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Have you guys heard about J. Patrick Black’s upcoming novel Ninth City Burning? We read the blurb and immediately perked up. It kind of sounds like if Independence Day and Terminator 2 had a baby, only, you know, no time travel (as far as we know). The novel comes out on Sept. 6, 2016 (pre-order it), but we have an excerpt just for VBC readers. Read on for the official book blurb and excerpt from Ninth... 
I spent last week in Las Vegas for the RT Booklover’s Convention. It was wonderful to be surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of people who love genre fiction the way the team at VBC does. Authors and readers talking about what’s next in romance and urban fantasy. It’s not often enough I sit at a bar and fall into a debate about tropes, but it sure happens at RT. I’ll do a full roundup soon, but Nalini... 
I don’t do Waiting on Wednesday all that often, but I watched the book trailer for Melissa Marr’s Carnival of Souls and couldn’t wait for Book Bits to share it with you. It’s an exclusive over at EW.com, so you’ll have to click through to watch. Worth it. The novel is set for release on Sept. 4, and can be pre-ordered at Amazon. The official blurb: In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the... 
We don’t do Waiting on Wednesday very often here at VBC. However, with so many epic releases yesterday, we figure you’re in a book coma today. (Did you read Lover Reborn or Sacrificial Magic first?) As such, we’re going to use today’s blog post to look at something awesome: Insurgent. There’s a reason Veronica Roth’s debut Divergent made our Best Books of 2011 list, and you can bet we’ll pre-order its... 
We haven’t done a Waiting on Wednesday post in quite some time here at VBC, but it’s a good excuse to talk about Lothaire, the 11th novel in Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series (pre-order Lothaire). We’ve talked about alpha males here quite a bit, but let’s be honest: Lothaire is more than that. He’s evil. He’s ruthless and cunning. And yet so many of us are aching to see him get his happily ever... 
We’ve taken a little break from Waiting on Wednesday posts, but we thought you could use a little visual stimulation. EONA offers up big-scale fantasy, a strong woman, strong men and effin’ swords. The follow-up to Alison Goodman’s EON, EONA hits shelves on April 19. If you dig the trailer, you can pre-order EONA from Book Depository or Amazon. 
We’ve all waited for more information on the fourth installment of Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series. City of Fallen Angels is set for release on April 5, but Cassie is still being the writer version of a samurai guard with the details of the novel. And maybe that’s part of what makes this little video she put together so much fun. Instead of dropping hints about what will happen in the... 
We recently read Elle Jasper’s first Dark Ink Chronicles book Afterlight (read the spoiler-free review) and its blend of vampires, voodoo and cataclysmic lust had us begging for more by the end. We didn’t the the full emotional wrap-up at the end of Afterlight, but as we predicted Jasper has more in store for us in book 2 Everdark. We’re going to get high-intensity relationship drama, cool new abilities... 
Some of our favorite authors are previewing their upcoming books online this week. So, this week, we’re featuring tidbits on anticipated releases — including links to excerpts. Dive in. Richelle Mead posted a nice excerpt from the third chapter of Iron Crowned on her site this week. If you’re aching for more Eugenie and can’t wait until Feb. 22 for the release, at least you can get a tiny fix today. In... 
