Urban Fantasy
Date Published: October 17, 2014
Who knew immortality would be such a bitch.
Boot Camp for Vamps has a new prisoner, and Ria is testing her new world of rules and regulations, fighting her oldest nemesis—conformity. Her key battle is keeping her individuality and hiding her phoenix powers.
With an uptight mentor, an estranged werewolf, and an unlikely band of humans on her side, Ria must first survive her trials, designed to break her by a queen hell bent on making her suffer...let the nightmare begin.
Our Review
3.5 Stars
I did not read the first book in this series before being gifted a copy of this book and it greatly impacted my understanding of the storyline. I understood maybe 25% of the who, what, when, where, and whys of this story and definitely recommend reading book one first.
Ria is a newly turned vampire under the control of some sort of queen though I couldn't understand why this queen had so much power and why those how didn't like her didn't just leave. Ria has powers she's trying to learn to control and there's a whole host of people trying to help her.
She's smarmy and a smart ass, but when it comes to friends she's fiercely loyal and would do anything to protect them.
She also seems to have men galore at every turn, but again I could barely understand her connections to any of them.
Overall what I understood of the story intrigued me which is why I didn't give it a lower rating, but because I read this as a stand alone I was left disappointed.
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Alisha Costanzo is from a Syracuse suburb. She earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of Central Oklahoma, where she currently teaches English. LOVING RED, a Broken World novel, is undergoing serious edits for its 2015 release. And novelette, "Maiden of the Underworld," will be released in anthology, DISTORTED in 2014. In the meantime, she will continue to corrupt young minds, rant about the government, and daydream about her all around nasty creatures.
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Urban Fantasy
Date Published: October 17, 2014
Who knew immortality would be such a bitch.
Boot Camp for Vamps has a new prisoner, and Ria is testing her new world of rules and regulations, fighting her oldest nemesis—conformity. Her key battle is keeping her individuality and hiding her phoenix powers.
With an uptight mentor, an estranged werewolf, and an unlikely band of humans on her side, Ria must first survive her trials, designed to break her by a queen hell bent on making her suffer...let the nightmare begin.
Boot Camp for Vamps has a new prisoner, and Ria is testing her new world of rules and regulations, fighting her oldest nemesis—conformity. Her key battle is keeping her individuality and hiding her phoenix powers.
With an uptight mentor, an estranged werewolf, and an unlikely band of humans on her side, Ria must first survive her trials, designed to break her by a queen hell bent on making her suffer...let the nightmare begin.
3.5 Stars
I did not read the first book in this series before being gifted a copy of this book and it greatly impacted my understanding of the storyline. I understood maybe 25% of the who, what, when, where, and whys of this story and definitely recommend reading book one first.
Ria is a newly turned vampire under the control of some sort of queen though I couldn't understand why this queen had so much power and why those how didn't like her didn't just leave. Ria has powers she's trying to learn to control and there's a whole host of people trying to help her.
She's smarmy and a smart ass, but when it comes to friends she's fiercely loyal and would do anything to protect them.
She also seems to have men galore at every turn, but again I could barely understand her connections to any of them.
Overall what I understood of the story intrigued me which is why I didn't give it a lower rating, but because I read this as a stand alone I was left disappointed.
Review Tour - October 20 - November 3
October 20 - Reading Addiction Blog Tours - Kick Off
October 21 - A Life Through Books
October 22 -Things That Make People Go Awww
October 23 - The Book Lovers Lounge
October 24 - Book Junky Girls
October 27 - Texas Book Nook
October 28 - Step Into Fiction
October 29 - Dalene's Book Reviews
October 30 - Twin Opinions
October 31 - Ashley's Paranormal Book Blog
November 1 - A Cup of Tea and a Big Books - With Interview
November 2 - Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock
November 3 -
November 3 - RABT Reviews - Wrap Up
Website: http://alishacostanzo.weebly.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenworldauthor
Twitter: @AlishaCostanzo
Blog: http://alishamcostanzo.wordpress.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4618491.Alisha_Costanzo
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