Book Review: Kristin Cast’s Amber Smoke
A love curse is poisoning Tartarus, allowing its horrific prisoners to escape, and only a young Warrior and his Oracle can save his world and ours.
Genre: urban fantasy
Book Review: Ben Aaronovitch’s Midnight Riot
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.Midnight Riotby Ben Aaronovitch urban fantasy in eBook edition on February 1, 2011 and has 310 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Moon Over Soho, Whispers Under Ground, Broken Homes, Foxglove Summer, The Hanging Tree, “The Furthest Station”, Lies Sleeping, False Value, “What Abigail Did That Summer”First in the Peter Grant hysterically funny urban fantasy/police procedural series and revolving around a police constable in London. (Rivers of London is its UK title. And why authors or publishers think it’s necessary to change the title when publishing in a different but still English-speaking country, I’ll never know…) In 2011, Midnight Riot was nominated for the British Book Award for New Writer of the Year. My Take This was tooooo funny. I wanted to turn the page if only to read what Aaronovitch, er, Grant, was making fun of next. Yes, the story was a hoot as well. Aaronovitch’s style of writing feels like a blend of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld for the snark and Caitlin […]
Book Review: Ridley Pearson’s The Insider
Chasing clues in pursuit of a long-lost icon, the Keepers find their hearts and minds tested in the park where it all began.
Book Review: Yasmine Galenorn’s Panther Prowling
A ghost king desperate to be free is after the D’Artigos’ cousin and his sword. Trapped within are its protectors, spirits out to stop anybody who threatens the weapon.
Book Review: Devon Monk’s Magic Without Mercy
Magic is killing people, and the epidemic will spread throughout the world if our intrepid team of rebels can’t discover an antidote and save the world.
Book Review: Patricia Briggs’ River Marked
Mercy Thompson is a shapeshifter, and she’s never known any others of her kind. Until now. Now an evil is stirring in the depths of the Columbia River. Something deadly…
Book Review: Suzanne Johnson’s Pirate’s Alley
Wizard sentinel DJ Jaco thought she had gotten used to the chaos of her life until she’s caught in the middle of a struggle between the Wizards, Elves, Vampires, and the Fae.
Book Review: Patricia Briggs’ Silver Borne
A book of fae secrets has come to light and the local Alpha has asked mechanic Mercy Thompson for help. After evading the vampire queen, this should be easy.
Book Review: Patricia Briggs’ Bone Crossed
Mechanic by day, shapeshifter by night, Mercy has crossed the local vampire queen, and she’s out for blood, but not Mercy’s. It’ll be her friends’.
Book Review: Patricia Briggs’ Dead Heat
Mated werewolves Charles and Anna are traveling to Arizona to buy Anna a horse for her birthday. But a dangerous Fae is on the loose, and it will be war.