Stacking the Shelves #106

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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For Review:

My First Book of Hockey: A Rookie Book by Editors of Sports Illustrated for Kids
Breath of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles #2) by Amanda Bouchet
Winter Halo (Outcast #2) by Keri Arthur
Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (The Vampire Chronicles #12) by Anne Rice
Mistletoe Games: A Play-by-Play Anthology (Play by Play #6.5, 8.5. 10.5) by Jaci Burton
Hooked by Brenda Rothert 

Won:

With the Dawn (Faith of the Fallen) by Cassandra Sky West (KindleScout)

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Stacking the Shelves #96

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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For Review:

Dragon in the Blood (Vale of Stars #2) by Juliette Cross 
Kiss of a Dragon (Fallen Immortals 1) by Alisa Woods

Bought:

I had some gift cards to use up at B&N.  I went a little crazy - better get reading.

The Beast (Black Dagger Brotherhood #14) by J.R. Ward

Burned (Fever #7) by Karen Marie Moning 

Feverborn (Fever #8) by Karen Marie Moning

Born of Defiance (The League #7)by Sherrilyn Kenyon 

Born of Betrayal (The League #8) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Born of Legend (The League #9) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Instinct (Chronicles of Nick #6) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Dragonbane (Dark-Hunter #25) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

The Darkest Torment (Lords of the Underworld #12) by Gena Showalter 

Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles #11) by Anne Rice

Midnight Marked (Chicagoland Vampires #12) by Chloe Neill

Jason (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #23) by Laurell K. Hamilton

Dead Ice (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #24) by Laurell K. Hamilton 

The Iron Warrior (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #3) by Julie Kagawa 

1001 Dark Nights: Wicked Wolf (Redwood Pack #8) by Carrie Ann Ryan 

The Ruby Circle (Bloodlines #6) by Richelle Mead 

Allegiant (Divergent #3) by Veronica Roth 

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The Wolves of Midwinter (The Wolf Gift Chronicles, #2) by Anne Rice

The Wolves of Midwinter by Anne Rice
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Wolves of Midwinter once again takes place in Northern California, in the mansion at Nideck Point. After his attack in the first novel, Reuben Golding is continuing to learn what it is to be Morphenkinder or Man Wolf with help from his housemates the distinguished gentleman.

Fellow Morphenkinder and previous owner of Nideck Point, Felix Nideck, is excitingly heading the plans for the Midwinter Yuletide rituals that coincide with Christmas.

Meanwhile, Reuban begins to see the ghost of Marchent Nideck, who was murdered by her brothers in the first book, The Wolf Gift. Felix and Reuben are anguished that Marchent has not moved on and enlist the help of the Forest Gentry.

There are other sub-stories that take place, but I don’t want to reveal any spoilers. I will say that the beginning of the novel is more reflective, and the end of the story is more action packed.

The whole time I read this book, I felt it would be better if it was closer to Christmas. It was still good, but it seemed odd reading a book that is discussing getting ready to celebrate the Yuletide in the middle of summer. Plus, just like Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol this book contains ghost and contemplation of one’s past. This is the type of book that will make you reflect upon your own life. Anne Rice does not disappoint with her eloquent writing style. The Wolves of Midwinter is a well written, thought-provoking novel.

ARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

ebook, 400 pages

Expected publication: October 15th 2013 by Knopf

original title: The Wolves of Midwinter

ISBN: 0385349971 (ISBN13: 9780385349970)

series: The Wolf Gift Chronicles #2

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