Category: Fantasy
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Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton
Circus of the Damned is the 3rd book in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton. Anita Blake is an animator who raises zombies for a living, but she can also kill vampires as long as they are legally considered criminals. I first read this series when…
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The Glasswrights’ Test by Mindy L. Klasky
The Glasswrights’ Test is the 4th novel in the Lost Guild series by Mindy L. Klasky. In this one, Rani Trader tries rebuilding her beloved guild from the ground up after it was disbanded years earlier. But before she can become Master Glasswright and rebuild her new guild in Morenia,…
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The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton
The Laughing Corpse is the 2nd book in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton. I first read this book about 15 years ago, but I quit reading the series around books #4 or #5. I’ve decided to start over with the series. Just for fun. To…
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The Fairest of Them All by Carolyn Turgeon
This past January, I read Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon. I thought it was so lovely and beautiful, yet dark and twisted also. The Fairest of Them All is a fairy tale mashup about the lives of Rapunzel and Snow White. Deep in the forest, tucked away…
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Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Guilty Pleasures is the 1st book in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton. It was okay, but not great. A little outdated. In a parallel universe, vampires have the same rights as humans. Twenty-something Anita Blake is a professional vampire hunter and necromancer who goes after…
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Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Halfway to the Grave is the 1st book in the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost. In Halfway to the Grave, Catherine “Cat” Crawfield is half-human, half-vampire—the result of an unwanted coupling between her mother and the vampire who raped her. These days, the 22-year-old red-haired vixen spends most of…
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Covet: A Novel of the Fallen Angels by J.R. Ward
Covet is the 1st book in the Fallen Angels series by J.R. Ward. Its front cover makes Covet look like a cheesy, sappy bodice-ripper romance. But it’s far classier than the cover makes it out to be, so maybe just this once, don’t judge a book by its cover! I…
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Rogue Angel: Solomon’s Jar by Alex Archer
Rogue Angel: Solomon’s Jar is the 2nd book in the Rogue Angel series by Alex Archer. Alex Archer is not an actual person, it’s just a pen name for ghostwriters who work under the Harlequin label. There are now 65 books in the Rogue Angel series, which makes for quite…
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The Witch of Little Italy by Suzanne Palmieri
The Witch of Little Italy is the 1st book in the Witch series by Suzanne Palmieri. In The Witch of Little Italy, Eleanor “Elly” Amore is pregnant and having a baby with her mean, abusive boyfriend. When Elly’s mom—a theater actress— abandons her to deal with the pregnancy herself, Elly…