Kitty Rocks the House by Carrie Vaughn

So last time, I said I wanted to see more of Kitty and Ben's pack; the domesticity of lycanthropy, as it were. We get some of that here, as our heroes return from the wars London and find a lone wolf in their territory, intending to challenge them for the leadership of the pack. They deal with it in a very ( Read more... )

Kitty Steals the Show by Carrie VaughnKitty is attending the first International Conference on Paranormal Studies, in London, UK. In fact, she will be the keynote speaker, assuming she ever gets her speech written. Of course, Ben goes with her, as does Cormac (who may actually have permission from his parole officer to leave the continent). ( Read more... )

Fair Game: an alpha and omega novel by Patricia BriggsA serial killer in the Boston area is killing werewolves; Charles and Anna are sent in to cooperate with the FBI. Upon reviewing old cases, though, they realise that the killer has not only been killing werewolves all along during a long career, he has also been killing fae; weaker or half- ( Read more... )

Kitty Goes to War by Carrie VaughnI don't think that title is a spoiler ( Read more... )

The Shadow Pavilion: a Detective Inspector Chen novel by Liz WilliamsMovie star Lara Chowdijharee is proving troublesome to her management, but she's too successful for them to just fire her. However, perhaps they can send her back to where she came from . . . when that proves to be a bad idea, her manager has to go on the run, finding protection ( Read more... )

The Science of Good & Evil: Why people cheat, gossip, care, share, and follow the golden rule by Michael Shermer

As a general rule, when you see a book with a title like, "the science of x", it is well to be wary (it is imperative to be wary where 'x' is some popular culture phenomenon, such as a TV show or movie series--in these cases, there ( Read more... )

The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. HinesI have, as a general rule, been avoiding Jim Hines' work. His previous series, about goblins, looked like it was trying to go for humorous by way of twee, if you get what I mean. A second problem is this kind of "revisionist fairytale" thing. Done wrong, it's really annoying, and it's usually done wrong. ( Read more... )

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