Tag: Rose Montague

12 Days of Bookmas.

It is Christmas time again! Five years ago, I was part of an event called 12 Days of Bookmas, run by the brilliant author of Urban Fantasy, Rose Montague. I had so much fun with it.

I explained how the 12 Days of Bookmas event was run. It started on the 12th of December, and you brought or borrowed a book from the list every day until the 24th. You could register either as an author or a reader. If you are an author, you advertise your books on the readers’ post, and each reader was asked to choose at least 12 books on that list.

I registered both as a reader and author, and I did have a few sales and read some marvellous books. You try to tell people what genre you like, your age range, and other details like language or naughty scenes. 

The twelve books I read/brought to this event were:

  1. The Rose Thief by Claire Buss, link
  2. Hand and Talon by Melonie Purcell, link; review I gave it 5 stars.
  3. Dawn of Steam by Jeffrey Cook, link
  4. Techromancy Scrolls: Adept by Erik Schubach, link
  5. P.A.W.S by Debbie Manber Kupfer, link
  6. The Stone of the Tenth Realm by Eva Gordon, link
  7. The Coven by Chrissy Lessey, link
  8. Playing with Fire by Cris & Clare Meyers, link
  9. Angel: The Mithista Incident by Scott A. Borgman, link
  10. Light in the Night by Greg Alldredge, link
  11. The Werewolf Whisperer by Camilla Ochlan and Bonita Maria Gutierrez, link
  12. Jade by Rose Montague, link, Review, all books 5 stars!

Each book was terrific, and I bought more of the series with multiple books. If you are an author or love to read, set up your own 12 days of Bookmas and find some new and exciting books to read. Keep an eye out on my blog as I will put up some of my reviews of these books.

My Feelings on Rose Montague’s Three J’Amigos

Just like to say I love these books! 5 out of 5 stars for the whole series!!!

 

Now to the nitty-gritty, these three books are an urban YA fantasy taking from many familiar themes of the supernatural world, like shifters, vampires, witches and fae. It is set in first person, each in the main character the books were named about. Starting with Jade, a policewoman with supernatural abilities to Jane who is a vampire and finally to Jill who is the Queen of Winter.

As I said before I love this trio of books, I don’t see them as individual books, but one novel split into three parts. I can see the necessariness of this as it would become confusing as you swap from one POV to another. Also, there are LGBTQ themes throughout the books as well, which heightened the enjoyment of it. It resonated with me as I see everyone who is free to love who they want, never minding their gender or sexual orientation. I am proud that my country has legalised same-sex marriage as well.

I had the pleasure of experiencing the novels as audiobooks. The narrator Caryn Kuhlman, her narration was top notched, as much as my love for Rose’s books, Ms Kuhlman brought it to a whole new level of immersion. I will always keep an eye out for her voice work as it was marvellous.

I picked up Miss Montague’s books as a promotional event called the 12 days of Bookmas, where indy authors and lovers of reading can come together to experience new and fantastic new worlds. I have known of Rose for some time now, and am amazed by her skill not only as an author but as a businesswoman as well. I will always support her endeavours to the best of my ability.

You can read my reviews on these links, Jade, Jane and Jill. Also, head to her Amazon author profile and check out all her books.

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