GT: Hi Laura! Welcome back to GraveTells! I think this might be the first time you’ve visited us without a character or two in tow.

LK: Hello! And thanks for having me here! I totally think you’re right *looks around nervously for characters*

 

GT: What a crazy rush these past few years have been! North of Need, the beginning of the Hearts of the Anemoi series, is what really put ‘Laura Kaye’ on the map for me; our team loved it so much it was chosen as our 2011 Book of the Year! Since then, I know a lot has happened for you personally and professionally. Tell us a little about your journey from Owen til now and how your experiences have influenced the [...]

Easy of Ecstasy is hands down Laura Kaye's best work to date and a ride so intense and shocking it will have you sobbing over your e-reader. This story is the epitome of great, entertaining storytelling, and that doesn't always mean a happily-for-every-good-guy-ever-after. What makes EoE such a satisfying conclusion to an already stellar series is the care and patience that went into crafting and placing the pieces of the overall story. Every character has a healthy backstory and something both at risk and to fight for. Losses and sacrifices keep the events believable without becoming overwhelmingly traumatic for the readers. I didn't want it to end but I couldn't bear for it to go on, [...]

Each year, in addition to our annual Readers Choice Awards, the GraveTells team recognizes our picks for the top romances of the year in our official Book Awards.  Read on to see who received the honors in 2013!

Book of the Year

Of all the books reviewed on GraveTells in 2013, Striking Distance stands out as the most memorable and, well, striking.  What sets it apart is more than just a hot romance (although it does have that) and an action-packed plot (which is also a plus), but in author Pamela Clare’s ability to weave together political, personal, and religious elements to paint a picture of the atrocities of war in a way [...]

The thrilling and heart-breaking Hearts of the Anemoi series is finally drawing to a close... Annalise Fallston made peace with postponing her big-city dreams to care for her ill father, but lately she’s been filled with a restlessness not even her beloved painting dispels. Worse, the colors don’t speak to her as they always have, and all her efforts produce dark, foreboding images of a dangerous man and a terrifying future. Devlin Eston, black-souled son of the evil Anemoi Eurus, is the only one who can thwart his father’s plan to overthrow the Supreme God of Wind and Storms. But first, Dev must master the unstable powers he’s been given. Distrusted and shunned by his own [...]