A review by amyiw
Kicking It by Kalayna Price, Chloe Neill, Christina Henry, Faith Hunter, Rob Thurman, Chris Marie Green, Rachel Caine, Shannon K. Butcher, Lucienne Diver
5.0
Rachel Caine's- Forked Tongue- 5
Quite good beginning to a world. The world is one very bigoted toward witches. Holly and Dave(?) are witches. The guy being a resurrected witch. We don't get the full story there and after the short, I really want to know more. This was really, really good. Of course too short.
Shannon Butcher's Stolen Goods 5
I've been meaning to read some of Shannon K Butcher's Sentinels but just haven't got to them. Ms Butcher is the former wife of Jim Butch of the Dresden Files. I've heard her series is very good. After reading this story, I'll probably move it up on the list as it starts out great and gets better. The two have great chemistry.
Green's The Girl With No Name 4
This was interesting but started out slowly. She has a day's memories and doesn't know who is following her or why she has boots on. She finds out why and takes care of that day. We are left not knowing the story or an idea of the future. Good not great, I wanted more.
Faith Hunter from Yellowrock world- Devil's Left Boot 5
Twin sister witches are hired by their old high school bully to find her mother. This was a really good one though short (these are short). We get a little look into the twins and good magic vs blood magic. Then Jane has to show up when a vamp is involved. And there is a lot of boot craving. I liked that they took on the job even though they pretty much hated their H.S. rival. I'm about 3 books behind the 6.1 where this takes place so probably hit a big time spoiler.
Chloe Neil- High Stakes 4
A Chicagoland story with Lindsey and Luc. We get a bit of Lindsey background. This was kind of a solidification for her and Luc's relationship. This was good but a bit of TSTL moment in there too. No real spoiler here.
I'm going to hang it up for a day here and come back to it later but I have no problem saying this is a 4 star or above compilation, right now it is heading for 5
2 days
[a:Lucienne Diver|2765438|Lucienne Diver|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1305294997p2/2765438.jpg]- The Parlor 3
Pretty sure this is part of The Latter-Day Olympians though it isn't marked yet as such. This was a little slow for me in the beginning though once we get to the nitty gritty, the characters are very interesting paranormals. Not the normal vampire or werewolf here, the most normal was the sun god. I'd be interested in reading more but wasn't my favorite.
[a:Christina Henry|3409936|Christina Henry|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417722044p2/3409936.jpg]- Red isn't really my Color 4 1/2
Interesting twist on the (great) granddaughter of the fallen angel Lucifer. I think I would have liked it even better if I knew the series and this has made me interested in starting it. My only real issue making her too good. Still I loved the characters and the ending.
[a:Rob Thurman|121825|Rob Thurman|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1310421838p2/121825.jpg], Snakeskin 3
This was my least favorite of the stories. Maybe if I knew the character from the series but I didn't. It starts out great, with a bit of humor and some great quotes (some her own). Then it kind of meanders here and there and I'm not sure where she is trying to go with it. At the end, you get the answer but during the telling I was quite bored. Lots of telling. The end makes it satisfying but I nearly fast forwarded.
[a:Kalayna Price|2803627|Kalayna Price|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1282843315p2/2803627.jpg], Ruby Red 5
I was a little confused at first because I have read the first two books in the Alex Craft series and couldn't see where this fit. Kept on trying to place the characters. Well, they aren't part of it before book 3 so, those of us who have read 1 or 2 books, will not be able to place them. Once I gave up on relating the story to Alex Craft, I found that I really liked the characters and the short story. Really I liked this better than any of the Alex Craft books I've read so far and would love to read more about these characters. I will probably read book 3 now and see if they show up since they were being sent to investigate Alex. I went back and discovered that I missed that she called it Darque Files series, part of the Alex Craft world when introducing the story. I would definitely read more if she ever truly writes this series. This story follows a MCIB officer, Magic Crimes Investigation Bureau, and her partner on one of their investigations. Both are very interesting and I would like to know more about them. Really one of my favorites of the book.
Quite good beginning to a world. The world is one very bigoted toward witches. Holly and Dave(?) are witches. The guy being a resurrected witch. We don't get the full story there and after the short, I really want to know more. This was really, really good. Of course too short.
Shannon Butcher's Stolen Goods 5
I've been meaning to read some of Shannon K Butcher's Sentinels but just haven't got to them. Ms Butcher is the former wife of Jim Butch of the Dresden Files. I've heard her series is very good. After reading this story, I'll probably move it up on the list as it starts out great and gets better. The two have great chemistry.
Green's The Girl With No Name 4
This was interesting but started out slowly. She has a day's memories and doesn't know who is following her or why she has boots on. She finds out why and takes care of that day. We are left not knowing the story or an idea of the future. Good not great, I wanted more.
Faith Hunter from Yellowrock world- Devil's Left Boot 5
Twin sister witches are hired by their old high school bully to find her mother. This was a really good one though short (these are short). We get a little look into the twins and good magic vs blood magic. Then Jane has to show up when a vamp is involved. And there is a lot of boot craving. I liked that they took on the job even though they pretty much hated their H.S. rival. I'm about 3 books behind the 6.1 where this takes place so probably hit a big time spoiler.
Chloe Neil- High Stakes 4
A Chicagoland story with Lindsey and Luc. We get a bit of Lindsey background. This was kind of a solidification for her and Luc's relationship. This was good but a bit of TSTL moment in there too. No real spoiler here.
I'm going to hang it up for a day here and come back to it later but I have no problem saying this is a 4 star or above compilation, right now it is heading for 5
2 days
[a:Lucienne Diver|2765438|Lucienne Diver|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1305294997p2/2765438.jpg]- The Parlor 3
Pretty sure this is part of The Latter-Day Olympians though it isn't marked yet as such. This was a little slow for me in the beginning though once we get to the nitty gritty, the characters are very interesting paranormals. Not the normal vampire or werewolf here, the most normal was the sun god. I'd be interested in reading more but wasn't my favorite.
[a:Christina Henry|3409936|Christina Henry|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417722044p2/3409936.jpg]- Red isn't really my Color 4 1/2
Interesting twist on the (great) granddaughter of the fallen angel Lucifer. I think I would have liked it even better if I knew the series and this has made me interested in starting it. My only real issue
Spoiler
one moment all her magic is unaccessible to her and then she could reach down for blood magic of Lucifer. This made her a little too uber witch. It might have to do that I don't understand how it works. From the comments, she doesn't know how that part works either and doesn't have much control. Still she seemed to get the control. So she went from no power, to uber power and pow done.[a:Rob Thurman|121825|Rob Thurman|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1310421838p2/121825.jpg], Snakeskin 3
This was my least favorite of the stories. Maybe if I knew the character from the series but I didn't. It starts out great, with a bit of humor and some great quotes (some her own). Then it kind of meanders here and there and I'm not sure where she is trying to go with it. At the end, you get the answer but during the telling I was quite bored. Lots of telling. The end makes it satisfying but I nearly fast forwarded.
[a:Kalayna Price|2803627|Kalayna Price|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1282843315p2/2803627.jpg], Ruby Red 5
I was a little confused at first because I have read the first two books in the Alex Craft series and couldn't see where this fit. Kept on trying to place the characters. Well, they aren't part of it before book 3 so, those of us who have read 1 or 2 books, will not be able to place them. Once I gave up on relating the story to Alex Craft, I found that I really liked the characters and the short story. Really I liked this better than any of the Alex Craft books I've read so far and would love to read more about these characters. I will probably read book 3 now and see if they show up since they were being sent to investigate Alex. I went back and discovered that I missed that she called it Darque Files series, part of the Alex Craft world when introducing the story. I would definitely read more if she ever truly writes this series. This story follows a MCIB officer, Magic Crimes Investigation Bureau, and her partner on one of their investigations. Both are very interesting and I would like to know more about them. Really one of my favorites of the book.