Angel’s Ink by Jocelynn Drake (The Asylum Tales #1) Harper Voyager (Oct 2012) Paperback, 338 Pages Urban Fantasy Having really enjoyed the two short prequel novella’s; The Asylum Interviews: Bronx and The Asylum Interviews: Trixie, I couldn’t wait to delve into the first full length novel in this series, Angel’s Ink. Thankfully, my enthusiasm was rewarded as Drake has pulled out a novel with a hero that could easily rival both Jim Butcher’s, Harry Dresden, and Kevin Hearne’s, Atticus. This really was a book that took you on a really wild ride….
Dinner with a Vampire by Abigail Gibbs (The Dark Heroine #1) Harper Voyager (Oct 2012) Paperback, 549 pages Paranormal YA After a night out, Violet wanders off alone and finds herself in Trafalgar Square at 1 am, waiting for her best friend ruby, when her life takes a dramatic turn. Violet is a 17 year old, human girl and the main protagonist in Dinner with a Vampire, which is mainly written from her point of view. At Nelson’s Column in the silence of the night, a gang of around 30 men…
The Asylum Interviews: Bronx/Trixie by Jocelynn Drake (The Asylum Tales #0.5/#0.6) | Harper Voyager (2012) Ebook, 100 pages | Urban Fantasy In the run up to the release of the first novel in a new series, Angel’s Ink (The Asylum Tales #1), Jocelynn Drake realeaed two ebook prequel novella’s. What follows are my reviews of each of the books. THE AYSLUM INTERVIEWS: BRONX For a 100 page novella, Drake has created a short story that is both entertaining and complex. Not once did I feel as if this was a “deleted” scene from her forthcoming full length…
The Taken (The Celestial Blues #1) by Vicki Petersson Harper Voyager (June 2012) | Paperback, 432 pages Urban Fantasy When I heard about Vicki Pettersons new series, I was instantly anticipating its release. I loved the first book in her Zodiac Series and so this looked promising. After finishing The Taken, I am at odds on how I feel about it. True, I did enjoy the book and it was a very different beast from her Zodiac Series, but it hasn’t made that much of an impact that makes the book an…
The Janus Affair (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences #2) Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine | Harper Voyager (May 2012) Paperback, 416 pages | Steampunk Warning: contains a spoiler The second novel of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series, The Janus Affair, opens with the intrepid heroes, Wellington Books and Eliza Braun, witnessing the sudden disappearance of an acquaintance in a blaze of lightening so strong it burns those in the vicinity, including Books. This incident kicks off a chain of events that sends the pair on an investigation full of danger, mystery and…
EARTH GIRL by Janet Edwards PUBLISHER: Harper Voyager RELEASE DATE: 16th August 2012 FORMAT: Paperback, 358 pages GENRE: Science Fiction, Young Adult 2788. Only the handicapped live on Earth. While everyone else portals between worlds, 18-year-old Jarra is among the one in a thousand people born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Sent to Earth at birth to save her life, she has been abandoned by her parents. She can’t travel to other worlds, but she can watch their vids, and she knows all the jokes…
Sacrificial Magic (Downside Ghosts #4) by Stacia Kane | Harper Voyager (May 2012) Paperback, 403 pages | Urban Fantasy LAURA: It was with eager anticipation that I opened my copy of Sacrificial Magic I’d read all three in the series back to back last year, my love of the series growing with each book. Chess and Terrible are such unorthodox characters, that each time I enter their lives I want to applaud Kane on her guts to be different and her vivid characterisation. Maybe I was just too excited to pick…
Throughout May we will be celebrating UK publishers and their books. There will be posts from editors and publicists revealing some of their upcoming titles for 2012 as well as giving us a glimpse into their working lives. Of course there will also be lots of fabulous giveaways! Check out the amazing line up below! Enjoy! Day in the Life of a Voyager editor Last night, I ended up having a discussion over Twitter with my US colleague, Diana Gill about how sometimes our job feels like time travel! Take…
City of Ghosts (Downside Ghosts #3) by Stacia Kane | Harper Voyager ( Aug 2010) Ebook, 408 pages | Urban Fantasy Carolyn’s Original Review: July 2010 Original Rating: 5/5 Carolyn’s Take: City of Ghosts is full of witchy magic, action and romance, I literally couldn’t put this book down until I had read the very last word. I could go on and on about these books, they are just so brilliant! If you haven’t started this series, you MUST! Laura’s Take This is book three is Stacia Kane’s Downside Ghosts…
Unholy Magic (Downside Ghosts #2) by Stacia Kane | Harper Voyager (July 2010) Ebook, 360 pages | Urban Fantasy Carolyn’s Original Review: June 2010 Original Rating: 5/5 Carolyn’s Take: City of Ghosts is full of witchy magic, action and romance, I literally couldn’t put this book down until I had read the very last word. I could go on and on about these books, they are just so brilliant! If you haven’t started this series, you MUST! Laura’s Take Book two in this great urban fantasy series and the writing…
Unholy Ghosts (Downside Ghosts #1) by Stacia Kane | Harper Voyager (May 2010) Ebook, 352 Pages | Urban Fantasy Carolyn’s Original Review: June 2010 Original Rating: 4.5/5 Carolyn’s Take: I think I have squealed enough about this book, so let’s just finish by saying that I cannot wait to read the rest of the series – I’ve heard it gets even better! Unholy Ghosts is a brilliant addition to the Urban Fantasy genre and I can’t recommend it enough! Laura’s Take I’ve read so many raving reviews about this series that I…
City of Ghosts (Downside Ghosts #3) by Stacia Kane | Harper Voyager (Aug 2010) Paperback, 408 pages | Urban Fantasy I have now read all three books of the Downside Ghosts series in quick succession and I am so glad I did. I don’t think I could have waited a year for each book to be released. I am already having withdrawal symptoms knowing I have to wait until autumn 2011 for book four, it’s well… agonising. This is such a fantastic series. There’s enough kick-arse action to keep urban…
Unholy Magic (Downside Ghosts #2) by Stacia Kane | Harper Voyager (July 2010) Paperback, 360 pages | Urban Fantasy After reading and absolutely loving Unholy Ghosts, I was somewhat nervous about reading Unholy Magic. I’ve been caught out before with a new series, reading and liking the first book only to be disappointed with the second, but thankfully, this was not the case with Unholy Magic. This book is AMAZING and I am totally in love with this series! Unholy Magic begins roughly where Unholy Ghosts ended. Chess is still working…
Unholy Ghosts (Downside Ghosts #1) by Stacia Kane | Harper Voyager (May 2010) Paperback: 352 pages | Urban Fantasy I’m so excited about this book – I LOVED it! I haven’t read an Urban Fantasy this good in quite a while. I’ve read the first in Kane’s Megan Chase series, but she’s come on leaps and bounds since then, Unholy Ghosts is just so much better in every respect. The writing is perfectly paced, I didn’t get bored once and everything slots together at the right time. The plot is just…
