Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: End of the Road Series: SOS Hotel: Book Ten Author: Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 212 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Even as the series comes to a close, the SOS Hotel carries on in all its singular glory, as does the unlikely love affair between the dragon,... Continue Reading →
Title: Icy Reception Series: SOS Hotel: Book Nine Author: Adam Vex (Ariana Nash) Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 192 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Ariana Nash serves up the sass and sweetness and spice that’s a staple of this -verse, but it’s the love that holds it all together. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: Servant Sovereign: The Complete Collection Author: Michael G. Williams Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 484 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Time Travel Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The Servant Sovereign series is, plainly, an homage to the city of San Francisco. It's a time-travel adventure, from the city's gold rush beginnings to its modern day... Continue Reading →
Title: The Ritual of the Broken Series: Ritual of the Broken: Book One Author: Seb L. Carter Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 450 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This book is rife with so much suspense that I had to smack down my anxiety every so often so I could keep... Continue Reading →
And here we are readers, the last, but never least, favorite reads of the year. It was an embarrassment of riches, one I appreciate more than I can say. May we all find the same in 2025. Best of 2024 ~ PART II A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee: This novel is in... Continue Reading →
Title: Your Final Resting Place Series: SOS Hotel: Book Seven Author: Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 195 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The sweet one, the sassy one, and the stoic one walked into a bar. What happened from that moment on was brilliant. I’m sorry to see these... Continue Reading →
Title: Twisted Shadows Series: Sugar & Vice: Book Two Author: Allie Therin Publisher: Carina Adores Length: 395 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Hands down, the worst thing about this book is having to wait a year to see how Allie Therin is going to fix what she broke. Things are... Continue Reading →
Title: Avenger of Sins Series: SPECTR: Book 3.6 Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: JordanLHawk.com Length: 141 Pages Category: Paranormal Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The way Jordan L. Hawk has guided this series through heart-pounding fright and intrigue, then woven that with equally heart-palpitating romance, and then was so damn bold as to... Continue Reading →
Title: Luxury to Die For Series: SOS Hotel: Book Six Author: Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 220 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Adam Vex (Ariana Nash) continues to charm and entice readers with her witty and lovable characters. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: My big secret is out. Adam Vex may... Continue Reading →
Title: Secondhand Skin Series: Soulbound Universe: Book Two Author: Hailey Turner Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 362 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Never let it be said that Hailey Turned doesn't pen breathtaking action and battle sequences. That remains true in a way only a dragon shifter could deliver. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: How We End Series: How We Survive: Book One Author: LM Juniper Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 343 Pages Category: Dystopian Horror, Post-Apocalyptic Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: LM Juniper metes out the fear in a perfect contrast to the strong emotions that come with loss and a growing bond. I'll cut... Continue Reading →
Title: No Rest for the Wicked Series: SOS Hotel: Book Five Author: Adam Vex (Ariana Nash) Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 214 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Adam Vex is doling out this story at just the right pace. It’s engaging, it’s page-turning fun, and most of all it’s charming as... Continue Reading →
Title: Lion's Tale Series: The Pride: Book Two Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 242 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Historical Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Found family and deep, abiding love is something Jordan L. Hawk does so brilliantly. It's a feature of his storytelling that never runs out of ways to... Continue Reading →
Title: SOS Hotel Series Author: Ariana Nash writing as Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: Short Novels Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I devoured these books, no other word for it. I was charmed, start to finish, by the characters and the world Adam Vex (aka Ariana Nash) has built. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: Awakening in Sapphire Series: Once & Forever Kings: Book One Author: Jonathan Hawker Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 502 Pages Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: Stylistically speaking, this book and I didn't jibe, but overall, Awakening in Sapphire throws out some great surprises and originality to give an awesome spin to an... Continue Reading →
Title: Skeleton Crew Series: PsyCop: Book Fourteen Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Length: 302 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Jordan Castillo Price continues to tap into her extensive imagination and uses it to its full advantage to pull readers back into the PsyCop world, book after book, with... Continue Reading →
Title: Tears in Time Series: The Arcadia Trust: Book Four Author: Christian Baines Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 284 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The momentum of this installment of the Arcadia Trust series is breakneck. Fortunately for readers, only in the figurative sense. For some of its characters, not so... Continue Reading →
Title: Sins of the Son Series: The Arcadia Trust: Book Three Author: Christian Baines Publisher: Self-Published Length: 284 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Reality is merely a concept in this installment of the Arcadia Trust series, so much so that I didn't know if I should believe what Reylan was... Continue Reading →
Title: Off With Their Heads Series: The Incarnate Accounts: Book Four Author: Justin Schuelke Publisher: Self-Published Length: 373 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: There doesn’t seem to be much in Justin Schuelke's imagination that can’t take on a mind and life of its own, making this one of the most... Continue Reading →
Title: Resurrection Reprise Author: Hailey Turner Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 413 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Hailey Turner writes high stakes battles with low odds of survival. That’s part of the fun, though—the breathless anxiety of knowing her MCs will make it, but still having to read your way through... Continue Reading →
Title: Liar City Series: Sugar & Vice: Book One Author: Allie Therin Publisher: Carina Press Length: 397 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Anyone who has read Allie Therin's Historical Fantasies and was charmed by them and her characters will not be surprised to hear Liar City is not only a... Continue Reading →
Title: Settle the Score Series: The Blackwarren Heists: Book Two Author: Vaughn R. Demont Publisher: Self-Published Length: 347 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I’ve loved this -verse for a long time now, and couldn’t have anticipated it would grow, become lusher and more robust, until it did. Nick is an... Continue Reading →
Title: Samhain Secrets: World Premiere Authors: David DeMar, Chris Shaffer, Vaughn R. Demont, and Sierra Dean Publisher: Self-Published Length: 325 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The diversity of stories and voices and characters in Samhain Secrets: World Premier is significant. Anthologies can be a delicate balance—if there's a single weak... Continue Reading →
Title: Imitate the Dawn Series: Whitethorn Agency: Book Three Author: M.A. Grant Publisher: Carina Press Length: 283 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: M.A. Grant's voice is gracefully nimble, lyrical when called for in the Darkest Court series, and given to a pure grittiness when her characters are fighting... Continue Reading →
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