Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

LGBT (EE - Pair 2) vs. Urban Fantasy (EE - pair 4)

Pair 2
Diane
Sarah
Shan
Chanelle
Jennifer AZ
Sunshine
Tabs
Ramneek
Hina
Sadie
Lili
Judy
Jennifer CA
Preethi

LGBT

Double Full (finished 12/6/14)

This was good. It wasn't great. I was a bit put off by the fact that they fell into the relationship so quickly, but I loved Jace and Colt so much that I got over that pretty quickly. :) I'm really interested in seeing where the investigation takes Mitch, so I'm going to have to read the next book.

Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment 3.5/5
Total: 8.5/10


vs


Urban Fantasy

Burn for Me (finished 12/4/14)

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this! What a great start to a series. The story was fantastic, with great world-building and wonderfully flawed main characters. And the heat between Nevada and Mad Rogan, nearly singed my ears off.

I listened to this on audio and the narrator was fantastic. She's the same one for the Kate Daniels Series. I was nervous about that at first, but she did a fantastic job so I forgot about the other series while I was immersed in magical Houston.

I absolutely can not wait for this series to continue. The Gordons have another hit series on their hands for sure!

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

WINNER: Urban Fantasy!!!

Ezi's Spot
Final Four Pair 2 - LGBT (EE - Pair 2) vs. Urban Fantasy (EE - pair 4)

Urban Fantasy Black Widow by Jennifer Estep
Theme: ★★★★★
Enjoyment: ★★★★★
Total:★★★★★

vs. LGBT: Love You Senseless by Susan Mac Nicol
Theme: ★★★★
Enjoyment: ★★★★
Total: ★★★★

vs

Winner: URBAN FANTASY

LGBT:

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

VS

Urban Fantasy:

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

Winner: Urban Fantasy

LGBT The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2 stars

vs.

Urban Fantasy The Darkest Touch 5 stars


Winner: Urban Fantasy

LGBT:Blood Knot by Tracey Cooper-Posey
Theme:★★★
Enjoyment:★★★★

vs.

Urban Fantasy:Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones
Theme:★★★★★
Enjoyment:★★★★★

The Winner is... Urban Fantasy

LGBT Safe in His Arms
Theme 5/5
Enjoyment 5/5
Total 10/10

Urban Fantasy Prey
Theme 4/5
Enjoyment 3/5
Total 7/10


Winner LGBT

LGBT:
Clear Water
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 4/5
Total: 9/10

Urban Fantasy:
The Druid Stone
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 3/5
Total: 8/10

Winner: LGBT

LGBT vs. Urban Fantasy

LGBT
The Auspicious Troubles of Chance by Charlie Cochet


3/5 Theme
2/5 Enjoyment
5/10 Total

Urban Fantasy
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews


5/5 Theme
5/5 Enjoyment
10/10 Total

Winner: Urban Fantasy

reserve

Winner: Urban Fantasy Ezi's Post

vs

LGBT: Bad Company by K.A. Mitchell
Theme: 4/5
Enjoyment: 3/5

Urban Fantasy: Firelight by Kristen Callihan
Theme:
Enjoyment:

LGBT: Bad Company, 11/29/2014
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 3.25/5
Total: 8.25/10

vs
Urban fantasy:Crucible of Fate
Theme:4/5
Enjoyment: 3.25/5
Total: 7.25/10

Winner: LGBT

World Cup of Romance Reading - Phase 4 - Final Four
Pair 2 LGBT vs Urban Fantasy

LGBT: Tough Love by Heidi Cullinan
-- Genre: 5
-- Romance: 5
-- Total: 10

Urban Fantasy: Heartsong by S.W. Vaughn
-- Genre: 5
-- Romance: 4.75
-- Total: 9.75

Winner: LGBT

These two were super close. Both were great books. :)

Final Four Pair 2 - LGBT vs. Urban Fantasy



LGBT-City of Ashes
Theme:4/5
Enjoyment:5/5
Total:9/10


URBAN FANTASY-Cry Wolf
Theme:5/5
Enjoyment:4.5/5
Total: 9.5/10

Winner: URBAN FANTASY

LGBT vs Urban Fantasy

LGBT - Fish and Ghosts, 240 pages
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 4.5
Total: 9.5/10

Urban Fantasy - Shield of Winter, 431 pages
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 4.5/5
Total: 9.5/10

Okay, I'm stumped now. Basically I loved each book. It came down to the theme and how it relates to the romance aspect of the story. Though each ranked a 5 for theme, I had to dig down deep to think about where my enjoyment from the story actually came from. Vasic from Shield of Winterwas awesome. I loved him and had waited a long time to read his story. Though I liked the female character Ivy, I didn't like her as much as both the MCs in Fish and Ghosts. Wolf and Tristan's romance was more enjoyable to read overall than Vasic and Ivy's.

Winner: LGBT

Pair 2


LGBT - Cut & Run by Abigail Roux
Theme - 4/5
Enjoyment - 5/5
Total - 9/10

Urban Fantasy - Immortal by J R Ward
Theme - 5/5
Enjoyment - 4/5
Total - 9/10



Winner - LGBT

LGBT: The Family We Make
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 5/5

Total: 10/10

Urban Fantasy: Blood & Thunder
Theme: 5/5
Enjoyment: 4.5/10

Total: 9.5/10

The winner for me has to be LGBT.

Diane wrote: "LGBT: The Family We Make

Urban Fantasy: Blood & Thunder
"

Ooooh, two good books

Hi! For this pair I will read:

For the LGBT: Fair Game. By Josh Lanyon.
Finished: Dec 02. 03/05 ★★★

For the Urban Fantasy: Half-Blood. By Jennifer L. Armentrout.
Finished:

WINNER:

and

Winner is LGBT. Details here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

LGBT - Promises by Marie Sexton
Theme 5/5
Enjoyment 4.5/5

Urban Fantasy - Widow's Web by Jennifer Estep
Theme 5/5
Enjoyment 5/5

Winner - Urban Fantasy

Updated Post 6 - Winner: Urban Fantasy

UPDATED POST 17: WINNER: URBAN FANTASY

Completed.

LGBT -
Theme - 4 Stars
Enjoyment - 2 Stars
Total - 6/10

Urban Fantasy -
Theme - 5 Stars
Enjoyment - 5 Stars
Total - 10/10

Winner - Urban Fantasy

As a reminder, this pairing ends on Tuesday, Dec 9 - you need to make sure you have your books/pairings posted with the winner by 10pm EST to make sure your vote is counted

LGBT: Learning to Feel, 182 pages/GR
GLBT is marked as a genre on the main page

Urban Fantasy: Unexpected Demands, 305 pages/GR
On M/M Urban Fantasy list

*** Results ***
LGBT: Learning to Feel
Theme: 5
Enjoyment: 4
TOTAL: 9

Urban Fantasy: Unexpected Demands
Theme: 5
Enjoyment: 3
TOTAL: 8

Winner: LGBT

Dee wrote: "As a reminder, this pairing ends on Tuesday, Dec 9 - you need to make sure you have your books/pairings posted with the winner by 10pm EST to make sure your vote is counted"

Ohh I thought we had until the 17th! Thanks for the reminder!

LGBT - With or Without Him
12/03-04/14
Enjoyment - ★★★★
Theme - ★★★★★
Total - ★★★★★★★★★ - 9*

vs

Urban Fantasy - Poison Promise
12/07/14
Enjoyment - ★★★★
Theme - ★★★★★
Total - ★★★★★★★★★ - 9*

Winner - LGBT

While I enjoyed both, Poison Promise was just slightly not as enjoyable a read for me as With Or Without Him was.

This one seems close. I might get away without having to read a sci - fi or fantasy book next round.
F2L / E2L and LGBT seems a pretty good line up to me if that's how it ends up.

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LBGT
Just Ask

11/29/14
Theme: 5
Enjoyment: 5
TOTAL: 10

Urban Fantasy
Lover Mine

Theme: 5
Enjoyment: 5
TOTAL: 10

WINNER: LGBT

I really enjoyed both, and love the Black Dagger series. I liked the love story of Just Ask better.

Winner: LGBT

Message 18 has my reason. Extremely close, had to really focus hard to determine the winner.

Winner: Urban Fantasy

message 11