Well, how was it?
This one suffered only a little from "middle book" syndrome. Definitely darker than the first. We get deeper into the backstory of the house and the Gardens. It splits scenes between Lily at the house and Silas out with the riders in the mist, which annoys me while reading, but that's just my personal quirk.

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Why Did I Pick This Book?
Um, that cover of course! That cover says dark, gothic fiction. I didn't even realize that it was a MG book. I came for the cover, but I stayed for the story. Curses, fairy-tale nightmares, mythical beasts, ghosts? Yes, please!

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The story begins with a man and a body — not the most auspicious way to start your day, is it? The problem is he doesn't remember how she came to be dead. He remembers that she is a friend of his ex-wife, but has no idea what happened to her. In a case of extreme panic, decides to bury her himself. (I mean, really, hiding the body is the first thing you should do if you are innocent.) However, in the pouring down rain, he realizes this is not to be and places her in the trunk of his car to be disposed of later at home. It seems like a random happenstance and one during which you feel for Roman, alone, afraid, and extremely paranoid. From that moment, we descend with Roman into a place of madness...or is it?

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I wasn't sure that I would enjoy Cursing. Let's be honest — that blurb is all over the place. Killing her boss? Telepathic powers? Aliens!!? Sounds like the weirdest mash-up of urban fantasy and sci-fi, but hey, Men in Black was pretty entertaining and I love Ilona Andrew's Innkeeper series so why not?

Cursing didn't disappoint! What starts out as a typical UF fare quickly morphed into something that Agent J would find completely normal.

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The Art of Death is Becca Vincenza's first foray into the urban fantasy genre. While she is an established romance and paranormal romance author with quite a few books under her belt, she plunges headfirst into the world of urban fantasy with this offering of a new UF series. 

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I typically love anthologies. I love that different authors have the ability create such diverse stories with just a premise to go on. Sharp & Sugar Tooth should have been one of those loves. A dark horror anthology revolving around food? Sounds like a lot of fun, right? The introduction of the book tells of "...we eat or we die. And that makes food ripe for exploitation and power." (Can't argue with that.) Food then becomes a "tool of empowerment within horror, and consumption is a two-way process". The many stories are set up as a look into the relationship between food and women, and how women are often consumed, with or without their consent, for the benefit of others. After such a thought-provoking introduction, I was excited to read this anthology.

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I typically take my horror in two forms: (hopefully) frightening supernatural or B-movie funny. Ferocious sets itself firmly in the later. If you don't like over-the-top action and sarcasm, this is not your book.

Strand has created characters that you can care about. Rusty and his niece, Mia, come complete with backstory and banter. They are both extremely likable characters to find yourself rooting for. And boy, do you! When they first encounter the squirrel-that-would-not die, it's laugh out loud funny. When the stakes get higher and the animals bigger, it's a glorious fight for survival that doesn't shy away from the humor.

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Cliffside Bay Christmas is a novella in the Cliffside Bay series. There are six books so far in the series, each following one of the couples of Cliffside Bay. This novella promises Christmas to be “The season of cats and babies” and it certainly delivers on that promise.

If you like your stories sweet and filled with a multitude of characters and their stories, then this is the series for you. There’s a big focus on family woven throughout all the different storylines. We get to spend a bit of time with multiple characters, each having their own definition of what family means to them. It goes far beyond blood in Tess Thompson’s world. Whether that’s an adopted child, a surrogate mother, or a half-sister, family truly takes center stage here. As Sophie’s mom says “We’re a complex family, but not a complicated one. In that, there are a few quirks of the family tree, but we all love one another very much.”

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What is the Other? Human, animal, vegetable? Part of me hoped for a creature feature, while the part highly suspected aliens, or maybe a dimensional shift where extraterrestrial creatures descend en masse on the bus station. With thoughts of the Mist running through my head, what I experienced instead was a horrifying cacophony of the brutality that humans are capable of, which is in my opinion always one of the most disturbing horror themes out there. Combined with the mystery of the Other and an action-packed plot, Terminal left its imprint on me.

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We all know the adage about not judging a book by its cover, but let's all just take a deep breath and admit that we don't give a hoot about the adage and judge away. You with me?

I'm a sucker for a cover that tells a story and Reaper's does that well. It's a fantastic example of using a cover that perfectly renders the story into art. While simplistic, that door on the cover is brooding and ominous. When I saw it, I had to know what was on the other side. Some doors, however, should never be opened, and Reaper throws them wide.

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