Secrets Of The Demon (Kara Gillian #3) by Diana Rowland Urban Fantasy January 4, 2011 Paperback, 384 Pages Daw Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “The sight of him took my breath away. Every. Single.Time. Angelic features-the kick butt guardian kind, not the dorky cherub sort...” Homicide detective Kara Gillian fights crime in Beaulac, LA with some help from the supernatural. Kara has the ability to sense magic and summon demons. This combination of power has brought her to the Continue Reading
Review: Right-Hand Magic by Nancy A. Collins
Right-Hand Magic (A Novel Of Golgotham #1) by Nancy A. Collins Urban Fantasy December 7, 2010 Paperback, 304 Pages Roc Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If I hadn’t known he was a were-cougar, my only thought upon seeing him was that he was in desperate need of a brow wax...” When Timothea Alda Talmadge Eresby aka Tate needs more space in order to create her sculptures she finds a deal to good to be true. The problem? It’s located in Golgotham. A magical section of New York, Continue Reading
Review: Taken by the Others by Jess Haines
Taken by the Others (H&W Investigations #2) Urban Fantasy January 4, 2010 Paperback, 352 Pages Zebra Reviewed by Mandi Private Investigator Shiarra Waynest can’t catch a break. Although she only wants to investigate humans, she has found herself tangled up with The Others. Out to the public since 9/11, The Others – vampires, werewolves etc..have used their money to spin a positive light on themselves but Shiarra knows just how dangerous they can be. Although she is dating Chazz, Continue Reading
Review: Unusual Suspects Anthology
Unusual Suspects (Stories of Mystery and Fantasy) by Charlaine Harris, Simon Green, Laurie R. King and others. December 2, 2008 Urban Fantasy Paperback, 320 Pages Ace Reviewed by Tori Unusual Suspects is a 12 story anthology composed of some of today's best known authors. All of the stories deal with the same theme-solving a mystery based on a supernatural theme. Lucky by Charlaine Harris gives us a glimpse into the life of Sookie Stackhouse and her witchy roommate Amelia Continue Reading
Review: Vampires Not Invited by Cheyenne McCray
Vampires Not Invited (Night Tracker #3) by Cheyenne McCray Urban Fantasy November 30, 2010 Paperback, 352 Pages St. Martin’s Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: ”One By One The Penguins Are Stealing My Sanity” Nyx is back in action when a mischievous gang of sprites is wreaking havoc on the city of Manhattan. When she overhears a conversation between a pair of vampires at the Pit she realizes that there is a lot more at stake then cleaning up Lady Liberty’s toenails. Seems master Continue Reading
Review: Bone Gods by Caitlin Kittredge
Bone Gods (Black London #3) By Caitlin Kittredge Urban Fantasy November 30, 2010 Paperback, 352 Pages St. Martin’s Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: ”I don’t feel but I understand. I understand loss and desire. It’s the fabric of the bargains we make.” Jack Winter is gone, the Black is shredding, and the smell of blood and battle stains the air. When Pete’s old police partner calls her in to investigate a brutal murder with supernatural aspects, Pete gets dragged back into the Continue Reading
Review: Black Wings by Christina Henry
Black Wings by Christina Henry (Madeline Black #1) November 30, 2010 Urban Fantasy Paperback, 295 Pages Ace Reviewed by Mandi Maddy inherited her career as an Agent from her mother. She gets her weekly list of people who are going to die, and meets their souls to hopefully usher them to the Door. Behind this Door, Maddy has no idea what lurks. But she knows her boss J.B gets really angry with extra paperwork, and if the souls choose not to enter the Door and become ghosts, there Continue Reading
Review: The Greyfriar by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire- Book 1) by Clay Griffith & Susan Griffith November 18, 2010 Urban Fantasy, Paperback, 320 Pages Pyr Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “That a few marks on this paper can bring you my heart in my absence is great magic. Life is now a constant source of wonder.” In 1870 vampires declared war on the humans and swept through the Northern lands like a plague; destroying everything and everyone in their path. Millions of humans died. Millions more Continue Reading
Review: Firewalker by Allyson James
Firewalker (Stormwalker #2) by Allyson James Urban Fantasy November 2, 2010 Paperback, 352 Pages Berkley Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "So educate me. There are Stormwalkers like you; Nightwalkers, which are like vampires; and then Skinwalkers, those creatures I fought out in the vortexes. What are werewolves-dogwalkers?" This contains some mild spoilers from book one-Stormwalkers. In the conclusion of Stormwalker we learn that Janet is the result of a Continue Reading
Review: Haunted Lily by Sidney Fox
Haunted Lily (The Nightmare Ball) by Sidney Fox March 28, 2008 Urban Fantasy Paperback, 284 Pages Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “What kind of psycho likes clowns?” There are a few tiny spoilers in here. Documentary film maker Darby McGregor had ia charmed life until his fiancée is killed on their wedding day. When ghosts, real and imagined, threaten his sanity he finds himself searching for an answer to his problems. He finds Lily Dufrene. Lily has been Continue Reading