March 4, 2009

REVIEW: The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop

JiaB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsFantasy Romance / Magic / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / traumatic-past / Witches31 Comments

Dear Ms. Bishop, While your other novels have been hit or miss (mostly miss) for me, I’m a longtime fan of your Black Jewel books. I discovered them at a time when I was about to give up on the fantasy genre and because they rekindled my love for a ... more >

March 2, 2009

REVIEW: Second Skin by Caitlin Kittredge

JiaB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsCaitlin Kittredge / female detectives / shapeshifters / Urban-Fantasy / Witches1 Comments

Dear Ms. Kittredge, I have an uneasy relationship with the heroine of your Nocturne City novels, Luna Wilder. What this means is that I sometimes think she makes stupid decisions, which I don’t care for since I prefer a certain level of intelligence and competence in my urban fantasy leads ... more >

September 3, 2008

REVIEW: Pure Blood by Caitlin Kittredge

JiaB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsCaitlin Kittredge / female detectives / law-enforcement / shapeshifters / Urban-Fantasy / Witches7 Comments

Dear Ms. Kittredge, When I read your debut novel, Night Life, I’m afraid I found myself among that group of readers who considered your heroine Luna Wilder abrasive, obnoxious, and borderline stupid.   But even so, the Nocturne City setting stuck with me and while I felt that I might not ... more >

July 21, 2008

REVIEW: Alpha and Omega and Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

JanineA Review Category / A Reviews / Book ReviewsChicago / Magic / Montana / Paranormal / Patricia-Briggs / Romance / shapeshifters / Urban-Fantasy / Witches82 Comments

Dear Ms. Briggs, Once in a while there comes a book that sweeps you off your feet, a book you fall in love with so completely that it is hard to do justice to that love in a review. Alpha and Omega and Cry Wolf made me feel that way. ... more >

JiaB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsCaitlin Kittredge / demons / female detectives / Serial-Killer / shapeshifters / Witches5 Comments

Dear Ms. Kittredge, I was introduced to your writing by your short story, “Newlydeads”, in My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon. While that story didn’t work as well for me as I’d hoped, I still looked forward to your first novel. Sometimes short stories aren’t the best indicators of good novelists ... more >

JiaB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsFantasy Romance / Magic / Witches22 Comments

Dear Ms. Bishop, Ten years ago, I went through a reading dry spell. Nothing within the fantasy genre appealed to me. I’d grown tired of ignorant farmboys discovering it was their destiny to save the world. I had yet to discover George R.R. Martin. It was still a few years ... more >