Urban Fantasy

Audiobook Review: The Shackles That Hold Us by Michele Notaro

Mar 20, 2023 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 4 stars Audio Rating: 3.5 stars Narrator: CJ Storm Length: 12 hours, 25 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Madeo can hardly believe he is friends with the shifters in his unit, let alone that he is in a...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, 4 stars, Alternate World, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Urban Fantasy
TAGGED: C.J. Storm, established couple, lion, mage, magic, Michele Notaro, self published, shifter, The Magi Accounts Series, torture

Review: Dearly and Vain Valentino by L.A. Kaye

Mar 15, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 3 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Struggling to wrap his head around Keir’s fantastical declaration that he can see and talk to the dead, Dash decides to take a break—a big one. For a month, he plans to do nothing but soak up...

FILED UNDER: 3 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
TAGGED: Dearly and the Departed series, demons, L.A. Kaye, lovers reunited, possession, self published, undertaker, unrequited love

Review: My Cat’s Guide to Online Dating by Christian Baines

Mar 10, 2023 | 2 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Zach is formerly obese and he managed to survive a revenge-porn-esque bullying that both outed him to his entire school and had his fundamentalist parents racking their brains for conversion...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Camille's Reviews, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
TAGGED: body horror, bullying, cannibalism, character death, Christian Baines, horror, mythology, occult, Rebel Satori Press- Queer Mojo

Review: Sloth and Other Delights by T.J. Nichols

Feb 27, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Sloth and Other Delights is the fifth book in T.J. Nichols’ excellent Mythos series. The books carry over a series-long plot and this review will spoil some events at the end of the...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
TAGGED: amnesia, dragon, law enforcement, magic, Mytho series, self published, shifter, T.J. Nichols

Review: Blood Omen by Sheena Jolie

Feb 13, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novella Remi is a vampire courier who transports magical objects and important information. He is in a bar in Hungary, waiting to pick up a talisman he is to deliver to the City Master of the...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
TAGGED: Beacon Hill Sorcerer series, fae, Infinite Arcana universe, self published, Sheena Jolie/S.J. Himes, student, vampire

Review: Consecrated Ground by Virginia Black

Feb 7, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Joan Matthews is returning home to Calvert, Oregon to lay her father to rest. Like those in her family before her, Joan is a witch. However, unlike the others, Joan doesn’t serve the...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
TAGGED: BIPOC, Bywater Books, dystopian, lovers reunited, magic, vampire, Virgina Black, witch

Review: Cair by Eryn Hawk

Jan 18, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel After a bad breakup with his boyfriend/boss, Luca Elliot is left without a job and crashing at his best friend’s apartment. Luca is getting increasingly desperate in his job search...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
TAGGED: boss/employee, Eryn Hawk, fae, fated mates, self published, Veiled City series

Review: Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumsfitt

Jan 17, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Alice, Ila, and Hanna were supposed to enjoy their last year of university. Of course, they made all the promises to stay close even after graduating, but each of them knew that was unlikely to...