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Summer is perfect for hot romance short stories

Burning Up by Nalini Singh, Angela Knight, Mejean Brooks, Virginia Kantra

August 10, 2019 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

When reading a long series, it’s nice to take a break with a genre collection under an interesting theme. Burning Up brings together four authors who know how to bring the heat to a supernatural romance! As I heard only great things about Nalini Singh, I decided to bring this on my adult spring break trip to Hawaii. I procrastinated on my review and realized this is perfect for my Summer Reads bingo square. I highly recommend powering through a sexy anthology on the plane. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: angela knight, Anthology, bingo square, cbr11bingo, changelings, mejean brooks, Nalini Singh, novella, psy changeling, Romance, shifters, short story collection, steampunk, steampunk romance, summer read, Urban Fantasy, vampires, virginia kantra

teresaelectro's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: angela knight, Anthology, bingo square, cbr11bingo, changelings, mejean brooks, Nalini Singh, novella, psy changeling, Romance, shifters, short story collection, steampunk, steampunk romance, summer read, Urban Fantasy, vampires, virginia kantra ·
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My Prediction/Request Came True!

Competence by Gail Carriger

August 2, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 11 (Travel) I waited until almost the next book in the series release to read Imprudence, the prequel to Competence. I waited until almost the next book in the series release to read Competence because I hadn’t enjoyed Imprudence as much as previous novels by Gail Carriger. In my review of Imprudence I remember stating that I wished that the next novel wouldn’t focus on Rue because she’d started to annoy me. Ms. Carriger seems to have heard my plea (because of course she […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, competence, custard protocol, gail carriger, LGBTQ romance, LGBTQIA romance, parasolverse, The Custard Protocol Series, vampires

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:60 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, competence, custard protocol, gail carriger, LGBTQ romance, LGBTQIA romance, parasolverse, The Custard Protocol Series, vampires ·
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Smudge, the spider I wouldn’t want to squish

Lirbiomancer by Jim Hines

August 2, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 10 (Listicle) I have seen Libriomancer suggested in a few places, but I decided to go ahead and actually acquire and read it when I noticed its presence on “Seanan McGuire’s Personal Top Ten Urban Fantasy Books For Adults” on Tor.com. I have not read any of this author’s work, although I do have their Middlegame on my TBR shelf (on the floor near the shelf actually since the book wouldn’t fit). Anyways, this list provided me with the perfect excuse to pick up […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr11bingo, dryad, Jim Hines, librarian, Libriomancer, magic, magic ex libris, spider, vampires

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:59 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr11bingo, dryad, Jim Hines, librarian, Libriomancer, magic, magic ex libris, spider, vampires ·
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Vampires in Spaaace!

Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews

July 26, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

This book, which was originally intended as a novella, is book 4 in the Innkeeper Chronicles. While it’s not necessary to have read the entire series to fully appreciate this book, it might be helpful to at least have read book three, One Fell Sweep, where Maud and Arland meet for the first time. Official book description: Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers—a special group who provide ‘lodging’ to other-planetary visitors—so she knows that a simple life isn’t in the cards. But even Maud could never have […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, cbr11, ilona andrews, Malin, online serial, Romance, Sweep of the Blade, the Innkeeper Chronicles, vampires

Malin's CBR11 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, cbr11, ilona andrews, Malin, online serial, Romance, Sweep of the Blade, the Innkeeper Chronicles, vampires ·
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I’m basically Reviewer 2 here with this so bear with me

Shadow of Night (All Souls #2) by Deborah Harkness

The Book of Life (All Souls #3) by Deborah Harness

June 6, 2019 by alwaysanswerb Leave a Comment

I didn’t quite make the comparison when I read A Discovery of Witches, the first book in the All Souls Trilogy, but after finishing the set it’s obvious: these are books that are pitched toward fans of Outlander (or books like Outlander that fill in the spaces between major plot twists with lots and lots and lots of small expository details.) It’s probably not a coincidence that Deborah Harkness and Diana Gabaldon both have doctorates and both brought a very academic sensibility to their fiction […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: all souls trilogy, Deborah Harkness, female author, historical fantasy, supernatural, Urban Fantasy, vampires, witches

alwaysanswerb's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: all souls trilogy, Deborah Harkness, female author, historical fantasy, supernatural, Urban Fantasy, vampires, witches ·
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Finally a break in a streak of not great

strange practice by vivian shaw

May 19, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Yeah for finding a new fun series! It’s fairly light, not perfect but quite promising. The basic premise is that Dr. Greta Helsing (daughter of that Helsing; yes, the one you’re probably thinking of) is a doctor for things that go bump in the night, like ghouls, vampires, vampyres, mummies, etc. She’s friends with Edmund Ruthven (yes, that Lord Ruthven), and as a result of a bad thing going on in the monster community, gets together a group including Ruthven, Francis Varney (a vampyr which […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: demons, ghouls, greta helsing, murder mystery, Strange Practice, Urban Fantasy, vampires, Vivian Shaw

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:31 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: demons, ghouls, greta helsing, murder mystery, Strange Practice, Urban Fantasy, vampires, Vivian Shaw ·
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