Take the urban out of urban fantasy, and you’re left with Spirits Rising – an engaging story with an unusual contemporary setting and a dark and creepy paranormal twist. Continue reading
Category Archives: Dark Fantasy/Horror
Review: The Becoming by Jessica Meigs
Blame it on too many sparkly vampires, the state of the economy, or the sheer AWESOMENESS that is The Walking Dead, but I’m on a bit of a zombie kick at the moment – so when I read the blurb … Continue reading
Early Review: Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassins #1) by Robin LaFevers
Q. What do you get when you combine a Handmaiden of Death, political intrigue, dark magic, poison, romance, fancy dresses, herbs, and chess? A. Grave Mercy! But First, the Blurb: Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? … Continue reading
Review: The Atheist’s Daughter by Renee Harrell
Warning: Don’t read this book in a dark room, at night, before bed, or when you’re working the late shift and need to walk home alone. (Unless you enjoy freaking out; in which case, carry on.) But First, the Blurb: … Continue reading
Review: Derby Scribes 2011 Anthology
If speculative fiction is an all-you-can-eat buffet, then this anthology is the appetizer tray, featuring tempting little tastes of multiple flavors… But First, the Blurb: “The anthology is an exciting mixture of quality emerging writers as well as some great … Continue reading
Review: Parallels – The Black-Eyed Susan (On Dark Shores) by J.A. Clement
Once again, J.A. Clements’ writing pulls me in… But First, the Blurb: A short story from the world of the “On Dark Shores” fantasy series. Ten years before the action in that novel, a ship’s captain goes to Scarlock to … Continue reading
Review: The Emo Bunny That Should by John H. Carroll
I’m usually not a fan of the short story…but how could I possibly resist the sad tale of the Emo Bunny? But First, the Blurb: Emo the Bunny was a sad bunny. He preferred gloomy days, walks over a cliff … Continue reading
Review: The Demon Lover by Juliet Dark
Once upon a time, there was a mysterious old house on the edge of a dark, dangerous forest… But first, the Blurb: Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York, Callie McFay has experienced the … Continue reading
Review: Graveminder by Melissa Marr
Food. Drink. Talk. Turns out I’m not the only one who needs these things to avoid turning into a monster… But first, the Blurb: Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, … Continue reading
Review: A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle #1) by Libba Bray
This is the hardest kind of book to review: it was okay. Not great, but not terrible. It’s a lot easier to review books that fall at either end of the spectrum, because by the time I’ve finished the story, … Continue reading