Mistletoe & Mayhem (Dark Alliance, Book 3.5) by Brenda Trim and Tami Julka

Mistletoe & Mayhem (Dark Alliance, Book 3.5) 
by Brenda Trim and Tami Julka


My rating: 4.2 of 5 stars

Everything in Jessi's life has been turned upside down all because of a car accident, and the bite of an archdemon. Now, she is dhampire, part vampire and part demon. She's been staying with her best friend Cailyn, and her sister Elise, who just happens to be married to the Vampire King. They have been helping her adjust to this new life. Now she is headed home to break the news to her parents.

James is a shifter, new in town and just riding by when he sees Jessi at the gas station and can't help but stop and flirt a little. Thing is it is more than flirting, its full on lust, or at least that is what he is thinking. He asks her where to find food and she mentions a little local hangout, maybe she will see him there later.

Mistletoe and Mayhem is a really short little short that slides into the Dark Warrior Alliance Series. It mentions events that are currently occurring during book 3, so timing wise it is after book 2, which is when we are introduced to Jessi and she is involved in the car accident, and before about the middle of book 3. This book gives us a little closure, so to speak on Jessi.

Although it is really short - only took me about half an hour to read, and it moves pretty fast, you kinda know what is coming in a way, this is just a sweet little Christmas romance, in that it takes place away from all the fighting and violence of the supernatural world, and is just about two people running into each other and finding their mate.

Another great book in the series!!!

Dark Alliance Series:
1. Dream Warrior
2. Mystick Warrior
3. Deviant Warrior
3.5 Mistletoe & Mayhem
4. Scarred Warrior - (originally slated to release winter of 2015 - not released yet)


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Blood: The Vampire Covenant Series (Book 1) by Sydney Ledger BOOK REVIEW

Blood: The Vampire Covenant Series (Book 1)
by Sydney Ledger

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Reviewed for +Readers' Favorite 

Aveline has grown up a loner and outcast. It has just been her mother and her, her father left when she was young, and she has a terrible disease that leaves her pale, allergic to the sun and in terrible pain at times, only to be cured by drinking animal blood. She hates it, but doctors orders are doctors orders. What Aveline is about to find out is that everything she thought she knew has been a lie, she is really a Dhampir, half Vampire, and that Vampire's really do exist. Blood: The Vampire Covenant Series (Book 1) tells the story as Angel informs Ava of her history and gets her to help him safe the Vampire world, at least that is what he tells her they are doing, and who is she to mistrust this heart-throb.  +Sydney Ledger  easily mixes that feelings of a lonely teenager, the need to be liked, and the desire to help save the world into this Vampire tale.

Blood is not your typical blood-drinking Vampire tale, in fact there is very little actual blood drinking going on in the story. There is a back history to the Vampires but no clear cut how they originated in the story, but they have been around, and they are here to protect the humans from demons. +Sydney Ledger  has made them the good guys, and yet at the same time, she has made them vulnerable to temptation. She also brings the loner and outcast feelings that Ava is dealing with to life and you really feel them and can relate to them. Although there is some mild sexual references and one sexual scene, I would still say that most young adults would be ok reading this book and they would relate to it very well, being in that age range. It is also a great book for adults as well.

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