Book Review: Mark Van Name’s The Wild Side: Urban Fantasy with an Erotic Edge
Ten short stories revolving around vampires, shifters, demons in the city.
Genre: fantasy
Book Review: Janny Wurts’ Curse of the Mistwraith
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Curse of the Mistwraithby Janny Wurts fantasy in Paperback edition that was published by HarperCollins on May 1, 2009 and has 830 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon First in the Wars of Light and Shadows fantasy series revolving around a twist in how we perceive the Light and the Dark. My Take This is a conflict. The story is amazing. Wurts did a great job in creating an alternate world with excellent characters — especially in creating the “bad guy” whose point of view is perfectly reasonable. Considering what’s been done to him! The difficulty — and the reason I downgraded it to a “4” is the sentence construction. Wurts builds the most incredible sentences using big words and being rather poetic in their use. I’ve had to read many of them over and over trying to figure out what he’s saying…and I still don’t get most of ’em. [I think Patricia McKillip creates a more understandable sentence with her jewel-like lyricism.] My best recommendation is to […]
Book Review: Rob Thurman’s Doubletake
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.
Book Review: Bruce Coville’s The Monster’s Ring
It all starts when Russell Crannaker buys a “monster’s ring” from weird old Mr. Elives. Russell is sure the ring doesn’t really work — and he hasn’t followed the instructions completely. When he puts on the ring on the night of a full moon, and twists it three times, Russell realizes he’s gone too far . . .
Book Review: Rachel Caine’s Unseen
A maniacal Djinn is kidnapping children, taking them over for their strength, and Cassiel must stop the Djinn lest all of humanity be destroyed.
Book Review: Richelle Mead’s Bloodlines
Assigned to protect the Moroi queen’s sister, Jill Dragomir, Sydney Sage feared discovery of her vampire sympathies only to find herself in greater danger – from threats, distractions, and forbidden romance.
Book Review: Faith Hunter’s Raven Cursed
A simple security job for Leo Pellisier goes awry when Jane’s past rears up: enemies looking for revenge, Rick’s first change, and a grindylow with issues.
Book Review: Rachel Caine’s Last Breath
Claire Danvers discovers vampires are vanishing without a trace and the last person seen with them is a newcomer. And Claire isn’t sure he’s human OR vampire.
Book Review: Richelle Mead’s Shadow Heir
As a mysterious blight devastates the Otherworld, shaman-for-hire Eugenie Markham can’t trust the help of fairy king Dorian or ex-lover Kiyo, but when it threaten the human world…
Book Review: Kelley Armstrong’s “Hidden”
Werewolves Elena Michaels and Clayton Danvers want to give their four-year-old twins, Kate and Logan, an old-fashioned family Christmas. Just the four of them until a strange werewolf shows up at their door…while the town is buzzing about a young man found half-eaten in the woods. And there’s the missing little girl …