Again, it's been a while since I posted about my series reading. I'm slowly going through them especially trying to tackle those in my TBR piles, those on audio, and those lingering for some time.
Laura Anne Gilman
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Follows Retriever, Wren Valere who specialises in finding things gone missing — and then bringing them back, no questions asked. All the while using her skills in stealth but also those using current. She's part of the Cosa Nostradamus - those with magical abilities or are magical creatures themselves. Trouble brews during the series especially with the nulls (non-magical humans) and within factions.
Wren is a lone jack and as the name implies she likes working alone. Well except for her business partner Sergei who handles the business side of her retrieving and helps her plan. But as time goes on, she's relied on more and more by others.
Up to: #6 - Blood from Stone
2018: #5 (TBR pile)
The Retrievers series then spins off into two other series, Paranormal Scene Investigations, followed by Sylvan Investigations. So I still have some reading to do in the Cosa Nostradamus world.
Laurell K. Hamilton
Genre: Horror/Urban Fantasy
Series of urban fantasy novels, narrated by title character, Anita Blake. Anita lives in a parallel universe, much like our own, save that not only do things like vampires and shapeshifters exist, but their presence is public knowledge. The novels follow Anita's conflicts with the supernatural as she attempts to solve a variety of mysteries, come to terms with her abilities, and navigate a complex series of romantic and political relationships (from Goodreads).
Up to: #5 - Bloody Bones
2018: #4
Laurell K. Hamilton
Genre: Urban fantasy/Erotic romance/Menage
My name is Meredith 'Merry' Gentry, but of course it's not my real name. I dare not even whisper my true name after dark for fear that one hushed word will travel over the night winds to the soft ear of my aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness. She wants me dead. I don't even know why... (from book 1's blurb).
Thus begins a complex trek in into the Faerie existence, politics, and relationship. Merry surrounds with herself with bodyguards and by decree from her Aunt and to secure her own life, Merry must get pregnant by one of them. But not everyone wants this to happen and Merry's life is constantly in danger.
Up to: #8 - Divine Misdemeanours
2017: #7 (audio)
Lauren Kate
Genre: YA/Paranormal Romance
What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours?
17-year-old Lucinda falls in love with a gorgeous, intelligent boy, Daniel, at her new school, the grim, foreboding Sword & Cross . . . only to find out that Daniel is a fallen angel, and that they have spent lifetimes finding and losing one another as good & evil forces plot to keep them apart.
Get ready to fall . . .
(blurb from book 1)
Up to: #3 - Passion.
2011 #2
Since it's been so long, I'm re-reading book 1.
L. Frank Baum
Genre: Children's/Fantasy
Oz a land outside of our own where a girl name Dorothy and her dog get blown to in their Kansas house. I didn't realise there was a series after The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, so am checking them out.
Up to: #3 - Ozma of Oz
2018: #2 (audio)
Lilliana Rose
Genre: Steampunk/Historical/Romantic Elements
Vickie wants spice in her life, but her husband George is more interested in his work as a doctor. Left alone with nothing to fill in the time, the temptation of leaving the marriage is growing. George wants to rekindle their love, but he takes his duty helping the sick seriously, especially those who can't afford medical bills and finds it hard to spend time with Vickie. An outbreak of a mysterious illness threatens George and Vickie's ordered world. George becomes ill, and Vickie is left to care for him, as well as trying to work out the cause of his ailment. To survive, Vickie must find a way to take charge in her world.
(blurb for book 1)
Up to: #2: Heart of Gold
2015: #1 (TBR pile)
Lilliana Rose
Genre: Steampunk/Sci-fi/Romantic Elements
Nessie dreams of escaping her sheltered life to become a mechanical engineer with mechas. But wanting and doing are two very different things, and outer confidence hides inner fears—until she meets Joy.
Joy is tough and self-reliant, used to be looking out for no one but herself. As her job keeps her always on the move, keeping to herself is the best way to survive. The very last person she expects to break her solitude is the prim and proper Nessie.
(blurb for book 1)
Up to: #2: Circus Games
2017: #1 (eTBR pile)
Lisa Gardner
FBI Profiler
Genre: Crime/Psychological Thriller
Lisa Gardner calls this thriller series the FBI Profiler series. It begins with FBI Profiler Pierce Quincy in The Perfect Husband. In book two, he meets local Bakersville, Oregon deputy, Lorraine "Rainie" Conner. Through the series Quincy and his partner Rainie solve crimes involving serial killers and psychopaths. Later books include Quincy’s daughter, FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy.
Up to: #5: Gone
2014: #4
Genre: Crime/Psychological Thriller
Lisa Gardner calls this thriller series the FBI Profiler series. It begins with FBI Profiler Pierce Quincy in The Perfect Husband. In book two, he meets local Bakersville, Oregon deputy, Lorraine "Rainie" Conner. Through the series Quincy and his partner Rainie solve crimes involving serial killers and psychopaths. Later books include Quincy’s daughter, FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy.
Up to: #5: Gone
2014: #4
Lisa Gardner
Genre: Crime/Psychological Thriller
D.D. Warren is a Boston police detective.
Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. Just across the street, in wealthy Back Bay, Boston, an armed man has barricaded himself with his wife and child. The man’s finger tightens on the trigger and Dodge has only a split second to react . . . and forever pay the consequences. (from book 1's blurb)
Up to: #2: Hide
2016: #1
Lizzie T. Leaf
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Humour
Deb Stein loved to party until she took the hunk dressed as a vampire to her bed. Now she's one of the living dead and pissed about it. Plus, she has to find a new identity and WORK! (Blurb from book 1).
Up to: #3: Dead Hunter
2016: #2
Lucienne Diver
Latter-Day Olympians
Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery/ Romantic Elements /Humour
Tori Karacis’s family line may trace back to a drunken liaison between the god Pan and one of the immortal gorgons. Or…maybe it’s just coincidence that her glance can, literally, stop men in their tracks. While her fear of heights kept her out of the family aerobatic troupe, her extreme nosiness fits right in with her uncle’s P.I. business. (from book 1's blurb)
There begins Tori's discovery that the family tales may be real and that the Greek Pantheon is real. Throw in a love interest and love triangle, adventure, and a wicked sense of humour and you have the series.
Up to: #4: Battle for the Blood
2017: #3 (eTBR pile)
Until next time....Happy Reading!
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