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Amityville Horrible (Women of the Otherworld #10.5)
Kelley Armstrong (Illustrations by Maurizio Manzleri)
Published: Dec. 10, 2012 (Subterranean Press)
Purchase at: Amazon
Reviewed by: Jo
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
I was more than a little sad when Thirteen, the final installment of Kelley Armstrong’s fantastic Women of the Otherworld series, was released this summer. With the promise at the end that... 
Dead, Undead or Somewhere in Between (Rhiannon’s Law #1)
J.A. Saare
Published: Feb. 2010 (Eternal Press)
Purchase at: Amazon (Paperback or eBook)
Rating (out of 5): 3. 5 stars
Rhiannon can see dead people. It kind of blows. Mostly, she tries to ignore it. Instead she focuses on her gig as a bartender at a gentleman’s club, where she often ends up playing the role of backup bouncer. She’s... 
The Sworn (Fallen Kings Cycle #1)
Gail Z. Martin
Published: Jan. 25, 2011 (Orbit)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars
Gail Z. Martin knows how to craft big-scale fantasy. And she includes elements we adore: noble warriors, magic, vampires and werewolves. Martin is well-known for her Chronicles of the Necromancer series, and The Sworn is set as a gateway into that series for... 
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... 
I read an interview with author Kalayna Price over at All Things Urban Fantasy this week and now I can’t wait to read the first book in her new Alex Craft series Grave Witch. The series follows a necromancer who uses her grave magic to raise shades. In addition to the plot surrounding P.I. who can get answers from the dead, her love interest is none other than Death. A necromancer falling in love...
