Book Review: Nightspell

In a land where assassinations were commonplace, and rival political factions fought for power, came a simple, magical solution: Ghosts, bent on vengeance for the ones who murdered them. But what if those ghosts would rather live an eternal half-life? In Ghostland, there are almost as many dead as living, and out of respect for […]

Book Review: Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera #1)

I should preface this review with two facts: First, I am not a huge epic fantasy fan. I’ve read some of it, and enjoyed some of it, but it is not my first choice as a sub-genre. Second: I love The Dresden Files, and in fact, the only reason I picked up this epic fantasy […]

Book Review: Maybe This Time

We’ve got a haunted house, traumatized children, a long-over marriage that maybe deserves a second chance, a TV reporter with too-perfect teeth and a sinister agenda, and most of all: We have Jennifer Crusie’s usual delightful style, making it all so much fun. I really enjoyed this book. The paranormal aspect integrated well into the […]

Book Review: Mistwood

The Shifter, a creature born of mists and magic, is sworn to protect the king and his family. She does this with great power, and without emotion, for she is not truly human. Or so the legends say. Isabel doesn’t remember being The Shifter, though. She doesn’t remember anything at all. When Prince Rokan takes […]

Book Review: Griffin Rising

Have you ever wondered if there are angels among us? Guardian angels, who help us during all those times we get into trouble? If it seems like a miracle that you survived a bad car accident, maybe it was. And what if one of those angels looked like a sixteen-year-old boy and lived across the […]

Book Review: The Darkest Powers

The Summoning, The Awakening, and The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong make up the Darkest Powers trilogy, a young adult fantasy series about a fifteen-year-old girl who sees ghosts — or perhaps, she’s schizophrenic — at first, she isn’t sure. Read together, these three books tell a complete story of a group of teenagers trying to […]

Book Review: Shadowfever

As Shadowfever is the final installment in a five-part urban fantasy series, this is really more of a series review. It’s hard to say too much about the last book, in particular, without throwing spoilers at those who have not yet had a chance to pick up the first book. And you really should pick […]

Book Review: Abithica

What if you were some kind of disembodied spirit, moving from host to host, living life through other people’s bodies, but never having a life of your own? What if you didn’t know what you truly are, let alone who you are? Could you find happiness or love? A minute ago, she was Claire, who […]

Book Review: Darkfever

Urban fantasy at its best. If you can get past the cover art, which makes the book look deceptively like the type of romance novel people are embarrassed to read (at least in public), what you’ll find is the story of a naive young southern girl whose illusions about the world are suddenly shattered when […]

Series Review: Sookie Stackhouse

A few weeks ago, I shared my impressions of Dead Until Dark, the first volume in the Sookie Stackhouse series, which instantly drew me in with a terrific narrative voice and compelling main character. Since then, I have read through to the latest book in the series, book ten, and while I continue to recommend […]