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
Review: Daemon’s Mark by Caitlin Kittredge
Daemon's Mark by Caitlin Kittredge (A Nocturne City Novel #5) Urban Fantasy May 25, 2010 Paperback, 352 Pages St. Martin’s Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "My mommy didn't love me enough. My daddy loved me too much. I never got to be homecoming queen. Take your pick." When Luna Wilder is called to investigate a homicide at the docks she never expects to see a murdered 15 year old. Especially not a murdered teenage were with her heart missing. As Luna and the Continue Reading
Review: Red Hot Fury by Kasey Mackenzie
Red Hot Fury by Kasey Mackenzie (Shades of Fury #1) Urban Fantasy June 29, 2010 Paperback, 337 Pages AceReviewed by ToriFavorite Quote: "You want one of your own don't you?" "One? Riss, I'm a hound." "Oh gods...you want a litter?"Marissa Holloway is a Fury and has worked as the chief magical investigator for the Boston PD for over five years. She had no idea that the murder scene she had been called to will end up changing her entire world in one brief second. Once she Continue Reading
Review: Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane
Unholy Magic (Downside #2) by Stacia Kane Urban Fantasy June 22, 2010 Paperback, 368 Pages Del ReyReviewed by ToriFavorite Quote: "He terrified her. He terrified her because when she kissed him, when she'd gotten so desperate for him so fast...so fast...she'd had been there to...She'd still been there. She wanted him...herself, Chess, not just her body. That desire, that crazy intense need...that hadn't been just physical."In the second book of Stacia Kane's Downside series-Unholy Continue Reading
Review: Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Blood Rites (The Dresden Files #6) By Jim Butcher Hardcover Edition July 6, 2010 Urban Fantasy 384 Pages Roc Hardcover Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "So, anyone have any questions?" "Yes. Why do hot dogs come in packages of 10 while hot dog buns come in packages of 8?" Harry Dresden is a professional wizard who has unimaginable powers, has saved the world umpteenth times, and has loved and lost. Yet he still can't pay his rent on time. So when his Continue Reading
Review: A Devil in The Details by K.A. Stewart
A Devil in The Details by K.A. Stewart (Jesse James Dawson #1) Urban Fantasy July 6, 2010 Paperback, 307 Pages Roc Why I read: Author asked for a review Favorite Quote: “Come out, come out, little slayer.” I resented that. “I’m just wiry!” Never let it be said that I didn’t go down a smart-ass to the end. Jesse James Dawson misspent his juvenile years in trouble. But after being introduced to the bushido, a Japanese code of honor, his life took a turn for the good. As an adult Continue Reading
Review: Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill
Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill (Chicagoland Vampire Book #3) Urban Fantasy July 6, 2010 Trade Paperback, 355 Pages NAL TradeWhy I read: One of my favorites series!!Favorite Quote: “On the other hand, they’re the ones creating this pec-tacle.” I slide her a glance, arching an eyebrow. “Pec-tacle?” ”You know, like spectacle” – she paused to point at her breasts - “but with more dude nipples.” The werewolves are in town and tensions are high. They are in Chicago for a Continue Reading
Review: Revenant by Phaedra Weldon
Revenant by Phaedra Weldon (Zoe Martinique Investigation #4) June 1, 2010 Urban Fantasy Paperback, 352 Pages Ace TradeReviewed by ToriFavorite Quote: "Fine-I warned you. Don't. Trust. Anyone."Zoe Martinique has had a busy year. First she learns to travel outside her body; encountering some strange and unusual things. Then her encounter in the Abysmal left her with some new and incredible powers. So just as things begin to settle down and Zoe starts to learn her new powers, Atlanta Continue Reading