John Charming is a tough, gritty hero. His snark and sarcasm are refreshingly real. He may not be the easiest person to get along with but when things get tough, he is the person to have on your side. The supporting characters are unique an...
4½ StarsI thought this was a great sci-fi/horror/fantasy story in which we learn how this company SymboGen Corporation pioneered the development of a genetically engineered tapeworm that humans ingest in order to protect them from illness, boost th...
5 StarsThis is a very imaginative fantasy tale that explores the magic of being able to manipulate colors. Each color provides strength of a different type and influences the user’s emotions in a distinct way even as it marks them physically. Plen...
4½ StarsAnother intricately developed fantasy tale that provides a glimpse of a remarkable world. The inventive distributions of power between different colors is explored further as Gavin grapples with his troubles and Kip tries to learn how he ca...
4½ Stars“Heir of Novron” is the third two volume set in the ‘Riyria Revelations’ fantasy series by Michael J. Sullivan. The first volume in this work, “Wintertide”, picks up immediately after the events in “Rise of Empire” as the plans proceed to u...
4½ Stars“Rise of Empire” by Michael J. Sullivan is the second of his two book volumes in the ‘Riyria Revelations’ series. In the first book of this volume, “Nyphron Rising”, Hadrian and Royce are being employed by the kingdom of Melengar to obtain...
4½ Stars“The Crown Conspiracy” by Michael J. Sullivan is part one of his “Theft of Swords: Volume One of the Riyria Revelations”. Hadrian Blackwater and Royce Melborn are a pair of entrepreneurs (or is that thieves?) known as the Riyria. Their repu...
4½ StarsSarah and David have survived the first few months of the zombie apocalypse and started their own business clearing zombies for supplies. Their company is Zombie Busters Inc. and their marriage is better now that they share responsibilities...
4½ StarsSarah and David are leaving Phoenix for the east to the fabled "Wall" and to safety. They are leaving with a secret. They are leaving with a zombie bite. After escaping from Mad scientists and changed zombies they have a secret "cure". The...
4½ StarsWhen the Zombie outbreak happened Sarah and David were on their way to a couple's counselor trying to save their marriage. So caught up in their argument and anger they didn't notice that there were no cars on the highway, and the security...
4½ StarsGreen Eyed Demon is book 3 in the Sabina Kane series. It picks up where Mage in Black leaves off. Sabina's twin is kidnapped by her grandmother and Sabina seeks to retaliate by kidnapping one of the lower ranking Dominae to use to get her s...
5 Stars“Green Eyed Demon” book 3 in the Sabina Kane series by Jaye Wells is an exciting non-stop whirlwind race against time to find the kidnapped Maisie and stop the vampire Domina Lavinia. The novel picks up following the events of &...
5 StarsIn The Heroes the latest offering from author, Joe Abercrombie, readers are taken back to the northlands where the union and Northmen are slugging it out once again, witches and magi conduct their covert behind the scenes, and nothing is qu...
4 StarsAlexia Tarabotti is an unusual young woman in Victorian England. She is a spinster, half-Italian, and soulless. She finds herself in quite the predicament when she is attacked at a ball by a vampire. He didn’t know that when he touche...
5 StarsI was so thrilled when Ms. Peeler, or perhaps I should say Dr. Peeler, graciously agreed to send me her debut novel, Tempest Rising. Selkies are a rare breed among paranormal/urban fantasy these days so that piqued my interest. The more I h...
4¼ StarsJasmine "Jaz" Parks is back in another adventure as a CIA assassin who specializes in supernatural cases. After killing The Raptor in Bitten to Death, Jaz thought maybe she could breathe easier for now. But there’s no t...
5 StarsBitten to Death is the fourth installment in the popular paranormal/fantasy series featuring CIA assassin Jaz Parks and her boss/partner/potential love interest/vampire, Vayl. This latest adventure takes us to the ancient city of Patra...
5 StarsThis was an amazing start to a new series by the wonderous Lilith Saintcrow. If you haven't picked up her previous series, Dante Valentine, go and get it. If you have read her previously, Jill Kismet has a lot in common with Dante in that s...
5 StarsBiting the Bullet is the third book in the Jaz Parks Series featuring CIA Assassin Jaz and her partner, Vayl, a three hundred plus year old sexy vampire. In this adventure, Jaz is working side by side with her twin brother David, and both o...
5 StarsOnce Bitten, Twice Shy is Jennifer Rardin's debut book in this exciting new fantasy series starring Jasmine (Jaz) Parks and Vayl, a 300-year-old vampire. Jaz, a former vampire slayer, turned CIA paranormal agent, has a new case on her hands...
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