Across the Great Barrier (2011) Patricia C. Wrede The sequel to Thirteenth Child, Across the Great Barrier continues the story of Eff Rothmer. Her twin brother is a seventh son of a seventh son, and a strong magician, but Eff–the old of the two–is the thirteenth child, and she grew up believing she was fated […]
Taken at Dusk (2012) C. C. Hunter Kylie Galen is still struggling to discover who she is. She believes she is meeting her couple who adopted her father as a baby, and hopes they will have answers to her questions, but the meeting leaves only further questions. In addition to questions she cannot answer, she […]
Awake at Dawn (2011) C. C. Hunter This is the sequel to Born at Midnight. Kylie Galen is a supernatural. She doesn’t want to be, and she really doesn’t like the way she doesn’t know what she is and how being a “Ghost Whisperer” sets her apart from the other kids at camp. But she’s […]
Necromancing the Stone (2012) Lish McBride This is a sequel to the YA book, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, which I really liked. Luckily, I like Necromancing the Stone just as well. Sam LaCroix is still trying to adjust to being a necromancer. And to having a position on the local Council, because he killed Douglas, […]
A Discovery of Witches (2011) Deborah Harkness I picked this up on sale, and one day when I was waiting and didn’t have a book, started reading it. Problem with this is that I missed part of the title: “All Souls Trilogy.” I was getting towards the end when I realized there was no way […]
Death’s Rival (2012) Faith Hunter Jane has tried to escape Leo Pellisier and the vampires of New Orleans, however, something–or someone–is making vampires all over the country sick, so Jane heads out to collection information (and generally act as Leo’s Enforcer). Jane has been walking a very fine line (and not even walking it at […]
Hush Money (2010) Susan Bischoff Several months ago I read the story Impulse Control, set in the same world as Hush Money, and really liked it. So I bought Hush Money, and then kept thinking, “I don’t think I want to read this right now.” I don’t know why I do these things. Something happened, […]
Scarlet (2012) A. C. Gaughen “I don’t think I’m in the mood for this book.” A couple days later, “I don’t think this is the book I want to read right now.” Several days later, “This isn’t the book I want to read right now.” A few days pass, “I don’t want to read this […]
Return (2010) Peter S. Beagle Return takes us back to the world of The Innkeeper’s Song. Soukyan is still being chased by Hunters–trained assassins who have been after him since he escaped from that place–a place that seems to be a monastary, and where Soukyan had fled to as a child. Finally, Soukyan is tired […]
Permeable Borders (2012) Nina Kiriki Hoffman I love reading Nina Kiriki Hoffman. I love both her long and short stories, though the fact she writes so many short stories makes me love her a teeny bit more. Thus, I was delighted to find this collection of her short stories. I’d read several of these stories […]
Aloha from Hell (2011) Richard Kadrey James Stark–better known in Hell as Sandman Slim–enjoys not being in Hell. He enjoys not having to fight for his life, or assassinate other Hellions on the orders of the Hellion who owned him. He’s gotten revenge on most of the people who sent him to Hell and murdered […]
Magic Dreams (2011) Ilona Andrews Huh. This is a reread, but I can’t find my original review. Apparently, I didn’t read all the stories in the anthology this was originally in, and so I never wrote a review. So, this first appeared in the anthology, Hexed, which I have but seemingly only read one story […]
Croak (2012) Gina Damico Why why why do I keep picking up books that turn out to be first in a series? I don’t WANT to read first in a series. I want to read stand-alone books. Bah humbug. Lex used to be a good girl, just like her twin Cordy. But then something happened […]