Urban Fantasy reading challenge: Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn

The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Berkley, available in print and as e-book The Source: The bookshelf The Grade: B The Blurb: We’re the D’Artigo sisters: Half-human, half-Faerie, we’re savvy—and sexy—operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency.  But our mixed-blood heritage short-circuits our talents at all the wrong times.  My sister Delilah shapeshifts into a tabby cat whenever […]

Book recommendation: Thieftaker by DB Jackson

A warm evening in colonial North America’s leading city. Smoke drifts across the city, and with it the sound of voices raised in anger, of shattering glass and splintering wood. A mob is rioting in the streets, enraged by the newest outrage from Parliament: a Stamp Tax . Houses are destroyed, royal officials are burned […]

On my to check out list: Books in Swedish

 The Circle by Sara B Strandberg and Mats Elfgren:One night, when a strange red moon fills the sky, six school girls find themselves in an abandoned theme park, drawn there by a mysterious force. A student has just been found dead. Everyone suspects suicide. Everyone – except them.In that derelict fairground an ancient prophecy is […]

Review: Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh

The Particulars: Paranormal Romance, Berkley, available in print and as e-book. The Source: Purchased at Kobo The Grade: B The blurb: Clay Bennett is a powerful DarkRiver sentinel, but he grew up in the slums with his human mother, never knowing his changeling father. As a young boy without the bonds of Pack, he tried […]

Review: Strange Neighbors by Ashlyn Chase

The Particulars: Paranormal Romance, Sourcebooks, available in print and as e-book. The Source: Purchased at Allromance The Grade: C+ The Blurb: He’s looking for peace, quiet, and a little romance…There’s never a dull moment when hunky all-star pitcher and shapeshifter Jason Falco invests in an old Boston brownstone apartment building full of supernatural creatures. But […]

Review: Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh

The particulars: Paranormal Romance, Berkley, available as print and e-book The Source: Purchased at Kobo The Grade: B The Blurb: Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A bad sign for anyone, but worse for Faith, an F-Psy with the highly sought after ability to […]

Review: Yorkshire by Lynne Connolly

The Particulars: Historical Romance, Samhain, available as e-book and in print The Source: Amazon freebie ( also available at BN and Sony) The Grade: B+ The blurb: Rose Golightly is a country girl who thinks her life will continue on its comfortable course, but a series of events changes that for good. On a visit […]

Review:Mad Maria’s Daughter by Patricia Rice

The Particulars: Historical Romance, Regency Reads, e-book. The Source: Fictionwise The Grade: B+ The Blurb: Daphne Templeton knows society has stigmatized her because of her mad mother, so she decides to leave London and live with her Aunt Agatha in the country. On the way she’s abducted by a highwayman, whom she insists see her […]