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December 23, 2019

Kaetrin’s Best of 2019 List

KaetrinReading Lists / Top Ten ListsContemporary / Gothic / Historical / interracial-romance / sci-fi romance / Urban fantasy9 Comments

This year I decided to do my best of list a little early. I don’t have any new releases on my list until next year so I felt it was safe. I had a fantastic reading year; I met my Goodreads challenge with more than a month to spare and ... more >

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May 8, 2019

REVIEW: Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsFae / Mercy-Thompson / politics / Shifters / Urban fantasy / werewolves / Witches27 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 >

January 18, 2019

Kaetrin’s Best of 2018

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

Recommended Read

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 >

November 12, 2018

JOINT REVIEW: Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews

JanineB- Reviewsfamilies / joint review / Magic / novella / Private-investigator / theft / UF / Urban fantasy / wedding10 Comments

Janine: I’ve been reviewing the Hidden Legacy series since the first book appeared and with Wildfire, Sirius joined me. We had so much fun that when the ARCs for Ilona Andrews’s new novella in the series, Diamond Fire, were made available, reviewing it together again was a no-brainer. Now for ... more >

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