Building Magic by Lilly Cain

Genre: Paranormal Romance, Erotic
Paranormal: Shifter / Dragon
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PJVs QUICKIE POV:
The dragon shifters I tend to stay away from, but the synopsis on this one sounded intriguing. My main reason for the skittishness is that they do tend to be a little over the top. While I like dragons, authors sometimes portray dragon/men doing odd things that I really don't find sexy. Cain did a great job of proving my racism unfounded though, and had me entertained with a very good dragon story. While some parts did have me go "Oh my," I was quickly engrossed and found the ebook quite charming.

REVIEW:
Tina Moreland is an architect spending her summers building skyscrapers as a welder. A bit on the repressed side she has taken to using her binoculars at lunch break to watch a particularly sexy exec across the way strip down for his own odd lunch breaks. So caught up in his last little strip tease, Tina looses her footing and plummets off the side of the building. The scream rouses Devin Ken’Draga from the spell he was performing and he immediately jumps to save the woman. Things go wrong though and both are sent to his own world, a world of dragons and war...and there is no going back.

An engaging, fantastical tale that had me engrossed from the beginning because of the charm of both characters. Tina and Devin were both very forth-coming characters that had an easy-to-like personality about them. I really enjoyed reading Tina and Devin's tale. Tina was fiery and funny and Devin was temperamental and sexy, they made for a great match. The story that wrapped around them was also rather unique and I found myself wanting to know more.

Where the book did run into some problems were the plot threads, there were a few that just didn't make sense. This was most likely because the book is rather short, and the tale is rather something that could fit in a more bloated novel, so the author made a few jumps that I found needed a little more elaboration and explanation. But, like most books of this genre, if you don't look too far up the skirt they tend to be very entertaining. Some of the dragon elements were a little off-putting. My imagination kind of drew a blank when I tried to conjure up certain dragon male-parts that were referenced a lot. I just never imagined a dragon with a...well you can finish that thought. Because of this I found myself pondering physics during particular hot and heavy scenes instead of enjoying the romance. Other than that, a fun, quick and titillating read.

I look forward to reading more of Ms. Cain's work.


RECOMMENDATIONS:
A very fantastical tale, paranormal romance fans should enjoy. Adults only of course.

Alien Revealed by Lilly Cain

Alien Revealed by Lilly Cain
Publisher: Carina Press
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Format: eBook
Release Date: June 14, 2010

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PJVs QUICKIE POV:  First off where do I sign up for tattoo like nerve endings? Everything about this book was sexy, the cover, the concept and the characters. A quickie read, with an intense story-line, I'm never really gushy fangirl over books leaning towards erotica...but this was a treat. 

REVIEW: Alinna Gaerrii is on a routine observation mission of the human Starforce base on Earth. She is a member of the Inarrii race, an enlightened member of the Confederacy and their intent is to welcome the human race into their fold...but only after close investigation to see if they are what they appear. Trustworthy.  Her observation ship is knocked off course and crashes to Earth when a human vessel also crashes in the same area. When she is mistaken for the only female on board the human vessel, a psychologist sent to evaluate a Special Forces team on base, Alinna grasps on to this mistaken identity and decides to use it to observe humans more closely.

Alinna doesn't expect Major David Brown, though. All human, all male and seriously suspicious of her. As David and Alinna begin to interact more and more Alinna realizes that there is more to the human race than she first suspected, including the ability to connect with her telepathically, which is a trait she thought only the Inarri possessed. This could mean wonderful things for the two races...and as she delves deeper into David's mind...it means wonderful things for her also, including a little bit of inter-species relations (ooh that sounds kinda freaky).  What better way to introduce yourself to a new alien race, right?

What can I say, I'm blushing writing this review. A great read, and not just because of the sexy scenes.  This book was also well written, very well written for an eBook and an erotica, and the plot was very interesting. Cain's explanation of the Inarrii was pretty interesting and I wouldn't mind meeting and Alien race like them someday. My only thumbs down on this one was the quick ending, it almost cut off to quickly, and I don't feel like the author took as much time with the ending as she did with the middle and beginning.  It was almost like she was hurrying to meet deadline...and penned a quick wrap-up.  It wasn't really that major though, the book was entertaining and I can't wait to read more from the author.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Adults only, this is an erotica novel so there are graphic sex scenes, a lot of cursing and even a bit of bondage. Nothing BDSM though, just light fluff.

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