Thursday, November 1, 2012

The Promise Lauren Hunter Review

The PromiseThe Promise by Lauren  Hunter

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Note I was provided this for free to review: That being said it did not effect my love for this book! I must say it has been awhile since a historical romance has caught my attention! I read this book very quickly! I loved the banter between the Duke and Lady Elizabeth and I loved the concept! True Soul mates exist and not even death can separate them. I love historical romance but a lot of modern ones have left me disappointed due to the lack of research with their time period, however Lauren Hunter's writing shows she took the time to make it accurate and believable for the time period she has written about and to me that is one of the most important aspects of historical fiction of any kind. There is a lot of back and forth between the Duke and Lady Elizabeth and even though Lady Elizabeth tries to rebuke the Duke, he is determined to win her. This all leads to a plot twist that I didn't see coming! If you are a fan of historical romance this book if for you! A very solid 5!



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NaNoWriMo Diary Day 1

So NaNoWriMo has started and I am almost a couple thousand words into Demonic Savior!!! Yay!!!! Finished the images for my simple teaser trailer as well!  And wrote about a 2k word short story!!!!  So my day has started off good so far!  Also because I am Catholic please just take a moment to remember those who have passed before us; as today is All Souls Day.

I remember:
John Charles Rochholz (My Dad)
Marcus Russell Rochholz (Brother)
Mitchell Riordan Rochholz (Brother)
Martin Rory Rochholz (Brother)
Bernice Agnes Kitchen (Maternal Grandmother)
Evelyn LaVonne Rochholz (Paternal Grandmother)
Raymond Lee Rochholz (Paternal Grandfather)
Ross Jay Kitchen (Maternal Grandfather)
Jon Bernard Kitchen (Uncle)
Bridget Agnes Campbell (Maternal Great Grandmother) 
AND 
ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE ME


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Vampire Hunter's Daughter Part I By Jennifer Malone Wright Review

The Vampire Hunter's Daughter, Part I (The Vampire Hunter's Daughter #1)The Vampire Hunter's Daughter, Part I by Jennifer Malone Wright

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Honestly I didn't want to write the review until I read them all together in one sitting because honestly reading this first part by itself doesn't want to make me read more based on the characters not the plot. The main character is a bit... ummm... flat... something is missing. Only reason I am reviewing it right now is because I get 17 (or more) notifications a day that people are recommending I read this part and now a review of it (Some event on facebook going on)So I read it... I am done for now reading the books, until I have time to devote to reading the whole thing. But on part one alone... It moved quickly and it has an enjoyable plot... the characters I don't really care about, and that is why I am giving it a 3 star rating I liked the direction this is going, and am hoping that in the next 5 parts the characters develop a bit more for me. I liked it... I will read more... but I am in no rush to do so... 3 stars... I liked it... my rating is 1 star- poor tree 2 star- hated it 3 star liked it 4 star- loved it 5 star- OMG BEST THING EVER. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love either. It may be better once I read all 6 parts together. Now I know people who love this and will give it 5 stars and 4 stars and hate my little 3 star rating, but to be honest it takes more than few pages to get into a book for me, this was really just a few pages takes like 5 minutes to read and to have to go out and buy other parts of the book... Not really for me, however that being said, as I said the plot I believe is there, and it interests me enough to want to continue (at some time) and finish this 'serial' novel.



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Monday, October 29, 2012

NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month is upon us!!!! Click here to sign up authors! And I am participating!!! I will try to keep you all up to date with my progress!!!

Name of Work: Demonic Savior


Synopsis: One moment of love, forever changes Dani. She just was going to throw her sister, Malika, off at home. She never thought there was a whole other world out there, until she joins it. To protect her sister she gave her life. She was killed. She died. She was changed, by a creature she thought of as fiction. She is dead. Well, undead. But she does not thirst for mortal blood. As a gift the powers that be, for her unselfish love, they changed her thirst. She hungers for vampire blood, the blood of evil.... and she will hunt them and destroy them with every fiber of her undead being... Before the Vampire Elite destroys the very reason Dani still maintains her soul… Mialika… The daughter of a Virtue... and an Archangel… Dani must save her sister and the other children of the Angels to prevent the end of the world… In death she discovers the secrets of the past. In death she discovers her purpose in life. And in death she shall live!


Excerpt:

"Who are you?" Dani asked the man that stood above the grave... stood above her grave.
"I am the darkness, that has invaded your soul." The being responded.
Dani was confused. "What is your name?"
"Zen."
"You are not the one that killed me."
"No, I am the one assigned to find you, to train you."
"Why?"
"That is what the master wants."
Dani looked at Zen. He was handsome. Young, maybe twenty. His eyes, the bluest things she had ever seen. They seemed to shine with life. “What am I?”
“A vampire.”
“Are you?”
“No, far from it.”
“Is your master the one that killed me?”
“No. My master is the one that wants to save you.”
“Why?”
“Because you shall save the children of angels.”
“Why?”
“Your sister is one.”
“Malika?”
“Yes, she was given to your mother and father, adopted. She is the child of one of the seven virtues and an archangel.”
“And me? How do I figure into this? Besides being a monster now?” Dani hated what she was, vampires are demons. She did not want eternal life.
“You are the daughter of Lucifer himself. However you have a choice. You can choose to be on God’s side or Lucifer’s. That is why the child of Chastity was given to you, to be your sister. Malika, daughter of iven to you to help you with your choice, to sway you towards your true destiny.”
“What if I don’t want to choose? What of I don’t want this life?”
“You don’t have a choice. You must choose. I will be your trainer if you choose to side with God.”
“Zen, I should have known.” A dark gravely voice came from the shadows. “His highness always chooses his favorite.”
“Zeith.” Zen said in a way of greeting. “Zeith shall be your trainer if you choose to side with Lucifer.”
“Brother don’t sound so hurt about it.”
“Zeith we both choose a side. I choose our creator. You chose The Morning Star.”
“We have prophesized her. She will drain the mutts of angels and shall became Lucifer’s right hand, leading the vampires, leading the world into darkness…” Zeith lowered his voice. “For eternity…”
Dani sat on the ground shocked. She had just dug herself out of her grave. She was a vampire and she had to choose between good and evil…

Cover: OH WAIT!!!! You can't see that yet! Look out I will have a cover reveal on Bex N' Books Blog (Click Here) sometime in November! I will let you know when!

Monday, October 22, 2012

Torn Souls by Crystal Cattabriga Review

Torn SoulsTorn Souls by Crystal Cattabriga


My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This book is a must read! It should be in high schools. This book is just wow! I don't even know where to start! I love the characters, Alex and Julia are easy to love and their story is makes this a great YA Novel! I am not a big fan of YA never have been, thought I have started reading more and more of it lately. This book I would recommend to everybody! I am normally really hard on YA books because of the situations they show, but is is real stuff, and shows YA as it should be shown. Bullying is an issue that everybody faces, I myself have been a victim and it has made a lasting negitive effect on my life, and this book brings the topic to public view in away that allows people to understand it. If you have never been a victim of bullying you wouldn't understand, and normally when bullying is the topic of the book those who were the bullies or those who have never been bullied don't really get the picture and see it is a pure work of fiction. This book though a work of fiction allows you to get inside the head of those that are hurt by bullying and you see the effect it has on Julia. This is a fantastic book and a must read for anybody ages 12 to 112!




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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Grab My Hand!


A blog has set up Grab My Hand!  It is a stand against Bullying and I fully support it!  Sparring Stepsisters! is the website, just print out the one of the certificates sign you name put your hand to the photo and pledge!  If you can't print it don't worry!  Just take a photo of you and put the image of the certificate on it and electronically sign your name!!!  It doesn't matter how you do it!  Just that you do it!  I DID!

 This is a way for authors (they have said Indie authors but you know what you traditional authors you should pledge too!), bloggers, and bookaholics to unite against bullying. Bullying is ALWAYS an issue.  I for one am pleased that people are finally standing up together, and telling people, 'You know what?  Bullying is wrong!"  Think before you speak!!! You never know the lasting effects of your harmful words!!! The other day I shared my story on bullying!  You can read it here on the blog ( click here Bullying).  This campaign is sponsored by the ladies of Sparring Stepsisters (click their name to go to their site!), and is being done with the hope of letting anyone out there who's being bullied know that they are not alone, I know that when I was being bullied, I felt so alone.  I thought nobody cared.  And back then few did, but I know better now.  That being said, I still live with the lasting effects of those words, those actions, taken by other people ( I say people because bullying just isn't done by kids!) But I want people to know that people do care, they do understand what they are going though!  If anybody ever needs to just talk I am always around!  I don't care if it morning noon or night!  Send me a message on facebook Katherine Rochholz (Just click my name!) It is time to speak up against bullying and make a stand against it!!!! Now thanks to the Sparring Stepsisters here are the images!!! Take the pledge!  I did and I hope you do as well!!!




If you need help with combining the images, contact me and I will photoshop them for you!  You can contact me at my facebook page! Author Katherine Rochholz Facebook

PLEASE TAKE THE STAND AGAINST BULLYING!!!!



~Katherine Rochholz  Indie Author against Bullying