As of a coincidence, I have read some really good Urban Fantasy Noir recently. And since they are short, and cheap, I thought I would recommend them to you. The Hard boiled witch series by KA Laity: I ought the first short story in this series yesterday. When I went to bed, I had bought all four of them, and devoured them. This is delightfully gritty short stories, around 25 pages, filled with a down to earth witch, who uses down…
This summer is packed full with books that I’m itching to read. To begin with, there is Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh. Which was the reason I re-read the series now. Mmm. ( I’ll admit that I’m crossing my fingers that my book store makes the same mistake they did last year. *cough*) Then in July Shaman Rises by C.E Murphy releases. *sob* I’m still struggling with the fact that it is the last Walker Paper novel. Also in…
Close to a year ago, I wrote a blog post about my top 3 female SF/F writers. With the recent hubub about the Waterstone list, I thought it might be a good idea to write a new list. Unlike last year when it was solely unknown authors, it is a mix of wellknown and less well known writers. Chrysoula Tzavelas: I pledged the Matchbox Girls Kickstarter solely on C.E. Murphy’s blurb. And I haven’t regretted it since. Since the moment…
I have been raving about Infinity Key by Chrysoula Tzavelas lately, and recommending it to everyone that are looking for something to read. The Kickstarter for the trade paperback just started, and I decided to give away one pre-order of Infinity Key in trade from Book Depository. ( Sadly, it isn’t a Kickstarter pre-order, since Kickstarter don’t allow several pledges from the same credit card.) While her best friend is pulled into the supernatural underworld, Branwyn isn’t about…
The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Candlemark& Gleam, available in print and as e-book The Source: ARC from Netgalley The Grade: A- The Blurb: While her best friend is pulled into the supernatural underworld, Branwyn isn’t about to sit on the sidelines. Unfortunately, Branwyn is decidedly mortal, and in the supernatural underworld, humans are weak and helpless, no better than toys, tools and prey. But she isn’t having any of that. Branwyn wants to face the world on her own terms, mortal…
This is a mixed batch and quite long, so I am dividing them into genres. In publishing several of these would be classified as November releases, but I put them here since I cannot wait to read them. Plus several of them will probably be available earlier. 🙂 Contemporary Romance/ Erotic Romance: When Cade Winslow and Merrick Sullivan find Elle hiding in the cabinet of a gun store, they know they can’t just walk away from the…
The theme for the latest Mind Meld is Up and coming authors in the last 5 years, which is a great topic, and I plan to read some of the authors on it. Except when I read it, I thought: What about the midlisters, or the new authors that are writing good books but are published by small presses? So here is my list, of authors that should be among the up and coming authors. And if you have read…
Look what Tor.com revealed this week! I love it. As always, Daniel Dos Santos manages to picture Mercy the way I imagine her. I cannot wait for this book to be released! Unfortunately, it isn’t out until Spring 2014. ( Although I could be wrong!)
Save the world-early and often Three months ago Jan learned that elves were real, our world wasn’t safe and it was up to her to save her boyfriend-and the world-from being englamoured into slavery. Now Jan has a new deadline-ten weeks, ten days and ten hours. That’s when the truce she arranged between our world and the elves’ realm ends, and the invasion starts. While supernatural creatures work to defend humanity, Jan and the kelpie Martin have to find…
The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Kensington, available as e-book. The Source: Netgalley The Grade: C+ The blurb: Along came a spider… When Trish Muffet is attacked at a grisly crime scene, the last person she expects to come to her rescue is Nicky “Little Boy” Blue. But since walking away from everything two years before, Nicky’s been doling out vigilante justice as “The Spider,” taking on the vicious predators of the night in hopes it’ll lead him to his ultimate target…