Review: Circus of the Damned

Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Another good book that isn't too taxing on the brain.

In this book we get to delve a bit deeper into the vampire politics of St. Lois. There has been a shift in roles in the Vampire world Not mentioning names cause, you know, spoilers) and now there is some new guy in town. A vampire older than anything that Anita has ever seem before, and he's bought some friends that are of a species everyone thought of as extinct. On top of this, a new anit-vampire group wants Anita to assassinate the new Master of the city. Chuck in a handful of near death experiences and you have a pretty tasty read.

The Jean Claude/Anita relationship develops in this book and some new characters of the furry kind are introduced, which is sure to become something interesting in future books. This book again, has more of an equal focus on the plot and characters, (this was something I felt lacked in the first)

With this series you need to have read all of the previous books in order to understand what is going on, and the significance of the events and character relationships. You could easily get yourself confused if you haven't. I would definitely recommend this series to anyone that likes gore, sarcasm, and paranormal stuff in general.

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Review: The Laughing Corpse

The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Very good book. This one had more of a focus on the plot as well as the development of the characters and their relationships with one another. This was something that I felt the first book in the series was lacking a little bit; So I'm glad to see that the plot takes less of a back seat in this book

This had an interesting story line; Zombies make a nice change from the usual paranormal monsters. Some good twists and turns to keep you guessing, (but then I'm not one of these people that try and guess the ending before I get there). We also learn a little more about Anita's past and where she comes from, which is something that I would assume we get given a little more with each book, as this has a lot of potential to develop and effect the kinds of situations that she gets into.

Good book to pass the time with as it's only a quick read. I would definitely say that you should read book one (Guilty Pleasures) first, otherwise you could find yourself a little bit confused.

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Review: Guilty Pleasures

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a light read for me. In truth it's probably a light read for everyone. Not that that's a bad thing. The short chapters mean that you can do the whole "Just one more chapter" thing when reading before bed.

I like the characters and how they have been written in a way that they can develop slowly over the course of the series. At the start it seems like the overall plot of the story is gong to be an interesting one; however the more and more that I read it became clear that the plot is really a secondary element to the book the the character development and relations being more of a primary focus. This is why I only gave this 4 stars; I would have liked just a little more attention on the plot as well as on the characters.

That said this was still a very good book that is definitely worth reading.

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And The Count Down Begins

R and my self have been working really hard in the +Dead With Tequila Tomb lately, whether we are ready or not the, end is near. In a little over a week and a half R goes off to university, and therefore we have to have everything finished before then. In an ideal world we could do with another couple of months to finish everything off; for no other reason than at the moment we are very stressed out, regularly repeating our new mantra of  "There's not enough time, oh God there's not enough time!"  and have pretty much been working in the tomb morning, noon and night and having dreams that we are still in the Tomb working away.  Have you ever been so stressed and panicked by what you're doing that you no longer no how to do what you're meant to be doing? that's how R and my self have been for the past 3 or 4 weeks and it is horrible.

I'll stop rambling now and start telling you about some really cool stuff from the Tomb.

So we have TEN, yes 10 new collections for you: Edgar Allen Poe, Down The Rabbit Hole, Light Years Away, Dreams Of Darkness, American Dreams, Pocketful Of Posies, The Kraken, Ancient Ruins, Dia De Los Muertos and Pandaemonium.

We are getting RID of postage charges!! (Whooo!!)

We have got some amazing new necklaces. Where we now have themed collections we ave got some amazing statement charms and things that are gorgeous and we can't wait for you all to see them.

Now for the really exciting stuff!!! We have decided to branch out and offer apparel items in the Dead With Tequila store. If you follow me on Twitter or just occasionally stalk your way through my feed (I don't mind a bit of stalking :-P ) you would have seen this pic that I shared yesterday

  
This is one of our Own Brand items that will soon be available to you from the Dia De Los Muertos Collection. This is the collection that will be the home to all of the Own brand items. 

So basically we have paired with a third party company that make, print, and ship the apparel items as well as the new posters directly from Los Angeles. We have tank tops, hoodies and posters so far.

This does mean that there will be shipping costs attached to the apparel and the new posters because they are the ones that deal with the order and they are the ones that set the shipping costs not us. There will be more info on the shipping costs of these items and size guide and things put on the Dead With Tequila blog site in the FAQ section, that will explain everything so no need to worry.   

Anyways...back to work. I can't wait for you all to see what we have been working on. If you end up reading a product description or something on the Dead With Tequila blog and there are mistakes or missing info, please let me know. the problem with working on something so much is you get so used to it you stop seeing the mistakes, so I'm counting on you guys.

You know the drill questions or comments can be left below, or tweet me, or send a magic carpet, carrier pigeon, flying monkey or unicorn.  

DEAD WITH TEQUILA: THE END IS NEAR

MESSAGE FROM DEAD WITH TEQUILA

CLOSED 

FOR

MAINTENANCE 

BOTH OUR STORENVY STORE FRONT AND THE MARKETPLACE STORE ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THINGS.

APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

WE PROMISE IT WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT!

WHEN WE RE-OPEN THERE IS GOING TO BE LOADS OF NEW STUFF AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING AND BEING PATIENT. 

NEW AND COMING SOON:
10 NEW THEMED COLLECTIONS
NECKLACES
TANK TOPS
HOODIES
TOTE BAGS