The year is 1918: a war rages in Europe, the flu epidemic sweeps the United States, and 16 year old Mary Black's father is imprisoned for treasonous activities. Mary is sent to live with her Aunt in San Diego, where she is reunited with her childhood sweetheart, Stephen. But Mary...
Book Genre: Paranormal
Fia and Annie are sisters trapped in a secret school for girls with extraordinary gifts. Fia has perfect instincts; her choices are always right. Always. Annie is blind, but sees visions in her head. Which then come true. With these superhuman abilities, why would...
So, Aliera is now Defender of the Seelie Court, whatever that means. Stuck with pretty boy/troll Avery as her annoying lackey, Aliera has no idea what she’s supposed to do and Avery isn’t helping (and could he please just shut up already!). When her best friend (and cousin) Caroline disappears,...
This is a picture book of the Irish myth of the Children of Lir. As the story goes, a King Lir's jealous second wife, Aoife, changes his four children into swans who are destined to perish through her devilish scheming. Unfortunately for her, the children outsmart her and work with...
Bartholomew Kettle is a changeling, or a peculiar, which means he is half fairy and half human Peculiars are not welcome in either world. He lives with his human mom and his more obvious fairy sister Hettie. She has a tree growing out of her head and is not allowed to go outside in fear someone...
This is the second installment in Deborah Harkness' Discovery of Witches series. Some series books fall flat on the second, but I felt that her use of time travel in this book kept it interesting and fresh.
The story follows Matthew and Diana through time and space as they...
Ready to be swept into a new trilogy? The Raven Boys is a great start to an epic adventure! Blue has always been warned that if she kisses her true love, she will cause him to die. No problem for Blue, who makes a point to avoid the boys in her town, as they all attend...
If you lost your memory--not only things you've learned, but also the baggage you carry--would you still be the same person? Daniel O'Malley explores this provocative question in a fun urban fantasy novel. Myfanwy Thomas is the agent of a secret government organization dedicated to protecting...
James Stark's life is hell, well ok, James Stark's life is IN Hell, that is until he wakes up in an LA alley on Christmas day, which is a sort of hell all of its own... Stark (aka Sandman Slim) sets out to mete out justice on the people who sent him to hell in the first place, his friends....
This is the first in a series, while it is not the best it is worth a read before taking on the rest of the Ilona Andrews books as it will establish the world for you. This is a world post-catastrophe, we won't call it an apocalypse because life as we know it is basically going on, but some...
In the kingdom of Samorna there lives a mystical being who is able to transform into anything. She is called the shifter, and her sole purpose is to make sure the King is protected and safe. After years of exile, King Rokan seeks out the shifter and convinces her to pledge her allegiance and...
Reminiscent of Garcia Marquez, a good read though at times it can be trying to get through. Meridia, Ravenna and Gabriel are a lonesome family divided by an act of rage and passion many years ago. They are all haunted by that night, a flash a scream and then nothing- at least not for Meridia....
I really like Russian fiction, their sensibilities are really interesting. This is a Russian take on Urban Fantasy and it rocked my socks! The Others are divided by those who serve the light (Night Watch) and those who serve the dark (day watch), each are striving to create, maintain, or destroy...
Oh just how much do I love Alexia Tarrabotti? SOOO MUCH, this is such a fun series to read, it has it all, dirigibles, exploding parasols, werewolves, vampires and soulless oh my! Trust me if you like fantasy you will just love this series!
This beautifully illustrated mystery follows Helen Martin on a very strange journey. An expert in antique anatomical illustrations she goes on a trip to track down her missing husband, all the while feeling not quite herself. She goes through several strange transformations a little like poor...
Jane True is your ordinary small town girl, she works at the local coffeehouse/bookstore she lives with her dad and she hangs out at the local tavern. But her small town isnt as normal as it seems, and neither is she. Jane's true (HA!) nature gets revealed and it has reverberating effects, as...
Harper Blaine was trained as a dancer, but that was her mother's dream not hers. So when she grew up she followed in her fathers footsteps and became a Private Investigator. During a case Blaine gets attacked and dies, for about two minutes. When she comes back, she brought a little bit of the...
Verity (Very) Price is a cryptozoologist/competition dancer, her family comes from a long line of cryptozoologists, rogue cryptozoologists in fact. Living for a time in Manhattan to pursue her professional dance career Very also uses this as a chance to keep an eye on the East Coast cryptid...
A ghost story set in the summer is a perfect read during afternoon thunderstorms! Fourteen-year-old Hannah and her parents are forced to move into a dilapidated old house while their own home undergoes repairs. Soon Hannah realizes why tenants never stay past June of any given year;...
Ethan Wate cannot wait to leave the small, southern town of Gatlin that still hold tight to the memory of the Civil War. Ethan never expected much to happen in Gatlin, especially not the appearance of a strange and beautiful girl like Lena, who he meets in his nightmares long before she appears...
What an interesting series, I've never seen drugs used in such a blase manner. The street lingo can be a bit difficult at times but it's an easy patois if you just let your mind fuzz over and not analyze it too much. In this, the second in the Unholy Series, Chess is getting deeper into trouble...
wow this book rocks, scary, thrilling, interesting, multifaceted, for a book about zombies i would almost classify it as literature. GREAT take on the zombie apocalypse
Agent Pendergast returns and is as unflappable as ever. A particularly gruesome series of murders brings Aloyisious Pendergrast out of his Manhattan setting and plops him in the middle of America. A gruesome mystery is taking shape in Medicine Creek, KS when a mutilated body is found in the...
Rachel Morgan is a cop, she is also a Witch. Living in Cincinatti in a world that has been devestated by a tomato borne virus that wiped out half of the human population, some people just didn’t get sick and it turns out it's because they aren't exactly human. Witches, Warlocks, Werewolves and...
Sunny doesn't seem to fit in anywhere: she was born in the US but now lives in Nigeria, she's an albino, and she's a really great soccer player but can't go out in the sun because she burns so easily. When she discovers that she is a free agent - someone who is capable of magic but untrained -...









