The Charley Davidson series is now in regular rotation of my book reading schedule, and there they will stay until I’ve read them all. This series is so much fun. The romance aspect is a little too hot and heavy for me, but the story lines, the plot twists, the mysteries, the multiple plot points,…
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a debut breakout novel from Stuart Turton. I first encountered the book at my local B&N and was pulled toward the 1920’s Art Deco styling on the cover. The blurb from the cover fold captured my attention. I had to know more. Hook. Line. Sinker. Evelyn Hardcastle will…
Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet is the fourth book in the Charley Davidson series, an urban paranormal fantasy featuring a hilariously cheeky private investigator who also happens to be the Grim Reaper. Always fast paced, these books have Charley rushing against the clock to untangle several problems and mysteries – some in the human realm,…
War of the Sentinels is the third book in the Dark Lands series, a young adult supernatural fantasy set in the netherworld between life and death. The series is meant for a younger YA crowd with a fourteen-year-old protagonist and some similarities to the early Harry Potter books: a Snape-like character, an ever-changing castle, the…
First Grave on the Right is the first book in a long-running series with volumes continuously being added. I’ve seen this series pushed hard by avid fans and any time a new book in the series is released, there begins the sudden onslaught of new reviews on my feed. With so many rabid fans, it…
World After is the second book in the wildly popular Penryn & the End of Days series by Susan Ee. This young adult fantasy is set in a post-apocalyptic United States after the world was essentially destroyed by warrior angels who heralded the coming judgement day. There will be spoilers on the first book, so…
Angelfall is the first in a series of young adult post-apocalyptic fiction where world destruction has been caused by an army of warrior angels. This novel was a Cyblis Award Nominee for Fantasy & Science Fiction but its popularity truly spread by word of mouth. The first book in the Penryn & the End of Days…
The Not-Where, the second installment in the Dark Lands series, seems to be (whether intended or not) a homage to Harry Potter which differs dramatically from your standard fanfiction fare. In this dark supernatural fantasy for young adults, the author seems to be paying tribute to some of our most beloved characters and moments in…
The first in the Dark Lands series, Requiem is a supernatural dark fantasy for young adults. It is high fantasy that takes place in a realm between the living and the dead, or between life and heaven/hell – but not quite purgatory. The Dark Lands, ruled over by skies of rumbling black clouds and lightning…
The First Vampire is incredibly well-researched historical fiction with a story line from the past that catches up with a story line in present times. Based on the life of Vlad the Impaler and his family lineage, John Davies inserts the paranormal and the supernatural to give birth to a new type of monster –…