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The Collector (The Collector Trilogy #1)
Victoria Scott
Published: April 2, 2013 (Entangled Teen)
Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Jo
Rating (out of 5): 4 stars
Hands up if you like a bad boy. Well they don’t come much badder than Dante Walker. The Big Guy downstairs has six Collectors, damned souls that walk the earth leaving his stamp on the soul of any living person that sins in a... 
I’m a big fan of Karen Mahoney’s writing. Both her nerd-girl vampire Moth from Falling to Ash and alchemist Donna Underwood from the Iron Witch trilogy are young adult protagonists I connect with and ones that resonate with teen readers, too. The third book in the Iron Witch trilogy The Stone Demon releases today. It is excellent (and Donna wears a really gorgeous dress at one point, which made me wish... 
Death’s Hand (Descent #1)
S.M. Reine
Published: Oct. 21, 2011 (Red Iris Books)
Purchase at: Amazon
Reviewed by: Jo
Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars
The deadliest of all the Kopis (demon hunters) is not a title you can get away from easily, but that’s exactly what Elise has been trying to do. Rescued by James after being kidnapped and orphaned, Elsie spent her teenage years traveling and killing... 
A Trace of Moonlight (Abby Sinclair #3)
Allison Pang
Released: Oct. 30, 2012 (Pocket)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Chelsea
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
Like the earlier Abby Sinclair books—A Brush of Darkness and A Sliver of Shadow—A Trace of Moonlight wasn’t what I expected. That’s a lovely thing. Each book in this series has delighted me in its quirkiness and... 
Shadow’s Claim (The Dacians #1)
Kresley Cole
Published: Nov. 27, 2012 (Pocket)
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Reviewed by: Candace
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
Every paranormal hero has a moment where the reader realizes he is not going to be soon forgotten. A British vampire waving a half-breed away in a bar. Two vampires discussing the latest fashion trends with their human friend who... 
To Hell and Back (League of Guardians #1.5)
Juliana Stone
Published: Oct. 30, 2012 (Avon)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Chelsea
Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars
Only 10 pages into To Hell and Back I wondered how I had never read a Juliana Stone book. Her voice and characters are the types I enjoy so much. (Wondering about that 3.5 up there? It’s probably more my fault for starting... 
I don’t do Waiting on Wednesday all that often, but I watched the book trailer for Melissa Marr’s Carnival of Souls and couldn’t wait for Book Bits to share it with you. It’s an exclusive over at EW.com, so you’ll have to click through to watch. Worth it. The novel is set for release on Sept. 4, and can be pre-ordered at Amazon.
The official blurb:
In a city of daimons, rigid... 
Hi, y’all!
I’m excited to be visiting the Vampire Book Club today to talk about Demon Hunting in the Deep South, book 2 in the snarky paranormal series about demon hunters in Alabama. It’s the story of Ansgar, a frosty, emotionless demon hunter who melts like an ice cube on a hot July sidewalk when he meets shy, self-conscious Evie Douglass.
Evie has spent most of her life trying to stay under the... 
Enemy Mine (L.O.S.T. #2)
Karin Harlow
Published: Aug. 2011 (Pocket)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Review by: Candace
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
I like to start reviews off with a quote that signifies the depth of love between the hero and heroine. In this case, there isn’t one. For the entire novel, Karin Harlow weaves an emotional landscape full of heartbreak and life-altering love between... 
The Ripple Effect (Rhiannon’s Law #3)
J.A. Saare
Published: July 31, 2012 (Mundania)
Purchase at: Amazon
Reviewed by: Chelsea
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
Note: This review assumes you’ve read the previous books in the Rhiannon’s Law series, particularly The Renfield Syndrome. If you haven’t, you can find reviews of the first and second books on VBC.
Readers of the Rhiannon’s... 
