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City of Nightmares

“It’s hard to stop being afraid when the whole world is literally full of monsters.”

City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer

February 2, 2023 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

Look, when the book’s blurb starts out with “ever since her sister became a man-eating spider”, how in the world could I not pick up this book? And while I was initially put off by the cover (seriously, it doesn’t not match the book at all), I’m so glad I picked this up. It’s a quirky story but one I very much enjoyed. For over a hundred years, people have been afraid of Nightmares. If you dream, you have a chance of turning into a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Rebecca Schaeffer, vampires, Young Adult

llamareadsbooks's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Rebecca Schaeffer, vampires, Young Adult ·
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Gripping Conclusion of the Passage Trilogy

The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin

January 30, 2023 by Tracy Leave a Comment

Most of The City of Mirrors is set about 20 years after events of The Twelve. Virals haven’t been seen in decades, and citizens from Kerrville, TX, are moving out into settlements in other parts of Texas. They think the threat is gone because they don’t know about Fanning (AKA Zero). We learn a lot about Fanning. A large segment of the novel, about 100 pages’ worth, is dedicated to his first person account of his life prior to being infected. He was roommates with […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Justin Cronin, vampires

Tracy's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Justin Cronin, vampires ·
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Not As Many People Die as You Would Expect

The Twelve by Justin Cronin

January 25, 2023 by Tracy Leave a Comment

“Present day” in The Twelve is set about 5 years after events in The Passage. Some of the former cast of characters are tracking down virals, or trying to, at any rate. Others are slaves in Iowa in a settlement of sorts run by “redeyes” – people who are essentially “familiars” to the virals. Their nefarious plan is to have the 11 remaining virals move into something like a bunker in the town so they have a steady supply of food (i.e., people and livestock) […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Justin Cronin, the passage, vampires

Tracy's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Justin Cronin, the passage, vampires ·
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Kate’s back, baby!

Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews

January 22, 2023 by Malin 2 Comments

4.5 stars While this book is the start of a new chapter in the lives of Kate Daniels and her family, I suspect this book will work a lot better if you’ve read at least some of the previous thirteen books and various novellas. As always, I would recommend strongly skipping the first book (as do the authors themselves). Start with book 2, Magic Burns. Set seven years after Magic Triumphs (and about two years before the events of Blood Heir), Kate, her former Beast-Lord […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, ilona andrews, Kate Daniels, magic, Magic Tides, Malin, mystery, novella, paranormal fantasy, Romance, shapeshifters, the Wilmington Years, vampires

Malin's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: CBR15, ilona andrews, Kate Daniels, magic, Magic Tides, Malin, mystery, novella, paranormal fantasy, Romance, shapeshifters, the Wilmington Years, vampires ·
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Quite an Epic

The Passage by Justin Cronin

January 12, 2023 by Tracy Leave a Comment

Where to start? There so much that happens in this 800-page novel, which almost defies genre. Is it science fiction? Dystopian? Horror? Probably all of those, and more. The novel starts in the near future, or what was probably the near future at the time it was written over a decade ago. Humans have discovered a naturally-existing virus that, when it doesn’t kill them, essentially turns people into vampires: long-lived, strong, easily heal, don’t do well in sunlight, etc. As mankind is wont to do, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Justin Cronin, vampires

Tracy's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Justin Cronin, vampires ·
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It’s the biggest and most dangerous dating show in the universe!

Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews

December 31, 2022 by Malin 2 Comments

This is not the place to start The Innkeeper Chronicles, as it’s the sixth installment overall (four full books and a novella come before it). This story has a LOT of callbacks to previous stories, so just start with Clean Sweep if you haven’t tried this yet. Innkeepers Dina DeMille and Sean Evans are still trying to recover from the last cosmic adventure that taxed them when they discover that Wilmos, the aging werewolf who’s pretty much Sean’s surrogate grandfather has been abducted. The traces […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, action, Aliens, assassins, big cats, cbr14, ilona andrews, Malin, mystery, pirates, Romance, Sweep of the Heart, the Innkeeper Chronicles, vampires, werewolves

Malin's CBR14 Review No:50 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, action, Aliens, assassins, big cats, cbr14, ilona andrews, Malin, mystery, pirates, Romance, Sweep of the Heart, the Innkeeper Chronicles, vampires, werewolves ·
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