Tag Archives: urban fantasy
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Read August 2022 Recommended for people wanting to dip their toes into Watts ★ ★ ★ ★ This isn’t your childhood Harry Potter. “I didn’t want to get up and go on in the world, agreeing that it was in … Continue reading
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository by John Connolly
Read August 2022 Recommended for ★ ★ ★ ★ If Among Others was Jo Walton’s love letter to sci-fi and fantasy, this is John Connolly’s love letter to classical literature and libraries. Think Thursday Next without the bananas escapades. But … Continue reading
Trailer Park Trickster by David R. Slayton
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
That Ain’t Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire
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
Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch. Or, Primary Weapon: Kobna
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
False Value by Ben Aaronovitch. Audio version–not so much
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
Crowbones by Anne Bishop
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
Taste of Wrath by Matt Wallace
Read February 2022 Recommended for fans of Chuck Wendig ★ ★ ★ 1/2 For those who feel like a series needs to be wrapped up and stories resolved, this does the job. For those that want a penultimate finish, … Continue reading
Greedy Pigs by Matt Wallace
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
Gluttony Bay by Matt Wallace
Read February 2022 Recommended for fans of urban fantasy restaurants ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Otherwise known as The One Where It Gets Grim, although I also think of it as The One Where It Starts to Go Off the … Continue reading
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