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“When death stares people in the face, they revert to their true self.”

The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews

October 27, 2025 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Free (swapping out Migrant) In a world pretty much like our own, people were just going about their ordinary lives when suddenly, everything changed. Gigantic portals to some other mystical dimension began opening all over the world. It soon became clear that if the portals were left unattended for a while, hordes of horrific monsters emerged and proceeded to wreak havoc. Once specialised teams started breaching the gates, they discovered each portal contained a lot of rare and valuable minerals and resources, as […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, cbr17, cbr17bingo, family, ilona andrews, installments, Malin, monsters, the Breach Wars, The Inheritance, Urban Fantasy

Malin's CBR17 Review No:62 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, cbr17, cbr17bingo, family, ilona andrews, installments, Malin, monsters, the Breach Wars, The Inheritance, Urban Fantasy ·
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Dependable, violent fun from Ilona Andrews

The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews

October 2, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: I If you pay attention to the writing duo/married couple behind the pen name Ilona Andrews, you know that they every once in a while publish serialized stories on their website/blog, and often these intended short stories turn into novellas or full novels. Apparently, half of them are also aware of this while one still thinks they really could keep it to a short story. If you enjoy Ilona Andrews, you’ll see a lot of types that reoccur throughout their fiction – highly […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Breach wars, cbr17bingo, ilona andrews

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:91 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Breach wars, cbr17bingo, ilona andrews ·
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Novella Round Up – Expanding Urban Fantasy universes

How Green This Land, How Blue this Sea by Mira Grant

Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus by Mira Grant

Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews

August 3, 2025 by Jen K 1 Comment

I read these novellas at various points this year and figured at this point, it might just be easiest to do a quick post covering all 3 to get them done. The first two are part of the same series. So Green This Land, So Blue This Sea – 3 stars The one follows one of the side characters from Shawn and George’s original blog as he visits some of their network in Australia to write a news story about Australia from an outsider’s perspective. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: ilona andrews, Kate Daniels, Mira Grant, Newsflesh, roman’s chronicles, Urban Fantasy, zombies

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:75 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: ilona andrews, Kate Daniels, Mira Grant, Newsflesh, roman’s chronicles, Urban Fantasy, zombies ·
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“Congratulations. You’re evil enough.”

Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews

August 19, 2024 by Malin 10 Comments

4.5 stars Nowhere Bingo: Takes place during a holiday/holiday season (this is set around Christmas/a bunch of pagan midwinter rites) 362 days of the year, Roman, Black Volhv of Atlanta, dutifully serves Chernobog, the god of Destruction, Darkness, and Death. He just wants a few days of peace, to enjoy his stew, eggnog, and cookies, but it is not to be. One of the infernal paranormal critters that loves him has cleaned out both his eggnog and cookie stash and to make matters worse, there’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR16, family, ilona andrews, Malin, mystery, novella, Nowhere Book Bingo, paranormal fantasy, Sanctuary, Slavic mythology, The Roman Chronicles

Malin's CBR16 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR16, family, ilona andrews, Malin, mystery, novella, Nowhere Book Bingo, paranormal fantasy, Sanctuary, Slavic mythology, The Roman Chronicles ·
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Mixing it up with gentrification, magic, and Mothman

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews

I'm in Love with Mothman by Paige Lavoie

December 30, 2023 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

CBR15 Passport Challenge: Different genres – suspense thriller, urban fantasy, and monster romance When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole has been in my audible library for way too long. When it was picked for my Lawless book club, it was a sign. I do like to read mystery and thrillers to mix it up between the glut of romances I read. Dubbed by the author as a gentrification thriller, Sydney Green is having a bad time. After a disastrous divorce, she’s moved back in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, book one, Brooklyn, CBR15Passport, fairies, gentrification, ilona andrews, Kate Daniels, magic, mothman, mothman in love, new york, paige lavoie, paranormal romance, Series, Suspense, suspense/thriller, Urban Fantasy

teresaelectro's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense · Tags: Alyssa Cole, book one, Brooklyn, CBR15Passport, fairies, gentrification, ilona andrews, Kate Daniels, magic, mothman, mothman in love, new york, paige lavoie, paranormal romance, Series, Suspense, suspense/thriller, Urban Fantasy ·
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I want to live in this book.

Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1) by Ilona Andrews

December 19, 2023 by narfna 6 Comments

“…Something isn’t right with you and this property. Strange things happen around it. I don’t know what is going on, but I will find out. You could make it easier on yourself by coming clean.” “Sure. This is a magic bed-and-breakfast and the two guys in my kitchen are aliens from outerspace.” Blurb from the back of the book: “On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Clean Sweep, cozy, ilona andrews, indie fantasy, narfna, sci-fi, serialized novel, Urban Fantasy, werewolves

narfna's CBR15 Review No:147 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Clean Sweep, cozy, ilona andrews, indie fantasy, narfna, sci-fi, serialized novel, Urban Fantasy, werewolves ·
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