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Title: Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
Author: Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 319
Date read: October, 2010

For starters, there's the witch who tried to poison Kate at the Royal College of Wizards. There's also the man who seems to be spying on Cecelia. (Though he's not doing a very good job of it--so just what are his intentions?) And then there's Oliver. Ever since he was turned into a tree, he hasn't bothered to tell anyone where he is.

Clearly, magic is a deadly and dangerous business. And the girls might be in fear for their lives... if only they weren't having so much fun!

An epistolary novel of the best kind - it was actually written using letters! Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer spent 6 months sending letters back and forth "in character", and slowly but surely this novel grew out of the letters. What a fascinating way to write a book!

The plot itself is a pretty run-off-the-mill story, but very charming as we follow the lives of Cecelia and Kate - both of whom turn out to be experts at getting into scrapes! It was a good read to round off my read-a-thon challenge with, as it wasn't terribly taxing, but good entertainment that could hold my attention.
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Title: Eternal Hunger
Author: Laura Wright
Genre: Paranormal
Rating: 2/5
# pages: 284
Date read: October, 2010

Alexander Roman wants nothing to do with the controlling rulers of his vampire breed or the family he escaped from a hundred years ago. But as a new threat to the pureblood vampires emerges, Alexander's ties to the past are forced upon him again, and without warning, he finds himself - disoriented, terrified, and near death - at the door of a stranger.

Dr. Sarah Donohue is dedicated to removing the traumatic memories of her patients - like those of the stranger at her front door. But what he tells her of his past is too astonishing to be anything more than the delusion of a madman. Yet she has seen his flesh scarred by the sun and witnessed his inhuman strength. And never more has she felt so connected to a man, by both fear and seductive excitement.

Paranormal erotica. Entertaining in the same way as a stereotypical Harlequin novel. It wasn't bad, but certainly not good either. The plot was actually half-decent, but very obviously just an excuse for the two main characters to 'get it on' as often as possible, and their relationship was so over-the-top unrealistic that it became plain ridiculous.

Had the author spent more page-time on the plot, and less page-time writing smut, it could actually have been an excellent book, as the genre does have its merrits. For an example of how it should be done, go read Bitten by Kelley Armstrong instead.

... and don't get me started on the front cover. Gah! I'm glad I had an ebook version of this and didn't have to look at it all the time, or it would certainly have scared me away.

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