This book has a lot going for it. First is the surprisingly good-looking and relevant cover. Second is the cast of denizens of Savannah, Georgia’s darker side, including tattoo artists, vampires, and Gullah mystics. Third is a plot filled with pop culture, violence, murder, mysticism, sex, and more sex. Unfortunately, in this instance, all these…
One hates to gush over two books in one month, but here I am, gushing away. Ilona Andrews’ latest in the Kate Daniels series, Magic Slays, is the best yet. All of the books in the series have been good, solid reads with lots of excitement, but I’ve always wanted more tenderness in Kate’s relationship…
In a market flooded with paranormal stories populated by kick-butt heroines and primitive alpha males, it takes quite a bit to stand out. It’s not enough for an author to just tell a compelling story. The characters have to be memorable, the world-building tight and unique. Fortunately, Eileen Wilks’ latest addition to her Lupi series…
Wow! How did I miss this series? This book, the third in the series, is a great story of parallel worlds, featuring a smart, witty heroine, and a number of interesting secondary characters. I should caution that there’s absolutely no romance, so if you like your urban fantasy to have some romance, this won’t work…
This is the 11th entry in the author’s Otherworld series, and brings a new narrator, Savannah Levine, to the table. This is my first book in the series and it worked well for me as a standalone, although I may have missed nuances that will be meaningful to regular series readers. The book is filled…
Sumerian gang boss Shanar Rashan might control his territory through his superlative wizarding powers, but it is his kick butt, take no prisoners Lieutenant Dominica Riley that mans the streets for him and deals with the everyday magic needed to keep their family on top of the LA crime scene. So when low level tagger…
Laura Resnick’s Esther Diamond series are the only paranormals on my autobuy list. This is due to the dry tone of the novels and to Esther herself: She is a struggling actress in New York with an open mind and a no-nonsense personality, no magical talent whatsoever, but an attraction to the mystical like a…
I’ve enjoyed the Chicagoland Vampires since the first book, Some Girls Bite, and Twice Bitten is a solid installment in the series. The story flows well and the characters remain their interesting selves, although I was a little disappointed that the heroine, Merit, loses her nerve for a big chunk of the story. Merit is…
When I saw the list of books to be reviewed, Crossed caught my eye because it had as its heroine a policewoman who was being sent to jail for murder. I thought it would be a romantic suspense, but it was an urban fantasy and even though urban fantasy is not my first choice in…
Joanna Archer has always been different. As the daughter of Zoe Archer, an agent of Light, and the Tulpa, an evil supernatural being created through the power of thought, she blends the powers of Dark and Light. Joanna first learned of her supernatural destiny on the night of her twenty-fifth birthday — the night her…