[I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review]
Hungry Ghosts is a wonderful addition to the Eric Carter series by Stephen Blackmoore. The book follows Eric, who is a necromancer that is trying to avenge his sister’s death. Continue reading “Hungry Ghosts by Stephen Blackmoore”
Lady of Silver
[I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review]
There were several good things about this book, but also several things that bothered me. Continue reading “Lady of Silver by Shona Husk”
Verity Price, trained from birth as a cryptozoologist--a monster hunter--attempts to pursue a career in professional ballroom dance, but dangerous cryptids and the Covenant's newest operative keep getting in the way of her passion. Original. 33,500 first printing.
Discount Armageddon is a fun Urban Fantasy novel that follows Verity Price in New York City. She is a cryptozoologist and a dancer, and she is a primary interface with the Cryptids that live in the city. Continue reading “Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire”
Winterwood
Winterwood is a fun book that mixes pirate adventures with magic and an epic story line. Continue reading “Winterwood by Jacey Bedford”
Fire Touched starts with an exciting scene where a troll is ravaging a major bridge in the Tri-City area. Continue reading “Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs”
When her mate's ex-wife shows up on the run from her new boyfriend, who turns out to be less-than-human, shapeshifter Mercy Thompson must stop the bodies from piling up, in the latest addition to the best-selling series following Frost Burned. 250,000 first printing.
Night Broken starts with Mercy’s worst nightmare – Adam’s ex-wife Christy is in trouble and comes to live with them. Continue reading “Night Broken by Patricia Briggs”
Shapeshifter and mate of the local werewolf pack's Alpha, Mercy Thompson, discovers the entire pack has been abducted while she was in a minor fender bender with her stepdaughter in the seventh novel of the series following River Marked. Original. 250,000 first printing.
In Frost Burned, the unthinkable happens: Adam’s werewolf pack is abducted. Continue reading “Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs”
Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter, a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. And she's never known any others of her kind. Until now. As Mercy comes to terms with this new information, an evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River. Something deadly is coming, facts are thin on the ground and Mercy feels ill at ease. However, her father's people may know more. To have any hope of surviving, Mercy and her mate, the Alpha werewolf Adam, will need all the resources the shifters can offer. Or death will be the least of their worries.
River Marked changes the setting significantly from previous books in the series, and introduces a host of new characters because of this. Continue reading “River Marked by Patricia Briggs”
Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, never knows what the day—or night—may bring. But in the fifth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, she's about to learn that while some secrets are dangerous—those who seek them are just plain deadly…
Silver Borne was a fast-paced thriller that I thoroughly enjoyed. Continue reading “Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs”
The Magic
The climax of the series was fine. The romance was on point, although Dahlia’s decisions still irk me. I find myself thinking that if I were in her position I would take a completely different (and way smarter) approach to the conflict that surrounds her. Continue reading “The Magic by Donna Augustine”
The Dead
The series continues to hold my interest, but it isn’t amazing literature by any means. I enjoyed the scenes on the pirate ship, and Dahlia’s adventures away from the Farm. Her decisions irritate me, as does some of the melodrama, but there is still enough there to keep me coming back for more.
The Hunt
Fun, and an improvement over the first book. Still plenty of tension (one might say angst) but it was toned down a bit. I liked the action and the characters were enjoyable.
The Wilds
My name is Dahlia but I’m called a Plaguer, a person who survived the Bloody Death. When the virus first hit the world, it ravaged the human race. I thought I was lucky to survive it but survival comes at a cost. Ever since the sickness, I see things and I’m hunted for these visions.
The setting was unique – a version of post-apocalyptic America that has been devastated by The Blood Plague, and the paranormal aspects were fun and also unique. Continue reading “The Wilds by Donna Augustine”
In order to forget their grief over the death of their lovers, Fafhrd the Barbarian and the Gray Mouser set off in search of adventure.
The prose in Swords and Deviltry was shocking – like, it actually jolted me. Wonderfully deep and descriptive with darkness and anachronism, and I savored every word of it. Continue reading “Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber”
Slave, Warrior, Queen
Meh. Perhaps I was just not in the right mood for this book, but I only got to 20% before giving up. The characters seemed too stereotypical to me, and it seemed like I had read the plot about twenty times before. Apologies to those who liked this book, but I just couldn’t do it.
