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Fury (Menagerie #3) Rachel Vincent Published: Oct. 30, 2018 (MIRA) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Copy provided by the publisher in exchange for and honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4.5 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, Menagerie. August 24,... 
Spectacle (Menagerie #2) Rachel Vincent Published: May 30, 2017 (MIRA) 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 the previous book. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, Menagerie. Those in... 
It’s no secret I’m a huge fan of Rachel Vincent’s books. Her Unbound series is one I recommend all the time to anyone who likes their romance and their heroines complicated. Beautiful writing. Engaging stories. Just, seriously, she’s an auto buy for me for a reason. I’m not the only one at VBC who adores her books. Check out Amy’s review of Menagerie. RIGHT?!? As a matter of fact, I have a signed copy...
I’m always looking to add new books to dive into headfirst. I know you are, too. (That’s why we’re friends.) So how about I giveaway one of those books to a lucky reader? Rachel Vincent has been an auto-buy author for me for quite some time. She knows how to balance an engaging plot, character development, and the emotional suckerpunch that serves a purpose. Menagerie explores humanity in an utterly...
Menagerie (Menagerie #1) Rachel Vincent Published: Sept. 29, 2015 (MIRA) 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 Delilah Marlow’s life has been pretty normal throughout her twenty-five years. She’s wanted for nothing. However, things can change in the blink of an eye. Metzger’s Menagerie is... 
The Stars Never Rise (Stars Never Rise #1) Rachel Vincent Published: June 9, 2015 (Delacorte Press) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Library Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4 stars In The Stars Never Rise the country has been decimated by demons. While demons have not been completely annihilated, anyone who managed to survive live in cities behind walls—cities that are controlled... 
Many of the VBC staff were big fans of Rachel Vincent’s Shifters series. It was New Adult before that term existed. Angsty shifters are pretty great. (We haven’t ever reviewed those books here, but maybe we should. Hit the comments if you want to have us to a re-read or reviews of the Shifters books.) Well, after what was probably a lot of online begging, Rachel’s decided to give us more from this world... 
I do my best to give great VBC readers a good starting place for urban fantasy, paranormal romance and young adult via our recommendations sections. As a general rule, I’m likely to encourage people to read Richelle Mead, Stacia Kane, Jeaniene Frost, Rachel Vincent and J.R. Ward books, as go-to books. Those reading suggestions are typically for people who have already started reading genre fiction—hey,... 
With All My Soul (Soul Screamers #7) Rachel Vincent Published: March 26, 2013 (Harlequin Teen) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will have major spoilers for the previous books in this series. I didn’t want to open With All My Soul, VBC readers. I didn’t want to open it because that meant that one of my... 
In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for April 2013. All dates are U.S. and tentative. Also: Click the title of any book to visit the Amazon page for pre-order or purchase goodness. I’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance, F is fantasy and YA is young adult.... 
