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REVIEW: Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge

Dear Ms. Kittredge, I think most readers who’ve heard of you are more familiar with your Luna Wilder series.   While I have my reservations about the titular character of those books, I do think they’re a good way to pass the time.   But I’ll confess: the series I’ve really been waiting for are the Black(…)

Thursday Afternoon Haiku Moment: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Beware: There May Be Spoilers Ahoy. I’m going in blind Never read your HP fic Bought for hot cover Looking for a fix I need a new series to Get my ‘crack’ fix on Sorry – this ain’t it I tried, I really did try But you soon lost me Here’s a quick recap Clary(…)

REVIEW: Ghostland by Jory Strong

Dear Ms. Strong: Despite the fact you have a long backlist as an epublished author, I hadn’t read you before. To be honest, I was first intrigued by your book because of your beautiful cover, although, the purse thing? That’s strange. The great thing about Ghostland is that it is a wonderful blend of urban(…)

REVIEW: Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell

REVIEW: Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell

Dear Ms. Mitchell, It’s been a while since I read a Southern gothic, young adult or not.   In fact, I think the last novel I read in this subgenre was Cherie Priest’s Four and Twenty Blackbirds and that came out a few years ago.   For some reason, it’s just not a genre I often read(…)

REVIEW: The Treasure Keeper by Shana Abe

REVIEW: The Treasure Keeper by Shana Abe

Dear Ms. Abe, I’ve been a fan of your drakon series since the first book, The Smoke Thief. I was one of those readers who had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the paranormal romance revolution, but the drakon series are among the books that make me glad I finally (more ore less) succumbed.(…)

REVIEW: Where the Heart Is by Ally Blue

REVIEW: Where the Heart Is by Ally Blue

Dear Ms. Blue, When I began looking into various prolific m/m authors, your name seemed to be very prominent. When Samhain offered us a chance to review this novel, and I noticed it’s set in North Carolina, it seemed fate. Kismet. Meant to be. After I finished it, I’m not so sure. Falling in love(…)

REVIEW: Shaking off the Dust by Rhianna Samuels

REVIEW: Shaking off the Dust by Rhianna Samuels

Dear Ms. Samuels, This book has a great beginning with a different plot. In a book world overpopulated with vampires and werewolves, it was something totally new to me. You give us interesting characters – a flawed heroine, a Japanese hero and Tom, who’s a ghost. It starts wonderfully and then, unfortunately, goes totally overboard(…)

REVIEW: Phantom Pleasures by Julie Leto

Dear Ms. Leto: I’ve been anxiously awaiting this new paranormal series of yours from Signet since you announced it over a year ago. I’m intrigued by the premise and I liked parts of the story but overall, I felt like I was missing something when I closed the story. Alexa Chandler is an heiress in(…)

REVIEW: A Babe in Ghostland by Lisa Cach

Dear Ms Cach, I’ve been following your writing career for years now and one thing’s for certain, you don’t just write the same old same old. Even when you revisit certain themes, such as ghosts, you handle the issue in a new and different ways. This time at bat we have a contemporary story, set(…)