Author: Elianne Adams

Guest Review: Releasing her Dragon by Élianne Adams

Posted January 14, 2016 by Tracy in Reviews | 0 Comments

Guest Review: Releasing her Dragon by Élianne AdamsReviewer: Tracy
Releasing her Dragon by Elianne Adams
Publisher: Self-Published
Publication Date: October 27, 2015
Format: eARC
Genres: Anthologies (multiple authors), Paranormal Romance
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three-half-stars

Trapped in her own body, she-dragon, Stella Montrose has no choice but to find her mate. Whether he likes it or not, he either has to claim her, or set her free, otherwise she'll lose the ability to shift. Sounds simple, only, every time she gets near him, he disappears.

When Brycen Conners signs on to protect an annoying human woman, he never imagined he'd cross paths with his mate. Once the job is done, he'll do whatever it takes to win her heart. Until then, he has to stay away.

Stella Montrose is giving up.  She knew her mate was in the area but every time she tried to see him he flew away.  She is about to shift into a dragon and if she doesn’t mate first she will never shift back to human.  She decides to let him go after she sees him with a woman and assumes she’s his woman but things don’t go as planned.

Brycen knows that his mate is looking for him but he’s on assignment and wants to finish it before he mates.  He doesn’t plan on being in the pub when Stella gets up to sing and he realizes that she’s about to release him.  He decides to claim her but when things go wrong with his assignment he may not be able to complete the mating in time and Stella might have to live as a dragon.

The overall story in this one was sweet and sexy.  Brycen really wanted to claim his mate but just wanted to get his assignment completed first.  He knew he was being a bit of a bastard for putting his mate off but needed to finish.  I understood having priorities but in this story we never actually got to find out WHY he was protecting the woman and what he did for a living. As far as I could tell from Goodreads and Élianne Adams’ website this isn’t part of a series so that info would have been lovely to have.  I think it would have made me a little happier to know what was so important to Brycen.

Unfortunately we didn’t get much background on Stella either.  We did find out some info about her family and that was nice but other than the fact that she sang in a club once and was gonna turn into a dragon I really knew nothing about her.

The writing was good and kept me interested in the story despite the lack of background info on the H/h.  I would definitely classify this novella as erotica but with some action and a bit of dragon fighting on the side.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

three-half-stars


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Guest Review: Bump in the Night by Elianne Adams

Posted December 17, 2015 by Tracy in Reviews | 0 Comments

Guest Review: Bump in the Night by Elianne AdamsReviewer: Tracy
Bump in the Night by Elianne Adams
Series: Deadly Whispers #1
Publisher: City Owl Press
Publication Date: September 29, 2015
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four-stars
Series Rating: four-stars

When Libbie McMaster gets guilted into going out on Halloween night, the last thing on her mind is finding her mate. Her self-imposed seclusion has served her well over the past nine months, keeping the ghosts, goblins, and bad memories at bay. But when she meets Jay, her whole world is turned upside down.

From the moment Libbie walked into the bar, Jay can’t keep his eyes off her. Everything about her screams one thing—his. He’s willing to give her the time she needs to get used to the idea of being mated to a werewolf, but when the creatures that lurk in the shadows threaten her, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if it means fighting her demons.

Libbie is a witch who is half daemon. She sees ghosts and can talk to spirits. There is one pestering her when our story begins and the spirit can’t move on until her grieving husband keeps his promise to her. Libbie is going out with her friends after months of seclusion and heads to the bar that not only holds her friends but also holds the grieving husband.

While at the bar Libbie meets Jay and they have an instant connection. She’d love to stay and explore their attraction but the spirit tells Libbie that her hubby’s in trouble – now out in an alley by the bar – and Libbie heads out to try to help. Jay trails along behind even though Libbie tries to get him to stay put.

Jay is a werewolf who knows immediately that Libbie is his mate. When she heads outside he’s not about to let her out of his sight, so he follows her. He doesn’t expect her to start battling demons from hell but he jumps right in to help. Thinking that they’ve saved the hubby Libbie heads home but can’t stop thinking of Jay. He shows up at her place the next day and they’re soon in bed together and wanting to stay that way for a very long time. Unfortunately Libbie’s friend, and another witch, needs her again and what they find might cause Libbie and Jay to be torn apart before they can ever start a life together.

Bump in the night sounded like a fun little paranormal read when I read the blurb. The book ended up being that but so much more. The book is a nice introduction to the world that Libbie lives in – although I definitely would have enjoyed a bit more world-building. I liked Libbie a lot and that went a long way to making the book better for me. Jay was also a great guy and seemed perfect for Libbie.

The story had me on the edge of my seat at times as well as a bit heartbroken at others. For being such a short book it packed a lot into it. I’m looking forward to reading more about this world and finding out more about the characters that the author introduced us to.

four-stars


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