Review of The Wolfman by Nicholas Pekearo

I first heard about The Wolfmanin the summer of 2008. I found the story of the author’s death before it’s publication sad and was a little intrigued by the story, but not enough to pick it up at the time. When it finally came out in paperback, I decided to bite the bullet and buy [...]

Review of Skin Trade by Laurell Hamilton

Perhaps I’m becoming a bad Anita Blake fan, but I didn’t even remember the big bad serial killing vampire villain of Skin Trade (Book 17),Vittorio. I had to go back and find out which book he was from, Incubus Dreams (Book 12).I think that’s truly become the rub with the Anita Blake books. There’s so [...]

Review of The Messenger by Jan Burke

Jan Burke’s new book The Messengeris totally unlike her popular Irene Kelly series. That’s not a bad thing, but I am a big Irene Kelly fan. Instead, she’s taking a trip down a supernatural lane with a twist on an age old idea.
The Messenger refers to people who can communicate with the dead right before [...]

Review of Blood Lite edited by Kevin J. Anderson

It may seem like it’s taken me awhile to read Blood Lite,but it’s really more that it’s the Holiday Season and time is short. I enjoyed all the short stories in Blood Lite, but there were some really stand out ones that I’ll mention individually.
Hell in a Handbasket by Lucien Soulban: When a baby arrives [...]

World War Z by Max Brooks

When I picked up an Advance Reader’s Copy (ARC) of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Warby Max Brooks before it was released in 2006, I thought it would be a mildly diverting zombie story to wile away some time.
Instead I was totally blown away, and got so engrossed I nearly [...]