Urban Fantasy/New Adult Paranormal Romance (Mature audiences only. Mild to
moderate swearing and sexual situations) Release Date, March 15, 2013
Cover Reveal!
“I love you Kenna and I will never lose you. I promise.”
Official
Blurb:
There are three rules when it comes to being a
vampire in New Orleans. 1) Don’t kill dinner. 2) Don’t feed from people you
know. 3) Don’t tell anyone. Not too hard, right? Wrong. Kenna is a new vampire
filled with a passion that has turned into an uncontrollable lust for blood.
Will
Arthur be able to stop her feeding spree before the coven comes after her or is
Kenna beyond saving?
Arthur has
been watching Kenna for years, wanting her to try her own hand in life before
he gave her the ultimate proposal. Now that she has accepted, will his love be enough to save her?
Author Bio:
One day while slaving
away at her monotonous day job, Jennifer Martinez found her true calling. Like
a firefly in the night, the pages called to her. Once she caught the bug there
was no stopping it. Her fingers flew furiously across the keyboard winding
tales of love, mystery and anger. She snapped out of her reverie to find
herself still behind the desk but at least she knew who she was… Author
Jennifer Martinez.
I like to think of myself
as a beautiful conundrum. When I am not writing, I can be found surrounded by
my amazing family and 4 dogs or volunteering at a local animal rescue. I love
who I am and don’t mind at all when I get strange looks from people. I am a
tattoo covered, child and animal lover who looks forward to destroying peoples
preconceived notions of what “someone like me” would be interested in. You only
live life once… you may as well make it interesting.
I love to get lost in a
good book and hope that everyone will get lost in mine.
My Review(my personal views and opinions pertaining to Crossfire):
I'm going to start off by saying Crossfire is AMAZING! I absolutely loved loved loved this novel!
It grabbed a hold of my psychi and held it captive, pulling me into the supernatural world. When a book can have that affect on me, where I'm not just reading the book, I feel like I'm actually living it, it's pretty darn awesome!
Crossfire is the continuation of the paranormal novel Darkride. It picks up right where we left the characters in Darkride, in Ander's van heading to Maine.
Each of the characters have well defined characteristics, which makes it easy to form a connection with them individually. I connected with most of the characters, being particularly fond of Cicely & Ander, but they were all fantastic in their own way.
Characteristics that I felt each of the characters embodied:
Cicely- strong willed, loving, and faithful, willing to stare in the face of danger in the name of love, never letting go or giving up
Ander- brave, considerate, and strong(physically & emotionally), willing to put his desires and life on the line to ensure the safety of the ones he loves
Luke- dapper and debonair, willing to go to great lengths for the women he loves
Emmie- caring, generous, and likable, willing to fight in someone else's war to save the lives of friends & strangers
Five- mysterious and vague, willing to help her friends discover their future, but not selflessly
D.J.- naive and moody, willing to do what ever it takes to be on top
Naomi- warm, loving and optimistic, willing to take big risk to find the love she lost
Naomi is a new character, one we didn't meet in Darkride. I have to admit, she annoyed me with her actions, but towards the end of the book my feelings began to shift, by the end she fully redeemed herself in my eyes. Although, I never could completely dislike her because she was extremely helpful and a safe haven for the other characters, for that I had to give her respect and appreciation.
I formed an attachment to Cicely, anything or anyone who threatened her, rubbed me the wrong way. I wanted to defend and protect her, but Ander & Luke had it under control.
The one character that I wasn't able to connect with was D.J. Although I felt sorry for him in a sense, his behavior and actions (one in particular) were the reasons I really couldn't like kid.
Crossfire is beautifully written, full of passion and emotion. Laura Bradley Rede did a wonderful job tying all the loose ends together, making the story complete. I was so pleased with the ending, even as I read the acknowledgements at the end of the book, I felt emotional. It is obvious that Laura puts her heart and soul into her writing, as a reader you can feel it through the characters and storyline.
I am a fairly new reader of the paranormal/supernatural/fantasy genre. I now completely consider myself a fan. I never imagined that I would view a vampire bite as sensual, but that's exactly what I felt when Luke bit his love interests. Vampires and Werewolves are absolutely *Swoon-Worthy*! Ander & Luke fit that mold perfectly!
As I read through Darkride and Crossfire I began to perceive an alternate meaning from this story, it really came together for me at the end of the novel: That we as a people can come together, setting our differences aside, accepting, trusting, believing in, and loving each other and by doing so, together we can accomplish unimaginable feats.
Darkride & Crossfire(The Darkride Chronicles) are absolute must reads! I cannot say enough about how much I enjoyed these novels.
Favorite Quote:
"No one would blame you for guarding your heart, Ander. You've lost a lot of people in your young life, and you don't want to lose any more. And yes, if you love her, you may loser her, tomorrow or next week or eighty years from now. You will. But you will never really lose her because you let her in. You loved her. And we never really lose what we truly love." <3 ~Danny
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger and wht does kill you makes you invincible." ~Five
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