Posted on August 30th, 2010 by Maria
I’m really liking the Ghost Dusters series and I just finished Devil May Ride,
the second book in the series.
Sadie Novack is helping out fellow crime scene cleanup company Scour Power while the owner is out of town. Unfortunately, cleaning up meth labs isn’t something she enjoys very much, especially when the people who were involved in them might return to the scene of the crime. In this case, Sadie finds a baby left in a shed next to the dead body of a goat and it’s ghostly mother is angry that Sadie has interfered with the ritual she gave her life for. So begins Sadie’s unwilling involvement with a satanic cult and a biker gang who thinks she also stole their money. Solving this mystery will bring Sadie closer to mysteries from her own traumatic past.
Sadie is a great character and just a joy to read. I love how she interacts with the dead people she encounters and how at times she’s more at home with them than the real people in her life. Book three, Dead and Kicking,
is on my radar to read soon and I hope book 4 will be along soon!
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Filed under: Fantasy, Fiction, Ghosts, Mystery, Paranormal, Supernatural
Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by Maria
Contrary to it’s name, Death’s Excellent Vacation
did not contains lots of stories about the Grim Reaper on vacation. In fact, it would have been better named Supernatural’s Excellent Vacation. The stories contained vampires, werewolves, gargoyles and leprechauns, but no reapers. That little disappointment aside, it was still a great collection of stories and here are some of my favorites.
Two Blondes by Charlaine Harris: Sookie and Pam take a trip to Mississippi to do some gambling and a little business for Eric and end up pole dancing instead. To me, this is a very un-Sookie-like story. Fun, but just not like her.
The Innsmouth Nook by A. Lee Martinez: What happens when you open a Bed and Breakfast in a town with a very suspicious past? You may end up with sea creatures for guests! I really liked this one.
Safe and Sound by Jeff Abbott: When a TV personality won’t give up a missing person case, the missing person may have to take matters into his own hands so he can stay missing. This story shows how the press can go too far in covering the news.
Pirate Dave’s Haunted Amusement Park by Toni. L. P. Kelner: A werewolf on vacation visits one of her favorite childhood haunts and finds out things aren’t always how you remember them. Then again, she didn’t know Pirate Dave was a vampire either, but he’s just as cute as she remembers. This was probably my favorite story in the whole book.
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Filed under: Fantasy, Fiction, Gargoyles, Paranormal, Supernatural, Vampires, Werewolves
Posted on August 17th, 2010 by Maria
Things are still a little too complicated for Harper Blaine in the 5th Greywalker novel, Labyrinth.
Just back from her job in London, she returns to find her boyfriend Quinton living in her condo after being driven out of the underground by overly active vampires, said condo overrun by vampires looking for her, her employer, Edward, has been kidnapped and the man who killed her two years ago is dead. Good thing she has an alibi.
Wygan’s plans for her are drawing tighter and she needs to figure out what the Pharaohn-ankh-astet’s truly intends to set in motion if she’s going to have any chance in stopping him and keeping her friends and family safe. She may even have to give up her own life to do it.
While I love Harper and Quinton, it was great to have Carlos and Cameron back to aid them in their fight against Wygan. I’m hoping to see a little bit more of them in the future. The Danziger family is also around to lend their aid, as well as their basement, when Harper and Quinton need a place to crash. The only one who could have used a little more page time was Chaos the ferret, but you can’t have everything.
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Posted on August 9th, 2010 by Maria
There’s nothing like a good anthology to fulfill your craving for a quick reading fix. Dark and Stormy Knights
fits the bill. Not all the stories were a home run, but here’s the ones I liked the best.
Even a Rabbit will Bite by Rachel Caine: A retiring Dragon Slayer has been asked to train her replacement and while there’s only one dragon left in the world, he’s still mighty mad at her. To what ends will an angry dragon to go get revenge? You’d be surprised.
Dark Lady by P.N. Elrod: Being a big fan of Jack Fleming, I totally enjoyed this story which brings a damsel in distress to Jack’s night club looking for his help. But the package she carries isn’t what she’s been told it is and Jack ends up in the middle of something that’s not quite what it seems.
Rookwood and Mrs. King by Lilith Saintcrow: A distraught widow asks an ex-cop to kill her husband who committed suicide and came back as a vampire. Nothing is really quite as it seems in this story.
God’s Creatures by Carrie Vaughn: Werewolf Hunter Cormac is asked by a rancher to kill whatever is killing his cattle. When he finally hunts down the offending “beast”, he finds that this kill doesn’t sit well with him.
It’s always fun to read short stories with characters you know well and want to know more about. It’s also fun to meet new characters you might want to read more about. That’s why you can’t go wrong with a good anthology.
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Filed under: Dragons, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Vampires, Werewolves
Posted on August 4th, 2010 by Maria
In her first solo PI case, Waking the Witch
shows us that Savannah Levine has what it takes to stand on her own two feet. When a friend of Lucas Cortez contacts Savannah looking for their firm’s help on a case, the young witch decides to go it alone and prove she’s ready to work solo. The case involves a possible occult murder that may be related to two previous murders the year before that all took place in the same location. While investigating the case, Savannah is joined by the police detective half-brother of the most recent victim and quickly finds herself attracted to him. But odd things are happening that may or may not be related to the case and Savannah has to sift through the clues to find out who the killer is before she becomes a victim herself.
As the 11th installment of the Women of the Otherworld series, Waking the Witch gives us another great story while finally bringing Savannah into the forefront. She’s joined by her childhood crush, half-demon Adam, who’s helping her out while Paige and Lucas are on vacation Hawaii. As always, I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoy everything Kelley Armstrong writes and will be waiting to see what happens next.
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Filed under: Demons, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Supernatural, Witches
