We have another terrific day scheduled here at Duck Chat. Thanks for stopping by!
Your treat for the day is S. J. Day!
Of course, most of you know S.J. as Sylvia Day, but she began her sojourn into urban fantasy under a different name. Her first trilogy, the Marked series, debuted this year. Eve of Darkness, [...]

Gwen’s review of Eve of Destruction (Marked, Book 2) by S.J. Day
Urban Fantasy released by Tor 2 Jun 09
As you know by now, Sylvia Day is one of my fav erotic romance authors, so this entry into the UF genre is something I read with avid interest. Few people can twist passion and emotion [...]

Gwen’s review of Eve of Darkness (Marked, Book 1) by S.J. Day
Urban Fantasy released by Tor 28 Apr 09
Let me just say that it’s nice to see some ethnic flavor in a heroine for once.  And this heroine kicks some serious butt.  Not to mention that the heroes (yes, more than one) are oh [...]

Gwen’s review of Red (Dead World, Book 1) by Jordan Summers
Urban Fantasy Romance released by Tor Paranormal Romance 4 Nov 08
I read a lot of urban fantasy.  I read a lot of historicals, too.  Okay, okay.  I just plain read a lot.  But I still read a lot of urban fantasy and when I find [...]

Gwen’s review of Fallen (Fallen Angel Trilogy, Book 1) by Claire Delacroix
Urban fantasy romantic suspense released by Tor 30 Sep 08
The book takes place in a post-(multiple)apocalyptic United States, now called the Republic, in the year 2099.  It’s a dirty-nuke-ravaged, but functioning society that is literally powered by slave labor.  This labor is provided by [...]

Gwen’s review of In Twilight’s Shadow (Light Warriors, Book 2) by Patti O’Shea
Action paranormal romance released by Tor Books 3 Jun 08
Another page-turner from Patti O’Shea.  This one is full of interesting characters and some terrific action.  O’Shea has become my go-to author for action romance.  I can trust her to write interesting, believable characters [...]

Shannon C.’s review of Widdershins by Charles de Lint
Urban fantasy released by Tor 16 May 06
Charles de Lint is a comfort read for me. I find his stories are fairly similar, with many of the same archetypes and descriptions, but I always feel a sense of homecoming whenever I return to the world [...]

Shannon C.’s review of Callahan’s Legacy by Spider Robinson
Science fiction novel released by Tor 15 Sep 97
One of the reasons that I started reviewing correlates directly with something Spider Robinson said in the first of his Callahan’s books: “Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.” I know there’s nothing that makes [...]

Shannon C.’s review of Hominids: Neanderthal Parallax, Book 1 by Robert J. Sawyer
Science fiction published by Tor 1 May 02

I might never have gotten to this book if it weren’t for reading a relatively negative review of it recently. The reviewer seemed to say, at least to my mind, that Robert J. Sawyer [...]

Gwen’s review of In the Midnight Hour (Light Warriors, Book 1) by Patti O’Shea
Paranormal romance published 31 July 2007 by Tor
Yes yes.  I know I’m late with this.  What can I say – too many books, so little time.
Patti O’Shea is one of my favorite action romance writers.  Her book The Power of Two (2176 [...]