Category: Fantasy

Review: Faerie Hunt by Emma L. Adams

Faerie Hunt (The Changeling Chronicles #6) by Emma L. Adams Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Blurb: I’m Ivy Lane, and lately, my life has been suspiciously free of faerie-related drama. But there’s a storm coming. Now, the lords of Faerie know I have their magic. What they don’t know is that I killed a powerful faerie, and might just have doomed both our worlds in the process. With hellhounds camping out in my garden and a dark uprising amongst the half-faeries, something bad is on the move in Faerie. The evil that rose to destroy our world twenty years […]

Posted May 4, 2017 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Review / 14 Comments

Review: Empowered Agent by Dale Ivan Smith

My To-Be Read List is a meme hosted by Because Reading is Better Than Real Life where at the beginning of the month visitors can choose which book I’ll be reading this month. On the first saturday of a month the poll will be up, then on the second saturday of the month I’ll announce the book that won and on the last saturday of the month I’ll post my review of the book. Empowered: Agent (Empowered #1) by Dale Ivan Smith Rating: 3 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy/ Superheroes Blurb: The world says those with superpowers are either heroes or […]

Posted April 29, 2017 by Lola in Fantasy, My To-Be Read List, Review / 16 Comments

Review: The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase by Greg Cox

The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase (The Librarians #2) by Greg Cox Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Blurb: For millennia, the Librarians have secretly protected the world by keeping watch over dangerous magical relics. Cataloging and safeguarding everything from Excalibur to Pandora’s Box, they stand between humanity and those who would use the relics for evil. Stories can be powerful. In 1719, Elizabeth Goose of Boston Massachusetts published a collection of rhyming spells as a children’s book, creating a spellbook of terrifying power. The Librarian of that age managed to dispose of all copies of the book except […]

Posted April 25, 2017 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 10 Comments

Review: Renegade by Dale Ivan Smith

Renegade (Empowered #0.5) by Dale Ivan Smith Rating: 3 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy/ Superhero Blurb: Out of billions of people, a handful possess superpowers. Sixteen-year old Mathilda Brandt just discovered hers: the ability to listen to and control plant life. For now, her being Empowered is a secret, but she will face a stark choice when the world learns about her new ability: either put on the blue jumpsuit and become a member of the Hero Council and follow any and all orders, or forswear ever using her power for any reason. Mat refuses both choices, and instead goes underground, […]

Posted April 22, 2017 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 10 Comments

Review: Magic’s Not Real by J.L. Hendricks

Magic’s Not Real: A Voodoo Dolls Story by J.L. Hendricks Rating: 3 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy Blurb: When magic IS real, what would you do to protect yourself? Jenna and her three adopted sisters, the Voodoo Dolls, run a tourist shop in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). They are also The Voodoo Dolls, an indie rock band who don’t believe magic is real. That is until someone tries to kill Jenna using a death curse. Rico and his pack are there when it happens. They decide to protect Jenna and the Dolls, while going after the evil that tried to kill […]

Posted April 15, 2017 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 8 Comments

Review: Lost Souls by Kelley Armstrong

Lost Souls (Cainsville #3.5) by Kelley Armstrong Rating: 4 stars Genre: Urban Fantasy/ Paranormal Mystery Blurb: The disappearing hitchhiker is one of the hoariest urban legends, and no one knows that better than Gabriel Walsh, a lawyer who grew up on folklore and myth. When author of books on the supernatural Patrick brings Gabriel a case of a hitchhiking woman in white who vanished on a country road after accepting a ride from a businessman, Gabriel knows the Cainsville elder is just trying to wheedle into his good graces. But Gabriel is a man in need of a mystery, one […]

Posted March 22, 2017 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 14 Comments

Review: Lethal Tide by C.J. Matthew

Lethal Tide (Dolphin Shore Shifters #4) by C.J. Matthew Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense Blurb: Dolphin shifter Conley Nash began his second three-year mission armed with a kick-ass agenda and an attitude to match. Since their team leader was killed, the men in SBW field ops have lost their nerve. Determined to restore the hard line, Conley can’t wait to show them how it’s done, facing down a greedy oil company in Long Beach. Until Conley meets his new partner…and finds his powers of persuasion need work. First-time shifter Betty Brett can’t believe she finally made it into […]

Posted March 10, 2017 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Review, Romance / 22 Comments