B+ Reviewsdjinn / Elder Races / elves / gryphon / paranormal romance / Wyr3 Comments
Dear Thea Harrison, Graydon has been my favourite of the Sentinels ever since I read and loved Dragon Bound so I was very excited to finally read his book (even if the cover model, pretty as he is, looks nothing like him). I was happy to see Graydon get his ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / djinn / Fantasy / Historical / Jewish-faith / New York City / opposites attract10 Comments
In The Golem and the Jinni, a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling journey through cultures in turn-of-the-century New York. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life to by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies at ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Readsdjinn / Historical Fantasy / Middle East / road-romance / Samhain-publishing25 Comments
And on the One-Thousand-and-Second night, Scheherazade told this story… By day, Taqla uses her forbidden sorcery to move freely about the city of Damascus in the guise of an old sage. Her true identity known only by her faithful servant woman, Taqla is content with the comfortable, if restrictive, life ... more >
C- ReviewsAssassin / djinn / Paranormal / Seattle / Signet / Urban-Fantasy24 Comments
Dear Ms. Bonilla, If there’s one character type I love seeing, it’s assassins. Especially female assassins. I could probably stand to see less redheaded assassins though. Seriously, what is it with fantasy and redheaded assassins and/or redheaded women? Still, the promise of a female assassin was enough to lure me ... more >
B- Reviewsclass-difference / djinn / interracial-romance / New York City / Prohibition-era / Urban-Fantasy / vampires5 Comments
Dear Ms. Johnson, I’ve made no secret of my general malaise when it comes to the urban fantasy genre. I overloaded on it during its boom period, and I still don’t think I’ve entirely recovered. That said, I’m always willing to give a book a chance, especially when it tries ... more >
C Reviews / C Reviews Categoryangels / demons / djinn / soulmates10 Comments
Dear Ms. Slade: I confess to being reluctant to start this book. I’m not sure why. I think because there wasn’t anything about the description of the book or the cover that really stood out. It was a paranormal story about good demons and bad demons. Given that it was ... more >