Crimson Frost (Mythos Academy #4) by Jennifer Estep YA Urban Fantasy December 24, 2012 Kensington Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “ Let me in...let me in...LET ME IN... “ *A tiny recap from Dark Frost, so be warned, this could spoil if you have not read the series* Once again, I have entered the hallowed halls of Jennifer Estep’s Mythos Academy in her latest release, Crimson Frost, and found myself living every single moment as though I was a part of the storyline itself. By the Continue Reading
Joint Review: Steel’s Edge by Ilona Andrews
Steel’s Edge by Ilona Andrews (The Edge #4) November 27, 2012 Paranormal Romance Ace Reviewed by Tori, May and Mandi Blurb: The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale—and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny… Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare Continue Reading
Review: Kept by Shawntelle Madison
Kept by Shawntelle Madison (Coveted #2) Urban Fantasy November 27, 2012 Ballantine Reviewed by May Kept is book #2 in the Coveted series, and it takes off shortly after the first book ended. Given the content and pacing of Kept, I believe most readers would find themselves rather lost and book 1 should be read first. Nat lives with her friend in a small New Jersey town where she works at an antique shop, and is just newly back in her family after being estranged for years. Nat has Continue Reading
Review: Running in the Dark by Regan Summers
Running in the Dark by Regan Summers (Night Runner #1) October 29, 2012 Urban Fantasy Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi First let me start by saying I didn’t realize this is the second book, or maybe it’s better to say the first full book in this series. Don’t Bite the Messenger is a previous novella and I think if I had read it, I might have understood this world a little better. There is a lot of info dumping at the beginning of this book as the author sets up the world. It made it Continue Reading
Review: Alchemystic by Anton Strout
Alchemystic by Anton Strout (The Spellmason Chronicles #1) Urban Fantasy Released: September 25, 2012 Ace Reviewed by May Alexandra (aka Lexi) Belarus lives in her family’s posh New York City building, where she spends much of her time struggling as an artist and admiring the work of her great-great-grandfather. That is, until a series of events find her with a deceased brother, discovering a gargoyle guardian that watches over her family, and having an evil group of men out to kill Continue Reading
Review: River Road by Suzanne Johnson
River Road (Sentinels of New Orleans #2) by Suzanne Johnson Urban Fantasy November 13, 2012 Tor Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Until you stop dating the undead Pirate Of The Caribbean, you have no room to laugh.“ River Road begins three years after the events in Royal Street. Drusilla Jaco (DJ), our fledgling wizard, still acts as sentinel to New Orleans with her shapeshifting bodyguard/partner, Alex Warin. The Elders are still concerned with her novice classification so Alex will Continue Reading
A Trace of Moonlight by Allison Pang
A Trace Of Moonlight (Abby Sinclair #3) by Allison Pang Urban Fantasy October 30, 2012 Pocket Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Clap if you believe! Clap if you believe!“ SPOILERS ahead from book two. At the end of Slivers Of Shadows, Abby offered herself up as the Tithe which enabled the Faerie Queen to reopen the Crossroads. Abby loses her memory in the process and A Trace Of Moonlight opens to Ion doing his best to help Abby regain her memory in the Dreaming. Abby Sinclair has Continue Reading
Review: The Shattered Dark by Sandy Williams
The Shattered Dark (McKenzie Lewis #2) by Sandy Williams Urban Fantasy Releases: October 30, 2012 Ace Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “It’s a familiar feeling, being pushed to the side like this.“ Sandy Williams once again takes us on a dark, twisted journey with the second installment of her dynamic urban fantasy McKenzie Lewis series, The Shattered Dark. Our heroine McKenzie Lewis isn’t your average urban fantasy heroine. She has a unique gift, the ability to read and locate Continue Reading
Review: Angel’s Ink by Jocelynn Drake
Angel’s Ink (The Asylum Tales #1) by Jocelynn Drake Urban Fantasy Released: October 16, 2012 Harper Voyager Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I had a price to pay for my choices.“ In Low Town, where elves, fairies, trolls, werewolves, and vampires are happily walking among humanity, everything has its price. Gage just wants to run his tattoo parlor and live a quiet fuss free life, but this former warlock is finding out that what he wants and what he’ll get are two very different Continue Reading
Review: Dark Currents by Jacqueline Carey
Dark Currents (Agent of Hel #1) by Jacqueline Carney Urban Fantasy Hardback October 2, 2012 Roc Reviewed by Tori In the small resort town of Pemkowet, wealthy humans and supernatural creatures (called eldritch) live together in an uneasy harmony, all under the unbending authority of an ancient Norse goddess, Hel. Daisy Johanssen, half incubus and half human, helps patrol the town and it’s inhabitants as an official agent of Hel and a liaison to the Pemkowet Police Department. Continue Reading