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Blue Blooded (Jessica McClain #6) Amanda Carlson Published: Dec. 19, 2016 (Amanda Carlson, Inc.) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 3 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Full Blooded.... 
We’ve been on board with Amanda Carlson’s Jessica McClain series since the beginning. When Full Blooded released we were hooked on the unique werewolf series. Jessica was the only female werewolf. She is strong and feminine. She kicks ass. These are things the VBC team appreciates, especially in urban fantasy. The series has her dealing with rogue werewolves, witches and even a voodoo priestess. It’s an... 
Pure Blooded (Jessica McClain #5) Amanda Carlson Published: June 16, 2015 (Orbit) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books in the series. If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Full... 
Red Blooded (Jessica McClain #4) Amanda Carlson Published: Sept. 9, 2014 (Orbit) Purchase: Book Depository Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 3 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books in the series.If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of Full Blooded. When we left... 
Cold Blooded (Jessica McClain #3) Amanda Carlson Published: Oct. 8, 2013 (Orbit) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: whilst this review will be spoiler free it may contain spoilers for previous books. Check out VBC’s reviews of Full Blooded and Hot Blooded, the first two books in... 
Last week Jo reviewed Amanda Carlson’s Hot Blooded. And she loved it. I mean loved it. She compared the Jessica McClain series to one of her favorites: Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld. From Jo that’s insane praise. If you’ve already read Full Blooded (Chelsea’s VBC review) and pre-ordered Hot Blooded, which releases tomorrow, then what’s left? You’re a member of the pack, right? How about some... 
Hot Blooded (Jessica McClain #2) Amanda Carlson Published: April 23, 2013 (Orbit) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will refer to events from the previous book.If you haven’t started this series yet, check out Chelsea’s review of Full Blooded. With Full Blooded being one of mine (and Chelsea’s) favorites of...
Both Jo and I fell for Amanda Carlson’s debut Full Blooded. We’re not far from the release of the second Jessica McClain book Hot Blooded, but we’re all about looking forward here at VBC. That means we’re going to go ahead and ooh and aah over the badassery that is the cover art for the third book Cold Blooded. Allow me to share: Jessica arrives back in town to find her best friend missing and the most... 
Both Jo and I put Amanda Carlson’s debut Full Blooded on our Best of 2012 lists. It has that breakneck pacing I enjoy and more than one super sexy shifter. Put that in a nice urban fantasy landscape, and well, we’re fans. However, if you read the first book, you know Jess isn’t exactly the mushy type and Rourke and her have a bit of forced distance until we get more in the second book Hot Blooded. As... 
Every year, I compile the standard year-end best books list—read 2012’s best reads list—and it’s a hard task narrowing things down. What’s harder though is picking the ten heroes from novels published this year to make my annual swoon-worthy list. Last year Eve Silver’s Lokan took top honors and the year before Stacia Kane’s Terrible was causing fevers all over the place. There are returning favorites... 
