Storm Born by Richelle Mead

The opening scene in Storm Born is one of the most unique I’ve read in a while. Eugenie Markham, a female shaman who makes her living banishing evil spirits that have crossed over from the Otherworld to our world, has been asked to exorcise a haunted sneaker. Yes you heard right, a haunted [...]

New Releases: Best New Urban Fantasy Books for September 2008

The following fantasy books are being released this month. With new releases by authors like C.E. Murphy, Lilith Saintcrow, Chris Marie Green, Justina Robson, L.A. Banks, and Richelle Mead, you can’t go wrong. There’s something here for everyone!

Sept. 1, 2008

Hands of Flame (The Negotiator Book 3)
by C.E. Murphy

War has erupted among the five [...]

Best Selling Urban Fantasy Books for 2008

According to Amazon sales here are the Top 10 Best Selling Urban Fantasy Books thus far for 2008. As you can see, Jim Butcher dominates the list.
Check out the cool carousel at the bottom of the list!

Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress Book 1) by Jeaniene Frost
Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files Book #8) by Jim [...]

Fantasy Stories Worth Reading: For a Few Demons More

Here’s one that makes my “best fantasy books” list:
Rachel Morgan is back and as usual has a cast of characters gunning for her. The main storyline in this book focuses on a string of werewolf murders that have recently occurred in Cincinnati. Rachel gets involved in the investigation when Glen, the illegal tomato-loving FIB [...]

Your Urban Fantasy Book Collection: Haunted by Kelley Armstrong

We recently reviewed the first book “Dime Store Magic” and the second book “Industrial Magic” in the Paige Winterbourne urban fantasy series. Let’s look at the third book in the series titled “Haunted.”
Key Points
This book focuses on Savannah’s dead mother, Eve Levine.  Eve was a powerful witch that practiced black magic and as such [...]

Fantasy Contest Round-Up

Here’s a listing of the contests I’ve found at some of my favorite fantasy sites:
Through The Veil: Shiloh Walker, the well-established author of The Hunters series is running a contest at her Vamps and Scamps site.

To Enter: 1) Send an email to Shiloh at shiloh_@shilohwalker.com and put the words “BLOG CONTEST” and the [...]

Ashes to Ashes by Jennifer Armintrout

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Carrie, a newly-turned female vampire and Nathan, her new sire, continue their mission to thwart the actions of the Soul Eater, the centuries old maniacal vampire that gains power by consuming the souls of other vampires. Unfortunately the Soul Eater has found a new BFF, an evil and deadly female vamire called the [...]

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