Ghost Soldiers by Keith Melton (Nightfall Syndicate #2) Urban Fantasy July 12, 2011 E-Book Samhain Reviewed by Mandi It’s been a long wait for book two in Keith Melton’s Nightfall Syndicate trilogy. As Ghost Soldiers opens, vampire Karl is in Romania working on an assignment from The Order of the Thorns. A violent organization that protects the world from the knowledge of the supernatural, they have forced Karl to help them on a dangerous mission. Karl is to hunt down a dangerous Continue Reading
Review: Crossroads by Jeanne C. Stein
Crossroads (Anna Strong Chronicles #7) by Jeanne C. Stein Urban Fantasy Paperback August 30, 2011 Ace Reviewed by Tori After Anna kills her old mentor and assumes the mantle of the Chosen, there are those who do not feel she is worthy of the title or the role. She herself feels that she is may not be the best one for this job and finds herself torn between her humanity and her vampire nature. When she receives a call from her old boyfriend Max about a rogue vampire, she travels to Continue Reading
Review: Basilisk by Rob Thurman
Basilisk (Chimera#2) by Rob Thurman Urban Fantasy Paperback August 2, 2011 Roc Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “It was five months later that I finally admitted defeat, finishing what I'd started more than half a year ago, and was at my laptop, hacking into Lolcats, crashing the site, and removing any mention of it from the Net. It was evil and had to go." Basilisk picks up 3 years after Chimera ended. Lukas-now called Michael or Misha depending on his mood- and Stefan Continue Reading
Review: Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
Second Grave On The Left (Charlotte Davidson #2) By Darynda Jones Urban Fantasy Hardcover August 16, 2011 St. Martin’s Press Favorite Quote: “Never be afraid to dart around in public humming the Mission Impossible theme.” Second Grave On The Left opens up one week after First Grave On The Right when Charlotte Davidson’s (Charley) secretary/bff Cookie comes to Charley needing help finding her old friend Mimi, who has suddenly disappeared off the face of the Earth. During Charley Continue Reading
Review: The Renfield Syndrome by J.A. Saare
The Renfield Syndrome by J.A. Saare (Rhiannon’s Law #2) Urban Fantasy August 23, 2011 E-Book Mundania Press Reviewed by Mandi I’ve been waiting a long time to get my hands on The Renfield Syndrome, book two in J.A. Saare’s Rhiannon’s Law series. Book one ends in a big cliffhanger. Making a deal with a demon, to save her lover Disco, Rhiannon ends up 101 years into the future. End of book one. Hello there book heart attack! The Renfield Syndrome picks up right where book one Continue Reading
Review: Black Heart Loa by Adrian Phoenix
Black Heart Loa (Hoodoo #2) by Adrian Phoenix Urban Fantasy Paperback June 28, 2011 Pocket Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I can find you anywhere. Anytime. Yo’ heart be mine Kallie Riviere, hoodoo woman.” At the end of Black Dust Mambo, Kallie learned a lot about her family and none of it good. She has a black loa in place of her soul, her aunt stole someone else’s identity and they want it back, and her favorite cousin has vanished. Now spells are backfiring, wards are Continue Reading
Review: Kitty’s Big Trouble by Carrie Vaughn
Kitty’s Big Trouble (Kitty Norville #9) by Carrie Vaughn Urban Fantasy Paperback June 28th, 2011 Tor Favorite Quote: “Amelia’s game “ “Does she even get a vote?” Kitty’s trouble finder is working great in here, much to her husband Ben’s despair. Kitty receives a call from San Fransisco vampire Anastasia asking for her help. Roman is still playing the long game and mobilizing an army while trying to locate a great object of power. Anastasia knows where the OOP is but needs Kitty’s help Continue Reading
Review: Downpour by Kat Richardson
Downpour (Greywalker #6) By Kat Richardson Urban Fantasy Paperback August 2, 2011 Roc Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I have a habit of dying.” As with any good series, we have a certain book that is the turning point and shows us the direction the series will take. Labyrinth (book 5) was the turning point of this series. Harper showed her friends and enemies just how powerful she is and it was a bittersweet moment. She fought and won but senses her friends are now more Continue Reading
Review: Bound by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon
Bound By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon (Moonlight #4) July 26, 2011 Urban Fantasy Paperback Pocket Star Books Bound by Moonlight is book four in Nancy Gideon’s Moonlight series that centers around the life of Detective Charlotte Caissie and her shifter lover Max Savoie. I have not read the previous three books in this series, so if I infer anything incorrectly, I apologize in advance. In this installment, Charlotte and Max are now a couple and they are not hiding their relationship. Continue Reading
REVIEW: ANOTHER KIND OF DEAD BY KELLY MEDING
Another Kind Of Dead (Dreg City #3) By Kelly Meding Urban Fantasy August 2, 2011 Paperback Random House Publishing Reviewed by Tori Been there. Done that. Evy Stone is a former Dreg Bounty Hunter who died and came back to life with some extraordinary powers. Now all but five people in the world think she is dead again, this time for good—immolated in a factory fire set specifically for her. Evy and Wyatt, her partner/lover/friend, can no longer trust their former allies, or even the Continue Reading