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Review: Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

So. I am going ahead and reviewing Burn for Me , even though it doesn't come out for two months (I know), because I just can't seem to wait that long to tell you how fun it is. I knew Ilona Andrews had two full-length releases out this year and I was super excited about this brand new series, but somehow the latest Kate always overshadows other titles in my mind. I also had it set in my head somehow that this one resided more on the paranormal end of the spectrum, which is fine, even though I tend not to respond quite as well to that genre. I trust this author implicitly. But I was really pleasantly surprised as I was reading to find out that (shirtless cover aside), though the romantic subplot plays a much more central role and proceeds more quickly than it does in the Kate Daniels novels, it is never overwrought and in no way overshadows the rich world-building, fast pace, and fantastic characters I've come to expect from Ilona Andrews. Nevada Baylor prefers not to a...

Tillerman Pretties

A couple of years ago, Atheneum Books  put out these new editions of Cynthia Voigt 's incomparable Tillerman Cycle and I swooned. I've never been over the moon for the past covers of these books, and my own set is a somewhat mismatched (but much beread and beloved) collection of mass market paperbacks. But this time —oh, this time they got it right. Something about these simple, slightly dreamy illustrations perfectly fits these stories of one family's struggle to survive and stay together. I require them. As I never tire of talking about this series, have you read them? Which is your favorite? I waffle (don't I always?) between Dicey's Song , A Solitary Blue , and Seventeen Against the Dealer . Yeah. Yeah.