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We knew this day would come. On the release day for Stacia Kane’s City of Ghosts, the third book in her Downside Ghosts series (review), we listed the early symptoms of Terrible Fever. The condition is a result of overwhelming love for or obsession with Terrible, an enforcer and love interest, in the series. In the weeks following City of Ghosts’ release there has been a mass outbreak of Terrible Fever,... 
City of Ghosts Stacia Kane Published: July 27, 2010 Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars (If it wouldn’t ruin the scale, we’d go seven stars on this one.) After we finished Unholy Magic, the second Downside Ghosts book, we said how it was even better than the series opener Unholy Ghosts (review). Stacia Kane has again taken her dark urban fantasy series to new depths with City... 
We gots Terrible Fever, aye? Vampire Book Club true friend. Takes care of readers, dig? We gives you the tells. We suck at Downspeak. So, let’s just say we’re incredibly excited for today’s release of City of Ghosts, the third installment in Stacia Kane’s Downside Ghosts series. (Read reviews of the first two books here and here, or just read our Q&A with Stacia.) In reading Downside Ghosts, Vampire Book... 
Ed. note: Unholy Magic is the second in Stacia Kane’s excellent urban fantasy Downside Ghosts series. The first book is Unholy Ghosts (our review). We’re currently giving away copies of both books, you can enter here. Or just read our Q&A with Stacia Kane. Unholy Magic Stacia Kane Published: July 6, 2010 Purchase at: The Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars In Unholy Magic, we dive deeper... 
We’re enamored with the Downside Ghosts series by Stacia Kane. We’ve made no secret about it. After reading the first two books, questions were bubbling up about the development of The Church of Truth, the future of our much flawed and beloved Chess Putnam and the Downside speak. Luckily, Stacia is as much of an insomniac as we are, so she agreed to use her late-night hours to indulge our questions. Also,... 
Ed. note: You knew we liked this, but we thought a fuller review was in order. Also, we’ve read the sequel. It gets even better. Unholy Ghosts (Chess Putnam/Downside Ghosts #1) Stacia Kane Published: July 6, 2010 Purchase at: The Book Depository or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 5 stars In the Orwellian future of Stacia Kane’s Unholy Ghosts, the Church of Truth runs both the moral and legal elements of... 
I think I’m falling in love with Stacia Kane. Don’t tell my husband. Or hers. I’ve read some of her Personal Demons series, but her new Chess Putnam series floored me. I’m nearing the end of the first book, Unholy Ghosts, and it’s clear her books will be at the top of my 2010 best list. Her heroine in this gritty urban fantasy is totally unexpected, the pacing perfect and the story utterly engaging. It... 
