The Werewolf Couple That Fights Evil Together Stays Together – Dead Heat Review

March 9, 2015 by Erin

Title: Dead Heat (Alpha and Omega #4) Author: Patricia Briggs Genre: Urban fantasy Published: March 3, 2015 Rating: ★★★★★ In this fourth book in the Alpha and Omega series, main characters Charles and Anna, the most lovably badass werewolf couple in print, are once again entangled in a creepy supernatural mystery. And once again they are forced to confront their respective emotional hangups in the midst of this supernatural mayhem. And once again I am reminded that Patricia Briggs is one of my favorite urban fantasy […]

Categories: Book Review • Tags: book reviews, five star review, patricia briggs, romance, urban fantasy, werewolves

“My only love sprung from my only hate!” – Film Fest Friday

May 16, 2014 by Caitlin

Romeo + Juliet Movie Release: 1996 Book (play) Release: 1595 Where to watch: Curled up alone on the couch with a blanket, an oversize hoodie and a bunch of tissues. We’re crying through this one. I think it’s been popular to bash it in recent years – heck, maybe always – but at least you’ve heard of it. Maybe you read it in its original glory, or saw a college production of it, or just watched Shakespeare in Love and […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: classics, Film Fest Friday, Leonardo DiCaprio, romance, Shakespeare

Top 5 Upcoming Romance Series Continuations

April 14, 2014 by Erin

Mark your calendars and prepare your bosoms for some serious heaving – we’ve got new romance novels coming our way! Here’s a list of upcoming continued series releases that have my bookish heart all aflutter. The Kraken King (The Iron Seas #4), Meljean Brook Genre: Steampunk Release date: April 15 Why I’m excited: I can’t describe this series any better than Ms. Brook herself does on her website: “The Iron Seas series combines nanotech and pirates with a gritty, gaslit […]

Categories: Best Of • Tags: rogues cads and scoundrels, romance, romance novel, sexy times, steampunk, top 5

So Our Prediction Wasn’t Spot-On – Divergent Movie Review

March 24, 2014 by Ladies On The Shelf

Maybe it was because we were hopeful that the movie would breathe some life into a flat first person narrative, or seeing the action on the big screen would somehow make this weird ill-conceived dystopian government finally make sense, but the Divergent film didn’t provide respite from the faults we found in the book. (Pssst… Generic spoiler alert!) Let’s talk about some overall reactions – was there any improvement over the book? Caitlin: Theo James’ lips. Erin: Theo James is YUMMY. […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: "The book is better than the movie", adaptations, boys, divergent, romance, YA

Don’t Let the Ancient Demon Curses Grind You Down – Bingo Update

February 18, 2014 by Erin

Erin gives us our first update to our Literary Bingo challenge! What’s Literary Bingo? Check it out. Bingo Square: YA Based on a Fairy Tale Title: Cruel Beauty Author: Rosamund Hodge I tried to make my literary bingo board more challenging by including squares with unfamiliar book categories in an effort to broaden my reading scope. This is not one of those squares. Maybe I cheated a bit by including a sub genre that I already know and love, but […]

Categories: Book Review • Tags: fairy tales, literary bingo, romance, YA

Happy Valentine’s Day from Ladies On The Shelf!

February 14, 2014 by Ladies On The Shelf

Today we celebrate (or not – we won’t judge) those feelings that are squishy, smooshy and well, pretty much the greatest in whatever capacity you have them in your life. Be it friends, family or your specific special someone, love is a wonderful thing! Sure, the holiday is commercialized, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take time to tell people you care – any day, everyday, even today. Speaking of love, we wrote earlier this week about our favorite crushes, […]

Categories: Featured • Tags: romance, Valentine's Day

Jessi’s Top 5 Literary Crushes

February 13, 2014 by Jessi

Jessi weighs in on her bookish fancies – but with a twist! For our final Valentine’s crush list, she offers some boys off the beaten path. First, a note to my fellow ladies on the shelf: Because my fellow authors’ lists are absolute perfection (Erin’s and Caitlin’s), I’ve decided to adopt theirs as my own. (It’s done. Deal with it.) Wait, Jessi, does this mean you’re not going to make your own list? How utterly devastating! Of course, I’m going […]

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Caitlin’s Top Five Literary Crushes

February 12, 2014 by Caitlin

For our next Valentine’s Day installment, Caitlin confesses that she’s in love with a pirate. The Pirate. There’s something utterly fanciful about a man in print. What’s better than a man you create your mental image of? No matter how close casting comes for the movie version, they never seem to match my mental feelings juuuust right. (Note that some of my favorites do have movie versions – Princess Bride aside, The Time Traveler’s Wife movie utterly lacked passion and […]

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Erin’s Top 5 Literary Crushes

February 12, 2014 by Erin

As it’s Valentine’s week, we’re celebrating the fictional boyfriends we love. Stay tuned for our other authors’ installments! I’ve been crushing on fictional characters since Steve started raiding the Tanners’ refrigerator on Full House, but the fictional guys in print are really the most fun to swoon over. The following list reflects, in this order, nostalgia for one of my very first literary crushes, a slightly embarrassing attraction to hot vampires and romance novel-style cads, and an appreciation for fascinating […]

Categories: Best Of • Tags: boys, romance, top 5, Valentine's Day