Zompacolypse Trick or Treat!

Hi everyone and welcome to my stop on this giveaway hop!  I'm going to be giving away a book of the winner's choice from Jeri Smith-Ready's WVMP Series.  This is an adult series- violence, vampires, and some sexual shenanigans- so the winner must be at least 18 years old.  I first read this series as part of the Read Along hosted by Fictitious Delicious this month and this book series is made of AWESOME, like everything Jeri Smith-Ready does!  There are three books in this series so far (and one internet novella).  The winner will get to pick which book they want.  I'm also throwing in some candy because we all know that you can't have Halloween without candy.  I'm including some of Jeri's favorites!  Please note that the option of choosing a book is so that people who may have the first book or two can have their choice.  The books will not make sense read out of order.  To enter, simply fill out the Rafflecopter below (email me if you have problems with it!) and leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite Supernatural Being is!  Let's take a look at the books!

Here's the Goodreads Blurb for Wicked Game- WVMP Radio Book 1: 

LATE NIGHT RADIO YOU CAN SINK YOUR TEETH INTO

Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, '60s psychedelia, '80s goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers just how the DJs maintain their cred: they're vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned.

Ciara's first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WVMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station — and the link it provides to their original Life Times — the vampires would "fade," becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover is a matter of life and undeath.

To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara rebrands the station as "WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock 'n' Roll." In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs' vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. WVMP becomes the hottest thing around — next to Ciara's complicated affair with grunge vamp Shane McAllister. But the "gimmick" enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who aren't so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher — and the perils graver — than any con game Ciara's ever played..

The rest of the books can be found by clicking on the WVMP Icon below!

Spooktacular Giveaway Hop- Win a WVMP Series book!

Hi everyone and welcome to my stop on this giveaway hop!  I'm going to be giving away a book of the winner's choice from Jeri Smith-Ready's WVMP Series.  This is an adult series- violence, vampires, and some sexual shenanigans- so the winner must be at least 18 years old.  I first read this series as part of the Read Along hosted by Fictitious Delicious this month and this book series is made of AWESOME, like everything Jeri Smith-Ready does!  There are three books in this series so far (and one internet novella).  The winner will get to pick which book they want.  I'm also throwing in some candy because we all know that you can't have Halloween without candy.  I'm including some of Jeri's favorites!  Please note that the option of choosing a book is so that people who may have the first book or two can have their choice.  The books will not make sense read out of order.  To enter, simply fill out the Rafflecopter below (email me if you have problems with it!) and leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite Supernatural Being is!  Let's take a look at the books!

Here's the Goodreads Blurb for Wicked Game- WVMP Radio Book 1: 

LATE NIGHT RADIO YOU CAN SINK YOUR TEETH INTO

Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, '60s psychedelia, '80s goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers just how the DJs maintain their cred: they're vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned.

Ciara's first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WVMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station — and the link it provides to their original Life Times — the vampires would "fade," becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover is a matter of life and undeath.

To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara rebrands the station as "WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock 'n' Roll." In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs' vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. WVMP becomes the hottest thing around — next to Ciara's complicated affair with grunge vamp Shane McAllister. But the "gimmick" enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who aren't so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher — and the perils graver — than any con game Ciara's ever played..

The rest of the books can be found by clicking on the WVMP Icon below!

Bad to the Bone (WVMP #2) by Jeri Smith-Ready

Bad to the Bone is the second WVMP book from Jeri Smith-Ready.  I'm reading these as part of the Read Along that is being hosted all month long by those super hip chicks over at Fictitious Delicious.  The whole premise of the series is genius- but honestly, I expect nothing less than genius from Jeri.  Basically, in her world vampires don't really live forever.  They just can't handle what they feel is the fast forward motion of time.  They do the best when they are allowed to live as if they are still in their "Life Time."  This means that a vampire who was changed in the fifties still wears dark wash jeans, a white t-shirt and slicks his hair.  In the case of Shane, super hot vampire DJ, he looks a lot like Kurt Corbain.  Shane wears lots of flannel, loves grunge rock circa 1990 and owns a pair of wicked old school Converse.  I love this about him because I REMEMBER that time.  I really hope you all will check out this super series.  Here's the Goodreads blurb for Bad to the Bone:

TURN ON. TUNE IN. DROP DEAD.

If you're just joining us, welcome to radio station WVMP, "The Lifeblood of Rock'n'Roll." Con-artist-turned-station-owner Ciara Griffin manages an on-air staff of off-the-wall DJs — including her new boyfriend Shane McAllister — who really sink their teeth into the music of their "Life Time" (the era in which they became vampires). It's Ciara's job to keep the undead rocking, the ratings rolling, and the fan base alive — without missing a beat.

For Halloween, WVMP is throwing a bash sure to raise the dead. They've got cool tunes, hot costumes, killer cocktails — what could go wrong? Well, for starters, a religious firebrand ranting against the evils of the occult preempts the station's midnight broadcast. Then, when Ciara tracks down the illegal transmission, the broadcast tower is guarded by what appears to be...a canine vampire? And behind it all is a group of self-righteous radicals who think vampires suck (and are willing to stake their lives on it).

Now Ciara must protect the station while struggling with her own murky relationship issues, her best friend's unlikely romance with a fledgling vampire, and the nature of her mysterious anti-holy powers. To make it to New Year's in one piece, she'll need to learn a few new tricks....

This was another great book by Jeri Smith-Ready.  Lots of good Shane interaction in it.  A super dog- I'm not kidding.  I think I even liked Ciara more in this one.  I didn't really like her much in the first book but I think she's growing on me.  We get to see more from the DJs and that is super interesting.  I really wonder about Jim and the others because we don't see as much from them as we do Shane so it was nice to see more about them in this book.  Overall this is a great series and I really encourage you to try it!  These are adult books with a decent amount of violence and some sex.  Jeri is real with her Shade series and this series is much the same- anytime you have vampires, there will be violence.  I am really excited to start the third book, Bring on the Night.  It is supposed to have zombies.  I am SUPER creeped out by zombies but I kinda love them at the same time.  I'm saving reading it for this weekend when my husband will be home at night with me!

You can find Jeri on her website and you can follow her on Facebook and Twitter, where she routinely tweets as at least two of her characters.  She's hard at work on the revisions to her third Shade novel, the end of the trilogy.  I love Jeri to bits, she's an awesome chick and you should really check her out!

Bad to the Bone earns 4 Fairies from me for the epicness that is Shane and the general awesomeness.

Wicked Game (WVMP #1) by Jeri Smith-Ready

I love Jeri Smith-Ready's YA series: Shade, Shift and Shine.  Well, Shine comes out in the spring but I can already say that I will love it.  After meeting Jeri (and totally getting to go out to dinner with her) at BEA this spring, I was really excited to read her adult series about a vampire radio station.  It's a pretty genius idea really.  So when the girls over at Fictitious Delicious announced their WVMP Read Along- I jumped on it!  Today I'm reviewing the first book, Wicked Game.  Let's take a look at the Goodreads blurb:

LATE NIGHT RADIO YOU CAN SINK YOUR TEETH INTO

Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, '60s psychedelia, '80s goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers just how the DJs maintain their cred: they're vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned.

Ciara's first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WVMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station — and the link it provides to their original Life Times — the vampires would "fade," becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover is a matter of life and undeath.

To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara rebrands the station as "WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock 'n' Roll." In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs' vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. WVMP becomes the hottest thing around — next to Ciara's complicated affair with grunge vamp Shane McAllister. But the "gimmick" enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who aren't so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher — and the perils graver — than any con game Ciara's ever played..

I love this book!!! Shane is EPIC!  He's stuck in his Life Time of the early 1990's which is great!  Some great music came out during that time and I love that he still dresses like a grunge rock god.  Ciara is a pretty fun narrator.  She is always dropping little one liners and even though I can't get inside her head as I read, I still like her character.  The whole treatment of vampires in this world is interesting.  I like the premise of them not really being able to last forever because of their inability to adapt to the ever changing world around them.  It's also interesting that they are each stuck in their Life Time and that the opportunity to immerse themselves in that time is what keeps them from losing it.  I can't think of one thing about this book that I didn't like! This is an ADULT series with topics and scenes not meant for teen readers.

You can find out more about the WVMP Series and Jeri's other works by visiting her website and you can follow her on Twitter where she is, regularly, at least 3 people at any given time.  Be sure to check Jeri out, she's SO nice and fun!  Click here to add this book to your Goodreads! 

Wicked Game earns 5 Fairies for the hotness that is Shane and for time warped vampires!

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