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
Review: Queen of Shadows by Dianne Sylvan
Queen Of Shadows by Dianne Sylvan (Shadow World #1) Urban Fantasy August 31, 2010 Paperback, 400 Pages Ace Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Maybe you have time to spend your life afraid. I don’t.” Miranda Grey feels she is slowly going insane. When she burst on to the Austin music scene with her guitar and astonishing voice, she became an instant success. But that success is demanding a horrible price. She is able to manipulate people’s emotions. But now her powers have grown Continue Reading
Review: Healer’s Choice by Jory Strong
Healer’s Choice by Jory Strong (Ghostland #3) Urban Fantasy September 7, 2010 Trade Paperback, 384 Pages Berkley Trade Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I’ll be your first. And your last.” Rebekka is a healer who lives in the red zone; a district filled with shape shifter brothels. Having grown up in this violent and oppressive atmosphere, her life has never been easy but she cannot abandon the outcasts who ply their trade with often disastrous results. With just a Continue Reading
Review: As Lie The Dead by Kelly Meding
As Lie The Dead (Dreg City #2) By Kelly Meding Urban Fantasy July 27, 2010 Paperback, 416 Pages Dell Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "The brass no longer controlled me. I was done being their bitch." As Lie The Dead picks up right where Three Days To Dead left off. Evangeline Stone (Evy) and Wyatt have survived the battle with the goblins and are trying make sense of all that happened. When Evy is approached by one of the last surviving Owlkins, Phineas (Phin), and Continue Reading