Magic Slays (Kate Daniels #5) by Ilona Andrews Ace Books (May 2011) | Paperback, 308 pages Urban Fantasy This series has fast worked its way up on my favourite urban fantasy series list. I just love Kate and Curran! If I’m secretly a bit honest, I think it would have been quite easy for me to discard this series after Magic Bites, the first book. Because although I enjoyed it, it wasn’t the greatest start. But this is a series that just seems to get better and better with each instalment. I…
GUNMETAL MAGIC (Kate Daniels World #1) by Ilona Andrews PUBLISHER: Ace Books RELEASE DATE: 31 July 2012 FORMAT: Paperback, 433 pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy Some people have everything figured out – Andrea Nash is not one of those people. After being kicked out of the Order of Knights of Merciful Aid, Andrea’s whole existence is in shambles. All she can do is try to put herself back together, something made easier by working for Cutting Edge, a small investigative firm owned by her best friend, Kate Daniels. When several shapeshifters working for…
SINS OF THE SON (The Grigori Legacy #2) by Linda Poitevin PUBLISHER: ACE RELEASE DATE: 27th March 2012 FORMAT: Paperback, 339 pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy When homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis sees a photo of Seth Benjamin on a police bulletin, she knows that Heaven’s plan to halt Armageddon has gone terribly wrong. As the only mortal who knows of Seth’s true nature, only she can save him. Aramael was a hunter of Fallen Angels until a traitor forced him into earthly exile. Now, with no powers and only a faint memory of…
BLACK WINGS (Black Wings #1) by Christina Henry PUBLISHER: Ace Books RELEASE DATE: 30 Nov 2010 FORMAT: Paperback, 295 pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy She’s an Agent of Death who really needs to get a life. As an Agent of Death, Madeline Black is responsible for escorting the souls of the dearly departed to the afterlife. It’s a 24/7 job with a lousy benefits package. Maddy’s position may come with magical powers and an impressive wingspan, but it doesn’t pay the bills. And then there are her infuriating boss, tenant woes, and a…
SHADOW OPS: CONTROL POINT (Shadow Ops #1) by Myke Cole PUBLISHER: Ace Books RELEASE DATE: 31 January 2012 FORMAT: Advance Reader Copy, 435 pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy Army Officer. Fugitive. Sorcerer. Across the country and in every nation, people are waking up with magical talents. Untrained and panicked, they summon storms, raise the dead, and set everything they touch ablaze. Army officer Oscar Britton sees the worst of it. A lieutenant attached to the military’s Supernatural Operations Corps, his mission is to bring order to a world gone mad. Then he abruptly…
SINS OF THE ANGELS (Grigori Legacy #1) by Linda Poitevin PUBLISHER: ACE RELEASE DATE: 27th September 2011 FORMAT: Paperback, 336 pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy A detective with a secret lineage. An undercover Hunter with a bullet-proof soul. And a world made to pay for the sins of an angel… Homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis answers to no one. Especially not to the new partner assigned to her in the middle of a gruesome serial killer case—a partner who is obstructive, irritatingly magnetic, and arrogant as hell. Aramael is a Power—a hunter of the…
Moon Called (Mercedes Thompson #1) by Patricia Briggs Orbit (June 2008) Paperback, 308 pages Urban Fantasy ‘I didn’t realize he was a werewolf at first. My nose isn’t at its best when surrounded by axle grease and burnt oil…’ Mercedes Thompson runs a garage in the Tri-Cities. She’s a mechanic, and a damn good one, who spends her spare time karate training and tinkering with a VW bus that happens to belong to a vampire. Her next-door neighbour is an alpha werewolf – literally, the leader of the pack. And…
