My name is Gin Blanco. They call me the Spider — the most feared assassin in the South (and a part-time cook at the Pork Pit BBQ joint.) As a Stone elemental, I can hear the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet and feel the vibrations of the soaring mountains above me, though I don't use my powers on the job unless I absolutely have to. Call it professional pride. After a ruthless Air elemental double-crossed me and killed my handler, I'm out for revenge. And I'll exterminate anyone who Continue Reading
Review: Afterlife by Naomi Clark
Yasmin Stoker is a ghost tour guide who spends her days showing tourists around Shoregrave’s haunted hotspots. She also happens to be a wraith who spends her nights hunting Revenants, newly-risen flesh-eating vampires. On one of her regular hunts, she witnesses a mysterious ghostly girl pulling the body of a teenage boy underground. Who and what is this girl, and why is she attacking men around the city? Yasmin investigates, but it quickly becomes clear that somebody wants to keep her from Continue Reading
Joint Review: Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
Smexy: Hello Fiction Vixen, known more intimately as Ms. Vixen, known to those who are too lazy to type (hey that's me!!) as FV. I am glad we decided to do something productive with our incessant chattering and review a book together! Before I go any further I have to give a special shout-out to Danielle at Alpha Reader for recommending and sending me this book long ago! You rock girl :) Succubus Blues is the first book in Richelle Mead's Georgina Kincaid series. Before we get into the nitty Continue Reading
Review: Deadtown by Nancy Holzner
They call it Deadtown: the city’s quarantined section for its inhuman and undead residents. Most humans stay far from its borders — but Victory Vaughn, Boston’s only professional demon slayer, isn’t exactly human… Vicky’s demanding job keeping the city safe from all manner of monsters is one reason her relationship with workaholic lawyer (and werewolf) Alexander Kane is in constant limbo. Throw in a foolhardy zombie apprentice, a mysterious demon-plagued client, and a suspicious research Continue Reading
Review: Firespell by Chloe Neill
As the new girl at the elite St. Sophia’s boarding school, Lily Parker thinks her classmates are the most monstrous things she’ll have to face… When Lily’s guardians decided to send her away to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, she was shocked. So was St. Sophia’s. Lily’s ultra-rich brat pack classmates think Lily should be the punchline to every joke, and on top of that, she’s hearing strange noises and seeing bizarre things in the shadows of the creepy building. The only thing keeping her Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding
They’ll never see her coming. . . .When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue—in a stranger’s body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there—her troubles are only just beginning. Before that night she and the two other members of her Triad were the city’s star bounty hunters, mercilessly cleansing the city of the murderous creatures living in the shadows, from vampires to shape-shifters to trolls. Then something terrible happened that not only cost Continue Reading
ARC Review: Skin Game – Ava Gray
A beautiful fugitive—wanted dead or alive.Kyra is a con woman and a particular kind of thief. She steals with a touch, but she only takes one thing: her target’s strongest skill. Which means she can be a fighter, an athlete, a musician, an artist—anything she wants… for a limited time. Heartbroken, she turns her gift toward avenging her father’s murder; with deadly patience, Kyra works her way into casino owner Gerard Serrano’s inner circle. After pulling off the ultimate con, she flees with his Continue Reading
Friday Night Bites – Chloe Neill Review
Friday Night Bites - Chloe Neill (Book #2 in Chicagoland Vampires Series)October 6, 2009Urban Fantasy368 pages, paperbackNAL TradeBook was purchased by meMerit is officially leaving her old life behind and moving her vampire self into Cadogan House, one of three vampire houses in Chicago. She has been named Sentinel, head security and must be sure to keep the head of the house, Ethan Sullivan safe. Merit and Ethan have a decidedly lust-hate relationship. While they each find the other Continue Reading
Three Seeds – Gabriel Madison Review
Three Seeds - Gabriel MadisonAugust 19, 2009Urban Fantasy290 pages, paperbackeTreasures PublishingBook provided by the authorI love to read books when I know absolutely nothing about the plot - well let me rephrase. I love to read books where I know nothing about the plot, and the book actually turns out to be good. Three Seeds definitely fit the bill. This book is different - I wouldn't necessarily call it a romance book. Urban Fantasy with a slight romance feel. But, the story was good and it Continue Reading
On The Edge – Ilona Andrews Review
(I love the colors used on this cover)On The Edge - Ilona Andrews (Book #1)Urban FantasySeptember 29, 2009Paperback, 336 pagesAceThe writing team of Ilona and Gordon Andrews write one of my favorite urban fantasy series out there - the "Magic" series featuring Kate Daniels. When I heard they had a new series coming out I became quite excited. This series takes place in a different world with new rules - but there is still a unique, magic filled world and the wonderful characters they can write Continue Reading