Review Accordance Shelly Crane

Accordance by Shelly Crane
My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I'm not going to leave a long drawn out review. I want to say that as I read this book, it clicked - I knew why it is such a loved series. I loved Significance, and I loved Accordance.

I enjoyed Maggie's brother Bish - I don't know why, but I really thought he was funny. He reminded me about how some of my guy friends would have been if I was in the same situation as Maggie.

I can't wait until the movie comes out so I can see the 'ribbons'

A great series with loveable characters.

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Hold up - stop the presses - Devyn has gone mad nuts.  She is talking about herself in third person...because her double life makes her crazy.  Many of you might not know that I am not really Devyn.  It's my pen name - my real name is Stefanie.  A part of me wishes I hadn't changed my name, and the other part likes the separation between the two lives.  My mom, boring person life and my sit at a computer all day and write life.  Stefanie is sassy and has a dry sense of humor...Devyn is more reserved and careful about the perception people have of her.  It is those days that the Stefanie side takes over when Devyn should be in control.  Now here it is...

I had a not so good review in the last few weeks - one that struck Stefanie the wrong way.  Devyn warned Stefanie not to react, but Stefanie can be persuasive.  I did the Cardinal SIN of replying to the bad review.  In my defense I'll explain... the person wrote an ENTIRE PAGE about how she hated The Legacy of Kilkenny - she added a video clip to demonstrate how she hated my book.  Here's the deal people - in my real life - things are crazy.  My father has cancer and it has spread throughout his body - I am 1500 miles away from my kids and home and stressed out trying to make my writer life successful.  I know... excuses.  I'd had enough of it all on that day.  Usually I can laugh it off.  For every bad review are 3 good - and everyone has bad reviews.  The reviewer dissed my book and then said she was contemplating reading the next book.  WHAT?  Why would she if she hated it so much?  I wouldn't.  My reply was.... I thought she was rude by going to such extents of hating on my book.  I also told her that the second book would not be what she wants either. (I've since removed it) That was it.  Her reply was, she agreed that we have two different views on reviews and she will never read another book by me.  The domino effect slapped me over and over again.  Another reviewer from the same group decided to go on a rampage against me and tell everyone how unprofessional I was for replying and how she will never read a book by me.  She then wrote a review telling people how I suck...although she didn't read the book.  Now I'm hated.  They don't know me, the real me, the one that isn't a horrible person.  Why doesn't anyone see that the reviewer was mean and spiteful to me?  Why do reviewers get the chose of freedom of speech and can bash me but I can't reply in defense.  I didn't tell the reviewer that it was right or wrong, I said it was rude.

TO ALL REVIEWERS - Do you have any idea what it's like to bare your soul to the world, hoping, praying for that person to like what you've done? I appreciate constructive critiques and I try to fix the problem in my writing.  Complaints about no love triangle is dumb - not every book has one.  That isn't a critique, that is a complaint.  So you don't like that my of age teenager had sex while in a loving relationship.  Do you live in cotton candy land?  Teens have sex, I didn't write graphic anything.  I tried to put into a girls mind that you can expect manners from a man.  Complaining that the characters aren't real... well, I feel that a werewolf isn't real and has different rules.  That is why I picked supernatural...because it is imaginary.  I'm sure I should keep my mouth shut, but this is my blog and I wanted to vent.  Please accept my deep felt apology.  I didn't mean to defend myself.  I had a bad day.  I'm sorry that you want to ruin my writing career.  I'm sorry that you were probably picked on as a kid and your way of making up for it, you go to hurt me.  You did.

Love or hate me, Malevolence is a book I'm proud of, with a great story.  It is now available in paperback and you can enter to win it on Goodreads.  http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/21080-malevolence
Good luck!

Last but not least .... Myself and three other paranormal authors will be having a book signing on 2/28/12 at Full Circle Bookstore - 50 Penn Place in Oklahoma City, OK  6:30 - 8:30
Authors are -

Quinn Loftis
Jaz Primo
Janice Grove
Devyn Dawson

I hope you have a chance to come out and meet us!

Prince of Wolves by Quinn Loftis

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I have to say that I thought this book was both interesting and well thought out. In the supernatural world the real world becomes obsolete. I say that, because the relationship between Jacques & Fane was immediate. He is a wolf as she is half wolf, and wolves fall in-love at a different pace than humans do. They basically imprinted - but female wolves are rare, and some jack-butt wolf was trying to claim her as his own. As her friend Jen would say "Oh, hell no." There had to be some drama, it isn't a good story without a little drama, right.



Jacques friends Jen and Sally... quick witted and smart mouthed, but all in all they love their friend. They don't want bad things to happen to her. Would you, if it were your best friend? I thought about when my daughter was a teen and her friends....well, they were like Jen and Sally. I wanted to strangle them half the time, but they were loyal friends.



I found POW a very good read for a young adult girl between the ages of 13-17 and they will swoon over Fane. Quinn gave us a great new twist to the werewolf world. Her Romanian was pretty good too. Now go read the story to find out why I said that!



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Review Blood Bound by Rachel Vincent

Blood Bound by Rachel Vincent

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I've heard a lot about this author recently and thought I'd check her out.

Now to my review - I found this book very interesting. I like the story being told from two POV's. Olivia is a girl living on the edge as a "Skilled" blood tracker. The explanation of a blood tracker is complicated - I'll let the other reviewers explain. She doesn't want people to know that she is bound to the creep mob-type boss Ruben Cavazos. She wants to keep the secret from her ex-boyfriend Cam because she doesn't want the truth as to why she became bound to come out. Cam, he too is a Skilled person, his skill is a name tracker - he can find anyone within 80 miles by knowing their real name. Since they broke up as a couple, Cam has become bound to his boss the other mob-styled boss Jake Towers. Towers and Cavazos are mortal enemies.

Liv (Olivia) and Cam are contacted by an old friend Anne after her husband is murdered. Knowing that Cam and Liv are trackers she has requested them to find the killer and kill him. A teenage oath binds Liv to obeying the request or she will have horrible pain until she dies. They find out that the killer was actually out for the daughter Hadley. Oh the trouble that comes to those that have to hide lies, and truths found out about childhood friends.

This story was weaved in and out with complicated stories that were thought out very well. Liv's boss has a sick binding to her, he can't have sex with her without her permission but he can do other things. Those other things include beating her to a pulp if he doesn't leave marks. He kicks her, strangles her, punches her and torments her. She can do the same to him. I'm not big on men beating women and was thankful she could beat him back....If she didn't fulfill her agreement that was 6 months before it was over...he would be able to rape her. I won't give any spoilers....

I liked the story and will read more of Vincent's books.

I originally started reading this book because of several people comparing my writing style to Rachel Vincent. I wanted to know if it was good or bad. I have to say - Thank you and I'm honored.



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