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Broken Soul (Jane Yellowrock #8) Faith Hunter Published: Oct. 7, 2014 (Roc) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books in the series. If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of Skinwalker. Jane... 
Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (Jessica #1) Beth Fantaskey Published: Feb. 1, 2009 (Harcourt) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars This book was so not what I was expecting. I have found in my old age that I have no patience for teenagers and their angst (even though I was the most angsty of them all). And Jessica’s Guide... 
Midnight’s Master (Dark Warriors #1) Donna Grant Published: May 22, 2012 (St. Martin’s Paperbacks) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Gwynn is on a mission to find her missing father. Instead, she stumbles upon a war that has lasted for centuries. Logan, and four of his fellow warriors, has been sent 400 years into the future (into... 
Dark Wolf Returning (Bloodrunners #6) Rhyannon Byrd Published: Jan. 1, 2014 (Harlequin Nocturne) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does make references to previous books in the series. Clara Reyes’s family is in serious trouble, and... 
Beyond the Pale (The Darkwing Chronicles #1) Savannah Russe Published: June 7, 2005 (Signet Eclipse) Purchase: Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Daphne Urban is a 400-year-old vampire who has simply had enough. Nothing interesting is ever going on, and she’s thinking that this is probably the end for her. Until she is offered a job she can’t refuse. The... 
The Vampire’s Wolf Jenna Kernan Published: Jan. 1, 2014 (Harlequin Mills & Boon) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review. Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 2 stars Brianna Vittori doesn’t know what she is. She has just learned from her dying grandmother that her mother was a fairy, which makes her a feyling. She has always been able to heal quickly... 
Alterant (Beladors #2) Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love Published: Sept. 27, 2011 (Pocket Star Books) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does make references to previous books in the series. If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Blood Trinity. Poor Evalle has... 
Scorched Erica Hayes Published: May 22, 2014 (HarperImpulse) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 4 stars “My name is Verity Fortune. I’m not a bad person. I don’t deserve this.” This is this litany that gets Verity though nine months of physical and psychological torture in an insane... 
City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments #6) Cassandra Clare Published: May 27, 2014 (Margaret K. McElderry) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will attempt to be spoiler free, it does make references to previous books in the series. If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, City of... 
Blood Trinity (Belador #1) Sherrilyn Kenyon & Dianna Love Published: October 19, 2010 (Pocket Books) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Evalle is part of a band of supernatural warriors called the Beladors. They fight against anything that harms humanity, which usually takes the form of black magic witches. She happens to be an... 
