The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Tor, available as print and e-book The Source: Purchased from Kobo. The Grade: C The Blurb: Bodyguard Celia Graves has definitely accepted her share of weird assignments, both human and supernatural. But her newest job takes the cake. Guarding a Prince from terrorists and religious fundamentalists is hard enough, but it […]
The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Candlemark and Gleam, available in print and as e-book The source: Received as a Kickstarter pledge reward The Grade: B+The blurb: Marley Claviger is just trying to get her life together. Stumbling into an ancient conflict between celestial forces is going to make that a whole lot harder… When Marley wakes […]
The Particulars: Steampunk, Berkley, available in print and as e-book The Source: Purchased at Kobo The Grade : A The blurb: Note: This blurb is the official one, but it contain spoilers for Iron Duke. As the mercenary captain of the Lady Corsair, Yasmeen has learned to keep her heart as cold as steel, her […]
The Particulars: Horror, St Martin’s, available as e-book and in printThe Source: Purchased at KoboThe grade: B-The Blurb:Homicide detective Adam Garrett is already a rising star in the Boston police department when he and his cynical partner, Carl Landauer, catch a horrifying case that could make their careers: the ritualistic murder of a wealthy college […]
The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Samhain, available as e-book. The Source: Purchased at Allromance The Grade: B- The blurb: After accidentally blowing up both a client facility and a cushy city contract in the same day, pyromancer and mercenary captain Andrea Walker is scrambling to save her Zero Dogs. A team including (but not limited to) […]
I decided to sign up to this challenge too: From the challenge page: Challenge Details • Timeline: 01 Jan 2012 – 31 Dec 2012 • There are two levels: – Read TWENTY FOUR (24) horror & urban fantasy novels in 2012– Read FORTY EIGHT (48) horror & urban fantasy novels in 2012 • You don’t […]
I wanted to join Dark Faerie tales UF challenge last year, but since I discovered it in september I decided to wait. So when I spotted the Steampunk Challenge, I decided to join it. I view it as a good way to get introduced to the genre. The challenge runs from Jan 2012 to Dec […]
The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Del Rey, available in print and as e-book.Source: The LibraryThe Grade: C- The Blurb:Tempe, Arizona is as far removed from paranormal activity as is possible. And that’s where Atticus O’Sullivan, rare book salesman, herb peddler, and 2,000 year old Druid – the last of his kind – has decided to set […]
I signed up for the Indie books challenge in March, but I forgot to post about it. Oops. This is a simple challenge, just state how many indie books you plan to read during the year. I thought about it, and decided to aim at Level 1, silver.( 7-13 books). I can already now say […]
Born to Run by Mercedes Lackey My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Blurb:Book one of a new urban fantasy series centered on hot cars, fast elves, and rock-n-roll. Good elves are intrigued by stock car racing, and bad elves run kiddie-porn and drug rings. Trapped in between are three runaways who are in serious […]