Review: Kalayna Price — Grave Witch (4 stars)
Kalayna Price: Grave Witch (Alex Craft, Book 1) I continue my search for the perfect (okay, “good enough” will work) urban paranormal detective series. I found this Alex Craft story by accident, and decided to give it a go. Overall it’s not bad. The “Spunky Female Factor” is kinda there, but the main heroine is…
Continue reading…Review: Ilona Andrews — Magic Burns (4 stars)
Ilona Andrews: Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, Book 2) Well, thanks to Dustin’s comment I decided to give Ilona’s series about Kate Daniels another look, and took up book №2, “Magic Burns”. Now I can tell for sure, that “pervyi blin komom” (the first pancake sucks, so to speak) certainly did apply to her first book,…
Continue reading…Review: Blood Law (Jeannie Holmes novel) 3 stars
Jeannie Holmes: Blood Law – A Novel Ah yes, my never-ending hunt for nice new supernatural detective stories. Sometimes it works out well (like series by Patricia Briggs) and sometimes not so well. Like this one. It’s a “generic” detective novel with a bit of supernatural elements thrown in. For some reason it doesn’t work…
Continue reading…Review: Ilona Andrews – Magic Bites, Kate Daniels book 1 (3 stars)
Ilona Andrews: Magic Bites So, in my attempts to find something to read that is: – supernatural – action-ey – has a detective element I ran into Ilona Andrews’ book one of Kate Daniels series: Magic Bites. Sorry but biting into this book wasn’t very satisfying. I mean on the surface there’s almost everything there…
Continue reading…Review: Patricia Briggs – Moon Called (5 stars)
Patricia Briggs: Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1) It’s been a while since I had a nice werewolf novel to read. And then, by accident, I found the Moon Called. I don’t know how I missed it, but the series by Patricia Briggs are just great. All elements are in place — a spunky shape-shifter…
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