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Besieged (Iron Druid Chronicles Short Stories Collection) Kevin Hearne Published: July 11, 2017 (Del Rey) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it may make references to previous books. If you have started this series yet, check out VBC’s review... 
Note from VBC HQ: It’s Throwback Week at VBC, and we’re highlighting some of your favorite reviews from VBC. We all love Nalini Singh, and this review of Wild Embrace was one of the top 5 most read reviews on VBC this year. Did you pick up Wild Embrace? What did you think? Wild Embrace (Psy-Changeling #15.5) Nalini Singh Published: Aug. 23, 2016 (Berkley) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source:... 
Geeky Giving just released its first monthly book bundle featuring original science fiction and fantasy works by bright stars within the genre fiction community. The charity bundles are available monthly and with 100 percent of the money raised going directly to Barrow Neurological Institute to research cures for Alzheimer’s, ALS, brain tumors, Parkinson’s Disease and more. In the February bundle you’ll... 
When some of VBC’s favorite paranormal romance authors release a new box set, it’s our obligation to fill you in. Bad Boys of the Night includes eight high-heat-level paranormal romance novels and it’s only $0.99 right now. The set, which is e-book only, includes stories by Jennifer Ashley, Erin Kellison, Laurie London, Colleen Gleason, Felicity Heaton, Bonnie Vanak, Caris Roane and Erin Quinn. Every... 
Blood in Her Veins: 19 Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock Faith Hunter Published: Feb. 2, 2016 (Roc) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Only three of the stories in Blood in Her Veins are new to me. I own four, smaller Jane Yellowrock anthologies, which include almost all of... 
Three Slices (Iron Druid #7.5; Blud # 0.5; Miriam Black #3.5) Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson and Chuck Wendig Published: May 5, 2015 Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Three Slices might just win the award for the strangest anthology theme ever. And the trophy is probably shaped like a big bowl and... 
It’s no secret the team at VBC loves a strong heroine. Women who kick ass are always our favorites. So, it’s not really a surprise that we’re excited about the new Kicking It anthology edited by Faith Hunter and Kalayna Price. The anthology features stories by favorites like Chloe Neill (a Lindsey and Luc story! Ah!), Rachel Caine, Rob Thurman, Chris Marie Green, Shannon K. Butcher, Lucienne Diver and... 
Does anyone else feel like November sneaked up behind them? Seriously. I’m on you to November. On the upside, this means I’m staring to plan the Best Of list for this year and we get a nice explosion of awesome reads. Don’t forget, we’re reading Iced by Karen Marie Moning this month, and there are new discussion topics over at the Goodreads group. I Always Want More Ethan Sullivan Chloe Neill posted the... 
It was the battle many of you asked for: Bones vs. Curran. And the lion clawed up the vampire. Yes, the Beast Lord from Ilona Andrews’ Kate Daniels series fought ruthlessly to take out master vampire Bones in the final round of the Alpha Showdown 2012. In addition to the great Twitter banter between authors Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost, your comments in favor of Curran proved his alpha status.... 
Angels’ Flight (Guild Hunter collection) Nalini Singh Published: Purchase at: Book Depository, B&N or Amazon Reviewed by: Candace Rating (out of 5): 4 stars “I would fly our child wherever she needed to go…I have no need to build empires and dynasties. I only want to build a home with you.” Nalini Singh became the second writer to make me cry with an anthology in Angels’ Flight. (The first was Jeaniene... 
