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Prey is the fourth book in Rachel Vincent’s “Shifters” series. To catch you up, I graded the first book, Stray, a DNF, skipped the second book, Rogue, and graded the third book, Pride, a B.
When this book begins, it’s nine weeks after the events of Pride. Faythe is on her way to see her […]
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Continue ReadingMagic to the Bone by Devon Monk is a guest review submitted by Scarlett Moore who reviews urban fantasy books at her site BestFantasyStories.com. She has agreed to contribute urban fantasy reviews at avidbookreader.com from time to time.
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Allie Beckstrom is a Hound – a person capable of tracing illegal spells back to their source.
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Continue ReadingI am a reader who likes variety. I started reading romance but then started reading mystery then eventually branched out into SF/F and urban fantasy and YA adult. Too much of one thing is well…eh, boring. Put it like this, it keeps things interesting and fresh for me. So I mix it up and these are the titles […]
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Continue ReadingThe Iron Hunt (2008) by Marjorie M. Liu is the first in a new series featuring demon hunter, Maxine Kiss. By day she has demonic spirits living on her body, making her immortal by providing their bodies for her armor and at night, they awake and peel away from her skin to be her bodyguards against […]
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Continue ReadingOn the Prowl is an anthology that was released way back in August of 2007, published by Berkley and features new and original stories by Patricia Briggs, Karen Chance, Eileen Wilks and Sunny. I may make some readers incredulous by sharing my opinion on one of the stories and dismissing the rest. Patricia Briggs has a new […]
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Continue ReadingLiving Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris, copyright 2002, published by Ace, is the second book in her popular Southern Vampire series. It is available in paperback and in digital format of your choice. I might possibly be the last person on earth to not have read these books but I plan to rectify that.
The story centers around […]
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Continue ReadingThe following is a TBR Day review by fellow reader Sonia. Dancing with Werewolves by Carolé Nelson Douglas is copyright 2007 and is available in paperback and ebook at your favorite retailer.
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This month I read and finished Dancing With Werewolves: Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator by Carolé Nelson Douglas. Dancing With Werewolves is a paranormal with […]
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Continue ReadingThe Unnatural Inquirer (2008) by Simon R. Green is the 8th entry in the Nightside series. This is my first foray into the Nightside. The Nightside is described as a place where monsters exist alongside humans in a pocket of London where the sun never shines. It’s a place where venality is apart of the social order and […]
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Continue ReadingIron Kissed by Patricia Briggs, published Jan 2008, is the third book in the Mercy Thompson series, published by Ace.
VW mechanic, Mercy Thompson, is a shape shifter. She is a walker who shifts from human to coyote at will. In the world that Mercy inhabits, the werewolves, fae and vampires exist alongside humankind.
However, the fae and the werewolves have been somewhat forced […]
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Continue ReadingI am a fan of myth and fantasy. I am a huge fan of authors who can blend reality with that of the fantasy world together so skillfully. Ironside: A Modern Faery’s Tale, c2007 is the third book in Holly Black’s Modern Faery Tale series. The first book, Tithe, introduced us to this wonderful, vivid world where faerie’s are malevolent creatures who […]
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Continue ReadingBlood Bound (2007) by Patricia Briggs is an urban fantasy novel and the second book in the Mercy Thompson series.
Just in case you haven’t read the first book, Moon Called, here is a brief synopsis for you: Mercy Thompson is a mechanic who is not human. She’s a coyote or “walker” who changes at will; coyotes are an ancient […]
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Continue ReadingAs captivated as I was with Tithe, I really can’t say the same for Valiant despite a strong start to the novel. The opening of the book was strong but as the story progressed, the plot twists and the unpleasant characters made me stop reading this book before I hit the end.
When the story opens, we meet Val as she […]
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Continue ReadingForget what you know about faeries and their world. Just wipe them from your mind. In Holly Black’s Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, the faeries are a malevolent bunch looking to spill mortal blood. Ms. Black has a vivid imagination that includes magic, enchantment, goblins and riddles. I was enthralled with this story from the beginning to the end.
Kaye is not human; […]
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Continue ReadingMoon Called by Patricia Briggs, is the first book in a new series. The narrator is Mercedes Thompson aka Mercy. She’s a “walker” who has a brotherhood with the coyote and runs her own mechanic shop in the Tri-Cities. Love the paw print tattoo, don’t you?
I thoroughly enjoyed this urban fantasy by Patricia Briggs that is set in […]
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