Genre: Urban Fantasy

Audio Review: Charming – Dannika Dark

Audio Review: Charming – Dannika Dark

Charming is a story in the Seven series, and it was delightful to get to know Prince better… I thought he was so ornery, but getting to understand him made a big difference. Prince was really the one character I already knew when I started listening to Charming, and I really enjoyed him. I was intrigued by Nadia at first, but she also came across as both bitchy and quite distant, especially after I got to know her twin sister Kat… She is a strong woman, and Alpha, and she listens to her instincts that tell her their dad is still alive, even if he has been missing for ten years. As a bounty hunter, she thinks she’s on the […]

Posted 21 January, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 20 Comments
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Review: Sweep in Peace – Ilona Andrews

Review: Sweep in Peace – Ilona Andrews

Andrews did it again! Sweep in Peace took me on a wild ride, and I stayed up until almost 3:30 am to finish reading about Dina and Gertrude Hunt. Sweep in Peace is just as well done and filled with adventure as the first Innkeeper Chronicles was! There is so much going on, and Dina will do everything she can to save her inn, Gertrude Hunt. When an arbitrator shows up to tell her he needs an inn to host some peace talks between three rival species on the planet Nexus, she knows it’s very dangerous, especially when she realizes that all the other Innkeepers told him no. She really needs money, though, and her inn really needs more visitors […]

Posted 14 January, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 24 Comments
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Review: Hunted by the Others – Jess Haines

Review: Hunted by the Others – Jess Haines

Hunted by the Others is my kind of paranormal / urban fantasy! Shiarra is a very good heroine, in that she is definitely flawed, but fiercely loyal and strong minded. My Hunted by the Others review: It’s kind of strange to me, but Hunted by the Others felt so fresh and new in the paranormal urban fantasy genre, but it was actually released in 2010! I wonder if those stories that were the pre-cursors for books being released now had less pressure? I loved Shiarra, and I really enjoyed her friendship with Sara, too. And let me just say the character development is astounding! Shiarra starts out completely freaked out by every person who isn’t completely human. I didn’t get […]

Posted 8 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 24 Comments
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Review: Magic Shifts – Ilona Andrews

Review: Magic Shifts – Ilona Andrews

Magic Shifts shows how life is for Curran and Kate after they leave the pack, and if you thought things would slow down for them, you were very wrong. My Magic Shifts review: The Kate Daniels series continues to be among the very best there is when it comes to Urban Fantasy, and in my opinion. Kate and Curran are a big part of why I love this so much! From the first book and up until now, the changes they have both gone through, the growth, the maturing – it’s pretty amazing, let me tell you! Curran became the alpha of a pack when he was very young, so he has never really been an adult who didn’t have […]

Posted 27 November, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Review: Once Bitten, Twice Shy – Jennifer Rardin

Review: Once Bitten, Twice Shy – Jennifer Rardin

Once Bitten, Twice Shy is one of those fast-paced urban fantasy novels that grabs you from the start and brings you on a wild ride full of action, fights and intrigue. My Once Bitten, Twice Shy review: Jaz has definitely had a complex life so far, her childhood moving around to different army bases, her father being absent more often than not. But the strong ties she had with her twin-brother and little sister made it all bearable. Now, Jaz hasn’t spoken to her brother Dave in over a year, and while she speaks to her sister Evie quite often, she doesn’t have the time to see her often. The grumpy old man she calls dad aggravates her more than […]

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Review: Magic Breaks – Ilona Andrews

Review: Magic Breaks – Ilona Andrews

Magic Breaks brings a lot of loose ends together, while also opening up a few new cans of worms. Fast-paced and action-filled, but also having that special bond Kate has with the characters she cares for, it was an amazing read. My Magic Breaks review: It’s not exactly a secret that I fell in love with Kate Daniels when I finally started reading these books about a year ago. I had been holding out on Magic Breaks, though, so I could read it back to back with Magic Shifts this summer. And I’m very happy I waited a while, because it was well worth the wait! Both Kate and Curran continue to be one of my favorite paranormal couples! They […]

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Review: Two Minutes – Dannika Dark

Review: Two Minutes – Dannika Dark

Two Minutes is more dramatic than the prior books in the Seven series, because there are some even more serious parts to the plot this time around. My Two Minutes review: I always enjoyed Maizy in the Seven series, how she interacted with the shape shifters, and how she and Denver became fast friends, despite their age difference. In Two Minutes, Maizy is all grown up, and she’s been away from her home for several years, studying first elsewhere in the US, then in the UK. Once she comes back, Denver is completely taken aback – at first he doesn’t even recognize her, but thinks she is his blind date for the evening. Because it had been several years since […]

Posted 19 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 9 Comments
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Review: Rapture – J.R. Ward

Review: Rapture – J.R. Ward

Rapture showed a different side of Jim Heron, and it had some interesting developments when it came to the sides of ‘good’ and ‘bad’, as well as a character I didn’t think we’d ever see again. My Rapture review: There are a lot of things happening in Rapture that I can’t really mention in my review for fear of spoiling things! There is a mystery soul Jim and Adrian need to try and save, and this is the main plot and story-line. There are two interesting sub-plots as well, on involving Devina and her vile ways of trying to distract Jim from finding the right soul and doing what is needed to get that soul for ‘the good side’. The […]

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Review: Tempt the Stars – Karen Chance

Review: Tempt the Stars – Karen Chance

Tempt the Stars blew me away! I don’t think I can wait another second to pick up the next book in the Cassie Palmer series, because holy cliffhanger, Batman!! My Tempt the Stars review: Cassie definitely had her work cut out for her in this fast-paced adventure! Tempt the Stars was filled with intrigue and action, and for many things, Cassie was still kept in the dark about her powers, the fact that there were more people out there both looking out for her, and doing what they could to stop her. The vampires kept her thinking she was safe with them, especially Mircea, even if he didn’t actually show up for real in this installment. Pirkin gone, she had […]

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Review: Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly – Patricia Briggs

Review: Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly – Patricia Briggs

Hopcross Jilly is a new story in the Mercy Thompson universe, and reading this graphic novel was fun! My Hopcross Jilly review: I was a little surprised to enjoy Hopcross Jilly so much, both because I’m not reading graphic novels very often, and because Jessie, not Mercy was the main character in this story. The illustrator did a really good job at portraying the darkness of the story, as many of the pages only had black panels, in which the characters were drawn as if they were in the shadows. I have to admit I still enjoy novels more than graphic novels, though, because I’m a word-lover, and of course, when big parts of the story can be told through […]

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