Archive for the 'Urban fantasy' Category

Jun 28

Urban Fantasy article on salon.com

On salon.com there is an interesting article “Buffy fans: read this” about Urban Fantasy books, that overlap a lot with paranormal romance. Mainly it talks about Sookie Stackhouse, Anita Blake (definitely not romance, this) and other tough chick heroines. If you read PNR, you should go and have a look at it!

May 16

Conflict in Blood by Ariel Tachna

Blurb: As the Alliance wizard-vampire partnerships grow stronger, the dark wizards feel the effects and become increasingly desperate to find enough information to counter them, unaware of the growing strain of the blood-magic bonds on the wizards and vampires alike. The conflict is spreading. The strife of uncomfortable relationships, both personal and professional, is threatening [...]

Feb 13

Covenant in Blood by Ariel Tachna

Synopsis: The war between the wizards is raging on affecting the natural balance. Meanwhile the wizards and vampires slowly realize that the connection between the couples entails more than just giving and receiving blood and the vampires’ immunity to the sun. Some couples are completely happy with each other, while others are struggling. Still they [...]

Feb 10

Alliance in Blood by Ariel Tachna

Synopsis: For some time a conflict has been brewing in Paris. Dark wizards are trying to upset the natural order of things and take over. The milice wizards see a chance to gain a decisive advantage by persuading the vampires to join their forces. In order to start negotiations Jean, the leader of the wizards [...]

Feb 02

The Black Dagger Brotherhood – An insiders guide by J. R. Ward

I have read a lot of things about this guide. It is the best companion ever, tons of vital information, great short story, it stinks, nothing new, is all on the board anyway and so on. Basically I like the idea of an insider’s guide or companion. Especially for series like the Dark Hunters you [...]

Sep 07

Book vs. message board

Today I came across a link to a You tube video with an interview with J.R. Ward, which annoyed me quite a bit. I am a big fan of her Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Stupid name for a series, but nothing compared to the even more cheesy names of the brothers. It is not surprising [...]

Jul 17

Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton

Circus of the Damned is the 3rd book in the series. I have no idea why I’m still reading on, I must be under some sort of spell, I have no other explanation. Anita is starting to seriously get on my nerves. I want to slap her on at least every other page for being [...]

Jul 16

The laughing corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton

This book started the whole idea of this blog. I don’t think I’ve ever disliked a hero/heroine in a book this much. We’ve had  the whole Anita Blake series for a long time at home. John read them  – he’s all into that vampire stuff -, but stopped reading them when they started to turn [...]

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