Seafoam

 We met the FABULOUS Mark Henry while we were in New Orleans for RT. He, along with some other amazing authors, met some crazy fans for breakfast at Cafe Du Monde. Before then, I only knew this guy from his snark and humor he brought to some FB parties I have attended. He immediately was added to my TBR shelf. He will always be associated with BIRD POOP coffee and signing tampons for me!!! (HE ROCKS!)


I just read his short, Seafoam and OMFG is about all I can say to describe this immensely WTF book. All good, of course. Shorts to me seem more difficult to write since you have such limited to space to get your point across. (Who knows? I don't write... I read!) From a reader, I don't find a lot of shorts that I love. Most are fillers, and when you find a hilarious, demented and twisted short all in ONE, you have to give credit where it's due.

A review of a short isn't really possible without giving away too much, and since I love lists - I am gonna list what you get!

• Aliens
• Foot Fetishes
• Dysfunctional Addiction Support Groups
• A decent amount of stalking
• Nice shoes
• Off the charts level of humor
• Finger Fetishes 

Mark Henry is the author of several books. (All of which now reside on my TBR shelf because of the 26 page short, Seafoam!) 

The Amanda Feral series: Henry's rollicking debut novel is a wonderfully fresh, brutally hysterical paranormal romp that is filled with bloodsuckers, horny--and horned--devils, werewolves, celebrities, and PR-obsessed shape shifters.

The Carnal Staircase trilogy: A couple on the verge of divorce begrudgingly agree to an unorthodox marital retreat. Despite warnings and portents, Hilary and Jack travel to the remote Washington scablands, braving a strange religious demonstration to arrive at Balustrade, an oddly voyeuristic couples program.

OTHERS:

Stocking full of Coal

Velveteen

Park John

Let's Show this Man our STALKING SKILLS!

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The Spider by Jennifer Estep

                                                                                   

Excerpt

For the first time, the origins of Gin Blanco’s career as the deadly assassin “the Spider” are revealed in full. In a story that pre-dates the other nine books in the series, Gin Blanco goes through her paces to become the most feared assassin in the Ashland.

This book got some mixed reviews. I for one really enjoyed it. I love Gin. She is one of my top five kick ass female leads. she had such a horrible past and this book went back years to tell  story of how one event probably changed her whole life and helped her to become the person she is today.

I loved that we got to see her training. We got to see Fletcher again. We got to see her be a kid who makes mistakes that she would never make in the presence. We got to see her learn to have the patience that her spider name is supposed to represent. What I loved the most is meeting the people that are in her life now for the very first time. 


"Her?" Finn asked, his voice taking on an offended, incredulous note. "She looks like she's fifteen at most. That's way too young for me, Gin. I do have some standards, moral and otherwise." He paused and glanced at the girl again. "Maybe in ten years or so. When she's all grown up."


We got to see Finn how he was before as well. Just an intern at a bank but still a huge flirt. I love him.

"You know, one day, you're going to meet a girl who won't automatically fall in love with you or be immediately seduced by your so-called charm," I snipped. "I just hope that I'm around to see it happen, when the ego of the mighty Finnegan Lane gets the bruising and beat-down that it so richly deserves."


"Take care," Owen finally said.
"Yeah. You too."
He waved at me. "Until we meet again."


I nodded my head politely at Roslyn. "Ms. Phillips, so nice to meet you."
She tipped her head back at me. "And you too Gin. I'm sure we'll meet again."

What I hated the most is that I knew what was going to happen. I was hoping with everything I had that I would be wrong. It hurt me on her behalf. I was heartbroken. I felt like a person in her life watching it all unravel but not saying anything because she wouldn't have listened anyway. You hope you are wrong but know you are not. Bad things are what make you stronger and mold you to who you are meant to be and I saw that in this book. I saw the connections to who she was and how this made her who she is.

A great book, in my definition, makes you feel. Really feel. Like the characters are your friends and when they are upset, you are upset. When they are nervous, you are super nervous for them. When they are in a tight spot, you are on the edge of your seat crossing your fingers and praying that they and everyone that they and you both love, get out okay. This book delivered on all fronts.

 

 

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