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Bryan, J.L.: Jenny Pox (The Paranormals) (2010)
Cover artist Phatpuppy Art It is difficult enough being a teen-ager as it is. Add in a curse and life gets even rougher. What if that curse happens to be that anything that touches your bare skin or...
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Monk, Devon: Magic in the Blood (Allie Beckstrom) (2009)
Cover art by Larry Rostant and Roc In Magic in the Blood Devon Monk continues to provide us with excellent entertainment. Devon Monk manages to show us a three-dimensional Allie Beckstrom. But Allie is...
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Monk, Devon: Magic in the Shadows (Allie Beckstrom) (2009)
Cover art by Larry Rostant There is especially one character in Magic in the Shadows that I want to point out. In Magic in the Blood Allie managed to bring alive a gargoyle. Stone, the gargoyle, is a...
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Monk, Devon: Magic on the Storm (Allie Beckstrom) (2010)
Cover art by Larry Rostant One of the things I like about Devon Monk’s Portland is the kind of magic she uses (well, her character anyways). In a place where magic has become something so ordered and...
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Monk, Devon: Magic at the Gate (Allie Beckstrom) (2010)
Cover by Larry Rostant Magic on the Storm left us hanging there – a real cliff-hanger ending. And that is fine. Not that I have a say in the matter. I might have wanted to knock Devon Monk on the head...
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Monk, Devon: Magic on the Line (Allie Beckstrom) (2011)
Cover art by Larry Rostant I wonder if they used the same method for Devon Monk’s covers as they have for Jean Johnson. Jean Johnson was kind enough to explain that her publishers had gotten the...
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Monk, Devon: Magic Without Mercy (Allie Beckstrom) (2012)
Cover art by Larry Rostant I think this is my favorite Allie Beckstrom cover thus far. There is something about the atmosphere in it. Devon Monk keeps on writing well. As a reader, following Allie’s...
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Gay, Kelly: The Hour of Dust and Ashes (Charlie Madigan) (2011)
Cover art by Christian McGrath Does Kelly Gay keep up her good work in The Hour of Dust and Ashes? Yes, she most definitely does. She has that rare ability of being able to keep her writing tight, very...
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Gay, Kelly: Shadows Before the Sun (Charlie Madigan) (2012)
Cover art by Christian McGrath Shadows Before the Sun is the 4th installment of the Charlie Madigan series. Whether it is the final one remains to be seen but it did represent an ending to me. Charlie...
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Duncan, Sophie: The Diablo Ouija (Haward Mysteries) (2011)
Cover art by Natasha Duncan-Drake Sophie Duncan is the author for The Diablo Ouija. For the time being, you can get the short story for free. The Diablo Ouija is a Haward Mysteries short story. The...
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Guon, Ellen: Bedlam Boyz (Urban Elves) (1993)
Cover artists C.W. Kelly and Larry Dixon There seem to be pirat copies of the digital version around – according to the author. Amazon has taken their copy off the air. The Urban Elves series is a...
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French, John F.: Just Passing Through (2012)
Cover art by J.F. French Don’t let this cover fool you. This is not some idyllic tale of life in a sunset, Oooh, no! What we have here is a regular old who-dun-it with some unexpected revelations for...
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George, Kevin: Drinking Life (Keeper of the Water) (2011)
Cover art by an artist from guru.com for the artwork.Kevin George then used photoshop to turn that into a cover. Sometimes in life we make choices that can have far-reaching consequences, not only for...
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Caine, Rachel: The Morganville Vampires (2006-2013) / Weather Warden...
Rachel Caine, or Roxanne Longstreet Conrad as she is known to her friends, is a prolific writer. From what I have read of her writing (Morganville series, one Weather Warden and one The Revivalist) her...
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Lichtenberg, Tom: Happy Slumbers (Dragon City) (2012)
Cover art by ?I wish I knew the name of this artist because this is a really great picture. Spring Hill Lake is this bizarre town where mysterious things happen. People disappear, sinkholes appear and...
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Hoyt, Sarah A.: Draw One in the Dark (Shifter) (2006)
Cover art by Veronica Casas Draw One in the Dark made me think about what it must be like to be a foster-kid and a homeless kid in the US. I haven’t been a foster-kid anywhere. Nor have I worked with...
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Violante, Maria: BirthMarked (The Markers I) (2013)
Cover artist: James Caldwell So, I was sent a review copy of BirthMarked by Maria Violante and have now finished it. She wasn’t sure I was going to like it, but I did. The main character is very...
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Gimpel, Ann: Earth’s Requiem (Earth Reclaimed I) (2013)
Earth’s Requiem is the first installment of the serial Earth Reclaimed. Being a serial, it did what all proper installments of a serial should – ended on a cliff-hanger. I should probably tell you...
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Spencer, Wen: Eight Million Gods (八百万の神) (2013)
Cover art by Tom KiddReally great cover There is a reason I love Wen Spencer’s writing. Her characters are all odd-balls trying to fit in with the rest of the world. Some are more successful than...
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Reine, S.M.: The Darkest Gate (The Descent II) (2012)
Cover by S.M. Reine I think my favorite part of The Darkest Gate is the way S.M. Reine writes Elise’s pain. Her emotional baggage is at least ten sizes larger than her and the manner she deals with...
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