• Urban Fantasy

    Book Review: Briarpatch, by Tim Pratt 

    Published on 01-18-2012 06:38 PM  Number of Views: 136 
    Categories:
    1. Fantasy
    2. Urban Fantasy
    3. Dark Fantasy
    4. Modern/Urban Fantasy
    5. 4.0 Stars
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    Briarpatch, by Tim Pratt
    Reviewed by Michael D. Griffiths
    Publisher: Chizine Publications
    Year Published: 2011


    Briarpatch by Tim Pratt is a dark, very moody tale. When the story starts with a suicide the reader quickly learns what they are in for. Pratt, however, breaks away from the pack and proves that he can weave a unique and extremely engaging story. Like most Chizine books, this one is full of concepts and ideas that takes normal storytelling, throws it out the window, and replaces it with a type of world that even the most experienced reader has yet to explore. ...
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    Book Review: Desdaemona, by Ben Macallan 

    Published on 01-02-2012 07:12 AM  Number of Views: 277 
    Categories:
    1. Fantasy
    2. Urban Fantasy
    3. Dark Fantasy
    4. Modern/Urban Fantasy
    5. 3.0 Stars
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    Desdaemona, by Ben Macallan
    Reviewed by Joshua Palmatier
    Publisher: Solaris
    Year Published: 2011

    Desdaemona is the debut novel (here in the US) for Ben Macallan. It's an urban fantasy, and most of you know that I generally don't read urban fantasy. I just don't get caught up in it. I received this book as an eARC before it was published and read at least half of it then. I bought the book when it came out and finished it up just now. Out of the urban fantasies I've read, I'd say that this one has a few qualities that will make it stick out in the urban fantasy field. ...
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    Book Review: Griffin Rising, by Darby Karchut 

    Published on 12-12-2011 07:19 PM  Number of Views: 174 
    Categories:
    1. Urban Fantasy
    2. Christian Fantasy
    3. Modern/Urban Fantasy
    4. Young Adult Fantasy
    5. 3.0 Stars
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    Griffin Rising, by Darby Karchut
    Reviewed by Michael D. Griffiths
    Publisher: Twilight Times Books
    Year Published: 2011

    Griffin Rising is an Urban Fantasy set in our current times. It is geared toward a younger audience, which is fitting, for this book chronicles the early adventures of the teenaged Griffin as he comes to terms with his supernatural nature. ...
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    Book Review: Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris 

    Published on 12-06-2011 06:37 PM  Number of Views: 195 
    Categories:
    1. Horror
    2. Urban Fantasy
    3. Vampire
    4. Modern/Urban Fantasy
    5. Movies/TV
    6. 3.0 Stars
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    Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris
    Reviewed by Joshua Palmatier
    Publisher: ACE TRADE
    Year Published: 2010

    First off, I have not seen "True Blood" so I read this without any possible coloration from having viewed that first.

    As everyone probably already knows, this is the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris. The basic premise is that vampires have been legally recognized and so are now part of the world. Sookie, a waitress in the small town of Bon Temps, has been desperate to see one, so when one shows up in her town, she's instantly drawn to him, mostly out of curiosity. But when young women--all with jobs like Sookie's, and all who associate with vampires--begin turning up strangled to death, suspicions turn on this new vampire, who Sookie has now befriended. The rest of the book revolves around Sookie finding out more about the vampire world while attempting to figure out who is killing these young women, since she is obviously a potential target. ...
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    Book Review: 7 Scorpions Rebellion, by Mike Saxton 

    Published on 11-08-2011 10:57 AM  Number of Views: 440 
    Categories:
    1. Science Fiction
    2. Urban Fantasy
    3. High Tech Science Fiction
    4. Apocolyptic
    5. 3.0 Stars
    6. Science Fantasy
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    7 Scorpions Rebellion, by Mike Saxton
    Reviewed by Michael D. Griffiths
    Publisher: Eloquent Books
    Year Published: 2011


    Scorpions Rebellion is a dark, very apocalyptic science fiction novel written by Mike Saxton. Set in the not too distant future, the world is brought to its knees in just one day when all of the Earth’s major cities are reduced to rubble. The survivors have only begun to suffer, for the genocidal Zodiac has more horrors in store for them. Bladeless helicopters, giant city destroying bulldozers, and armored soldiers called Seekers, whose mere presence renders most humans helpless by the unexplained waves of fear they create, are just the beginning. ...
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