Halla is a respectable widow who’s just inherited a fortune, and has been locked in her bedroom by the rest of her family by marriage, who want her to marry her husband’s cousin to keep the money in the family. That’s when she discovers that the dingy sword that’s been hanging there for as long […]

This book continues the story of the younger generation of the family in the center of this series. One thing I’ve always appreciated about this author is her willingness to go dark – she absolutely doesn’t shy away from themes that other authors wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole. But man, this book was

This is an interesting alternate take on the Persian empire, bringing in Alexander the Great of Macedon. Nazafareen’s sister was taken by a druj (demon), and she joins the Water Dogs to try to avenge her death. The Water Dogs bind to daevas, who they are told are also druj, but there’s clearly more going

Anna and Charles are called in to investigate the disappearance of a community squatting on land that it turns out the pack owns in the California mountains. Due to prior events, the FBI has decided that Anna must lead the werewolves, and Bran is happy to not disabuse them of that notion, so he lets

This book has three different novellas, two from Lackey’s early series, and a standalone third story. I loved the intros to each, because she wrote them for any younger person reading those earlier stories today, so set the scene of how technology has changed since those two older series. I have not read any of

I’m continually impressed by the world building in this series. The author is going after certain archetypes of fantasy races in the various peoples that live in the city of Elantra, but they’ve all got some interesting twists to them. And Kaylin as a character continues to have a very interesting back story for someone

This book focuses on Roman, from the Kate Daniels books, priest of Chernobog, the god of destruction, death and darkness. Contrary to what that could make you think of how he should be as a person, we get to see Roman as a protector of the innocent and therapist to the gods. The authors do

This is a fun continuation of Sorcery of Thorns.    Nathaniel and Elisabeth have been living at Thorn Manor for a few months when it starts to go crazy, and they have to figure out exactly what the house wants.    It’s a fun romp through a semi-sentient house, and it’s interesting to explore Nathaniel’s family history,

Lexi lives in the small village of Near, where everyone knows each other, and magic is there, but also a thing of the past.    Still, they distrust strangers in Near.    So when a stranger is seen near the village just as children start to go missing, Lexi struggles to solve the mystery of what’s happening.

This book is an interesting play on vampire stories.   The author uses Celtic mythology to create a different kind of origin story for a vampire family in Cornwall. I really respect that this book was begun based on vibes – she really wanted a back story to what sounds like a very romantic ruin she