Dust by Joan Frances Turner Urban Fantasy September 7, 2010 Hardcover, 384 Pages Ace Hardcover Blurb: DUST is told from the point of view of Jessie Anne Porter, a young woman who died in a brutal car accident and only to be reborn as a zombie. Through the adventures of Jessie, Turner explores the psychological, emotional and social implications of an alternative reality in which zombies are sentient creatures. Turner’s zombies struggle with love and acceptance, anger and Continue Reading
Review: Petty Like a God by Brian Fatah Steele
Petty Like A God by Brian Fatah Steele Urban Fantasy May 5, 2010 Paperback, 304 Pages Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Look...it’s cheerleader pop.” “What’s wrong with Zima?” “You want it in alphabetical order or just the important points?” Petty Like a God is the first book in Brian Fatah Steele’s Godlings series. Here we meet the Godlings-son’s and daughters of the Gods. Using an interesting mixture of mythology and religion, Steele takes us on Continue Reading
Review: Fallen Embers Lauri J. Owen
Fallen Embers (Book 1 of the Ember Series) by Lauri J. Owen Urban Fantasy September 1, 2010 Paperback, 384 Pages Pearlsong Press Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "Fury consumed her, comforted her, caressed her. The fire was her heart and it was burning. She wanted to strike out, ease her fear... but she couldn't seem to remember anything but the rage." A violent attack leaves a young attorney and her nephew in an alternate time ruled by a class of decadent Continue Reading
Review: Chosen by Jeanne C. Stein
Chosen (Anna Strong #6) by Jeanne C. Stein Urban Fantasy August 31, 2010 Paperback, 304 Pages Ace Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: A part of me is devastated by what I am capable of. At what I’ve done. A part of me knows my true nature. I can’t fight it. I’m not sure I want to anymore. It's been a year since bounty hunter Anna Strong became a vampire, but she is about to discover that her greatest powers have yet to be unleashed. Though Anna has become use to the idea of Continue Reading
Review: Married with Zombies by Jesse Petersen
Married With Zombies by Jesse Petersen September 1, 2010 Urban Fantasy Paperback, 241 Pages Orbit Reviewed by Mandi I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I like zombie books so when I saw this available at BookExpo America, I picked it up right away. Many don’t share my opinion – or at least don’t like it when the hero or heroine is a zombie. I mean, if vital parts fall off, the romance is kind of over, yes? But Married With Zombies gives us two very mortal protagonists Continue Reading
Guest Review: Total Eclipse by Rachel Caine
Total Eclipse by Rachel Caine (Weather Warden novel #9) Urban Fantasy August 3, 2010 Paperback, 320 pages Roc Fantasy Today, one of my absolute favorite reviewers, Danielle from Alpha Reader is guest reviewing. ‘Total Eclipse’ is the ninth and last book, in Rachel Caine’s ‘Weather Warden’ series. The ‘Weather Warden’ books are set in our world, but not as we know it. There is a covert organization of humans, called Weather Wardens, with special talents for commanding the Continue Reading
Review: City Of Ghosts By Stacia Kane
City of Ghosts by Stacia Kane (Downside #3)Urban FantasyJuly 27, 2010Paperback, 416 PagesDel ReyReviewed by ToriFavorite quote: "Fuck, she was so sick of herself-herself and her emotional retardation. How did people do this shit all the time, this wanting people, caring about them?"Chess Putnum is walking a fine line-one wrong move could leave her for dead. Bodies are showing up throughout the Downside.Chess is ordered by her Elders in the Church to team up with the elite, powerful Continue Reading
Review: Labyrinth by Kat Richardson
Labyrinth (A Greywalker Novel #5) By Kat Richardson Urban Fantasy August 3, 2010 Hardcover, 368 Pages Roc Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "In the dispassionate influence of the grid, compassion-perhaps humanity-had died in me. Only the job remained:Paladin of the Dead, Hands of the Guardian." Harper Blaine is a Greywalker. Having spent time in London, Harper has gained new powers. Before she can figure them out though, she arrives home to find her employer is Continue Reading
Review: A Wild Light by Marjorie M. Liu
A Wild Light (Hunter Kiss Book 3) By Marjorie M. Liu July 27, 2010 Urban Fantasy Paperback, 320 Pages AceReviewed by ToriFavorite Quote: "He stopped me by kissing my hand. Just one kiss, but it was gentle and desperate, and my voice choked into silence." Maxine Kiss has always known of the darkness inside her. A darkness that enables her to fight demons but slowly seems to be taking over her soul. She has awakened to find her grandfather dead, her knife bloody, and no memories of Continue Reading
Review: Funeral Pallor by Sean Cummings and Giveaway
Funeral Pallor by Sean Cummings (Valerie Stevens #2) Urban Fantasy July 1, 2010 Paperback, 320 Pages Snowbooks Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: “What are you…like Gandalf with boobs, or something?” Valerie Stephens, alchemist and an apprentice mage has found herself in quite a predicament…again. She works for Government Services and Infrastructure Canada and as she says, “I deal with things that go bump in the night and eat your face.” She finds herself in an abandoned warehouse Continue Reading