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In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for May 2012. All dates are U.S. and tentative.
I’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance, F is fantasy and YA is young adult.
MAY 1
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashmore (Graceling Realm #3) YA
Black Dawn by Rachel Caine... 
Before we get into all the giveaway goodness, we wanted to say sorry for being a bit MIA earlier this week. We were out of town for family stuff, then caught some sort of bug at the airport. Still feeling crummy, but not enough to keep us from reading and digging up excellent giveaways from our blogger friends.
Suzanne Johnson is giving away two just-released books filled with vampire goodness: P.C.... 
First, a quick recap of all the giveaways we have about to wrap-up here on the blog. Today is the last day to enter our Eve Silver giveaway. You can win either Sins of the Heart or Sins of the Flesh (books one and three in the Otherkin Trilogy respectively). We promise they are excellent.
We also are nearing the end of our Vampire Babylon giveaway. Chris Marie Green has signed copies of the first four... 
Last night the entertaining Heather Brewer stopped in at my local Borders store for a book signing. This last Tuesday the final book in her Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series, Twelfth Grade Kills, was released. Her teen series does great things by merging, as she put it, the things she knows (how it feels to be bullied and vampires).
It was great to see her behind that podium. Coming from a small town (her... 
Instead of splitting things up, I am reviewing the first two Morganville Vampires novels together. This isn’t just for simplicity’s sake (though, that’s nice, too). Looking at the first book alone might do a disservice to a promising series. Glass Houses isn’t bad at all, but the majority of the book is world building. Whereas, with Dead Girls’ Dance we get really see these... 
I’m taking a breather before continuing on the emotional rollercoaster that is the latter half of Richelle Mead’s Georgina Kincaid series. Last night I started the first Morganville Vampires novel, Glass House. A few chapters in I was hooked, and would have devoured the whole thing had my husband not come home from work. Expect a review next week.
On the to-read pile front, I just ordered The...
