Tag Archives: paranormal romance

Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews. More tepid, really.

Read January 2025 Recommended for fans Andrews New Adult romance  ★    ★   1/2  I’m an outlier on this one, but I found this to be largely a slog. While I appreciated the first trilogy in the series centering on … Continue reading

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Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh

Read October 2021 and 2025 Recommended for fans of paranormal romance ★  ★  ★ It’s not horrible. I picked up the Psy-Changling series after seeing a friend’s review (and suffering Quarantine Brain), and decided to work my way sequentially through … Continue reading

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Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh

Read October 2021 and 2025 Recommended for UF paranormal romance fans ★  ★  ★  1/2 #2 in my chain-smoking reads. I don’t know what’s happened, truly I don’t. I probably have QB™ again. At any rate, now I understand why … Continue reading

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Black Hat White Witch by Hailey Edwards

Read May 2025 ★  ★ In the grand scale of diverting reads, this was mostly a disappointing ‘meh.’ I had discovered Edwards’ Necromancy series during Covid quarantine and enjoyed them enough that I had hopes for this being entertaining. I … Continue reading

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Bad Blood by Lucienne Diver

Read February 2024 Recommended for fans of UF/PNR   ★    ★   1/2 Forgettable fun. Read because Diver’s story about a supernatural creature and a wolf rescue was one of the standouts of Instinct: An Animal Rescuers Anthology. This, however, is standard … Continue reading

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Devils and Details by Devon Monk

Read January 2023 Recommended for fans UF and PNR  ★    ★    ★     “Okay, that kind of double-guessing everything was going to have to stop right now. I was not paranoid. I refused to become paranoid. Unless maybe … Continue reading

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A Case of Possession by KJ Charles

Read January 2023 Recommended for PNR fans  ★    ★   ★    1/2 An interlude read, a sweet and decently written, undemanding story. I like KJ Charles who does interesting blog posts and reads many of the same books. I’m … Continue reading

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Bonds by Susan Copperfield

Read February 2023 Recommended for ACE romantics ★    ★   1/2 An utterly perplexing book. This is the most competently written unromantic romance I have ever read, and I just don’t know where to go or what to do with … Continue reading

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Magic Mourns by Ilona Andrews. No mourning here.

Read February 2023 Recommended for fans of Kate Daniels ★    ★   ★   ★    The recent release of the novella Magic Tides has me revisiting some of the books in the Kate Daniels world. Not all of them, mind you; though … Continue reading

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Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

Recommended for fans of Kate Daniels, slow burns Read October  2021 ★   ★   ★   ★ I never read paranormal romances. lie Ok, fine. And I’m not in the Andrews fan club, either. lie I’ve only read this book one. Oooh, … Continue reading

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