Holly Black’s marvelous trilogy The Folk of Air is so damn good that when I heard she was continuing to explore the world of Elfhame, a kingdom of magical islands, I was thrilled. And cautious. Black’s novel after the trilogy, Book of Night, was a hot mess. Would a return to Elfhame be a return…
Soul Taken is the thirteenth book in the Mercy Thompson series and the nineteenth book in the Mercyverse. There’s some really intensive world-building here, and the stories should only be read in order. My review will not just contain oodles of spoilers for the previous books but may well sound like gibberish to those unfamiliar…
The Baylors are back in the latest Hidden Legacy volume from the Ilona Andrews writing duo. Ruby Fever has all the trademark snark, adrenaline-fueled action and humor these novels are known and loved for. This is book six of the series, and my review necessarily contains spoilers for those that come before. Ruby Fever is…
Seressia Glass’s The Love Con indicated the author is someone who gets geek culture, so I was curious to see how she’d do as the author of an urban fantasy series. Shadow Blade is quite competent, with dashes of excellence. Kira Solomon is a Shadowchaser, dedicated to fighting forces of Shadow on behalf of the…
In Wild Sign, the sixth book in the Alpha and Omega series about mated werewolves Charles and Anna Cornick and eighteenth novel in the general Mercyverse, Patricia Briggs delivers a story about witches, wolves, and gods that is pure devotee-centric entertainment. Because this series is deeply interconnected you won’t want to read this book (or…
Awesome! Fantastic! Riveting! Buy this book! That’s the review I want to write for Emerald Blaze. Since AAR requires that I write a slightly more detailed exposé, those interested in why they should make this purchase may find out more below. This is book five of the Hidden Legacy series, and my review necessarily contains…
Smoke Bitten is the twelfth book in the Mercy Thompson series and can only be read as part of the saga. Too much character and world building take place in earlier novels for this story to make sense to anyone who hasn’t read those tales and this volume contains spoilers for the earlier works. You…
The writing duo of Ilona Andrews takes their Hidden Legacy saga in a new and exciting direction with Sapphire Flames, their first full length novel starring Catalina Baylor, Prime Siren and Head of House Baylor. Readers got a taste of what to expect in the short story Diamond Fire and will be delighted with how…
Storm Cursed is the eleventh book in the Mercy Thompson series and can only be read as part of the saga. Too much character and world building take place in earlier novels for this story to make sense to anyone who hasn’t read those tales. You have to really like a series to read that…
In Embracing the Demon, readers are introduced to Dale Highland, a woman on the run from her past as well as those who would see her dead. It’s a fast-paced novel that brims with action, but parts of the plot proved difficult for me to follow, and I came away from the book with an…
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