Though I’ve been in a bit of a “been there, done that” slump with regard to urban fantasy lately, Storm Born, first in the Dark Swan series, was definitely good enough to shake me out of it somewhat. This tale of a shaman on a quest in the Otherworld (a land quite reminiscent of the…
Deja Demon is the latest in Julie Kenner’s series featuring demon-hunter and suburban mom, Kate Connor. I found this entry – one that I don’t feel would stand alone well – to be a much darker read than 2007’s Demons Are Forever, which I reviewed earlier this summer. And, be warned, if you’ve not read…
In the interests of full disclosure, I’m a fan of Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mysteries, and with the exception of the previous installment, I’ve enjoyed it in its entirety. After the disappointment of All Together Dead, though, I wasn’t sure if Harris had jumped the shark, or as the kids say these days, nuked the…
Fans of urban fantasy will happily devour Pleasure Unbound. In Underground General Hospital, the staff are all demons, and for the most part so are the patients. Our story begins when a critically injured human demon slayer is brought into the hospital and must be treated by the demon doctor. In this world, there are…
I’ve looked at Julie Kenner’s Confessions of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom books for several years, but never turned the corner on buying one. I jumped at the chance to review the latest installment and am happy that I did. Demons are Forever is the third book in the series and it worked well for me…
The Iron Hunt is the first book in a new urban fantasy series, but it is also the sequel to Liu’s contribution to the Wild Thing anthology (Hunter Kiss, which earned an A- grade from an AAR colleague). I highly recommend picking up the anthology, as this is not a stand-alone novel by any means….
A while ago, I tried to read Minion, L.A. Banks’ first novel, yet couldn’t finish it. The idea of her Vampire Huntress series appealed to me, but I couldn’t get past the writing style. In fact, Minion’s prologue now ranks as one of the worst I’ve ever read. Despite this, when I learned that the…
Riley Jensen’s latest case is complicated from the start: a high profile politician has been murdered, and his socialite prostitute is also dead. It only gets more twisted when she is asked to look into a BDSM-related death that seems to be suicide, but turns out to be only one of many murders committed by…
With The Touch of Twilight, it becomes apparent that Vicki Pettersson’s Signs of the Zodiac series just keeps getting better and better as she creates ever-more intriguing characters and engages in fantastic and complex world-building. Readers going into this novel should be aware that it is likely impossible to understand much of the plot without…
It’s tricky to review a book in a series you’ve followed as a reader since the beginning. I first read Kelley Armstrong’s Bitten in 2002, and it’s become one of my favorite novels. Sadly, Personal Demon, the 8th in Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld series, has only cemented something that has grown clearer for the…