Moon Called by Patricia Briggs Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison Anything but a Duke by Christy Carlyle Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold I've been rereading a few of my favorite urban fantasy series to try to understand how other authors construct the middles of … Continue reading Books – April 2020 →

Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear A Nameless Witch by A. Lee Martinez Dead Spots by Melissa F. Olson Boundary Crossed by Melissa F. Olson Moon Dance by J.R. Rain In Ancestral Night, while investigating a salvage in space Haimey gets injected with something that allows her to sense and manipulate gravity. The salvage turns out … Continue reading Books – March 2020 →

A Longer Fall by Charlaine Harris The Twilight Saga Complete Collection by Stephenie Meyer Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrew Salvaged by Madeleine Roux How to Run with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper The latest for Charlaine Harris is A Longer Fall. Harris writes in the way I wish I could get paid to. … Continue reading Books – February 2020 →

Borderline by Mishell Baker Semiosis by Sue Burke Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy Dragon Fall by Katie MacAllister Millie has Borderline personality disorder and is recovering from attempted suicide. She is offered a job working with the Arcadia Project an organization that polices fey visiting Earth. … Continue reading Books – October 2019 →

The Hound of Justice by Claire O’Dell We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory Second Hand Curses by Drew Hayes Sourdough by Robin Sloan The sequel to Study in Honor, the story of Janet Watson and Sara Holmes continues in The Hound of Justice. Watson is making progress at gaining the skills she'll need … Continue reading Books – September 2019 →

Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews NPCs by Drew Hayes A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan Firefly: Big Damn Hero by Nancy Holder and James Lovegrove The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren Set in the Innkeeper Universe Sweep of the Blade follows the adventures of Maud and her daughter. Maud uses … Continue reading Books – August 2019 →

The 5th Gender by G.L. Carriger Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Zero Sum Game S.L. Huang The Luminous Dead Caitlin Starling Gail Carriger's writing is always worth a look. In The 5th Gender, Tristol is a lavender alien who has chosen exile from his xenophobic people over a fate he considers worse than death. … Continue reading Books – July →