Home of the Alpha Showdown, and one-stop shop for urban fantasy, paranormal romance and fantasy news and reviews.
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... 
The Purloined Poodle (Iron Druid Chronicles #8.5) Kevin Hearne Published: Sep. 30, 2016 (Subterranean Press) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out... 
Staked (Iron Druid Chronicles #8) Kevin Hearne Published: Jan. 26, 2016 (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): 3.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free it may make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Hounded....
From Chelsea/VBC: The VBC reviewers have been long-time fans of Kevin Hearne’s books. I reviewed Hounded not long after it released and was hooked. We’re journeying toward the end of this bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles series. Staked, the eighth book in the series, releases tomorrow (go order your copy now, because it’s excellent), and Kevin is here at VBC to talk about vampires. Yep. We didn’t even... 
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... 
Shattered (Iron Druid Chronicles #7) Kevin Hearne Published: June 17, 2014 (Del Rey) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by Jo Rating (out of 5): 4.5 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 book 1,... 
Earlier this week Book Riot ran a post featuring the 20 most-loved literary characters. It was a fun post and I certainly saw a few of my favorites there, but as I went to go and share the link via VBC’s Facebook page I stopped myself. As lovely as the list was, it wasn’t too heavy on the fantasy end of things. Sure, Gandalf and the Harry Potter gang were there, but it leaned much more toward the... 
Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles #6) Kevin Hearne Published: June 25, 2013 (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: If you haven’t read earlier books in the Iron Druid Chronicles, we highly recommend them. Start with Hounded. After his exploits in the last book, 2,000 year-old... 
While most of our Character Love Letters are to book boyfriends, sometimes we have book best friends. That’s the case today. Kelly from Reading the Paranormal is down to be Atticus O’Sullivan’s bestie. And why not? The Druid is funny and clever and has an awesome dog. So many reasons to love. If you haven’t started Kevin Hearne’s series, I suggest starting with Hounded. Now on to the letter! Atticus....
