13 (Women of the Otherworld #13) by Kelley Armstrong PUBLISHER: Orbit (UK) | Penguin (USA) RELEASE DATE: July 2012 FORMAT: Hardback, 444 pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy War is coming to the Otherworld. A sinister cult known as The Supernatural Liberation Movement is hell-bent on exposing the truth about supernaturals to the rest of the world. Their violent, ruthless plan has put everyone at risk: from werewolves to vampires, from witches to half-demons. Savannah Levine – fiery and unpredictable – stands at the heart of the maelstrom. There is a new, dark…

THE HUNTER AND THE HUNTED by Kelley Armstrong PUBLISHER: Hachette Digital (UK) | Dutton Adult (US) RELEASE DATE: 12 June 2012 FORMAT: Ebook, 100 pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy Stalked It was supposed to be a quiet honeymoon. But when the happy couple just happen to be werewolves, ‘quiet’ is not an option. Clay and Elena are trying their best to enjoy a traditional romantic getaway. But secretly, they’re both bored with drifting round St Louis, pretending to be a normal couple. So when Clay realises a non-pack werewolf is stalking Elena,…

THE CALLING (Darkness Rising #2) by Kelley Armstrong PUBLISHER: Atom (UK) Harper Collins (US) RELEASE DATE: April 2012 FORMAT: Paperback, 326 pages GENRE: Paranormal, Young Adult SOURCE: Publisher In The Calling, the sizzling second book in the Darkness Rising trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong pumps up the romance, danger, and suspense that left readers of The Gathering clamoring for more. Maya Delaney’s paw-print birthmark is the sign of what she truly is—a skin-walker. She can run faster, climb higher, and see better than nearly anyone else. Experiencing intense…

The Paranormal Reads That Started It All Do you remember your very first paranormal read? The one that captured your imagination and made you want to read every book in the genre? Today we talk about just that, our first paranormal reads, the ones that started it all. CAROLYN My first paranormal read was probably DRACULA by Bram Stoker, which remains one of my all time favourite books. It was definitely the horror book to get me into the horror genre, where I began reading James Herbert, Stephen King and…

THE GATHERING (Darkness Rising #1) by Kelley Armstrong PUBLISHER: Atom (UK) | Harper Collins (US) RELEASE DATE: April 2011 FORMAT: Paperback, 359 pages GENRE: Paranormal, Young Adult SOURCE: Publisher Strange things are happening in Maya’s tiny Vancouver Island town. First, her friend Serena, the captain of the swim team, drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake. Then, one year later, mountain lions are spotted rather frequently around Maya’s home – and her reactions to them are somewhat… unexpected. Her best friend, Daniel, has also been experiencing premonitions about certain…

Carolyn first reviewed Frostbitten back in 2009 – here is Laura’s take… FROSTBITTEN (Women of the Otherworld #10) by Kelley Armstrong PUBLISHER: Orbit Books RELEASE DATE: September 2009 FORMAT: Hardback, 339 Pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy Smart, sexy, supernatural – the men and women of the Otherworld live and love, fight and die, among us. Unseen and unsuspected, this realm of witches, ghosts, and werewolves is now threatened with exposure by a brutal series of bizarre murders that has left even the supernatural world baffled – and cold with terror. Being…

THE MONSTER’S CORNER CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: David Liss, Jonathan Maberry, Lauren Groff, John Mcllveen, Kevin J. Anderson, Sharyn McCrumb, David Moody, Kelley Armstrong, Nate Kenyon, Dana Stabenow, Chelsea Cain, Tom Piccirilli, Sarah Pinborough, Heather Graham, Jeff Strand, Tananarive Due, Michael Marshall Smith, Gary A. Braunbeck, Simon R. Green. Edited by Christopher Golden PUBLISHER: Piatkus Books RELEASE DATE: Sept 2011 FORMAT: Paperback, 380 pages GENRE: Horror An all original anthology from some of todays hottest supernatural writers, featuring stories of monster’s from the monster’s point of view. In most stories we get the…

SPELL BOUND (Women of the Otherworld #13) by Kelley Armstrong PUBLISHER: Orbit (UK) | Penguin (USA) RELEASE DATE: August 2011 FORMAT: Paperback, 339 Pages GENRE: Urban Fantasy Savannah Levine is in terrible danger, and for once she’s powerless to help herself. At the conclusion of Waking the Witch, Savannah swore that she would give up her powers if it would help a young girl. Little did she know that someone would take her up on that promise. And now, witch hunting assassins, necromancers, half-demons, and rogue witches all seem to…

Title: Tales of the Otherworld Author: Kelley Armstrong Publisher: Orbit (UK) | Random House Publishing Group (US) Publication Date: March 2010 Paperback: 547 pages Genre: Urban Fantasy Source: Review copy Reviewed by: Laura RATING: 7/10 – Very good, would definitely recommend GOODREADS SUMMARY: Have you ever wondered how lone wolf Clayton Danvers finally got bitten by the last thing he ever expected: love? Or how the hot-blooded bad-girl witch Eve Levine managed to ensnare the cold, ruthless corporate sorcerer, Kristof Nast in one of the Otherworld’s most unlikely pairings? Would…

Title: Waking The Witch (Women of the Otherworld #11) Author: Kelley Armstrong Publisher: Orbit (UK) / Dutton Adult (US) Publication Date: Aug 2010 (UK) / July 2010 (US) Hardcover: 309 pages Genre: Urban Fantasy Source: Review Copy Reviewed by Laura RATING: 6/10 – Good, would probably recommend BOOK COVER SUMMARY: Columbus is a small, fading town, untouched by the twenty-first century. But when three young women are found dead – victims of what appear to be ritual murders – things start to get very dark, and very dangerous …Private investigator…

Today I have the HUGE pleasure of welcoming Kelley Armstrong. I was very lucky indeed to meet Kelley in person when we both attended World Horror Con 2010 back in March. The lovely Rose from Orbit set up the meeting and I met Kelley on Saturday morning. I was given fifteen minutes to conduct the interview but it ended up being forty! Kelley is a lovely, down to earth person, and it was a real pleasure to meet her. Before my meeting with Kelley I asked my readers to tell…

Title: Frostbitten (Women of the Otherworld #10) Author: Kelley Armstrong Publisher: Orbit (UK & US) Publication Date: Oct 2009 (UK) | Sept 2009 (US) Hardback: 339 pages Genre: Urban Fantasy Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 7/10 SUMMARY: The Alaskan wilderness is a harsh landscape in the best of conditions, but with a pack of rogue werewolves on the loose, it’s downright deadly. Elena Michaels, the American Werewolf Pack’s chief enforcer, knows all too well the havoc ‘mutts’ can wreak. When the Pack learns of a series of gruesome…