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Title: The Demon’s Lexicon
Author: Sarah Rees Brennan
Genre: YA/UF
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s (UK) /Margaret K. McElderry (US)
Publishing Date: June 1, 2009
Paperback: 432 pages (UK) / Hardcover: 336 pages (US)
Stand Alone or series: first in a planned trilogy but this book stands [...]
Title: The Black Act
Author: Louise Bohmer
Genre: Dark Fantasy, Horror
Publisher: Lachesis Publishing
Publishing Date: March 13, 2009
Paperback: 332 pages
Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel.
Summary: (from LachesisPublishing.com)
The history of a curse is fraught with bloody battles, bitter hatred, and dark secrets.
Through five generations, [...]
Title: The Laurentine Spy
Author: Emily Gee
Genre: Officially, Dark Fantasy but it has a LOT of romance.
Publisher: Solaris
Publishing Date: April 28, 2009
Paperback: 416 pages
Stand Alone or series: Stand alone
Summary: The Corhonase citadel is a place of virtue and debauchery. But nothing is as it seems, [...]
Title: Feast of Souls
Author: C.S. Friedman
Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
Publisher: DAW Books
Publication Date: January 2007
Mass Market Paperback: 576 pages
Stand alone or series:Book one in the Magister Trilogy.
Why did I read this book: I received book 2, Wings of Wrath, from the publisher and was instantly taken [...]
Title: Ink Exchange
Author: Melissa Marr
Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy
Stand Alone or Series: Second book in the series.
Summary: (from HarperCollins.com)
Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries of stability, the balance among the Faery Courts has altered, [...]
Title: Wicked Lovely
Author: Melissa Marr
Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy
Stand Alone or Series: First book in the series.
Summary: (from HarperCollins.com)
Rule #3: Don’t stare at invisible faeries.
Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty—especially if they [...]
First it was Kmont with Summer of Night. Then, Kate with The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes. Now, it’s The Happily Ever After’s Christine turn to…read a straight Dark Fantasy novel. We dared her to read…..
Title: Across the Nightingale Floor – The Tales of the Otori book 1 (out of 5)
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THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS.
As I said in my review of Breaking Dawn – Part I ,I’m doing something a little different here–due to the nature of Breaking Dawn and the issues I had with it, I’m putting up a two part review. Part I is SPOILER FREE, whereas Part II (this post) will [...]
Title: Breaking Dawn
Author: Stephanie Meyer
Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy
Stand alone or series: Fourth book in the Twilight Saga
Why did I read this book: I am a fan of the series, having read and been increasingly impressed with each of Ms. Meyer’s subsequent books.
Summary: (from StephenieMeyer.com)
Twilight [...]
Title: A Curse Dark as Gold
Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel
Why did I read this book: This one caught my eye when I was browsing through amazon; then when I saw it up on Angie‘s GoodReads, I decided to [...]
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