Book Review: Patricia Briggs’ Smoke Bitten
One of the deadly prisoners of Underhill has escaped and is rampaging through the Tri-Cities. In Mercy Thompson Hauptman’s territory. It controls you. It can look like anyone.
Genre: urban fantasy
Book Review: Kim Harrison’s “Sudden Backtrack”
Back in the shrouds of time, the animosity between elf and demon is revealed, as is the truth of Newt’s descent into insanity.
Book Review: Benedict Jacka’s Fallen
The Council is getting close to the truth, and Alex Verus, a diviner, could lose everything. To protect those he cares for, Alex will have to become something different. Something darker…
Book Review: Seanan McGuire’s “Follow the Lady”
Antimony, Sam, Cylia, Fern, and James are on James’ virgin road trip that detours via Buckley Township and an unexpected meeting with Grandma Alice where Annie fills her in.
Book Review: Seanan McGuire’s Imaginary Numbers
Finally, we get Sarah Zellaby’s story! She’s a cuckoo, a telepathic ambush predator adopted by the Price-Healys, and now the cuckoos want her back. To end our world.
Book Review: Charlaine Harris’ An Easy Death
Lizbeth Rose is a young gunslinger who distrusts magic. Naturally, a pair of wizards want to hire her to find a direct descendant of Grigori Rasputin, whose blood can save the young tsar’s life.
Book Review: Ilona Andrews’ Sweep in Peace
Dina DeMille runs a B&B that needs guests to thrive, so when Dina is asked to host a peace summit between three warring alien species, she’ll have a day to find a chef, remodel the inn…and risk everything.
Book Review: BR Kingsolver’s Shadow Hunter
Sold to and trained by the Illuminati as an assassin, spy, and thief, Erin McLane discovers the truth and goes on the run. Now she’s hiding as the bartender in a quirky bar…
Book Review: Ilona Andrews’ Clean Sweep
Dina Demille seems the epitome of normal, running a Victorian B&B. But her inn is magic and thinks for itself. It’s only guest a retired Galactic aristocrat responsible for the deaths of millions. Now a monster hunts the night and brings Dina face-to-face with a werewolf and a cosmic vampire soldier.
Book Review: Ilona Andrews’ “Sweep with Me”
It’s Treaty Stay and all inns are honor-bound to accept any guest, even if they are too magical, too interested in hunting prey, and a flock of philosophizing chickens.