I ordered a batch of books in mid March. One of them was a pre-order for a book due for release 1st May.

You’d think I have the order by now, right? After all, when I placed it, the estimated delivery was 15th May.
About 2 weeks ago I checked and it said 6th June.
I just went to check on my second order and noticed the March order has gone out to JULY.
There was only one preordered book in this, it’s a Silhouette Nocturne and they get released beginning of the month. Considering I ordered nearly 2 months ago, you can’t tell me that they didn’t have stock in the meantime. What’s more, if I end up missing that book (I happen to like the previous two) I’ll end up paying a premium for it. Again. And I’m sick of it.
This is the third time a pre-order minced up the delivery and I’m going to look at someplace like Waterstones or Borders from now on.

Oh, not to mention, one of the pre-order books I placed previously? I ended up getting an email telling me it was “no longer available” and I ended up having to find a battered used copy someplace else.

Color me pissed. I am not impressed.

Tags: Amazon, Late Delivery, Non-delivery, Pre-ordering

I’ve just finished reading The Beast Within by Lisa Renee Jones.
The story isn’t bad, but the writing really grated on me. I don’t mean I hated it, I did finish the book, but I do mean the writing jarred me. A lot. In many places.
Lisa — if you ever trip over this blog post for whatever reason… Please never again use "The fire of desire." in any and all future writing.
It rhymes for Gods sake, at a point where it’s jarring as hell. Those few words ruined the mood for me every time — and you’re so fond of it, I found it three times. Slap your copyeditor for me.
Anyway. It’s one of those things.
Rhyming when your characters are about to jump each others bones… no.
Don’t. PLEASE don’t.

*shudder*

Tags: Beast Within, fire of desire, Lisa Renee Jones, mood, rhyming