Sweet Evil UK Giveaway!

I am giving away 1 brand new copy of Sweet Evil via Amazon.
Sorry this giveaway is UK only, but I will have an international giveaway coming in a few days :)

Review: Venom (Elemental Assassin #3) - Jennifer Estep

Name: Venom (Elemental Assassin #3)

Author: Jennifer Estep

Release Date: 28th September 2010

Date I finished it: 20th May 2012

Source: Audio book 

Rating:

Be warned - this review will have a few spoilers

As most of you who follow my reviews and reading habits will probably know by now, I am in love with this series!

This is book three, and once again I listened to it on audio. I really love my audio-books, especially after a long day at work when I'm too tired to read, I just need to put on my ipod, close my eyes and I'm swept away into a new world!

First of all I want to talk about the cover for this book, I love the change from the red/orange theme of the first two books, the blue/purple really suits the mood of this book.

Anyway this time around things take a bit of a strange turn for Gin, the city's new detective and Gin's long lost sister Bria, has been trying to find out who killed her family. Completely unknown to her that Gin is her sister, she finds herself in Mab's bad books for digging up the past. When giant's attack her at home, Gin is the one to come to her rescue, but like before she isn't ready to reveal who she really is yet!

I really wish Gin would just tell Bria who she is, I can see why Estep is dragging it out, but the suspense is killing me! I just want them to be a happy family for once!

The main plot line in this book revolves around Roslyn, who is being terrorised in her own night club by Elliot Slater, Mab's right hand man. Gin agrees to help her out, but also knows that going up against Elliot is a declaration of war against Mab, the most powerful fire elemental in town, who also happens to be the person who killed Gin's mother and older sister years ago.

Gin must come up with a way to save Roslyn, kill Slater and not get herself killed in the process!

There was a bit too much repetition in this book for me, things that had been told or explained in the previous two books cropped up again in this one.

I usually don't mind it, as it is nice to have a quick refresher now and again, but this time as I'm listening to the series back to back, it did get to be a bit annoying.

I gave this book 5 stars, to me this is the best book in the series (so far). 

You can see a clear turning point in Gin's life and the decisions she is making in Venom. I especially loved the ending, all I can say about it is WOW!

I loved her conversation with Mab, I loved the way Gin had everything planned out perfectly, and how it all came together.

Honestly, Jennifer Estep is fast becoming one of my all time favourite authors, with each book in this series the writing, plot and character development just gets better and better.

I need to keep going with this series now as I am well and truly hooked!

Review: Web of Lies (Elemental Assassin #2) - Jennifer Estep

Name: Web of Lies (Elemental Assassin #2)

Author: Jennifer Estep

Release Date: 25th May 2010

Date I finished it: 19th April 2012

Source: Audio book 

Rating:

After I finished Spider's Bite, I had to keep going with this series!

Web of Lies is the second book in Jennifer's Elemental Assassin series.

Once again, straight from page one I was hooked on this plot!

The book opens up with Gin's restaurant being robbed, something she finds rather funny being an a bad ass assassin, that is until one of the robbers turns out to be a fire elemental, then the real show down begins!

This is only one of many action packed scenes in the book, but I just love how these books start with something that draws you in from the very beginning!

In this book we get to see a different side to Gin, when an old friend of Fletcher's asks for her help it stirs up a lot of memories about her own past.

We see a caring and loving side to Gin, which we didn't get to see much of in Spider's Bite. 

I really liked these scenes in the book, it shows that even though Gin is an assassin. She's still human, she has feelings and she has limits as well.

I'll be honest, I think I actually preferred this book to Spider's Bite, now that I've got to know Gin, I'm starting to love her as a main character!

She really is one of my top book heroines ever, coming a very close second to Richelle Mead's Georgina Kincaid and Eugenie Markham. And those who know me, know that I could gush for hours over those two fictional women. Gin Blanco is definitely one to keep my eye on!

Jennifer Estep's writing style is growing on me more and more.

Even though I listened to this as an audio-book, and will probably keep listening to the whole series on audio (I really love the woman's voice who reads it!). Estep manages to mix really good, action packed fight scenes, witty dialogue and even murder into these books, but still keep parts of it light hearted, funny and best of all enjoyable to read!

Now I am just looking forward to starting the next book in the series!

Weekly Additions #2

Welcome to the second edition of Weekly Editions!

Where I showcase all the books I got in the previous week!

So here is what I got this past week:

For Review: 

Deadly Hemlock - Kathleen Peacock (got this last week but forgot to photograph it!)

Bought:

Blood Red Road - Moira Young (got this last week but forgot to photograph it!)

Insurgent (Divergent #2) - Veronica Roth

Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades of Grey #2) - E.L. James

Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades of Grey #3) - E.L. James

Review: Spider's Bite (Elemental Assassin #1) - Jennifer Estep

Name: Spider's Bite (Elemental Assassin #1)

Author: Jennifer Estep

Release Date: 26th Jan 2010

Date I finished it: 15th March 2012

Source: Audio book 

Rating:

Spider's Bite is the first book in the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep.

I have heard a lot about Jennifer's YA series Mythos Academy and they are on my list to read soon, but when I saw this book available as an audio book I decided to go ahead and give it a try!

Spider's Bite follows Gin Blanco, otherwise known as the Spider, a deadly assassin for hire. But when Gin is double crossed and finds out her handler, Fletcher has been tortured and murdered Gin sets out to find the truth about what happened and will stop at nothing to track down and kill the person responsible.

I think that this series is starting to become one of my favourite adult paranormals. There is so much depth and intrigue packed into every page, twists and turns around every corner and one very kick-ass heroine that manages to snare you into her world from the very start!

I really loved how this book manages to both set the scene for this new world Jennifer Estep has created as well as tell the readers an awesome story.

In Gin's world vampires, giants, elemental magic and even dwarfs are the norm. 

The main character, Gin is what really makes the book.

We see glimpses into her past and come to realise just how she has wound up as the most deadly assassin around. She is witty, quick thinking and smart. I know that if I was even in a jam, Gin would be the one I'd be calling on to help me out! As the story progresses, you just can't help but to root for her!

As the plot unfolds, the reader is thrown into even more unexpected twists and more of the truth about Gin's tragic childhood comes to light.

Overall, 4/5 stars I really loved this book, it ticked all the right boxes for me and I can't wait to start with the second one!