Category Archives: Urban fantasy

A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow

Posted on November 30, 2022 by thebookgator

Read August 2022 Recommended for fans of the Scholomance ★   ★   ★   1/2 Fairy tales and I go way back. For a little perspective, you have to remember I’m the Disney Classic era, so I’m not talking movie fairy tales … Continue reading →

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Trailer Park Trickster by David R. Slayton

Posted on June 23, 2022 by thebookgator

Read May 2022   ★   ★  1/2 Shhh. C’mere. I’m not normally the person to do this, but since all the other reviews are overwhelmingly positive, I have to throw my two cents into the ring: this was an okay … Continue reading →

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That Ain’t Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire

Posted on May 9, 2022 by thebookgator

Read May 2022 Recommended ★   ★   ★   ★   Surprisingly fun and a nice return to the attraction the series originally held for me. Snappy dialogue, a tone that nicely balances fun with consequences and an interesting storyline all make for … Continue reading →

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Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch. Or, Primary Weapon: Kobna

Posted on May 8, 2022 by thebookgator

Read April 2022 Recommended ★   ★   ★   ★    1/2 Here’s what you need to know: while I generally am unable to be an audio book listener, audio is absolutely the best way to consume the Peter Grant series. Although I … Continue reading →

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Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater

Posted on May 1, 2022 by thebookgator

Read April 2022 Recommended for magical animal-lovers ★   ★   ★   ★    In kindergarten, I wanted to be a veternarian. So I have some empathy for Pip, the main character in a series by Pearce and Stiefvater, who is fascinated … Continue reading →

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False Value by Ben Aaronovitch. Audio version–not so much

Posted on April 11, 2022 by thebookgator

Listened March to April 2022 Recommended  ★   ★   ★     1/2 The story definitely improved with Kobna’s reading. It took me a long, long time to get to the audio version, having bounced so hard off the hardcover. The narrative time shifts … Continue reading →

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Crowbones by Anne Bishop

Posted on April 8, 2022 by thebookgator

Read April 2022 Recommended for fans. Very ardent ones. ★   ★ And so continues my love-hate relationship with Anne Bishop’s The Others series. Although, to be honest, it’s really more of a guilty pleasure-outright disgust hookup, but that’s always more … Continue reading →

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Greedy Pigs by Matt Wallace

Posted on February 23, 2022 by thebookgator

Read February 2022 Recommended for fans of urban fantasy restaurants ★   ★   ★      “Several well-maintained layers of undisturbed dust cover everything.” Read that again. And that’s why I continue reading Wallace, even as his stories occasionally take me … Continue reading →

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Idle Ingredients by Matt Wallace

Posted on February 14, 2022 by thebookgator

Read February 2022 Recommended for fans of urban fantasy restaurants ★   ★   ★       1/2 The One where it Becomes Clear these are Not a Series of One-offs But In Fact an Entire Meal In Seven Courses. A new … Continue reading →

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The Iron Khan by Liz Williams. Or, Sheer Gold.

Posted on February 10, 2022 by thebookgator

Read February 2022 Recommended for fans of Chinese mythology ★   ★   ★   ★       1/2 Currently the last in the Detective Inspector Chen series. It deserves more than this partial review, but I am, after all, on vacation, so … Continue reading →

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