Hyperion (2013) ISBN: 978-142316491-3
Score: 2

Start of juvenile historical fantasy series Lockwood & Co., about kids fighting ghosts in mid/late 20th century England. I found the reasons why only kids can fight ghosts more plausible than Lockwood owning property and founding a company at his age.

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Roc (2013) ISBN: 978-0-451-46512-2
Score: 3

Eighth Greywalker novel, dealing with hungry ghosts and her boyfriend's nasty father.

Orbit (2013) ISBN: 978-0-316-24662-0 ( Read more... )

Tor (2012) ISBN: 978-0-7653-3027-7
Score: 4

Start of an urban fantasy series about 4 London cops who suddenly gain the ability to see the supernatural, and decide they have a duty to fight crimes and criminals that no one else can see.

Next book: Brian Staveley, The Emperor's Blades

Tor (2013) ISBN: 978-0-7653-3415-2
Score: 3

Third novel about Jane Ellsworth (who uses a different name in each book), in which she's back in England dealing with political unrest and helping her sister find a husband.

Next Book: Paul Cornell, London Falling

Tor (2013) ISBN: 978-0-7653-3407-7
Score: 3

Fifth novel of the Clockwork Century (not counting the novella Clementine), and possibly the last novel as everyone finally notices the danger of the zombies and their cause.

Roc (2013) ISBN: 978-0-451-46518-4
Score: 2

Second novel of the Agent of Hel urban fantasy series, in which things escalate supernaturally (with an Obeah villain) and romantically (she has sex with two guys and considers getting intimate with a third). I like the characters, but it all felt a bit bland and generic.

Luna (2013) ISBN: 978-0-373-80356-9 ( Read more... )

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Tor (2013) ISBN: 978-0-7653-3312-4
Score: 3

Second book set in a world where gods are real but most were killed or imprisoned a couple decades ago. This book has a completely new set of characters, and takes place in a city that used to operate like the Aztec empire.

Next Book: Michelle Sagara, Cast in Sorrow

Pyr (2013) ISBN: 978-1-61614-809-6 ( Read more... )