Review My Familiar Stranger (The Order of the Black Swan #1) By Victoria Danann

"My Familiar Stranger"

Author: Victoria Danann
Genre: Paaranormal Romance
Pages: 330
Source: Author in exchange for a honest review.
Published: April 21, 2012
Author's Website: http://www.victoriadanann.com

Buy Links: Amazon

Goodreads Blurb: A SECRET SOCIETY, MODERN DAY KNIGHTS, AND VAMPIRE LIKE NO OTHER come together in a dimension where chance intersects romance for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure proving that true love can find you in the strangest places, even far, far from home.

Minutes ahead of inevitable assassination, Elora Laiken is forcibly transported to an alternate dimension similar, but not identical, to her own. She is stranded. Alone. Far from home. A stranger in a "strangish" land. Of course a girl could suffer worse problems than having gorgeous suitors. Perhaps more importantly, in the midst of an epidemic of vampire related abductions, can she stay alive long enough to choose between an honor debt, true love, or the breathlessness of single-minded passion?

My Familiar Stranger is a full length, stand-alone, Paranormal/Fantasy Romance novel that also sets up the foundation for the Black Swan series. It is loved by fans of paranormal romance, fantasy romance, and urban fantasy.

My Review: I had a lot of fun reading this book. My Familiar Stranger is very exciting, realistic, emotional, romantic, funny, scary and adventurous. It is an amazing new world with characters that are just as amazing. I feel that any fan of the genre with definitely enjoy an escape with it more than once :)

Elora was literally THRUST, thrown into a new world, a start to a new life, just so she’d be safe, and stay alive. She goes through a tremendous amount of pain and agony. Not just physical, but emotional as well. Luckily she’s one amazingly strong and determined woman that can easily adapt to new surroundings. Actually so much so, she blows the minds of practically everyone she meets (in a great, positive way), yes indeed many jaws drop from the surprises Elora beholds.

Elora meets many new friends, finds great purpose and meets some very alluring male specimen (possible love interests and each very intriguing). Which quickly becomes a love triangle of very difficult choices, in the end, the perfect decision is made and fate comes through at its finest.

A 4.5 out of 5 rating for me (nicely rounded to a solid 5). My reason for not giving a complete 5 rating is the transitioning of POV’s. I found myself not knowing who was speaking or thinking a few times and had to go back a few lines to make sure of the who. It was still an amazing and very entertaining story that I see myself (and many others) marking to be read again and again. I look forward to what’s to behold in the next of the series and how the Order of the Black Swan will conquer the evil that lurks and to seeing how strong relationships and bonds will build.

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Review The Witch’s Dream (The Order of the Black Swan #2) By Victoria Danann

"The Witches Dream"

Author: Victoria Dannan
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 260
Source: Author in exchange for a honest review.
Published: October 4, 2012
Author's Website: http://www.VictoriaDanann.com

Buy Links: Amazon

Goodreads Blurb: From New York to Ireland to Edinburgh to Siena to the Texas Hill Country to Napa Valley, a secret society, a witch, a demon, a psychic, a berserker, an ex-vampire, modern day knights, heroes, werewolves, elves and fae come together where emotions intersect. The story maps a trail from rages to hunts to epiphanies, but, in the end, proves that true love can find you in the strangest places, when you're least expecting it, even when you're far, far from home. 

He was left behind when Elora Laiken made her choice. Now he’s had it with love, but a transplanted witch who happens to be the world’s best tracker hopes she can change his mind.

The Witch’s Dream begins with B Team on temporary assignment to Black Swan headquarters in Edinburgh where they are supposed to fill in for stretched-thin resources and assist with a werewolf issue. They’ve been given permission to stop in Ireland for a few days and celebrate a handfasting at the palace in Derry.

When they reach Edinburgh, the afterglow of an elftale wedding quickly turns all business. A missing person report turns into a demon abduction. A simple werewolf sanction becomes a diplomatic issue requiring the one thing Elora is no longer willing to give - finesse.

Erotic quotient: 18+ Some steamy scenes. No ménage. No BDSM

My Review: 

The Witch’s Dream took off right where My Familiar Stranger left off, perfectly, a 4.5 out of 5 rating rounded up to a solid 5. Packed full of paranormal fun, adventure, mystery, magic, excitement and romance that many fans of the genre will fully enjoy!

In this book there are various things going on so it’s difficult for me to discuss characters like I normally would for a review. What I can tell you is each and every event is suspenseful, exciting, touching (in some cases sensual) and definitely enjoyable to experience. I feel as if I got to enjoy various books/stories all-in-one fab read!

We meet many new characters. Litha and Song, and a handsome Fae prince (just to name a couple) and still get to see many of our favorites from the last book. Elora and Ram have continued on with their arrangement they left off with in the last book and we get to see before our very eyes others that fall very deeply into the fabulous trap that is love.

Even though this is the second book of The Order of the Black Swan series, it can be read as a stand-alone because of Victoria’s skillful writing. However, I DO NOT recommend doing so because then you will miss out on some great fun, enjoyable antics and some of the character growth that occurs from book 1 into book 2. I know I enjoyed experiencing it all :)

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