Author: Daniel O’Malley
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Thriller
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
Publication Date: January 2012
Hardcover: 496 pages
“The body you are wearing used to be mine.” So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by [...]
Author: Kelly Meding
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Superheroes
Publisher: Pocket Books
Publication Date: October 25 2011
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Kelly Meding’s war-ravaged Los Angeles is ground zero for the ultimate Meta human showdown in this sexy, action-packed new series.
Fifteen years ago, Teresa “Trance” West was a skilled telepath [...]
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Egmont USA
Publication date: December 27th 2011
Hardcover: 336 pages
Every other day, Kali D’Angelo is a normal sixteen-year-old girl. She goes to public high school. She attends pep rallies. She’s human.
And then [...]
Author: Leanne Hall
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Text
Publication date: August 2nd 2010
Paperback: 272 pages
A guy who howls. A girl on a mission to forget.
In the suburb of Shyness, where the sun doesn’t rise and the border crackles with a strange energy, [...]
This past weekend, I spent two long days at the east coast’s biggest annual nerdfest: New York Comic Con. Thanks to our friends at Orbit, I had the lovely opportunity to meet and interview Kristen Painter, author of the House of Comarré gothic Urban Fantasy series.
When I walked up [...]
Author: Veronica Wolff
Genre: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: NAL Trade
Publication Date: September 2011
Paperback: 302 Pages
Is life offering fewer and fewer options? Then join the dead.
When Annelise meets dark and seductive Ronan, he promises her a new life-if she has the [...]
Guest Post & Giveaway: Veronica Wolff on Inspirations and Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]
Joint Review: Fury by Elizabeth Miles
Title: Fury
Author: Elizabeth Miles
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Young Adult
Publisher: Simon Pulse US / Simon & Schuster Childrens Books UK
Publication date: August 30th 2011 / Septemnber 1st 2011
Hardcover: 352 pages
It’s winter break in Ascension, Maine. The snow is falling and [...]
Author: Ilona Andrews
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Ace
Publication date: May 2011
Paperback: 308 pages
Plagued by a war between magic and technology, Atlanta has never been so deadly. Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job.
Kate Daniels may have quit the Order of Merciful Aid, [...]
Joint Review: Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Author: Rosemary Clement-Moore
Genre: Contemporary/Urban Fantasy (Rural Fantasy?), Mystery, Young Adult
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books (US)/Corgi Children’s (UK)
Publication date: July 2011 (US & UK)
Hardcover: 416 pages
Amy Goodnight’s family is far from normal. She comes from a line of witches, but tries her best [...]
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