The arguably most cozy season of the year has yet again replenished my spirit. I'm not ashamed to be the most basic pumpkin spice latte-drinking, blanket-snuggling, flannel-wearing 20-something-year-old girl I am. I love those things. Fall is far superior to the overwhelming heat and stickiness that Summer offers, and it's a comfortable moment of peace before the bitter and dry cold of Winter ruins everything. The following text below are the books I enjoyed the most this Fall.
Grave Witch by Kalayna Price
Grave witch is an urban fantasy featuring Alex Craft, a grave witch working as a private investigator and a consultant for the police. After being attacked by a "shade" (which should be impossible), an attempt is made on her life, the only thing saving her being Death himself.
She's tasked with working alongside Falin Andrews, a mysterious homicide detective that distinctly dislikes her. Alex knows she needs his help to navigate the tangled webs of mortal and paranormal politics, and to track down a killer wielding a magic so malevolent, it may cost Alex her life...and her soul.
This book—and the entire series—was an amazing read. There were layers of supernatural elements that made each book a fun discovery. It was so enjoyable that I may or may have not listened to it's audiobook while at work... (I mean, what else are air pods and long hair to cover them for?)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke & Bone takes place in Prague, and our heroine is a young art student named Karou. Karou fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. The problem? She doesn't truly know who she is.
Enter Akiva, a gorgeous stranger that wraps her up in a star-crossed love that lights up her entire world. He may just hold the answers she's looking for. Can Karou face the truth, or will the knowledge destroy her?
This book reads like a poem and a song, somehow wrapping you up inside a world that's more vivid and sensational then you think your mind capable of conjuring. The emotion throughout this story resonates deeply as your read, registering hope, heartbreak, and love as your own. The characters in this story are fleshed out perfectly, making them so enjoyable to get to know more and more as you read.
Magic to the Bone by Devon Monk
Allie would rather moonlight as a Hound than accept the family fortune—and the strings that come with it. All magic use has costs—hers include migraines and memory loss. She finds a boy dying from a magic Offload with her father's signature, then her father is murdered. Allie's search for the truth calls on her country friend and the handsome man originally assigned as her bodyguard. Someone is forging magic signatures -- and hers is on her dead father.
This series was so creative. Magic equals pain, and it reminded me of the cost of alchemy in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Law of Equivalent Exchange). The series gets better by the book, with the stakes building and the cost of salvation high. The characters are deep and impactful, truly making the story feel three-dimensional.
Dying Bites by D.D. Barant
Jace has been ripped from her reality by David Cassius, the vampire head of the NSA. He knows that she’s the best there in the business, and David needs her help in solving a series of gruesome murders of vampires and werewolves. David’s world—one that also includes lycanthropes and golems—is one with little knowledge of mental illness. An insane serial killer is a threat the NSA has no experience with. But Jace does. Stranded in a reality where Bela Lugosi is a bigger box office draw than Bruce Willis and every full moon is Mardi Gras, Jace must now hunt down a fellow human before he brings the entire planet to the brink of madness. Or she may never see her own world again…
This book (and the entire series) was downright wacky. I mean that in the way that my mind cannot even comprehend how another human was not only capable of coming up with this story, but executing it so perfectly. It was hilarious, and eerie, and overall incredible. I can't wait until enough time passes and I can read this again with fairly fresh eyes to experience it anew.
Fated by Benedict Jacka
Alex is part of a world hidden in plain sight, running a magic shop in London that caters to clientele who can do much more than pull rabbits out of hats. And while Alex’s own powers aren’t as showy as some mages, he does have the advantage of foreseeing the possible future—allowing him to pull off operations that have a million to one chance of success.
But when Alex is approached by multiple factions seeking his skills to crack open a relic from a long-ago mage war, he knows that whatever’s inside must be beyond powerful. And thanks to his abilities, Alex can predict that by taking the job, his odds of survival are about to go from slim to none....
This series was unimaginably detailed, the world building was well thought out, the characters and the multiple facets of their abilities. The fight scenes were unique, exciting, and well-choreographed. I can honestly say that I never knew what would happen next, and it was so exhilarating.
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