May 8, 2019

REVIEW: Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsFae / Mercy-Thompson / politics / Shifters / Urban fantasy / werewolves / Witches25 Comments

Series spoilers follow: For readers who haven’t read the series, this is not the book to begin with – start at Moon Called, book 1. Content warning: depictions of violence and torture of people and animals. Dear Patricia Briggs, I enjoyed Storm Cursed much better than Silence Fallen. For starters, ... more >

KaetrinReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsContemporary / Fantasy Romance / Historical / m/m romance / neurodiverse / queer / Urban fantasy24 Comments

I took a look at my 5 star reads for the year and created my top 10 from that. I’ve decided not to rank them; it’s too hard to do and they were all fabulous books. Iron & Magic by Ilona Andrews.  Magic Triumphs could easily have made this list ... more >

January 7, 2019

Janine’s Best of 2018

JanineNeed A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / African American / Asperger's / California / class-difference / Contemporary / Doctor / Eastern Europe / econometrician / escort / Fantasy / India / Italy / journalist / LGBT characters / magic users / moneylender / monsters / Native Americans / Ocean changelings / Paranormal / police / queen / thief / turn of the century / Urban-Fantasy / Washington DC / werewolves15 Comments

I love end-of-year reading lists so I hope our readers share their own favorite books of 2018 in the comments. Here are the 2018 releases I enjoyed most: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik’s fantasy novel is the story of three young women’s quest for empowerment — a Jewish ... more >

JanineBook Reviews / Reading ListsFae / mechanic / Montana / Reading lists / UF / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Washington State / werewolves5 Comments

Continuing with my Mercyverse reading, which starts here. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs This is a book I’ve read multiple times in the past. Charles and Anna arrive in Montana, Charles injured and therefore off-kilter, Anna hesitant to commit to their relationship. Anna is also having difficulty reading Charles, and ... more >

May 9, 2018

What Janine is Reading: Patricia Briggs’s Mercyverse, Part I

JanineBook Reviews / Reading Listsdemons / mechanic / Montana / Reading lists / Shapeshifter / trigger warnings / UF / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Washington State / werewolves / witch15 Comments

Recently, I reviewed Patricia Briggs’s latest entry in the Alpha and Omega series, Burn Bright. When it came up in the comments that although I’m an avid follower of Charles and Anna, I had only read the first of the Mercy books, readers persuaded me to read further on in ... more >

March 8, 2018

REVIEW x 2: Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

JanineB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsFae / Magic / Montana / shapeshifters / UF / Urban-Fantasy / werewolves / Witches31 Comments

PLEASE NOTE: Comments on this post are open to spoilers. Dear Ms. Briggs, Although I’ve only read the first book in your Mercy Thompson series, I’m a big fan of the spinoff series about Charles and Anna. When I first read the novella Alpha and Omega, I fell in love ... more >