Book Review: Tomb with a View

Tomb with a View Casey Daniels Berkley Prime Crime, July 2010 ISBN 0425235513 Mass Market Paperback Pepper Martin does not want her current assignment.  It’s the 179th birthday of President James A. Garfield; there is a Garfield memorial at Cleveland’s Garden View Cemetery.  Of course, there will be some celebration of this anniversary.  Unfortunately for [...]

July 18, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Murder in Vein by Sue Ann Jaffarian

Murder in Vein Sue Ann Jaffarian Midnight Ink, September 2010 ISBN 0738723118 Trade Paperback Somehow, helping vampires catch a rogue of their own isn’t quite what Madison Rose had in mind when she left Boise for L.A.  Apparently, there is a lot more going on in L.A. than most people realize.  The vampire culture is [...]

July 12, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Changes by Jim Butcher

Changes (Dresden Files #12) Jim Butcher Roc, 2010 ISBN 045146317X Hardcover I almost didn’t review the book.  Two thumbs up, five stars, and an ending that left me in tears for more than an hour and has had me talking to everyone who’s read the book speculating on what’s going to happen next.  Jim Butcher‘s [...]

July 5, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  One Comment

Book Review: Monster by A. Lee Martinez

Monster A. Lee Martinez Orbit, 2009 ISBN 0316041262 Hardcover (ARC) I am not certain if the following could be called a review of a book or a reaction to a book. Until opening this book, the assumption was, rather naively I now realize, that after over a half century of reading, I had read every [...]

June 30, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Guest Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Divine Misfortune by A. Lee Martinez

Divine Misfortune A. Lee Martinez Orbit, March 2010 ISBN 0316041270 Hardcover I wept bitter tears when I realized we were losing Terry Pratchett.  While no one author could replace him, A. Lee Martinez is shaping up to be one of the funniest young men in fantasy literature. His latest book, Divine Misfortune takes place in [...]

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Book Review: Monster by A. Lee Martinez

Monster A. Lee Martinez Orbit, February 2010 ISBN 0316049913 Mass Market If you enjoy comic urban fantasies, such as Christopher Moore and Jasper Fforde, you need to also check out A. Lee Martinez.  This Dallas-based author will keep you laughing way past your bedtime with his absurd situations and likable characters. “Monster” is no exception. [...]

April 11, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  One Comment

Book Review: Kitty’s House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn

Kitty’s House of Horrors Carrie Vaughn Grand Central Publishing ISBN 0446199559 Mass Market Kitty and the Midnight Hour had me hooked on Kitty Norville and Carrie Vaughn from page one. Instead of your usual vampire hunter or detective, this urban fantasy heroine was a Denver-based werewolf with a late-night talk radio show for the supernaturals. [...]

April 5, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: The Enchantment Emporium

The Enchantment Emporium Tanya Huff Daw Books ISBN 0756405556 Hardcover, 2009 Allie Gale is wallowing in gloom after her job ended and there are no prospects of friendship or employment forthcoming. Her multi-member family of witches is about to take some action when Allie receives a letter from her Grandmother which opens with: If you [...]

February 4, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: Grave Secret

Grave Secret Charlaine Harris Berkley, 2009 ISBN 0425230155 Hardcover Harper Connelly and Tolliver Lang are going back home to Texas to salve a rich rancher’s curiosity. Harper is to read Rich Joyce’s remains to tell his granddaughter how he really died. What she discovers is nothing the family actually wanted to know. Someone Rich knew [...]

January 30, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: Elegy Beach

Elegy Beach Steven R. Boyett Ace Books ISBN 0441017959 Hardcover Thirty years ago, at 4:30 PM all over the world everything changed. Technology stopped working and magic began. Creatures like unicorns, centaurs, and werewolves walked the world. And the old cities fell apart as looters ‘libbed’ what they needed to survive from business establishments and [...]

January 21, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments