Title: River Marked (Mercy Thompson #6) Author: Patricia Briggs Publisher: Orbit (UK) | Ace (US) Publication Date: March 2011 Ebook: 326 Pages Genre: Urban Fantasy Source: Own Copy Reviewed by: Laura RATING: 8/10 – Brilliant, couldn’t put it down SUMMARY: Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter, a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. She’s never known any others of her kind. Until now….

Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling #1) by Nalini Singh | Gollancz (March 2010) Paperback: 334 pages | Paranormal Romance Slave to Sensation is the first book in Nalini Singh’s Psy-Changeling series. I was very much looking forward to starting this series, although I will admit I was a little cautious, worrying if it would meet my expectations having read and absolutely loved her ‘Guild Hunter’ series. Of course there was really no need for any apprehension. I was hooked from the first page. Singh’s vibrant writing shines and I was so happy to be…

Divine By Mistake (Divine Trilogy #1) by P. C. Cast Mira Books (Jan 2010) | Paperback, 591 Pages Paranormal Romance This is a paranormal romance with a real difference, in fact it has quite a fantasy feel about it. School teacher Shannon Parker gets much more than she bargained for when she buys a vase at an antiques sale. Suddenly she finds herself transported to another universe where she is a goddess. A goddess that also happens to be a bit of a b*tch too. I loved the originality of…

Mistress by Midnight (The Scandalous Women of the Ton #3) by Nicola Cornick | Mira Books (Aug 2011) Paperback, 379 pages | Historical Romance Mistress by Midnight is the third book in the The Scandalous Women of the Ton series by Nicola Cornick, and the best so far in my opinion. Although the format is very much the same with each novel I really enjoy Cornick’s style of writing, it’s very easy to read and her stories seem to suck me in from the first chapter. She is fast becoming one of my favourite…

COMANCHE MAGIC (Comanche #4) by Catherine Anderson PUBLISHER: Signet RELEASE DATE: March 2011 FORMAT: Paperback, 432 Pages GENRE: Historical Romance Handsome, strong, and just a little bit dangerous, hald-Comanche Chase Wolf is used to getting what he wants. So when he sees Franny-a golden- haired angel with deep green eyes, delicate features, and the sweetest smile-he sets out to make her his. But Franny is far from the innocent she seems. And the truth may be more than Chase can bear… (Goodreads) REVIEWER: Laura This is a pretty unusual romance,…

SILVER BORNE (Mercy Thompson #5) by Patricia Briggs PUBLISHER: Orbit (UK) | Penguin (USA) RELEASE DATE: 30th March 2010 FORMAT: Paperback, 342 Pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy When mechanic and shapeshifter Mercy Thompson attempts to return a powerful Fae book she’d previously borrowed in an act of desperation, she finds the bookstore locked up and closed down. It seems the book contains secret knowledge – and the Fae will do just about anything to keep it out of the wrong hands. And if that doesn’t take enough of Mercy’s attention, her…

Rosebush by Michele Jaffe Atom Books (March 2011) | Paperback, 336 pages YA Thriller Guest Reviewer: Vivienne When the story begins everything is rosy in Jane’s life. It appears that she has the most perfect life of a high school princess; everyone loves her, everyone wants to be her friend and every girl wants to be her. Yet within reading a couple of chapters, you realise that you have been looking at her world through rose tinted glasses and the reality of her life, is that someone desperately wants to…

Avenger’s Angel by Heather Killough-Walden (The Lost Angels #1) Headline Publishing (Nov 2011) Paperback, 328 pages Paranormal Romance I have been so excited about Avenger’s Angel ever since I saw it at the Headline Publishing event back in May. The cover is just gorgeous, and as I have a huge thing for angels right now, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy. Luckily I received an early review copy, and let me tell you, I was not disappointed! The writing is fabulous and there are three plots that…

Tempest Rising by Tracy Deebs Bloomsbury (July 2011) | PB, 341 pages | YA Fantasy OK, I admit that I was a little dubious about Tempest Rising to begin with. I liked the sound of the storyline, but to me, surfing wanna-be-mermaids sounded cheesy and like one of those teen novels that has too much of that terrible teen speak that drives me around the bend. I am very happy to be proved wrong on all accounts. It was not cheesy, and it was not about surfing wanna-be-mermaids, and most of all, it…

Title: Kitty’s House of Horrors (Kitty Norville #7) Author: Carrie Vaughn Publisher: Gollancz (UK) | Grand Central Publishing (US) Publication Date: Feb 2011 (UK) | Jan 2010 (US) Paperback: 292 pages Genre: Urban Fantasy Source: Review copy from publisher Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 8/10 – brilliant, couldn’t put it down SUMMARY: Talk radio host and celebrity werewolf Kitty Norville has agreed to appear on TV’s first all-supernatural reality show. What she’s expecting is cheesy competitions and manufactured drama starring shapeshifters, vampires, and psychics. But what begins as a publicity stunt…

Solstice at Stonewylde (Stonewylde #3) by Kit Berry Gollancz (July 2011) | Paperback, 393 pages | YA Fantasy Solstice at Stonewylde is the third in Kit Berry’s Stonewylde series, and is the climactic ending to the story arc that has transcended all three books. Will Yul defeat the Magus of Stonewylde and save Sylvie or will the powerful, cunning, evil to the core, Magus, find a way to thwart Mother Heggy’s prophecy and kill Yul? Yul is put through so many things than no one should ever have to go…

Magus of Stonewylde (Stonewylde #1) by Kit Berry Gollancz (May 2011) | Paperback, 339 pages | YA Fantasy I admit, I was drawn to this title from the moment I set eyes on the gorgeous cover. I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I just can’t help myself! I’m a sucker for a pretty picture. But what’s really fantastic is that Magus of Stonewylde is as good as the cover predicts. If you’re getting a bit sick of vampire romance novels and want something a little…

Crossroads (Southern Arcana #2)  by Moira Rogers Samhain Publishing (Feb 2010) | Ebook, 365 Pages Paranormal Romance I read Crux the first book in this series back in January and really enjoyed it, but Crossroads was even better! Although this book focuses on two new main characters – Nick and Derek, the storyline continues on from Crux with all of the same characters, so I would recommend that you read it first. Nick is the equivalent of werewolf royalty, daughter to the ruling alpha she is expected to marry for political gain…

Title: Whisper of Scandal (Scandalous Women of the Ton #1)   Author: Nicola Cornick Publisher: Mira (UK) | Harlequin (US) Publication Date: June 2011 (UK) | Sept 2010 (US) Paperback: 362 pages Genre: Historical Romance Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 8/10 – brilliant, couldn’t put it down SUMMARY: One whisper of scandal and a reputation dies…London, May 1811. Widow Lady Joanna Ware has no desire to wed again but that doesn’t stop the flurry of suitors knocking on her door. Desperate to thwart another proposal, Joanna brazenly kisses…

THE FIRST DAYS (As The World Dies #1) by Rhiannon Frater PUBLISHER: Tor (US) RELEASE DATE: July 2011 FORMAT: Advance Reader Copy, 331 pages GENRE: Horror, Zombies Not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with the rending and tearing of flesh… Katie is driving to work one beautiful peaceful morning when a dead man jumps into her convertible and tries to eat her. The zombie plague is 100 percent fatal. Once the victim dies, the corpse is certain to rise again, ravenous for human flesh. The same morning, Jenni finds…