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Forevermore (Darkest London #7) Kristen Callihan Published: June 28, 2016 (Forever) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1,... 
Soulbound (Darkest London #6) Kristen Callihan Published: Feb. 24, 2015 (Forever) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books in the series. If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of Firelight.... 
Evernight (Darkest London #5) Kristen Callihan Published: Sept 2, 2014 (Forever) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: library Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books in the series.If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of Firelight. Holly Evernight and Will Thorne met in the last Darkest... 
Shadowdance (Darkest London #4) Kristen Callihan Published: Dec. 17, 2013 (Forever) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will make references to previous books in the series. If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of Firelight. In... 
We’ve had big changes at VBC this year. For starters, we now have multiple reviewers. In addition to me (Chelsea), you see regular posts here from Jo, Candace, Mary, Amanda, Amy, Krista and Amber. So, while last year we broke it out by reviewer for the best books, that would make for a very long list with a lot of repeated books. So, this year it’s curated. Yep, the VBC team put our collective heads... 
Entwined (Darkest London #3.5) Kristen Callihan Published: Nov. 5, 2013 (Forever) Purchase at: Amazon Review Source: Copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 5 stars A London brawl has resulted in sixteen-year-old Lady Luella Moran being betrothed to Aidan Evernight, a concept she is less than thrilled by. She decides to write to him, voicing her... 
Winterblaze (Darkest London #3) Kristen Callihan Published: Feb. 26, 2013 (Grand Central Publishing) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: This review will be spoiler-free, but it does refer to events in previous books. If you haven’t read them yet, check out our reviews for Firelight and Moonglow, books 1 and 2 in this series. I didn’t think I could... 
In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for February 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.... 
We’re doing things slightly differently this year. This is the first year where we have associate reviewers at VBC. As such, it didn’t feel quite right to only include my top 10. So, you’ll find my 10 picks for the absolute best books of 2012 and below that a top 5 list from Jo and Candace, respectively. Plus, of course, we have your winner for the reader’s choice best book. (See the Best Of lists from... 
Moonglow (Darkest London #2) Kristen Callihan Published: July 31, 2012 (Forever) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: This review assumes you’ve read the first Darkest London book, Firelight. If you haven’t, please check out Jo’s review of book one. It’s no secret that I loved Firelight. In fact it’s one of my favorite reads of 2012 so far. So I was excited... 
