First off - apologies to anyone who tuned in for the Top 5 for Friday last week. I finally admitted defeat against the cold and flu bugs that have been circulating - actually I got told to go home.
Which had it's silver lining. Because apart from sleeping and relaxing, I actually managed to get in quite a bit of reading. So here is a quick overview.
Angels' Blood - A Guild Hunter novel by Nalini Singh.
I cannot believe I have left it this long to pick up a Nalini Singh novel and read it. Especially as so many people have told me I would like her and she is one of our most popular authors at the moment. (And not just us as her latest is near the top of the US Best Seller lists).
Angels' Blood is the first in the Guild Hunter series. It has all the best of the current fashion in genres - vampires, angels and vampire hunters - all crammed between it's covers. It has a kick-ass heroine who is the best at what she does, beautiful angels, even more beautiful and seductive vampires, a great back story, blood, sexual tension and more than a touch of romance. The characters are all well drawn and I hope to read more of their stories in the rest of the series. The suspense hits just the right note - prolonging the wait and amping up desire to turn the page. I am definitely a fan and can now understand the accollades that have come this author's way.
The Wolf in the Wardrobe - Susan Brocker
I have read, enjoyed and reviewed Susan Brocker's children's fiction before. She is a Kiwi author who focusses a great deal of her writing on animal stories such as Restless Spirit and Saving Sam. I knew she was really a woman after my heart when she turned up to a recent National Library author talk wearing jockey silks in the colour of Phar Lap. For that alone I will continue to read everything she writes.
I find this difficult to admit, but I probably enjoyed her latest Wolf in the Wardrobe more than Susan's other titles, even those with a focus on horses. Finn is involved in a car accident riding home from his paper round. He follows the trail of blood left by the dog hit by the car, only to find that the huge injured animal is a wolf, escaped from a circus, which Finn is determined she will not be returned to. The setting, feelings and banter between the characters is very real from his separated parents, his friends at school more interested in rugby, and his grandmother who is suffering from Alzheimers and mistakes the wolf for her family pet growing up. Add in the villain (Cackles the Clown) and a race against time and you have a page turning action story which never lets up, while still managing to pass on a message about wildlife and families.
So that's how I spent my weekend, angels, vampires and wolves. Not a bad way to go.
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