A- Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / Reading ListsAtlanta / Kate Daniels world / Magic / romantic-elements / shapeshifters / Urban-Fantasy / vampires26 Comments
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about my Kate Daniels reading streak, which I continue to chronicle here. SPOILERS AHEAD (But please try not to reveal too much about the books I haven’t yet read): Magic Tests by Ilona Andrews This short story, found in the anthology An ... more >
Reading ListsAtlanta / Kate Daniels world / Magic / romantic-elements / shapeshifters / Urban-Fantasy / vampires33 Comments
Warning: As this post deals with older books I consider spoilers fair game. Recently I caught a bad cold and, since I was laid up in bed with little to do but read, I used this opportunity to catch up on the Kate Daniels series. I had previously read only ... more >
C Reviewsaction / forced proximity / gargoyles / Paranormal / vampires / werewolves3 Comments
Dear Ms. Dohner: I love your backlist. I could write an Ode to your backlist. I could bake and consume whole platters of baklava, all of which I would dedicate to the joys of your backlist. I believe your backlist should be framed and mounted on the walls of RWA’s main ... more >
B- Reviewshumour / paranormal romance / vampires3 Comments
Dear Molly Harper, I’m a fan of your (among other things) Jane Jameson series and the spin-off Half-Moon Hollow series. One of my favourite characters who appears in all of these books is Dick Cheney – the vampire, not the former vice-president. Dick is a loveable rogue who wears inappropriate ... more >
B ReviewsComedy / Contemporary Series / Paranormal / San-Francisco / vampires7 Comments
“The city of San Francisco is being stalked by a huge shaved vampyre cat named Chet, and only I, Abby Normal, emergency back-up mistress of the great Bay Area night, and my mangahaired love monkey, Foo Dog, stand between the ravenous monster and a bloody massacre of the general public.” ... more >
Letters of Opinionarchetypes / Beauty-and-the-Beast / Dracula / Fifty Shades of Grey / Frankenstein / genre critique / mythology / Transcendence / tropes / Twilight / vampires12 Comments
The idea for this essay started with a question: what is it about Twilight and its derivations, especially Fifty Shades of Grey and Transcendence, that allow these variations to represent “fresh” and “new” in the retelling? I’m not interested in whether these books are good or bad, nor am I ... more >