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Cry Wolf (2008) by Patri­cia Briggs is the first in a new fan­tasy series that is a spin-off of the Mercy Thomp­son series (Moon Called) that fea­tures Anna Latham, an Omega and her mate Charles Cor­nick, who is an Alpha, assas­sin and eldest son of the Mar­rok. Note: You must answer the ques­tion at the end of […]

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The Virtu (2006) by Sarah Mon­ette is dark fan­tasy at its best. It is the sec­ond book in a series of three total so far. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough and I didn’t want this story to end. I was just fully engaged from start to fin­ish. No mat­ter how much I may gush and gush […]

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Immor­tal Pro­tec­tor by Ursula Bauer: Book 1: The Eter­nity Covenant, pub­lished by Samhain and released June 2007. Read an excerpt here. Also, here is the plot sum­mary because I sure as hell am not explain­ing it:
An immor­tal sol­dier defies the ancient Gods he serves and puts his exis­tence and the world at risk when he saves the […]

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Melu­sine by Sarah Mon­ette was a bril­liant read. An excel­lent fan­tasy novel that I inhaled. It’s a gritty, dark fan­tasy novel set in the city of Melu­sine. A city of dark magic, blood-witches, ghosts and ghouls and much, much more.
The book is described thus:

 Mélusine-a city of secrets and lies, plea­sure and pain, magic and cor­rup­tion. It is here that wiz­ard Felix Harrowgate […]

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