Kate Elliott, Shadow Gate
Tor (2008) ISBN: 978-0-7653-1056-9
Score: 3

Middle volume of the Crossroads trilogy, in which the general population finally realizes the scope of the conflict, many characters wallow in unrequited love, and the reader meets nearly all of the Guardians.

Next Book: Michelle Sagara, Silence

Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett, HavemercyBantam (2008) ISBN: 978-0-553-80696-0 ( Read more... )

Marie Brennan, Midnight Never Come
Orbit (2008) ISBN: 978-0-316-02029-9
Score: 2

First novel of the Onyx Court (a faerie court under London) set during the reign of Elisabeth I.

Carrie Vaughn, "Life is the Teacher"
Tor (2008) ISBN: 978-0-7653-2696-6
Score: 1

Emma adapts to her new situation after Kitty Goes to Washington.

Sherwood Smith, King's Shield
Daw (2008) ISBN: 978-0-7564-0500-7
Score: 3

Third Inda novel, in which he goes home. It's interesting that each book had a king die off-stage, as well as multiple characters believed to be dead but aren't (though I'm just guessing the examples from this book are still alive).

Next Book: Daniel Fox, Hidden Cities

Daryl Gregory, Pandemonium
Del Rey (2008) ISBN: 978-0-345-50116-5
Score: 2

stand alone urban fantasy in a world where people are sometimes possessed by archetypical beings

Shannon Hale (writer), Dean Hale (writer), Nathan Hale (artist), Rapunzel's Revenge
Bloomsbury (2008) ISBN: 978-1-59990-070-4
Score: 2

Graphic novel retelling of Rapunzel mixed with a bunch of other stories and a wild west sort of setting.

Adrian Tchaikovsky, Empire in Black and Gold
Pyr (2008) ISBN: 978-1-61614-192-9
Score: 2

Start of the Shadows of the Apt high fantasy series (at least six books)

Ian C. Esslemont, Return of the Crimson Guard
Tor (2008) ISBN: 978-0-765-32370-5
Score: 4

Second of Esslemont's Malazan novels, set between The Bonehunters and Toll the Hounds (covers the same time period as Reaper's Gale).

Joel Shepherd, Petrodor
Pyr (2008) ISBN: 978-1-61614-193-6
Score: 2

Second book of a Trial and Blood and Steel