Vanish by Sophie Jordan

An Impossible Romance.
Bitter Rivalries.
Deadly Choices.

To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again—and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will’s memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone.

Back home, Jacinda is greeted with hostility and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family’s. Among the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride’s heir apparent who has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on—that if he managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only endanger them both. Yet she clings to the hope that someday they will be together again. When the chance arrives to follow her heart, will she risk everything for love? (courtesy of Amazon)

Sequel to Firelight – the YA paranormal series by Sophie Jordan (aka Sharie Kohler) who drives us crazy with her heat in the Moon Chaser shifter series and I have yet to try her steamy historical romances.  Sophie will actually be visiting our blog next week (July 28^th).

You can read my review of Firelight here – While the book maybe about younger characters – just about out of high school – what they are facing has nothing to do with ‘high schoolers’ and it doesn’t mean the books are voiced for your 12 year old niece.  YA still gives you chemistry and intrigue, it’s just not stuffed full of erotica.  Throw a good YA at me and I’m a happy girl.  Well, Jordan definitely tosses me a smashing great read. Jordan manages to give you desire and passion mixed in with action to say the least.  

Literally picking up where Firelight stopped, Vanish tosses you right in the middle of a getaway.  I thought the turmoil both between the hunters and the dragons as well as with the emotions of our lead Jacinda are so well written they dig right to your heart.  And to devotion of her ‘admirers’ is just amazing. Cassian and Will, that’s a damn hard choice. Jacinda's sister, Tamra,  has been avoided and looked over all her life, and now she's revealed her biggest asset. 

Twisting and turning, Jacinda is backed into a corner, she's a fighter and won't lay down.  Choices she's forced to make don't kill her passion, you are literally on pins and needles the whole book, and again, Jordan ends it with you dangling by your finger nails off the cliff.  Well Done.  Now I just need my hands on the next book :) Look for this release Sept 6th.    

My Soul to Keep - by Sharie Kohler

Sorcha is no longer the pitiful teenage orphan who roamed the streets of Paris after her pack was destroyed, but despite all she now has—wealth, beauty, strength—she is still haunted by memories of Jonah, her fellow half-breed who broke her innocent young heart years before, and who now believes her dead. Determined to drive Jonah from her dreams forever, Sorcha vows to kill the witch whose curse first condemned the lycans to soulless immortality . . . doomed to be ruled by their dark passions, yet never truly able to love or be loved.
Still devastated over the girl he failed, Jonah has found purpose as a demon slayer. When a stranger starts stalking the world’s most powerful demon witch, he is assigned to kill the huntress before her meddling releases an evil that threatens all mankind.
Face-to-face again at last, can Sorcha and Jonah put their anger and hurt behind them to defeat the darkness . . . and dare they hope to find a love neither dreamed possible? (courtesy of Amazon)

Holy Heck this book is HOT!  This is the 4^th in Sharie Kohler’s Moonchaser series (not including 1 short due out in Hauted by your Touch, already reviewed).  Each book has pulled us into the story more and more, but can be read alone. 

I truly enjoyed this book, finished is in just a few hours, it had to be pried from my hands to take a break.  We’ve met these characters before, and this story takes us 12 years forward.  The thing I love most about Kohler’s characters is I can see them in my mind as clear as if I just met them.  And the S E X – I think one scene itself was a chapter long and it was sensual, provocative and enticing.  I liked it!!

This particular book opens up our Series story line to add demons and witches.  Gives us some room to grow.  We’ve got a twist from the past, a few battles, and ACTION, ACTION, ACTION.    

I’m giving it 5 slices.  Plan for the quiz on this one – I’ll give you a month to get it and read it - J

Firelight - by Sophie Jordan

With her rare ability to breathe fire, Jacinda is special even among the draki—the descendants of dragons who can shift between human and dragon forms. But when Jacinda's rebelliousness leads her family to flee into the human world, she struggles to adapt, even as her draki spirit fades. The one thing that revives it is Will, whose family hunts her kind. Jacinda can't resist getting closer to him, even though she knows she's risking not only her life but the draki's most closely guarded secret. (via Sophie Jordan's website)


Sophie Jordan breaks out into the Young Adult paranormal genre.  Jordan's Firelight is the first in her Draki Series.  Intensity at it's best for this YA genre.  From the first page we’ve got flying action. I don’t want to give any spoilers, there is SO much going on in this book. I was tied to it to finish, it's a quick read.  So, I'll say, I recommend this book for the young adult and adult…I’ve read Sophie Jordan’s pen name, Sharie Kohler, and loved the Moonchasers series, so reading this book, she had a lot to live up to, thankfully for young adult I was not disappointed.

Jacinda is a fire-cracker, doesn’t always follow the rules, I can definitely relate to that.  She's taken from her home and forced to fit in else where.  She's used to being the popular girl. Her world is turned upside down and she's losing what she needs most.  Will - oh my Will - he's the only one that keeps Jacinda feeling straight to her soul.  Will's testament at the end of the book gives me chills.

Jordan's given us the right amount of detail and plot.  The ending – let’s say I’m on the cliff – desperately waiting for book 2 to see where we are going.   

4 slices !