Dayrunner Magic: Kit Melbourne 4-6 by Kater Cheek My rating: 5 of 5 stars These three novels deal with not just the exciting job of being the Vampire Guild Leader’s Dayrunner (with all the danger and adventure that entails) but also with Kit’s growing magical power, and her growing responsibilities as a new wife and …
Tag: vampire
Jan 23
Book Review: Hawthorn Hex
Hawthorn Hex by Kater Cheek My rating: 5 of 5 stars When a vampire does blood magic and destroys the existing ward around the city, the Guild Leader tells Kit to create a new ward that doesn’t have the old ward’s weakness. No one has done a ward like this, and the only one who …
Oct 30
Book Review: Dracula
Dracula by Bram Stoker This book is a classic for a reason. It has a lot of awesome horror and tension and adventure, with a mystery that probably would have had even more of an impact if I could have gone back in time a hundred years adn read this without knowing how the story …
Jul 03
Book Review – Clean Sweep
Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews Andrews* manages the difficult feat of making “magic-using young woman has interactions with sexy vampire and sexy werewolf” into something unusual. Dina Demille is an innkeeper, which is not as prosaic as it sounds. She has a magic broom, missing parents, and a long-term guest who likes to talk about …
Dec 16
Book Review: Clockwork Angel
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare I went into this book with a “hope for the best, fear the worst” attitude. Both Steampunk and YA fantasy have been over-bred recently, and a novel that starts out with an orphaned teenage girl of unusual latent powers and a couple of smoking-hot troubled young men sounds like it’s …