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From Chelsea/VBC: This is the third in a series of spook-tacular posts leading up to Halloween. I’ve invited a few friends to fill us in on their favorite monsters. Today author Allison Pang talks about her love of werewolf movies. If you haven’t already, you should check out her Abby Sinclair novels. Love them. First book is A Brush of Darkness.
Although I don’t consider myself a horror fan,... 
From Chelsea/VBC: This is the second in a series of spook-tacular posts leading up to Halloween. I’ve invited a few friends to fill us in on their favorite monsters. Today the too-clever-for-her-own-good (and talented) Kristen Painter convinces you to love her favorite vampire movie. Also, she gives away the first of her House of Comarré books, Blood Rights, and a copy of Near Dark. Pretty damn... 
From Chelsea/VBC: This is the first in a series of spook-tacular posts leading up to Halloween. I’ve invited a few friends to fill us in on their favorite monsters. First up is the totally fun Amanda Carlson. You might remember me digging her action-packed urban fantasy novel Full Blooded. Also, I think I may love her even more knowing that some of my favorite movies made her list. Hints: Winchester... 
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... 
We may talk about the sexy vampires here quite a bit at VBC, but sometimes you long for the vicious, the horror-style vampires. Ellen Datlow has put together a collection of short stories focused on the predatory side of vampires, as well as those being that feed off souls and leech life. The authors in Blood and Other Cravings (pre-order, releases Sept. 13) are some great names in horror, and we... 
In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, we’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for September. All dates are U.S. and tentative.
We’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance and YA is young adult.
SEPTEMBER 1
The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin (The Inheritance Trilogy #3) Fantasy
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We like dark overtones in our novels. While usually these are urban fantasy, we can’t resist a great horror novel.
Brenna Yovanoff creates a creepy world where children may be replaced with creatures from the underworld in The Replacement. She also puts some heavy problems on her protagonist Mackie from the get-go. He is one of those replacement children. He would give anything to stay in our world...
