08 August 2011
REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY: Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison
storm's
heart
Thea Harrison
ISBN #: 978-0-425-24266-7
Publisher Name: Berkley Publishing Group
Date Released: August 2011
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Book
Format: Print.
BACK COVER BLURB:
He’s
a wyr warrior, a god of storms. She’s the heir to the Dark Fae throne. But
desire will bring both to their knees in this all-new Novel of the Elder Races.
During
the rule of her murderous Dark Fae uncle, Thistle “Tricks” Periwinkle found
sanctuary among the wyr in New York. Her ethereal beauty and sparkling
personality won the hearts of the public, but after her uncle’s death, there
are those who don’t want to see her ascend to the throne…
Able
to wield thunder and lightning, wyr sentinel Tiago Black Eagle has ruled the
skies for centuries. His massive build and thunderous power make him one of the
wyr’s best weapons. And he’s sent to protect Tricks when she’s almost
assassinated in Chicago.
Soon,
both Tiago and Tricks will fall prey to the stormy hunger that engulfs them—a
passion that will shake the very foundation of all the worlds…
A
Fiery Temper is Not Easily Extinguished.
COVER SNARK:
I
don't like this cover. Tiago is supposed to look like Dwayne Johnson. Does that
white chest on the cover look like Dwayne Johnson? As a person of color this
annoys the crap out of me.
FIRST LINES:
You didn't ignore a summons roared from the Lord of the Wyr in New York, since it usually heralded a disaster of some proportion. You especially didn't ignore it if you were one of his sentinels.
FAVORITE LINES:
Her compact, curvaceous body was laid out like some kind of offering to a pagen god. As someone who had once been a pagen god, he knew what he was talking about . . .
She cradled his head and bowed over him, wiping her damp cheeks with one hand. "We're so different from each other." "We live a long time. It's good to not be bored."
LYNETTE'S TWO CENTS:
Everyone
and there mother has reviewed this book, so I'm not going to bother with a
bunch of plot stuff, because if you haven't read it yet, you're probably
planning to and nothing I've got to say is going to change your mind, so I'm
just going to get to the point.
This
is the second Thea Harrison book I read Dragon
Bound being the first, where the cutesy beginning of the book annoyed the
crap out of me, but the great middle and end made up for the slow beginning. I
hope that the beginning of her next book is fleshed out more.
In
the beginning of STORM'S HEART, I thought that Tricks/Niniane was a wishy washy
annoying brat who lashed out on people trying to help her without a good
reason. Well, there was a reason, but it came over 100 pages into the story.
While the reason was a good one, it didn't help my opinion of her in the
beginning. I wish that her character was fleshed out a little more in the
beginning to where I didn't want to bash her upside the head for being a jerk
to Tiago when all he was doing was trying to help her. It was the classic, yeah
so you saved my life, I didn't need you, even though I can't really fight to
save my life and I was just lucky. I'm going to be a raving witch to you
anyway.
While
some find that type of perkiness endearing, I found it annoying.
Tiago
was also a little weird. In the beginning, I thought there was going to be some
m/m love with the descriptions Tiago was giving to his fellow sentinels and
co-workers. I mean really, what guy thinks about other guys the way Tiago was
unless they were going to screw them.
This
is just one example of several:
He wore a Jerry Garcia T-shirt that strained across his chest and at the biceps faded jeans with the knees torn out and steel-toed books, the treads of which had been imprinted on more than one Wyr ass. He had sun-bronzed, fine-grained skin with laugh lines at the corners of lion-colored eyes.
I
mean really. Just throw him on top of the conference table and have your way
with him.
Okay,
so despite all my snark STORM'S HEART is a good story once it got going. Once
Niniane finally decided to get around and explain herself, I found her funny
and understandable, and endearing. Also, once Tiago got over crushing on all
the other guys on the book, he stole the show with the fierce love and protectiveness
that he showed to Niniane.
I
loved at how they joined to try to uncover the conspiracy to discover who among
the Dark Fae were trying to kill her. Although, I knew who it was from the
moment the character appeared on the page, I enjoyed the journey Tiago and
Niniane took to discover the truth for their self. I also loved the respect
Tiago and Niniane showed for each other. They respected each other's strengths
and differences. It is sad to say that it is not often in romanceland that you
come across characters that respect each other, this is definitely not the case
inside STORM'S HEART.
I
can't wait to read the next story in this series.
GIVEAWAY:
I
have an extra copy of STORM'S HEART that I am going to give away to a commenter
as a thank you for you guys sticking around while I took a blogging hiatus.
This 'thank you' contest is for followers of my blog only, although it's not
too late for you to follow my blog and comment to win a copy. The contest ends
on Sunday August 14th midnight EST. I'll announce the winner on
Monday, August 15th.
WHERE PURCHASED:
Purchased
with my own money.
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13 people posted their 2 cents:
Thanks for the great giveaway. Please count me in.
Crystal816[at]hotmail[dot]com
This giveaway is great! Thanks:)
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I cannot wait to read Storm's Heart - unfortunately I've been put on a "book budget" :( Count me in for the giveaway!
Glad to see you enjoyed it once it got going...love the line about the pagan god!
Been a follower, please include me in your giveaway.
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elaing8(at)netscape(dot)net
Ha, that's pretty funny about Tiago's thoughts about the other guys. I can't wait to read this book. Unlike you, I'm a huge fan of Tricks. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Thanks for the giveaway.
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mce1011 AT aol DOT com
Your reviews always make me chuckle. TeeHee, I am a bit concerned the hero of the story is describing dudes in that way. I have actually just recently bought Dragon Bound to read. So thanks for the great giveaway. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to win the second.
jadaloves[at]gmail[dot]com
I actually have a copy of this book and really need to read it. Supposed to be for a review.
Thanks for the chance! Sounds pretty good. I would like to read it.
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thanks for the chance...i have been waiting for this...
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Oh! I'm reading Dragon Bound right now...I want more hot sexy dragons! Please!
I just finished reading Dragon Bound last night and I am in love! I can't wait to read the rest of this fabulous series. And I'm excited we won't have to wait too long for books 3 and 4 :)
Thank you for the opportunity!