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New Book Recommendations for May


I love a good book. I am on the waiting list for a ton of books, but they all seem to be really popular, so hopefully I will have some more recommendations coming up this summer!

Here are a few of my more recent reads.

Chicagoland Vampire Series by Chloe Neill

"Some Girls Bite" is the first novel in the Chicagoland Vampire Series. This is a fun, spunky series. It's an easy read and quickly gets you attached to the main characters.

Here is a brief description:

They killed me. They healed me. They changed me.

Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn't exactly glamorous, but I was doing fine until Chicago's vampires announced their existence to the world. When a rogue vampire attacked me, I was lucky he only got a sip. Another bloodsucker scared him off and decided the best way to save my life was to make me the walking undead.

Now I've traded sweating over my thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan "Lord o' the Manor" Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed,
four-hundred-year-old vampire, he has centuries' worth of charm, but unfortunately he expects my gratitude—and servitude. Right...

But someone's out to get me. Is it the rogue vampire who bit me? A vamp from a rival House? An angry mob bearing torches? 

My initiation into Chicago's nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war—and there will be blood.

Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas

I wasn't sure at first how I would like this book, but it ended up being a entertaining read. It's a mix of reality TV competitions and medieval fighting. 


Here is a brief description:

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.
Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.
Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
I am a sucker for a good love story. I love happy endings. I am fascinated by old world stories where ladies wear ball gowns and attend lavish parties.
I was drawn to the misfit of characters who ban together in hopes of finding husbands. 
Here is a brief description:
Four young ladies enter London society with one common goal: they must use their feminine wit and wiles to find a husband.So a daring husband-hunting scheme is born.
Annabelle Peyton, determined to save her family from disaster, decides to use her beauty and wit to tempt a suitable nobleman into making an offer of marriage. But Annabelle's most intriguing -- and persistent -- admirer, wealthy, powerful Simon Hunt, has made it clear that while he will introduce her to irresistible pleasure he will not offer marriage. Annabelle is determined to resist his unthinkable proposition ... but it is impossible in the face of such skillful seduction.
Her friends, looking to help, conspire to entice a more suitable gentleman to offer for Annabelle, for only then will she be safe from Simon -- and her own longings. But on one summer night, Annabelle succumbs to Simon's passionate embrace and tempting kisses ... and she discovers that love is the most dangerous game of all.
I hope you can enjoy a good read this month!

Until next time,

Kara 
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