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The Girl in the Green Silk Gown (Ghost Roads #2) Seanan McGuire Published: July 17, 2018 (DAW) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will reference previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1,... 
Haunting the Deep (How to Hang a Witch #2) Adriana Mather Published: Oct. 3, 2017 (Knopf Books for Young Readers) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: While this review is spoiler free, it does assume you’re familiar with the first book. If you aren’t, please check out VBC’s... 
The Restorer (Graveyard Queen #1) Amanda Stevens Published: April 19, 2011 (MIRA) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Kris Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars “Never acknowledge the dead. Never stray far from hallowed ground. Never get close to the haunted. Never, ever tempt fate.” Amelia Gray, cemetery restorer, lives by the code her father taught her at a young age.... 
Omens (Cainsville #1) Kelley Armstrong Published: Aug. 20, 2013 (Penguin) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: purchased Reviewed by: Jenn Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Omens is written by one of my favorite authors, Kelley Armstrong. If you haven’t read anything of hers before, then please do yourself a favor and pick up one of her books, any of them, it doesn’t matter, the woman is a master... 
A Mortal Song Megan Crewe Published: Sept. 13, 2016 (Another World Press) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Beth Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Sora’s whole life has been a lie. She has always believed that she is kami—Japanese spirits that help protect the world. But on her seventeenth birthday she finds out the... 
The Demonists (Demonist #1) Thomas E. Sniegoski Published: April 5, 2016 (Roc) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4 stars John Fogg has long believed in the paranormal. He’s made a fine job of learning about and seeking out the things that go bump in the night. When he meets Theodora Knight, a... 
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... 
Sisters of Blood and Spirit (Sisters of Blood and Spirit #1) Kady Cross Published: Mar. 31, 2015 (Harlequin Teen) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Lark and Wren Noble are twins. They’re nearly identical except that Lark is platinum blonde and Wren is a redhead . . . and a ghost. Lark... 
Disciple (DreamWalkers #2) Jody Wallace Published: Dec. 23, 2014 (Samhain) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by Amanda Rating (out of 5): 4 stars It’s been three months since Maggie learned she was an alucinator and started training. Three long months of learning to shield and swallow her fear and resign herself to her mentor’s... 
Ravenous (The Dark Forgotten #1) Sharon Ashwood Published: February 9, 2009 (Signet) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Purchased Reviewed by: Jill Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Ravenous was excellent. Holly Carver is a registered witch, one of the last few remaining in the country. She’s kind of like a private investigator and an exorcist in one. The first time you meet her she’s trying to... 
