Yellowrock stakes her reputation and her life on keeping her territory safe. But Leo has been issued a blood challenge by the emperor of the European vampires, who seeks to usurp all of his power and possessions. If Leo loses the match to the death, the city will be forfeit, and the people of New Orleans will suffer the consequences. Jane can't let that happen.
Preparing for the duel requires all of Jane's focus, but with so much supernatural power in play, nothing goes according to plan. She has to rely on herself and the very few people she knows she can trust to stand and fight. Only two things are guaranteed: nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.
ISBN: 1101991429
ISBN-13: 978-1101991428
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REVIEW:
Faith has managed to produced yet another tear-jerking, belly-laughing work of art!
The EVs are here, and the Sangre Duello is being prepared for to determine the future of not only NOLAs paranormals, but the US and Europe. Jane must once again face seemingly insurmountable odds to try and protect those she has come to care for. A many-layered, many-faceted plan has been put into place safety for all those left behind regardless of the outcome of the blood duel.
This is a story of family - with all it hardships and benefits. It is a story of love, of death, of rebirth. Like life, it has it's slow moments, it's fast moments, it's heartbreaking moments, and it's joyful moments. If you are unable to read emotionally draining books then this is not the book for you, but if you can... it is SO worth it!
I know I have said it before - and will probably say so again - but, Faith's writing is so descriptive and so full of life that it is easy and fun to read while creating a highly imaginative and colorful world. There were a couple of passages that made me laugh while at work - the ones with BQ and/or Deon - which of course made my co-workers curious. I had to share the Elton John passage with my self-dubbed gay work husband because it was just too perfect, and I knew he would enjoy it as much as I did. I got the book back with the comment, "Oh My God! I love how she writes! It is just SO descriptive!"
I made the colossal mistake of finishing this book while on a small plane on the first leg of my vacation flight... with only 1 tissue. So be warned - if you cry reading books - do NOT finish this book in public unless you have a ready supply of tissues!
**I received complimentary ARC of this book from the publisher in order to provide this review.**
The EVs are here, and the Sangre Duello is being prepared for to determine the future of not only NOLAs paranormals, but the US and Europe. Jane must once again face seemingly insurmountable odds to try and protect those she has come to care for. A many-layered, many-faceted plan has been put into place safety for all those left behind regardless of the outcome of the blood duel.
This is a story of family - with all it hardships and benefits. It is a story of love, of death, of rebirth. Like life, it has it's slow moments, it's fast moments, it's heartbreaking moments, and it's joyful moments. If you are unable to read emotionally draining books then this is not the book for you, but if you can... it is SO worth it!
I know I have said it before - and will probably say so again - but, Faith's writing is so descriptive and so full of life that it is easy and fun to read while creating a highly imaginative and colorful world. There were a couple of passages that made me laugh while at work - the ones with BQ and/or Deon - which of course made my co-workers curious. I had to share the Elton John passage with my self-dubbed gay work husband because it was just too perfect, and I knew he would enjoy it as much as I did. I got the book back with the comment, "Oh My God! I love how she writes! It is just SO descriptive!"
I made the colossal mistake of finishing this book while on a small plane on the first leg of my vacation flight... with only 1 tissue. So be warned - if you cry reading books - do NOT finish this book in public unless you have a ready supply of tissues!
**I received complimentary ARC of this book from the publisher in order to provide this review.**
Faith Hunter is a New York Times and USAToday bestselling author. She writes dark
urban fantasy and paranormal urban thrillers.
urban fantasy and paranormal urban thrillers.
Her long-running, bestselling, Skinwalker series features Jane Yellowrock, a hunter of
rogue-vampires. The Soulwood series features Nell Nicholson Ingram in paranormal
crime solving novels. Her Rogue Mage novels, a dark, urban fantasy series, features
Thorn St. Croix, a stone mage in a post-apocalyptic, alternate reality. Two of her fantasy
series have been nominated for Audie Awards.
Under the pen name Gwen Hunter, she has written action adventure, mysteries, thrillers,
women’s fiction, a medical thriller series, and even historical religious fiction. As Gwen,
she is a winner of the WH Smith Literary Award for Fresh Talent in 1995 in the UK, and
won a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award in 2008. Under all her pen names, she
has over 40 books in print in 30 countries.
In real life, Faith once broke a stove by refusing to turn it on for so long that its parts
froze and the unused stove had to be replaced. Her recent hankering for homemade bread
and soup resulted in fresh loaves each week and she claims that the newish stove feels
loved and well used—because Faith talks to her appliances as well as to her plants and
dog. She collects orchids and animal skulls, loves to sit on the back porch in lightning
storms, and is a workaholic with a passion for jewelry making, white-water kayaking, and
RV travel. She likes the shooting range, prefers Class III whitewater rivers with no gorge
to climb out of, edits the occasional anthology, and drinks a lot of tea. Some days she’s a
lady. Some days she ain't. Occasionally, she remembers to sleep. The jewelry she makes
and wears is often given as promo items and is used as prizes in contests.
For more, including a list of her books, see www.faithhunter.net , www.gwenhunter.com
To keep up with her, like her fan page at Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/official.faith.hunter
GIVEAWAY:
Win one of two complete sets of Faith Hunter’s Jane Yellowrock novels! Contest runs April 23rd until May 11th. Rafflecopter code is below:
Thanks for the GREAT review of Dark Queen and for hosting Faith as part of her DQ blog tour! Enjoyed your review and can hardly wait the next few days!!! Pauline E.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the warning regarding tissues. I am a crier, and will make sure to have plenty on hand while reading Dark Queen. Love Jane Yellowrock!
ReplyDeleteGreat review. Right on point.
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