Book Review: Jim Butcher & Kerrie M. Hughes’ Shadowed Souls
Eleven short stories in an anthology about shadowed heroes.
Eleven short stories in an anthology about shadowed heroes.
The Vigil will stop at nothing to kill Caliban. Nothing is what they get when Cal forgets the pizzas. Unfortunately for them, they take out those Cal loves.
An anthology of nine short stories revolving around a theme of footwear from great authors like Faith Hunter, Kalayna Price, Rob Thurman, Rachel Caine, Shannon K. Butcher, Chris Marie Green, Lucienne Diver, Christina Henry, and Chloe Neill.
Niko’s shady father is in town and a Puck family reunion is holding a terrifying lottery. As Cal tries to keep both Niko and Robin from paying the ultimate price for their kin, a horrific reminder from Cal’s own past arrives to remind him that blood is thicker than water—and that’s why it’s so much more fun to spill.
Stefan Korsak and his genetically-altered brother have evaded the Institute for three years. When they learn the new location of the secret lab, they plan to break in and save the remaining children there. But one of the little ones doesn’t want to leave. She wants to kill…
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Blackoutby Rob Thurman dark fantasy in a paperback edition that was published by Ace Books on March 1, 2011 and has 352 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include The Grimrose Path, Basilisk, Doubletake, Kicking It, Nevermore, Shadowed SoulsSixth in the Cal Leandros dark urban fantasy series set in contemporary New York City. Cal and his brother, Niko, are loners who live to fight the supernatural. My Take I love this series. Yes, it’s dark. VERY dark. Thurman writes so very well that I can feel the grimness of their lives, the grittiness of New York, the peace that Peter Pan brought to Cal as a child. The loneliness he experiences as himself along with the regret he feels for leaving behind that scrap of humanity he got to experience. Yet we also experience the love and respect he has for Niko. Both good men. Cal comes to understand the place he holds for Niko and the support only he can provide. As for […]
Something has slaughtered almost one thousand demons in six months. And the killing isn’t going to stop unless bar owner Trixa Iktomi and her friends step into the fight.