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
Review: Poison Kissed by Erica Hayes
Poison Kissed (Shadowfae Chronicles #3) by Erica Hayes September 28, 2010 Urban Fantasy, Erotic Paperback, 352 Pages St. Martin’s Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote:”God, he kissed like I felt, desperate and ripped raw with tension and hurt...” Mina is a sexy hard ass banshee who welds her deadly siren voice with the skill of a assassin as an enforcer for Joey DiLuca; a snakeshifter mob boss. Mina owes everything to Joey. He saved her life as a young girl when Continue Reading
Review: Grave Witch by Kalayna Price
Grave Witch by Kalayna Price October 5, 2010 Urban Fantasy Paperback, 325 Pages Roc Reviewed by Mandi Alex Craft is a private investigator for Tongues for the Dead. She is a grave witch – someone who can raise shades from the dead. These shades can then speak to family members or police - those needing answers that only they can provide. Alex has a lot going on in her life all of a sudden. She is desperate for work so she can pay her bills and feed her beloved dog, PC. Continue Reading
Review: Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews
Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews (The Edge #2) September 28, 2010 Urban Fantasy Paperback, 447 Pages Ace Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: Every handsome man had a flaw. It was just her luck that in William’s case that flaw was lunacy. The man was nuts. Cerise Mar lives in the Edge. A place between the Broken – where you and I live and the Weird – where the people with magic live. The Edgers, as they are called, have some magic and are mostly poor and spend their time feuding with Continue Reading
Review: Double Cross by Carolyn Crane
Double Cross by Carolyn Crane (Disillusionists Trilogy #2) Urban Fantasy September 28, 2010 Paperback, 432 Pages Spectra Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quotes included in review. While this is a spoiler-free review of Double Cross, there are some spoilers related to book one, Mind Games. Ezmerelda or Ez has been imprisoned in the coat check she works in for three years by the mayor of Midcity, Otto Sanchez. Once Ez touches someone, she can link to that person and invade their Continue Reading
Review: The Grimrose Path by Rob Thurman
The Grimrose Path (A Trickster Novel #2) by Rob Thurman Urban Fantasy September 7, 2010 Paperback, 352 Pages Roc Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Oranges and honey. It’s not only on you but part of you. I could lay you down in an orange grove Trixa and cover you in honey.” “Then you would eat me and not in a way women usually care for.” Trixa Iktomi is a trickster; a semi divine shape shifter being who is several thousand years old. Youthful in appearance and dangerous in Continue Reading
Review: Venom by Jennifer Estep
Venom by Jennifer Estep (Elemental Assassin #3) Urban Fantasy September 28, 2010 Paperback, 416 Pages Pocket Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “And what happens if you’re wrong?” Finn asked. My stomach tightened, and I stared out into the darkness. “Then I’ll fuck him once, and when we’re done, I’ll stab him where he lies.” ”That’s hard core, Gin,” Finn replied. “Very hard core. Kind of kinky too.” Gin Blanco, aka the Spider, is a retired assassin, but that doesn’t mean she Continue Reading
Review: The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
The Reapers Are The Angels by Alden Bell Urban Fantasy August 3, 2010 Paperback, 225 Pages Holt Paperbacks Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: ”A fellowship that talks in a language of death. His will to destroy her and her will to remain undestroyed-both things are beautiful and holy.” For the last twenty years, civilization has balanced on the edge of a precipice. A deadly plague struck converting the living and dead into the living dead. The true living barricade themselves in Continue Reading