Archangel’s Ascension Author: Nalini Singh Reviewer: Jen Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Archangel’s Ascension is the continuing story of Illium and Aodhan’s transition to more than friends and their personal growth that is featured in 2021’s Archangel’s Light. However, the book also feels like a transition from the existing series about the Guild Hunters, […]
Audiobook review: Steel’s Edge by Ilona Andrews Steel’s Edge, the fourth and final book in The Edge series, is definitely my favorite of the bunch! The story feels more like the Ilona Andrews’s writing that I know and love (when compared with the first three books). The humor is on the mark. The post-fight scene […]
Audiobook review: Amber Gambler by Hailey Edwards Picking up right after the conclusion of the first book, Amber Gambler continues the story of Frankie searching for the missing human/living granddaughter of a ghost client. The story quickly expands when it’s discovered that a few girls with a hint of magical blood are missing, and some […]
Audiobook review: Fate’s Edge by Ilona Andrews The third Edge story, Fate’s Edge, features Kaldar Mar, the swindling, grifting cousin of Cerise, the previous book’s heroine. The story is set two years after the second book, with Kaldar working for the Adrianglian spy network, the Mirror, hoping to exact revenge on Spider and the Hand […]
Audiobook review: Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews Similar to my reading of On the Edge, Bayou Moon is a re-read but I didn’t remember much of what happened. The story opens two years after the conclusion of On the Edge, where we find William living a solitary life in the Edge. He is recruited by […]
Audiobook review: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews On the Edge is a re-read for me; I first listened to the audiobook in 2016. I really didn’t remember the story, so it was like starting all over again. I love the creativity of the world, which is unique and interesting. Rose is a solid, everyday […]
Twisted Shadows Author: Allie Therin Reviewer: Jen Rating: B/B+ What I’m Talking About: Picking up only three weeks since the conclusion of the first book, Twisted Shadows finds empath-hunter Evan Grayson continuing to deal with the fallout from the shocking discoveries and events centered in Seattle and Stone Solutions. Meanwhile empath Reece is trying to keep […]
Audiobook Review: Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne Advertised as the end of the series with an HFN/HEA for all (including the original Iron Druid Chronicles), Candle & Crow delivers as promised. After recovering from a supernatural battle in Australia, Al is determined to find who cursed him so that he can remove the curses, retire, and […]
Forgotten Ghosts Author: Cass Kay Reviewer: Jen Rating: A- October TBR optional theme: Spooky (Gothic) What I’m Talking About: Vianna is a legacy witch who ran from her history only to return and embrace her familiar demon to protect what is hers. Picking up about three months after the explosive events in the first book, […]
Sanctuary Author: Ilona Andrews Reviewer: Jen Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Fans of the Kate Daniels series will recognize Roman, the grumpy volhv who serves Chernobog, the God of Destruction, Darkness, and Death. Roman enjoys having time off in late December and prefers to be left alone. However, when an injured, young teen shows […]
Audiobook review: Gray Dawn by Hailey Edwards NOTE: Grey Dawn is the tenth and final book in the Black Hat Bureau series. This review contains spoilers from the previous books. Grey Dawn picks up immediately after the conclusion of the previous book. Clay has been wiped of his memories and is a slave to the […]
Audiobook review: Canines and Cocktails Anthology Canines and Cocktails is a fun three-story anthology from Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, and Chuck Wendig. THE CHARTREUSE CHANTEUSE is an Oberon Meaty mystery, with the story shared from the POV of Irish wolfhound, Oberon. Chronologically, the story takes place some time after the conclusion of the IDC […]
Audiobook review: White Trash Zombie Unchained by Diana Rowland White Trash Zombie Unchained is the sixth and final book in the delightfully entertaining White Trash Zombie series. If you haven’t read this series, do not start here. This urban fantasy tale builds upon the events from each previous book. Picking up a couple weeks after […]
Audiobook review: Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs Mercy was changed by the Soul Taker; it damaged her magic and soul, and even after Z destroyed the artifact, she is not healed. This is a central and important piece to the plot of Winter Lost, which finds Mercy and Adam heading through the winter storm-of-the-century into the […]
Audiobook review: Gray Days by Hailey Edwards Gray Seas picks up Rue and Asa’s story roughly four days after the conclusion of the previous book. The team is trying to draw out Luca so they can give her to the Director, getting Rue back in his good graces and on track to make changes at […]