With Lailah, Nikki Kelly took the typical themes of vampires vs. angels, bad vs. good, and gave us some surprising shades of gray. I love it when characters break out of the stereotypical role and are multifaceted. Showings sides of both, making it hard to choose who is the real villain, who is really good, and who's a little of both. Lailah, Gabriel, and Jonah are all multifaceted, and to a degree, I never felt completely sure just how much they each carried in traits normally assumed to be 'vampire' and 'angel' or something altogether different.

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly feature by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming book releases that we're excited about! It's a fun way to share with others the books that you're eagerly awaiting to be released and you are excited about. This week's pre-publication that "I-Can't-Wait-To-Read" selection is:

Sky Pirates is the third book in Liesel Schwarz's series The Chronicles of Light and Shadow and continues to be an entertaining read with a touch of Steampunk and Paranormal that keeps things fun and interesting. Filled with globe trotting adventure and romance, this series follows spunky heroine Elle as this time around she travels to the far reaches of the jungles of Cambodia in search of a way to break the curse that traps her beloved Hugh who is trapped between the realm of Light and Shadow, forced to wonder as a wraith in the dark recesses of the Netherworld.

So awesome! This series just keeps getting better and Charley is full of snark, Reyes is hotter than Hell, and this time around Charley has an apartment full of dead women suddenly appearing. This series just hit all the right buttons. Smoking hot romance with an alpha male (Reyes) that jumps right out of the paranormal world, a fabulous mystery that has several things going on at once, old friends both of the human and paranormal variety and new and old enemies as well. But, have no fear as Charley, aka Grim Reaper and crime solver, is up to the task.