Mythological creatures, shape shifters, contemporary setting and organizations who aren’t quite what they seem. These are a few of my favourite things and Julie Kagawa has managed to incorporate all of them flawlessly into Talon, the first book of her new YA fantasy series of the same name. I’ve always been a huge fan of dragons. When …
I’m delighted today to be a part of The Night Has Claws blog tour hosted by Fierce Ink Press. I also have an ecopy of the book to give away so please make sure you keep reading right to the end of this post for details of how to enter! Title: The Night Has Claws (The Magdeburg …
Title: I Wolf Author: Matt Boyd Genre: Supernatural, action Publisher: ABC Books Publication Date: 1 June 2013 Pages: 279 Rating: 2.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Sixteen-year-old Romy suffers from a disease that will send him mad…and ultimately kill him. His last hope is to travel to an isolated castle in Austria, where a cure is promised. But the …
Title: Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy #1) Author: Kiersten White Genre: paranormal romance, vampires, urban fantasy, werewolves, magic Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: October 2010 Pages: 320 pages Rating: 3 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Evie’s always thought of herself as a normal teenager, even though she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a …
My Review: Dawn has been training and waiting all her life to be given a mission – and finally that dream comes true. Her father, the Vampire President, sends her to organize and “reVamp” the four remaining Angel Creek vampires into the town’s guardians. Easy! Or so Dawn thought until she meets her newest recruits …
Title: The Reckoning (Darkest Powers Trilogy #3) Author: Kelley Armstrong Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, magic, werewolves, witches, ghosts Publisher: HarperCollins; Atom Publication Date: April 2010 Pages: 391 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): My name is Chloe Saunders. I’m fifteen, and I would love to be normal. But normal is one thing I’m not. For one thing, I’m having these feelings …
Title: Infinity (Chronicles of Nick #1) Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon Genre: Paranormal. urban fantasy, zombies, shifters, vampires, Publisher: Atom Publication Date: May 2010 Pages: 306 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his …
Title: Otherkin (Otherkin #1) Author: Nina Berry Genre: Paranormal romance, shifters, magic Publisher: Kensington Publication Date: July 2012 (I received this book as a digital ARC from NetGalley) Pages: 320 Rating: 2 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): I thought I knew myself. Then I met Caleb. Dez is a good girl who does as she’s told and tries not to …
Title: The Awakening (Darkest Powers Trilogy #2) Author: Kelley Armstrong Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Publisher: HarperCollins; Atom Publication Date: April 2009 Pages: 360 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): If you had met me a few weeks ago, you probably would have described me as an average teenage girl — someone normal. Now my life has changed forever and I’m as far …