Fantasy/Urban Fantasy

with the town being a safe haven of sorts for the supernatural, but she takes the leap anyway. Shortly after her arrival, she is tracked down by Alessandro and blackmailed into starting a Vampire Academy for his sires. With a short timeline to work with, Rebel struggles to accept her new commitment, especially with news of several murdered witches. When a vampire offers to align with her, she must decide if she can really trust him or if she will have better luck trying to survive this alone. The vast variety of personalities and behaviors represented in the characters is phenomenal. Each character embodies their assigned persona incredibly well and it makes for a joyful read as they interact with each other. Their character development shows the perfect amount of reluctance and submission that one would expect from a vampire as well. The comic relief intertwined amongst the drama and worry that Rebel faces is what makes this a much lighter read than one would expect from the typical supernatural fantasy. Everything, from Rebel’s thoughts and dialogue to her journal entries, adds to the humor. While “Fangsters” deHinitely has its own tone and twist, the plot does sometimes feels like a melting pot of every supernatural fantasy on the market rather than its own story. Despite this, the read is enjoyable and light-hearted.

Sadie Wilson

Beauty and The Blade (The Talented Book 1)

S.C. Grayson

they are even enemies at all. The twists and turns come fast and furious in this rapid paced novel. The character development is great as their perspectives are challenged and they learn more about each other. The supporting characters are funny, charming, and also serve to help Contessa and Nathaniel in their growth and development. Filled with intrigue and skilled Highting, this fantasy is sure to have hearts pumping and blood racing. The next in this series can’t come soon enough!

Cara Cieslak

HISTORICAL: Contessa is marrying the man who murdered her mother. Nathaniel Woodrow is known as The Beast, and is also the man Contessa knows is a murderer and an outlaw. She enters the union with the sole purpose of Hinding evidence to prove his crimes and bring down The Beast and his crime ring once and for all. But as she begins to get to know him, she begins to learn that things aren’t always as they Hirst appear, and everything she believes may not be the truth. Her father is the Chief of the Royal Police and will not allow her to fall victim to The Beast’s tricks, nor does he trust her to take him down from the inside. Justice and revenge are the reasons for the wedding, but the result may be love and allegiance – if they can work together to uncover the truth.

Contessa is a strong, intelligent heroine with a quick wit and sharp mind. Nathaniel and Contessa seem to have no spark at Hirst, just a mutual dislike. But as they spend time together, their chemistry begins to draw these two enemies ever closer until they are questioning whether

Thaddeus of Beewicke (The College of Sorcerers Book 1)

Louis Sauvain

Magic thrives in the Westlands, as an ancient and unassuming sorcerer crosses an underdeveloped countryside, collecting new talent for an austere centre of enchanted learning known as The Collegium. Silvestrus’ three young recruits are Thaddeus, an unworldly beekeeping rustic; Anders, a pampered scholar; and Rolland, an urban street thief. The fourteen-year-old novices are as green as sorcerers come, but faraway in the eastern Empire of Cin, a rising power is wary of a