Review: The Price of Temptation by Lecia Cornwall

Title: The Price of Temptation
Author: Lecia Cornwall
Publication date: January 1st 2012
Publisher: Avon Books (an imprint of Harper Collins)
Age group: Adult
Genre: Historical Romance
Cover rating: 3/5
Content rating: 3/5
Buy (pre-order): Amazon

Description via Goodreads: 

Lady Evelyn Renshaw can ignore the disgrace her former husband has brought down upon her. She can even disregard the accusations. But when her life is threatened because of his actions, she realizes a stiff upper lip won't be enough to keep her safe. So she hires a new footman powerful enough to protect her...only to find herself shamelessly intoxicated by his breathtaking masculinity.

Captain Sinjon Rutherford is no footman...but there are those who believe him a traitor. The only way to prove his innocence is by playing the part of elegant Lady Evelyn's servant in order to infiltrate her home and uncover the truth about her suspicious relations. Yet what seems at first an easy deception is anything but, once he meets his alluring new employer and discovers just how tempting a woman in charge can be...

My thoughts: 


The Price of Temptation is an interesting historical romance novel. I was very intrigued by the description and definitely wanted to know more about the characters! I haven't read much adult historical romance in the past so this was also a venture into something new for me.

I very much enjoyed the beginning. I thought the writing was incredibly good and it made it easy to relax and read. The description in this book is great and I could picture everything that was happening quite easily! The characters seemed very secretive and definitely made me interested to find out more about them and their backgrounds.

I liked the interactions between the characters and thought the dialogue was well done. It was very easy to empathise with them and I could understand the decisions they made. I was definitely rooting for the them and hoping things would turn out okay! Parts of this book didn't really hold my attention though- I thought there was some rambling and I found myself tuning out sometimes. It was just a bit slow for my liking and I found myself getting a bit impatient as the novel went on!

All in all, it was pleasant enough to read and it kept my attention until the last page. The characters and plot are memorable and I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in the genre!

Review: On a Dark Wing by Jordan Dane

Title: On a Dark Wing

Author: Jordan Dane 

Publication date: December 20th 2011

Publisher: Harlequin Teen 

Age group: Young Adult 

Genre: Paranormal, Romance 

Cover rating: 3/5 

Content rating: 4/5
Buy it now!: Amazon

Description via Goodreads:

Five years ago Abbey Chandler cheated Death. She survived a horrific car accident, but her lucky break came at the expense of her mother's life and changed everything. After she crossed paths with Death--by taking the hand of an ethereal boy made of clouds and sky--she would never be normal again.

Now she's the target of Death's Ravens and an innocent boy's life is on the line. When Nate Holden--Abbey's secret crush--starts to climb Alaska's Denali, the Angel of Death is with him because of her. Abbey finds out the hard way that Death never forgets.

My thoughts: 

I'm always really intrigued by the descriptions of books involving angels, but none of them I've read have delivered on their promise. On a Dark Wing was different though and definitely lived up to my expectations. On a Dark Wing is the story of a young girl, Abbey, who lost her mother in a car crash. Years after, Abbey is still struggling to come to terms with what happened that day, and doesn't want to face the things she saw. Abbey has a serious crush on a boy in her town- even though he doesn't know. What follows was quite interesting and I enjoyed it a lot!

I thought Abbey was a good character. I genuinely loved that she wasn't stubborn- she could fully admit when she was in the wrong and didn't just stick with guys because they were good looking (unlike in too many YA novels.) It was really refreshing to read about a female character who made choices that were healthy for her and who was able to evaluate situations, and make the choices that actually worked even if some people would be hurt in the process.

I very much enjoyed all the minor characters in this book, too! I thought Abbey's dad was just lovely and Tanner was completely lovable. It was so awesome to see male characters getting recognition for something other than being hot. I thought Nate was slightly interesting but I don't think we really got to know him all that well. The perspective of his parents definitely added to the story and added a lot of emotion to the situation.

The writing in this book is smoothe. It flows well and is actually a pleasure to read! Overall, I quite enjoyed this book. If you like your books to have loads of action (which I personally don't), this might not be the book for you. I liked it though and would be interested in reading more books by this author.

Goodreads Choice Awards 2011: WINNERS!

Today Goodreads announced the winners of their Goodreads Choice Awards. The books were voted for by Goodreads members over the past few weeks. The winners are as follows!

Young Adult Fiction winner is Where She Went by Gayle Forman:

Favourite book of 2011 is Divergent by Veronica Roth : 

The winner of the Fiction category is  1Q84 by Haruki Murakami :

Mystery and Thriller winner is Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich:

Historical Fiction winner is The Paris Wife by Paula McLain:

Fantasy Winner is A Dance With Dragons by George R.R Martin:

Paranormal Fantasy winner is Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning

Science Fiction winner is 11/22/63 by Stephen King 

Horror winner is Graveminder by Melissa Marr

Other categories:

Romance Winner is Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward

Humour Winner is Bossypants by Tina Fey

Nonfiction Winner is The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Alexandra Robbins

History and Biography winner is Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Memoir and Autobiography winner is Two Kisses for Maddy by Matthew Logelin 

Food and Cooking Winner is My Father's Daughter by Gwenyth Paltrow 

Travel and Outdoors winner is Little Princes by Conor Grennan

Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction winner is Divergent by Veronica Roth

Middlegrade and Children's winner is The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

Picture Books winner is When I Grow Up by Al Yankovic

Graphic Novels and Comics winner is Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead 

Poetry Winner is Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins

And the Goodreads Author of the year is...

Cassandra Clare 

Unfortunately the only book I've read from the list is Divergent and Cassandra Clare's books! I was really hoping A Monster Calls would win in the Middle Grace category and I'm quite disappointed that it didn't! How about you?