Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews 320pp (Paperback) My Rating: 9/10 Amazon Rating: 5/5 LibraryThing Rating: 4.35/5 Goodreads Rating: 4.49/5   Magic Strikes is the third book in the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews, the pseudonym for a husband and wife who write novels together. Currently, there are four books out of a contracted seven available. The books in this urban fantasy series are in order as follows: Magic Bites, Magic Burns, Magic Strikes and Magic Bleeds. There is also […]

Poison Studyby Maria V. Snyder416pp (Trade Paperback)My Rating: 7.5/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.18/5Goodreads Rating: 4.21/5 Poison Study is the first book in the Study trilogy by Maria V. Snyder and is followed by Magic Study and Fire Study, respectively. The first two books in this series have been released both as fantasy and young adult titles. When Yelena is escorted from prison by a couple of guards, she knows she is most likely about to be executed for murdering General […]

Yesterday I finished a draft of a review of Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder, so hopefully I will get that up soon. Currently, I am working on a review of Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews, one of my favorite books read this year so far. I started reading Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey since it is a very long book and I figured that I’d be caught up on reviews by the time I finished it without any problem. […]

Servant of a Dark Godby John Brown448pp (Hardcover)My Rating: 6.5/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.17/5Goodreads Rating: 3.57/5 Servant of a Dark God is the beginning of an epic fantasy trilogy by John Brown. The second book in the Dark Gods series, Curse of a Dark God, will be released in January 2011. Dark God’s Glory, the final novel, will be available in 2012. Talen has a big problem – he can’t find his work pants, the only pair of pants he […]

Vera Nazarian’s novel Dreams of the Compass Rose is available in several different formats as a free download for 90 days. (Note: I tried this link earlier and it did work but there seems to be an issue with it at the moment. Hopefully it will clear up soon – there just may be too many people trying to download it at the moment.) I haven’t read this one, but I did really enjoy Lords of Rainbow by Vera Nazarian […]