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Winner Pair 6 - Urban Fantasy vs. Winner Pair 8 - Small Town

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Reserving My spot.

Urban Fantasy: Altered Heart
shelved Urban fantasy
theme 5/5
enjoyment 4/4
total 9/10


Small town: Keeping Promise Rock
Listed here:https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

read 11/7
theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 5/5
Total 10/10

Winner: Small town

Elite Eight - Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town

Urban Fantasy: Burn for Me | Ilona Andrews | 31/10/14 | 4.5 stars

Small Town:

Reserved

World Cup of Reading – Elite Eight Round
Pair 4 -- Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town
October 27th – November 17, 2014

√ Urban Fantasy: Archangel's Storm by Nalini Singh – 11/6
Theme: 5
Enjoyment: 5
Total: 10

vs.

√ Small Town: Then Came You by Jill Shalvis – 11/7
Theme: 3
Enjoyment: 5
Total: 8

WINNER: URBAN FANTASY

Whee!


Urban Fantasy - Unholy Ghosts, 339 pages per GR.
- Urban Fantasy shelved on main page

Small Town - The Guy From Glamour, 246 pages per GR
- On the MM Romance Based In a Small Town list.

*** Results ***

Urban Fantasy - Unholy Ghosts
Theme: 5
Enjoyment: 3
Total: 8/10

Small Town - The Guy From Glamour
Theme: 5
Enjoyment: 5
Total: 10/10

WINNER: SMALL TOWN

Love these categories.

Urban Fantasy - Bitter Night, 387 pages per GR

Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment 4/5
Total: 9/10

vs

Small Town - Coming Home, 230 pages per GR

Theme: 4/5
Enjoyment 3/5
Total: 7/10

Winner: Urban Fanasty

Tara Jo - hopefully you don't hate me too much but I moved you to pair 2 ;)

Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town


Urban Fantasy: Magic Bleeds - 349 pages/GR - 11/15, 5 stars

Small Town: Play It Safe - 416 pages/GR - 11/2, 3 stars

Winner: Urban Fantasy

Urban Fantasy
Blood Games

I know that a lot of people didn't like this installment of the Chicagoland Vamps, but I thought it was great. It gave us a more in depth look into Ethan and Meritt's relationship while moving the storyline involving the GP along. The outcome of Ethan's challenge to the head of the GP was interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing what's going to happen there.

Also, Gabriel the Alpha wolf's prophecy got mentioned again. And it's driving me CRAZY! I want to know what's going to happen with that, and how it's going to be possible for it to happen.

Anyway, the story was good, the suspense was even better, and I loved Ethan and Meritt, so I was totally happy! Can't wait for the series to continue.

Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment 4.5/5
Total: 9.5/10



vs


Small Town

It's in His Kiss

I loved Sam. He was so sweet. I really didn't have a good sense for him in the previous books, so it was great to get to really see him in this one. Becca was definitely his perfect match and I loved the way they complimented each other.

I was sad not to see more of the lucky harbor residents. I've really come to love them. But I guess when you start getting into so many book you have to start intro ducting new characters. I'm really not gong to complain about Cole and Tanner or Olivia. They really did bring a lot to the story. And of course, seeing "Pink" was good. What a sweetheart she is.

Overall, the story was great, and I was happy to see Sam and Becca get their HEA. I hope to see more of them in the next story.

Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 5/5
Total: 10/10!


WINNER (it was a close one too): SMALL TOWN!!!

Ugggghhhh....I just found two books for this one! Back to the drawing board. No problem.

Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town


Urban Fantasy: Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet

Small Town: Worth the Coming Home by Lisa M. Owens

That wasn't even a real contest...

WINNER: URBAN FANTASY!!

Shannon wrote: "Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town


Urban Fantasy: Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet ..."

I really enjoyed Hell & High Water.

Katie wrote: "Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town


Urban Fantasy: Magic Bleeds

Kate Daniels is my hero! Love the series.

vs

Urban Fantasy: Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 5/5

Small Town: Looking for Trouble by Victoria Dahl
Theme: 4/5
Enjoyment: 3/5

Winner: Urban Fantasy

Pair 4: Elite Eight - Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town


Urban Fantasy: Thomas's Choice
Theme: 3
Enjoyment: 4
Total: 7

Small Town: The Shearing Gun
Theme: 4
Enjoyment: 5
Total: 9

Winner: Small Town

Pair 4: Elite Eight - Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town

☑Urban Fantasy: Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet
Theme: ★★★★. Shifter romance with military intrigue
Enjoyment: ★★★★. You know, I can't tell if I like this one better than book 1, but I did like it. There were 2 awesome scenes--The Dex loves Coffee Scene and the Chippy vs. Vaccum hose scene.
Total: ★★★★. A really good series. I can't wait for the audio to drop Jan. 2015.

☑Small Town: Let Love In by Melissa Collins (Done 11/5)
Theme: ★★★. 2 college students who have faced a tragedy find comfort in each other.
Enjoyment: ★★★. Cliche, done so many times.
Total: ★★★. I am baffled at the high reviews because it was just okay.


WINNER: Urban Fantasy:

Sarah wrote: "Katie wrote: "Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town


Urban Fantasy: Magic Bleeds

Kate Daniels is my hero! Love the series."

OMG, I know, right? I'm so loving this series. I would be done with it already, but I agreed to do a buddy read of this one starting Nov. 8, so I'll have to wait until then. The Ilona Andrews team is swiftly moving onto my favorite authors list.

Sarah wrote: "Shannon wrote: "Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town


Urban Fantasy: Hell & High Water by Charlie Cochet ..."

I really enjoyed [book:Hell & High Wa..."

Oh goodie. So it probably won't suck! I like it when books don't suck. :D

Urban Fantasy: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones 10/30/14
Theme:★★★★★
Enjoyment:★★★★★

vs

Small town:Wilde Riders by Savannah Young
Theme:★★★★★
Enjoyment:★★★

AND THE WINNER IS.... URBAN FANTASY

Urban fantasy: (shelved as urban fantasy)
vs
Small town: (shelved as small town usa)

Urban fantasy: Possession, 10/31/2014, ★★★1/2
vs
Small town: Trouble in Mudbug, 10/29/2014, ★★★

Winner: Urban Fantasy

Love these categories!

Urban Fantasy - - Finished November 7th, 4★s

Vs.

Small Town -

Lynne wrote: "World Cup of Reading – Elite Eight Round
Pair 4 -- Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town"


I read in the last round and absolutely loved it! Enjoy!

Urban fantasy: The Immortal Rules 3 stars

Small-town: Making Faces 3 stars

Winner: urban fantasy

World Cup of Reading – Elite Eight Round

Pair 4 -- Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town
October 27th – November 17, 2014



Small Town: Dance Upon the Air
Genre: 5/5
Enjoyment:3.5/5
Total:8.5/10

Urban Fantasy:A Touch of Midnight
Genre:5/5
Enjoyment:4/5
Total:9/10

Winner: URBAN FANTASY

Finished. Message 17


Winner: Small Town

World Cup of Romance Reading - Phase 3 - Elite Eight
Pair 4 Urban Fantasy vs Small Town

Urban Fantasy: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
-- Genre: 4.5
-- Romance: 4.5
-- Total: 9

Small Town: Coming Home by M.J. O'Shea
-- Genre: 4.25
-- Romance: 4.5
-- Total: 8.75

I'm going to give the slight edge in this round to...

Winner: URBAN FANTASY

Though both were excellent examples of their genre.

World Cup of Romance Reading - Phase 3 - Elite Eight
Pair 4 Urban Fantasy vs Small Town

Urban Fantasy: Friday Night Bites - Chloe Neill
-- Genre:
-- Romance:
-- Total:

Small Town: Summer Days - Susan Mallery
-- Genre:
-- Romance:
-- Total:

Pair 4: Elite Eight - Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town

Urban Fantasy
Book: 159 pgs / GR
Read: 11/6/14
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment 4/5

This is a great mix of historical romance, it's a story set in London but mixes in elements of magic and ghosts and fantasy. The author does a good job balancing these elements but perhaps the romance gets slightly lost in there so that's why my enjoyment was a 4 out of a 5

Theme approved by Dee here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Small Town
Book: 150 pgs / GR
Read: 10/29/14
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment 4.5/5

Set in a diner in a small town this book captures all of the elements of the genre perfectly. The secondary characters, the closeness of the relationships, the issues that are dealt with. I love small town stories and it's really well written so this gets the edge in this tournament.


WINNER: Small Town

Lauren wrote: "Lynne wrote: "World Cup of Reading – Elite Eight Round
Pair 4 -- Urban Fantasy vs. Small Town"


I read in the last round and absolutely loved it! Enjoy!"

I really liked this book too, but it unfortunately lost. It was supposedly all about the small town, but they hardly included the town at all. So, it didn't fit the theme very well, so it lost on those points. But the book was great.

WINNER - Small Town

I have to give the edge to Small Town on this pairing. Even though I think Friday Night Bites followed the genre slightly better than Summer Days, the romance frustrated me. I know it's a long running series where that relationship develops over time, but I still wanted it to happen NOW in the story. Let there be future conflict that might keep them going back and forth, but I wanted some resolution to their feelings now. Totally selfish of me because I'm impatient, but it affected my overall enjoyment of the book. I'll definitely be back for more, don't get me wrong, but if I have to say at this time which book I overall liked more, it would be Summer Days...

World Cup of Romance Reading - Phase 3 - Elite Eight
Pair 4 Urban Fantasy vs Small Town

Urban Fantasy: Friday Night Bites - Chloe Neill
-- Genre: 5
-- Romance: 3.5
-- Total: 4

Small Town: Summer Days - Susan Mallery
-- Genre: 4
-- Romance: 4
-- Total: 4

Urban Fantasy vs Small Towns

Urban Fantasy
Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
5/5 Theme
5/5 Enjoyment
10/10 Total

Small Town
Rocky Mountain Heat by Vivian Arend
3/5 Theme
4/5 Enjoyment
7/10 Total

Winner: Urban Fantasy

Done: Winner Small town. Details here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hi! For this pair I will read:

For the Urban Fantasy: Seventh Grave and No Body. By Darynda Jones.
Finished: Nov 12. 4/5 ★★★★

For the Small Town: Archer's Voice. By Mia Sheridan.
Finished: Nov 10. 4.5/5 ★★★★★

WINNER: Small Town

and

Hey guys sorry I'm late!

Urban Fantasy vs Small Town

Urban Fantasy: Storm Born by Richelle Mead
Rating: ★★
Theme: 3/5
Enjoyment: 2/5
Total: 5/10


Small Town: Open Season by Linda Howard Rating ★★★★★
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 5/5
Total: 10/10


WINNER: SMALL TOWN

Small Town - Then Came You by Jill Shalvis
Theme 4/5
Enjoyment 3/5

Urban Fantasy - Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews
Theme 5/5
Enjoyment 5/5

Winner: Urban Fantasy

WINNER: URBAN FANTASY: Ezi's Post

Message #36 Updated
WINNER: SMALL TOWN

As a reminder this round ends Nov 17 at midnight EST - I will be locking threads after that time to compile results, so make sure you have your stuff posted. Pairs *MUST* be complete in order for them to count towards the tally

Message #8 Updated

Winner: Urban Fanasty

Done! message #7 :)

Pair 4


Urban Fantasy - Immortal by J R Ward
Theme - 0/5
Enjoyment - 0/5
Total - 0/10

Small Town - Talk of the Town by Karen Hawkins
Theme - 0/5
Enjoyment - 0/5
Total - 0/10



Winner -

Finished Message #26 urban fantasy