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Urban Fantasy

Review: Ordinary Monsters (The Talents Trilogy #1) by J.M. Miro

June 7, 2022 by Tyra Leave a Comment

Synopsis  England, 1882. In Victorian London, two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness —a man made of smoke. Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a lifetime of brutality, doesn’t have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fantasy Horror, Gaslamp, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

Book Tour/Review: No Gods, Only Monsters (Antiquity Chronicles #1) by Steve McHugh

April 30, 2022 by Seanchalant Leave a Comment

Synopsis Diana, the Roman Goddess of the hunt, lives alone on the far edge of the Roman Empire. When an old friend arrives looking for help, Diana finds herself thrust back into her old life, and old problems. With innocent lives caught in the crossfire, Diana realizes that the only way to ensure the safety […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Adventure Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Book Tour, Escapist Book Tours, Fantasy, Self Published, Urban Fantasy

Review: One Foot in the Fade (The Fetch Phillips Archives #3) by Luke Arnold

April 26, 2022 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Detective and noir fiction is one of those sweet spots for me as a reader. Those times when I’m not reading fantasy or science fiction, I love basking in the mystery and dark explorations of books by Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and the like. There’s something raw about those works, their characters and their worlds, that pulls me in every time.

That’s why my discovery of the urban fantasy detective genre five or six years ago quite literally blew my mind (it’s a mash-up made in heaven!). I have since devoured countless great genre-blending gems, and Luke Arnold’s The Fetch Phillips Archives stands high among them. Now, three books in with One Foot in the Fade, I can safely say this is a series that has cemented itself as some of the best urban fantasy detective literature out there.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Dead Man in a Ditch, Luke Arnold, Orbit Books, The Fetch Phillips Archives, The Last Smile in Sunder City

Review: Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts by Evan Ross Katz

April 3, 2022 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

A perfectly balanced celebration, scrutinization, and discussion of the cultural phenomenon that is Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Fantasy, Fantasy Horror, Fiction, Horror, Nonfiction, Paranormal Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Vampires Tagged With: Evan Ross Katz, Hachette Audio

Review: Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May

March 29, 2022 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

The story is dark, extravagant, and feels as if there is danger lurking around every corner—which to be fair, there is. The writing feels lush and intoxicating, luring you into this life of parties, prohibited magical drinks, and dark magic.

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical, Reviews, Romantic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: francesca may, Orbit Books

Review: Jade City (Green Bone Saga #1) by Fonda Lee

March 9, 2022 by Tyra Leave a Comment

Synopsis The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It’s the only place in the world that produces rare magical jade, which grants those with the right training and heritage superhuman abilities. The Green Bone clans of honorable jade-wearing warriors once protected the island from foreign invasion–but nowadays, […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Asian Inspired Fantasy, Book Review, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

Review: He Who Fights with Monsters (Books 1 – 4) by Shirtaloon

March 7, 2022 by Bender 2 Comments

Brilliance in bound words.

A LitRPG lite / Progression fantasy hybrid series of epic proportions, mean humour and overall super fun comfort read!

Filed Under: LitRPG, Progression, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: He Who Fights With Monsters, Royal Road, Shirtaloon, Web Serial

Servant of the Underworld (Obsidian and Blood #1) by Aliette De Bodard

February 21, 2022 by Blaise Ancona Leave a Comment

Synopsis – The first book in the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy: Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan the capital of the Aztecs. Human sacrifice and the magic of the living blood are the only things keeping the sun in the sky and the earth fertile. A Priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. It […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Mystery, Urban Fantasy

This Charming Man (The Stranger Times #2) by C. K. McDonnell

February 17, 2022 by Dan Smith Leave a Comment

llip has suddenly developed pointy teeth; he’s getting really wary of daylight and to top it off … he can no longer see his reflection in the mirror. Well, what does he think has caused that? Perhaps its an STD, he surmises … and that, reader, is completely on brand for a book in The Stranger Times series, it had me roaring from the get-go and is utterly, utterly entertaining. It’s certainly for fans of Pratchett and other comedic novels, but really does cut its own shape in the genre with a heavy focus on fantasy, world-building and urban-central storytelling. I loved this and it continues to be a series I look forward to.

Filed Under: Comic Fantasy, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Bantam Books, C. K. McDonnell

Review and Book Tour: Shadow of a Dead God (Mennik Thorn #1) by Patrick Samphire

February 16, 2022 by Seanchalant 1 Comment

Synopsis I was a grown man, damn it, and a mage of Agatos. Armies fled before me. Demons quaked in fear. Small animals gave me a wide berth. Babies cried when I smiled at them. Mennick Thorn is a broke mage for hire with an attitude problem and a tendency to make all the wrong […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Book Tour, Comic Fantasy, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Reviews, Urban Fantasy

Review: Jade Legacy (Green Bone Saga #3) by Fonda Lee

February 16, 2022 by Jared Besse Leave a Comment

Endings are a tricky thing. A good ending can reframe an entire story or bring home the points that an author was making. A bad ending can sour the experience of a whole series or story. Thankfully, Jade Legacy, the third and final book in the Green Bone Saga, is a smashingly good ending.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Fonda Lee, Green Bone Saga, Jade Legacy, Orbit Books, Trilogy

Review: Mitosis (The Reckoners #1.5) by Brandon Sanderson

February 10, 2022 by Benny Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Steelheart may be dead, but Epics still plague Newcago and David and the Reckoners have vowed to fight back. Review: Steelheart, the first book in The Reckoners series, was actually the first Brandon Sanderson book I’d read. The trilogy were the only books of his I’d read when I met him for the Oathbringer […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Reviews, Sword-Free Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

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