Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance Reviewers ---- Unite!

[Parajunkee]

Hello there fellow bloggers! My favorite books are Urban / PNR and I love reading other reviews on the subject. I also was thinking maybe to get other reviewers together that like the genre and have small new blogs (like mine) to link up. Maybe do similar reviews on one book right as it comes out? Something like that. Any ideas?

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[Parajunkee]

Oops my blog is: Parajunkee's View

[Froggarita]

you know you can count me in on whatever is decided!
mines:
http://froggaritavillesbookcase.blogspot.com/

[Froggarita]

oops forgot my other blog too
http://froggaritascoffin.blogspot.com/

PJ, just so I understand....did you want to do like a grouping of blogs that join up and make like a group out of them and call them something like the Paranormal Bloggers (just tossing a name out for the example)..make a button we all display to show we belong with the list of blogs who belong under it sort of thing? I hope I am making sense..its 10 PM.LOL!

Well an idea is we could do a certain meme on the same day...make one up or use one out there...

[Parajunkee]

That sounds good, I'm just throwing things out, cause I've been searching for other similar blogs and we seem to be a minority. It can be the ParaUnion! LoL. It doesn't have to be a same day meme, maybe more like a new release challenge/discussion I love discussing books with others!

[Froggarita]

I do too..its one of the reasons i started my blog! So far we have 3!! Should we make a group here where we can chat about it?

[Parajunkee]

I think so...its name brain storming time

[Heather Kay]

Check out my book blog http://hatherkay.vox.com

I have read what I consider the top three Vampire Romance/Mystery book series that are out there. My Vampire interest was recently acquired through the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer, however I searched for a more adult approach on the subject matter and this is what I recommend.
Sookie Stackhouse (The Southern Vampire Mysteries) by Charlaine Harris. There are currently 8 books in the series with the next book due out in May. I read these books before HBO picked up the series True Blood which is based on them. I find the show to be slow, but that is probably because I am years down the road in Sookie Stackhouse's life. (and you can never really fully adapt a book to the screen you just miss all of the characters thoughts and feelings)
The series takes place in Louisiana and is about Sookie who is telepathic, works in a bar, lives with her grandmother, and does not have luck with men. Through recent laws passed vampires are now legal citizens. This has changed life in the small town of Bon Temps. The town is very racist to the newly revealed vampires. Bill the vampire moves in next door to her and she discovers that she cant hear his thoughts or the thoughts of any other vampire. Bill becomes her boyfriend and with that relationship she goes deep into the vampire community and catches the eye of many other vampires.
The series includes Shape Shifters, Ware Animals, Witches, Fairies and few other magical creatures that make this world very interesting and unpredictable. There is a string of different love interest throughout the series that will have you wanting more. There is also always someone who is trying to get Sookie killed or put in danger the ones she loves. I recommend this series as an introduction to the Vampire Romance/Mystery category.

Full Moon Rising (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 1)
The next series I recommend is Riley Jensen (Guardian Series) by Keri Arthur. I have read 6 of the 7 books in the series and I intend to complete the 7th in the next few days. The next installment in the series is due out in October. This series is about Riley Jenson half Vampire half Werewolf. This series dives more into the
werewolf side of things that is lacking from the other series. It follow her and her job which starts off as an office worker it the Directorate of Other Races but it evolves into the Guardian job that her boss keeps steering her towards.
Riley's twin brother is kidnapped and with a naked Vampire who has amnesia that is on her doorstep she sets out to find her brother. These books have a lot of fight scenes that are very visual, it is real easy to hold your breath through a few pages before you realize you are even doing it.
Riley goes through a string of conflicted lovers and relationships that leaves you as a reader unable to decide who to pull for. The nonstop action makes these books a very fast read. This series takes you deep into an unknown world that you could never imagine existed. I recommend this book if you are looking for a good Vampire Romance/Mystery with a window into the world or Werewolves.


Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Book 1)
The final and my favorite of the three series is the Anita Blake (Vampire Hunter) by Laurell K Hamilton. I have read 15 of the 16 books in the series (I cant seem to find a copy of Blood Noir anywhere and had to place a special order that is taking forever to come in) The 17th in the series is due out in June.
This series is about Anita Blake who is a necromancer (someone who raises zombies) by day and a legal vampire hunter by night. She is known in the vampire world as The Executioner because of her high kill count. Anita also a part of the Regional Preternatural Investigation Team RPIT which is the department of the police that deals in all crimes involving a monster of sorts.
Anita is torn between relationships and and her own moral hang-ups. This series goes deep into the Vampire and Werewolf community and a few other things that seen to fit right into this world of mayhem. Hamilton has done a really good job with describing this world so that you can imagine everything that Anita is experiencing. You also get to learn about weapons, which was never really my thing but it is put out there in such an interesting way that you can't help but want more.
This series is never dull for even a moment, you are constantly taken from one thing to the next without any time to breathing. There is also such a long list of characters that you never get bored with the same personalities.
I highly recommend this series to anyone who is interested in the Vampire Romance/Mystery. One of the best things about it is the amount of books in the series. I read very fast reader and I was on this series of books for awhile and never got bored. I cant wait for the next book in the line up.

Any book suggestions or comments please let me know!

[Anita Morgan]

You forgot the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward This series is AWESOME. Just throwing it out there! :)

[Emily]

I think this would be a lot of fun, definitely count me in! My blog is http://whatbookisthat.blogspot.com

Also, maybe we could alternate between new books and previously released ones? That way we could highlight other series that people might enjoy as well, or that we've enjoyed in the past.

Emily

[Parajunkee]

You know, that sounds great. An alternating schedule would probably work very well.

[Jaime Huff]

Excellent!!! Count me in! I haven't posted any Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy/Fantasy on my blog yet, although those are my favorite genres! I will be soon as I have about 8 sitting to be read and reviewed!

We can totally cross promote each other when one does a review on the genre?

http://booknerdextraordinaire.blogspot.com

[Parajunkee]

That would be the whole point! Plus, when we are gearing up to post we could let the author know and maybe it would get some attention. I'm going to get something started, I will let everyone know when it is done. Anyone have any suggestions for a first book? My stack-o-books right now is as follows - Witch & Curse (Wicked), by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie, The Harlequin by LKH (got it for free), Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon - please do not limit to these though.