In My Mailbox [4]

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at the Story Siren where you can learn about all the awesome new books I've picked up this week!

 Woot it's my first post of In my Mailbox! I'm so excited to show you what I got this week, which believe me is a lot. I get lots of books each week, I do hope I can read fast enough so I don't get a major pile up haha!

Here are the list of books I've recieve in the last week with a link to their goodreads page:


Bought:

Won:

Paradox: The Angels Are Here (Paradox #1) byPatti Roberts
Amaranth (The Resistance Trilogy #1) byRachael Wade
Banshee Charmer by Tiffany Allee

Free:

Heavenly by jennifer Laurens
Darkness in the Blood by Vicki Keire
Gifts of the Blood by Vicki Keire
Exiled (Immortal Essence #1) by RaShelle Workman
What the Heart Wants (Soulmate Series: Book One) by Kelli McCracken
Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap
Every Last Kiss (The Bloodstone Saga #1) by Courtney Cole
Taken by the Cowboy by Julianne MacLean



A Lot of free books this week my amazon money is going down each week lol!

Manga Review The Tryant falls in Love/Koisuru Boukun vol.5

Author: Takanaga Hinako
Artist: Takanaga Hinako

Genra: 18+ Yaoi

Year: 2004

Original Publisher:

Kaiousha  

Volumes: 

 Volume 2 out of 3

 Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher:  

June

Summery
Morinaga has finally achieved the impossible! He's living under the same roof as the ever aloof (and totally gorgeous) Tatsumi... but the sad truth is that Tatsumi's bedroom remains under lock and key! Is this serious signal that Tatsumi wants nothing to do with his crushed out housemate? or will the door swing open just enough to let Morinaga in for a little visit?

The Tyant Falls in Love takes two men out of the lab and forces them into the bedroom for a hot and hilarious series of near misses. . . and surprisingly sizzling trysts? How long will it take for a sweet heart and a surly bully to put their differences aside in the name of penetrating passion?

My Thoughts of this Manga Volume
This is a great manga, this is one of the oldest series I've read and it's still not fully out in volumes yet. Not to mention recently the anime came out! I was so excited to learn that! It was so damn good!!! haha!! anyways back to the review!

In this Volume Tatsumi is as stubborn as ever, I don't think he will ever change. Not to mention he is still weirded out by the whole gay thing he just doesn't know how to act towards Morinaga who loves him. Morinaga is still so deeply in love with Tatsumi that it's just so sad he always gets beaten up and takes it cause he loves Tatsumi. Tatsumi does have a cute side though when he's not yelling at Morinaga.

Romance is there though no real love except for Morinaga who loves Tatsumi so much and yet Tatsumi is so damn stubborn he doesn't love Morinaga at all. Though he does let him sleep with him but that's it. But something does happen in the story that is laughable as well as cute but i can't spoil it, it's just too cute.

In this volume Tatsumi takes a trip to Canada to work on research for two months, leaving Morinaga by himself. It's really is a cute and simple plot I love it so much and then Morinaga comes to vist and you can see that Tatsumi wants him to come to his condo but Morinaga doesn't realize this till Tatsumi pulls him inside. There is also a side story about Morinaga older brother and his old friend and I think it's pretty cute to see this happen even though there is bondage and rape involved. . .


Manga Design

Cute, cute cute and cute, even though their eyes are not very detailed it's still a cute style of drawing. Not to mention that most of the time there is much detail in the background. The clothes also have a lot of detail in it. The designer took the time to do the clothes but not so much in the hair and face but still looks good either way. I do love the way these characters are design it's cute and simple style that I like.









Overall
I really do love this series of books, it's well put together and the characters are cute and have great personalities, I recommend everyone to check it out!

Rating
5 out of 5 Howling Wolves

Manga Review Private Teacher 2/ Katekyo 2

Author: Moegi Yuu
Artist: Moegi Yuu

Genra: 18+ Yaoi

Year: 2004

Original Publisher:

Core Magazine 

Volumes: 

 Volume 5 out of 8(currently)

 Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher:  

June

Summery
Private teacher kaede loves hitting the books(and the sheets) with his cute student-turned-lover Rintaro. But what Kaede would really love is more time with Rintaro in his own apartment! Is this passionate couple ready for the next step in their relationship. . . or does something very important need to be said first?

Private Teacher shows that a little one-on-one instruction is the perfect way to boost a dedicated student's grades. . .and heart rate! When Rintaro's college dreams finally come true, will he find a way to keep his gorgeous tutor by his side as he graduates into his new life?

My Thoughts on this Manga Volume
Yes this manga is a mature yaoi manga is a 18+ yaoi so if you haven't tried to read yaoi before I suggest not to start with this manga. As well as if you don't know what Yaoi means I recommend looking it up so you don't have a heart attack hehe!
I forgot all about what happen in the first volume lol! I should have reread it but it's not a must read type of manga for me to do that. Plus it still is good even though I'm not sure what happen in the first volume. I read the summery so I know vaguely about what happen so that's fine with me hehe! and can I say it's a hot read!

The Characters are really cute, Rintaro is a cute character who loves Kaede a lot. He really wants to be with Kaede and wants to do everything to make him be happy, along with getting embarrassed himself lol! Kaede's character is a really jealous one, he tries to trust Rintaro but keeps thinking Rintaro is doing something else. He has a jealousy issue but it's just to cute to watch how he reacts to Rintaro's true intentions on a few different moments.

They are already in a relationship in the first one and is carried into the second volume. The romance is cute and sexy at times. You also get to see how Jealous Kaede can get but Rintaro still loves him hehe!

The plot is great, it shows Kaede coming to learn that Rintaro only loves him and that he doesn't need to be jealous all the time. Though he does want Rintaro to go to the same college as him as well as moving into his apartment with him. As for Rintaro you see how he tries to keep Kaede away at a cafe because of what he was wear and didn't want Kaede to see him like that. As well as secretly getting a part time job to give Kaede a gift for his birthday. Both stories were so cute I really did love it. Then at the end there was a side story that has nothing to do with the main story but it was still great to read. It was about apartment neighbors and one night one character named Keito comes home drunk only he didn't go to his own apartment he went into his neighbors apartment when the door was open and fell asleep on the bed. I really did love this story it was so cute to bad it was only a oneshot.

Manga Design

Very simple yet great style of drawings. I love how they are drawn, detail in backgrounds when they are shown and detail in the clothes and hair. I like this style of drawings most because of how even in the simplest of scenes they still looked great. The characters are all different non look the same and look at that hand it's just as detailed as everything else.








Overall
This is a great manga with great story and characters. Not to mention the love scenes are just as great. Not  to mention lots of cute kissing scenes! I recommend this book to those who know what Yaoi is and are fine with big love scenes.

Rating
4 out of 5 Howling Wolves

Into the Mist (Falcon Mercenary Group, #1) Review

Into the Mist

Author: Maya Banks

ISBN: 1605040150 (ISBN13: 9781605040158)

Release Date:   February 1st 2009
Format : Ebook

Genre:  Paranormal Romance, Erotica, Shapeshifters,
Fantasy

Series: Falcon Mercenary Group #1

Summery
One woman's mission to bring down a sexy elemental shifter turns into a battle of wills.and hearts. Falcon Mercenary Group, Book 1 Hostage recovery specialist Eli Chance has a secret. He was born a shifter. A freak of nature. While on a mission, Eli's men and their mercenary guide are exposed to a powerful chemical agent, and suddenly his secret has become easier to hide. Now he's not the only one with the gift. But for his men, this "gift" is becoming more and more of a curse. Tyana Berezovsky's brother Damiano was the guide for Eli's team and was the worst affected by the chemical. As he grows increasingly unstable, Tyana fears she's going to lose him to the beast he is becoming. Tyana will do whatever it takes to help him, even if it means using her body to go after the one man she thinks holds all the blame-and possibly the cure. Eli Chance. Warning: Violence, blood, guns, knives, ass kicking, people who do mean things, bad people dying, explicit sex and smart mouth.


My Thoughts on the Book
Can I say that the key word in this book is Mist. . . no seriously when they said shifters the first thing I thought was animal shifters, as you can see the cover had a panther on it but no that's not the main thing. The main shifter in this damn book shifts into mists or fog or what not, that's right people Eli the main shifter turns into fog. . . THAT IS THE MOST WEIRDEST THING I'VE EVER READ. I was so annoyed though I'm happy to learn that the second book actually does have animal shifters so that's a plus in my depression in this book.

The characters were really great the author put a lot of thought in their personalities and what not. The two main characters Tyana and Eli both have great backgrounds story's though sad they are still good, well thought out. Tyana I love her strong personality, with the group she works with I guess she needs to be but I love how she can kick ass. She does what ever she needs to do to get the job done even if it means turning back on her family/group. Eli is a hot mist shifter person. . . yeah I'm annoyed on the whole mist thing but I do love how he wants to trust Tyana so much and not just looking for a great lay haha. The other characters are great as well along with Tyana brother D. I can't wait to read the second book which tells the story of Eli partners Ian and Brandon, who are real shifters since they turn into a Jaguar and Panther.

The Romance is fast but them falling in love with each other is slow and don't confess till near the end. They love sleeping with each other haha, and I think that what makes them open up with each other and soon fall in love. It's a cute relationship especially with how Tyana acts with her stronger appearance and stuff haha! Eli just takes it and lets Tyana beat him up now and then haha.

The plot is great, it goes into the background in how her brother got infected with something that makes him turn into different things if he isn't careful. Tyana goes and tries to find a cure for him before D can't handle it any longer. There she meets up with Eli and his crew where she learns that it's not just her brother D that's having problems controlling his shifts.


Cover Design

Love the effects of the very background where the girl is faded out to show the background almost like a mist type of thing. The guy could have been better image, since it looks a bit pixelated to me. As for the panther....there is no main character in this book who is a panther so why it's there I have no idea and it annoyed me cause I thought it was a panther book to began with. Anyways as for the title I love the look of it. Sitting above the eyes of the panther and glowing against the black clothes. It's lovely placed and doesn't obstruct from the image in the back. The author's name is alright being placed there though I would have gone a bit higher instead of having it on the people's heads.

Overall
This book was alright over all, it wasn't the best I've read and it's not what I thought it would be but otherwise it was good. If you want to read about a great action book with a weird mist shifter then buy this book to check it out yourself.

Rating
3 out of 5 Howling Wolves

Lauren Oliver V-DAY giveaway!

February is here and love is in the air! The most romantic day of the year is less than 2 weeks away, and the most romantic book of the year (I hope!), Pandemonium, will be released at the end of the month! Cupid's arrow shot me last year and now I'm engaged to the most amazing guy EVER and I want to spread the love with my wonderful fan community. So, I will be giving away a sweet Valentine's Day gift to a lucky follower right here! The winner will get a copy of Delirium and a box of exotic chocolates from Vosges, a Chicago-based chocolatier that makes some of the most deliciously unique candies in the world. They mix ingredients like star anise, paprika, curry, chiles, and even bacon with chocolate and it's just delightful. As an added plus, I'll even send you a copy of Pandemonium as a late-February "dessert" companion to Delirium!

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Manga Review Storm Flower/Hana no Arashi wa

Author: Konjiki Runa
Artist: Konjiki Runa

Genra: Yaoi

Year: 2011

Original Publisher:

Taiyo Tosho 

Volumes: 

 1 Volumes (Complete)

 Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher:  

June

Summery
Sagano and Hazime Itirou face off at school and in their private lives, where traditions such as flower arranging and tea ceremony carry heavy responsibilities. With the weight of these things and the accompanying dark emotions, love can only come in a storm...but is it a love that can survive?

My Thoughts on the Manga
When I first started to read this manga I so didn't know what they're ages were. I didn't know if they were in they're twenty's or in their teens. Guess what I found out 10 pages in, they were actually aroun 12-13 when the manga first starts. Two years later they are in highschool and meet again. Can anyone give me a eye twitch judging by what they do in the first few pages! my god I was so weirded out by what their real ages were.

The characters are bland given the roles they play. Sagano is a guy who doesn't really like girls because of what his mother did and so sleeps with man because he wants to feel something. That's where Hazime come in, he came to vist Sagano when they were younger. Sagano then sadusess Hazime in spite and they sleep with each other, afterwards Sagano tells Hazime he hates him and ask him to leave. I wish they're was more to this story but not much with the characters.

The Romance is weird and accurded, judging how stubborn the characters are. It's weird that they even ended up together in the end. There really isn't much I like about the romance, then again if I don't like the characters then I wouldn't like the Romance.

Despite everything the plot wasn't all that bad, it had a sad background and a great ending. You see the character Sagano slowly realize his true feelings towards Hazime. I guess that's what made me continue to read this book in the end, despite the way the characters acted.

Manga Design
I have no sample image but I will describe it the best that I can. The characters are so poorly drawn I couldn't help but feel annoyed. Don't get me wrong I've seen worse drawings then this but it didn't help that the whole book in a whole wasn't that good. The characters eyes especially bother me I couldn't help but feel annoyed when I looked at it. Not to mention I didn't even know what their ages were when I first open the book. The mangaka probably doesn't know how to draw younger boys only older ones showing that this type of story shouldn't have been drawn by this mangaka. This surprises me since it's a 2011 yaoi manga, I expected the detail to be so much more.

Overall
Don't read this manga it's not suitable for people who aren't all that into yaoi to began with. It's okay to look at if you find it online otherwise don't bother buying.

Rating
2 out of 5 Howling Wolves

Manga Review Mr.Convenience/Benriya-san

Author: Yamato Nase
Artist: Yamato Nase

Genra: 18+ Yaoi

Year: 2008

Original Publisher:

Kaiousha 

Volumes: 

 1 Volumes (Complete)

 Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher:  

June

Summery
Shiva Convenience Agency is here to help out, with jobs big or small.
Story 1) Chiba is a "convenience man" who meets Aki Kirigaya on a job. Chiba's job is to become Kirigaya's friend. After becoming friends, Kirigaya refuses to see him. What is Chiba to do?
Story 2) Miyashiro is young and cute, and used to guys mistaking what he's selling as a convenience man. When a handsome Yamada Tarou (John Smith) tries to buy him, Miyashiro's still not interested. But Yamada's persistant, and Miyashiro's started thinking being sold to Yamada might not be so bad...

My Thoughts on the Manga
Yes this manga is a mature yaoi manga is a 18+ yaoi so if you haven't tried to read yaoi before I suggest not to start with this manga. As well as if you don't know what Yaoi means I recommend looking it up so you don't have a heart attack hehe!
This Manga I've read a long time ago before I actually bought the manga myself. My dad recently brought home about 6 manga books for me hehe! So I'm going to love reviewing each book. This manga has such great characters and each story is short, it starts with Chiba and Aki story before changing to Miyashiro and Yamada story before switching back which is fine cause it's still a great manga.

The characters in this book work in a company where they do different jobs. Not just a normal job a job where clients hire them to do things like fixing tv's or babysitting. For the first story you meet a character called Chiba who works as a Conveniece man, he soon meets Aki who was drunk when he emailed the company looking for a friend. They're story is so cute I love how they react with each other. Aki doesn't know how to act around people so he didn't know he was in love with Chiba till later. As for the other story about Miyashiro and Yamada, Miyashiro is a cutie boy who sometimes gets the wrong clients who think they could sleep with him. That's where Yamada comes in who hire's Miyashiro thinking just that, that Miyashiro was selling himself for money. Yamada is really slow when it comes to how Miyashiro feels for him. They hurt each other but it all works in the end and they are such cute characters

The romance in this book is both heart wrenching and cute. The characters are so slow with one another which is what makes it cute but also sad at the same time, when they can't figure out their true feelings with one another. The Romance sence's are also graphic so I suggest be ready to read this, read the pink words above for what I mean.


The first story plot is great you learn how the rich Aki owner of a company really feels and turns towards Chiba to let out his feelings. He doesn't want to get close to Chiba cause he didn't know what to do. Though Chiba won't give up on Aki after he falls in love with him. In the second story Yamada hire's Miyashiro to sleep with but Miyashiro gets mad telling him he's not like that. Yamada then starts to spend time with Miyashiro till they finally sleep with each other, which in the end Miyashiro realizes that Yamada is actually a detective hired by his family. 

Manga Design





Being a recent yaoi manga drawn in 2008 the detail's in this manga is really well done. There is lots of details throughout the book in the hair, face, and even the clothes and background. The mangaka took the time to do each panel, which I think took a long time. There is lots of gradients throughout the manga and it just made me fall in love with this manga all over again with the nice work.










Overall
This manga is a great read with heart wrenching characters and great story line. Not to mention the drawings are so detail. Pick it up if you can and if you like yaoi hehe!




Rating
5 out of 5 Howling Wolves