Sky's Review: The Last Challenge by Sharon Karaa

The Last Challenge by Sharon Karra (Book 1 of the "Northern Witches" series)

BLURB: I thought I was normal, I really did, aside from the fact I had a penchant for naming the many facets of my personality. I was unlucky, I’ll grant you, but other than that, just your average twenty-five year old virgin. 
Then my long dead ancestor turned up with a four-hundred year appetite, a passion for G-strings, and a scorching hot, male witch in tow. 
Throw in an unadulterated bitch of a familiar, three spirits baying for my blood, a six inch tall Geordie man, and my best friend Selina, and before you could say “bubble, bubble” I was strapped onto the front of the roller coaster of my life, heading straight to Hell in a hand basket. 
And the brakes were shot to pieces…




Sky's Thoughts: 
 I read this during the Halloween season and it pretty much set the tone of the entire month for me with a  perfect dose of adventure, romance, and a supernatural adventure to indulge on! 
Oh, where to begin? Not sure where to start on why I loved this book so much, but what I can easily divulge is that this was a non-stop, hilarious read! 
Every character has their own lovable quirks and just about jump right off the page with such brilliant personalities. The author has a wonderful sense of humor and it shines throughout the plot. Lauren is our main character and she lives a happily, normal life until one day her hilarious, dirty-mouthed, four-hundred year old grandmother in the form of a spirit, Agnes, comes out of nowhere to be the bearer of horrifying news . . . Lauren is a witch and her help is very much needed as the families curse needs to be ended. I’ll let Agnes tell you all the trouble she’s in, worth the reading and laughs!
Now that Lauren is learning to cope with the discovery of her roots and the practice that goes along with it, her life has completely changed in the blink of an eye. She has; a tiny, cursing familiar; a swoon-worthy, long-legged guardian named Daniel; and a best friend who happily sticks with her through the thick of this interesting turn in her life. On top of all the laughs I had, there were many a times when Daniel had me wishing I were the one in the page getting his attention. Him and Lauren together once she got over the awkwardness of the situation, definitely was spicy! Days after reading this, it has still stuck with me and I am definitely telling all my friends about this! I hope to see more of these characters again one day, and especially more Agnes—that old spirit never gives a dull moment!! 



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Krystle's thoughts - Fashionably Dead by Robyn Peterman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vampyres don’t exist. They absolutely do not exist.

At least I didn’t think they did ‘til I tried to quit smoking and ended up Undead. Who in the hell did I screw over in a former life that my getting healthy equates with dead?

Now I’m a Vampyre. Yes, we exist whether we want to or not. However, I have to admit, the perks aren’t bad. My girls no longer jiggle, my ass is higher than a kite and the latest Prada keeps finding its way to my wardrobe. On the downside, I’m stuck with an obscenely profane Guardian Angel who looks like Oprah and a Fairy Fighting Coach who’s teaching me to annihilate like the Terminator.

To complicate matters, my libido has increased to Vampyric proportions and my attraction to a hotter than Satan’s underpants killer rogue Vampyre is not only dangerous . . . it’s possibly deadly. For real dead. Permanent death isn’t on my agenda. Avoiding him is my only option. Of course, since he thinks I’m his, it’s easier said than done. Like THAT’S not enough to deal with, all the other Vampyres think I’m some sort of Chosen One.

Holy Hell, if I’m in charge of saving an entire race of blood suckers, the Undead are in for one hell of a ride.

 

 

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5 BEAUTIFUL STARS!!

I learned about this book and it's author Ms. Peterman from an online Facebook book party a few months back. As soon as this author introduced her book to all of us, or, just started talking for that matter, I instantly fell in love and just knew I had to read this book! LOL!

Fashionably Dead is a laugh-out-loud read, that will have tears streaming down your sore cheeks, it's that funny! But, let's also not forget how sexy this book. Astrid and Ethan, definitely have a lot of sumthin' sumthin' goin on!

I have absolutely no idea what inspired Ms. Peterman to write this book, but I'm sure glad she did.

I loved how some of her characters look like current A-list celebrities with stellar names. That was INGENIUS! Completely. Awesome. I will definitely be recommending this to anyone who enjoys reading because...everyone needs to read this book, ha!

All of the funny business aside, this book has a great storyline, and I cannot wait to read book 2. The idea of it all is very unique and well written. Astrid is one bad-A$$ Vampyre with a lot of tricks up her sleeve. The only thing I don't envy of her, is her mother. What a wench!!!

All I ask for, is that I want some mini-demon monsters of my own to throw up on my ceiling... =)