Cold Burn Magic by Jennifer Estep Series: Black Blade, #1 Urban Fantasy/YA April 28, 2015 K-Teen Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Bad things really did come in threes.” Lila Merriweather lives in the most magical place in America - Loudburst Falls, WV - and it sucks. In a town ruled by group of powerful families, Lila keeps her head down and supports herself by making certain “acquisitions." An orphan whose mother was murdered, Lila wants nothing to do with the town, it’s Continue Reading
Review: Sealed in Sin (The Vessel Trilogy # 2) by Juliette Cross
Sealed in Sin (The Vessel Trilogy # 2) by Juliette Cross Urban Fantasy Released April 21, 2015 Samhain Publishing Reviewed by Sheena In my excitement, the following is mildly spoilery. Book 2 in the Vessel trilogy is wrapped in unpredictability. Though an HEA is expected, the road traveled in this installment is anything but predictable. Sealed in Sin picks up shortly after events in Forged in Fire cemented Genevieve as the most powerful Vessel of Light , the being of which a Continue Reading
Review: Dark Heir by Faith Hunter
Dark Heir by Faith Hunter Series: Jane Yellowrock, #9 Urban Fantasy April 7, 2015 ROC Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “It’s always blood with you people.” “To Mithrans. You are my people now.” The European vampire witch council has always been a deadly threat to Jane and her boss, Leo Pellister, Head Vampire of the Southern Region, but when one of their strongest is let loose on New Orleans, the threat becomes a reality. Now Jane is tasked with bringing them in, alive, or risk an Continue Reading
Review: Binding Ties by Shannon K. Butcher
Binding Ties by Shannon K. Butcher Sentinel Wars, #9 Paranormal Romance March 3, 2015 Signet Reviewed by Tori Blurb: Lyka Phelan is a Slayer, sent to live among her enemy to guarantee lasting peace with the Theronai. Yet she has a secret—and it could make her a slave to their power. But when a pack of Synestryn destroys her home and captures her packmates, Lyka realizes her freedom is a small price to pay for the safety of her people. So she strikes a bargain with the leader of the Continue Reading
Review: Dark Debt by Chloe Neill
Dark Debt (Chicagoland Vampires, # 11) by Chloe Neill Urban Fantasy March 3, 2015 NAL Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: The stars are always shining even if we can’t see them. Merit and Ethan are back and their drama is as intense as ever. The past comes back to haunt Ethan when his maker, Balthazar, shows up in Chicago. As Merit and Ethan race to discover exactly what Balthazar wants, the Navarre house is experiencing its own troubles. Morgan, the master of Navarre, is shocked to Continue Reading
Review: Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs
Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega #4) Released: March 3, 2015 Urban Fantasy Ace Reviewed by Mandi Another outstanding addition to this fabulous urban fantasy series. Well done Patricia Briggs. Set in the same world as her Mercy Thompson series, the Alpha & Omega series follows Charles (son of the alpha Bran) and Anna (an Omega wolf). I'm not going to recap who Charles and Anna are and how they came to be - I highly recommend this series and reading them in order. I Continue Reading
Review: Vision In Silver by Anne Bishop
Vision in Silver (The Others, #3) by Anne Bishop Urban Fantasy March 3, 2015 ROC Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: What do you want us to do? Write a Dimwit’s Guide to Blood Prophets? Simon, Meg, and the collaborated efforts of the Others and sympathetic humans have broken the chains of benevolent ownership over the Cassandra Sangue, not realizing the potential harm in releasing the fragile seers into an unknown and frightening world. Meg tries to help her fellow seers adapt though Continue Reading
Review: Edged Blade by JC Daniels
Edged Blade by JC Daniels (Colbana Files #4) Urban Fantasy Released: February 3, 2015 Self Published Reviewed by May I’d dealt with more abuse in my life than most people had ever heard of – I’d come to grips with what my family had done and generally dealt with it in odd ways. Sometimes, I was even able to not be ashamed of it. But it made other people uncomfortable. Honestly, that’s just plain stupid to me – it happened to me – if I can deal with it, then why can’t they? Kit Colbana is Continue Reading
Review: White Knight by Kelly Meade
White Knight (Cornerstone Run Trilogy, #3) by Kelly Meade Urban Fantasy Released: January 20, 2015 Intermix Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "Figures, an old crazy house." Knight McQueen has suffered greatly due to the hybrids increasing violence against his people. Forced to hide due to the hybrid’s agenda concerning him, Knight teeters between extreme guilt, rage, and depression. When the one person who helps him hold on to his humanity is kidnapped, Knight loses his tentative Continue Reading
Review: Owl and the Japanese Circus by Kristi Charish
Owl and the Japanese Circus (The Adventures of Owl, #1) by Kristi Charish Urban Fantasy E book January 13, 2015 Pocket Books Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Sometimes what your friend really needs is a good shove under a moving bus…” Alix Hilboux aka Owl is a disgraced archaeology student turned international antiquities thief. She has only one rule...no supernatural jobs. Ever. When a powerful business man offers her a job finding two ancient scrolls, she jumps at the chance and Continue Reading