Urban Fantasy discussion

What should the Urban Fantasy group read in August?

Please suggest only one book. Books should be urban fantasy and not paranormal romance or straight fantasy.

Authors, do not suggest your own books or have your friends suggest your books.

Please pick books that have not been books of the month for the past year.

Here's a couple suggestions in no particular order that I don't think have been suggested before:
This Case Is Gonna Kill Me by Phillipa Bornikova
The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
The Six-Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher

Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files #1)
by D.D. Barant

Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge (the Black London series).

BTW is there a way to search the group bookshelf to check if book was read or not already?

Magic Rises comes out 30 July...just in time for an August read.

Ah, I see it is last year only, which is more manageable.

magic rises

I would like to nominate by Stina Leicht because although it is Urban Fantasy, it seems different from last few reads. Of Blood and Honey takes place in Ireland, the lead protagonist is male and it involves the Fae(Fairies) rather than vampires or weres. Here is the blurb:

"Liam never knew who his father was. The town of Derry had always assumed that he was the bastard of a protestant — his mother never spoke of him, and Liam assumed he was dead. But when the war between the fallen and the fey began to heat up, Liam and his family are pulled into a conflict that they didn't know existed.

A centuries old conflict between supernatural forces seems to mirror the political divisions in 1970s-era Ireland, and Liam is thrown headlong into both conflicts! Only the direct intervention of Liam's real father, and a secret catholic order dedicated to fighting "The Fallen" can save Liam... from the mundane and supernatural forces around him, and from the darkness that lurks within him.(less)"
Sounds very interesting!

Can we read Heart of Stone by C.E. Murphy?

Heart of Stone

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Magic Rises :)

Mike Carey's "Devil You Know" or any of the Felix Castor books

or something from Charles Stross's Laundry Files

or if everyone wants to hate the book and the club, the incredibly bizarre and creepy Hunter's Moon by David Devereux (that's some scary dark magic) ...

Bill the Vampire, by Rick Gualtieri.

Keeping It Real by Justina Robson.

It seams that magic rises is a poplar choice and I too would like to see it as the read of the month

Magic Rises for me too. :D

OHhhhhhh Emmmm Geeee! You all need to read Poison Princess by Kresley Cole!!! It's amazing! One of my fave reads last year and I'm dying for the next one!!!! Kresley normally writes adult but this is YA but still gets steamy! It has Urban Fantasy and right in the middle an apocalypse! It's sooooo good!!

How about the new books that are coming out in August?
Like Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews (which was already mentioned)
Grave Visions by Kalayna Price

Hex Appeal because it will give everyone a taste of several different Urban Fantasy authors' styles and characters.

Tony wrote: "Dying Bites (The Bloodhound Files #1)
by D.D. Barant"
Read that and loved it
Read Crimson City and LOVED IT!

Is consider UF? If so, that's my pick because I should be picking it up next week from library :)

I agree with Marianne Hunted is a very good to read

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Jalilah wrote: "I would like to nominate by Stina Leicht because although it is Urban Fantasy, it seems different from last few reads. Of Blood and Honey takes place in Ire..."

It's a good book, refreshingly different.

Yulia wrote: "How about the new books that are coming out in August?
Like Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews (which was already mentioned)
Grave Visio..."

I'll certainly be buying Magic Rises. I love this series.

Jakub wrote: "Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge (the Black London series).

BTW is there a way to search the group bookshelf to check if book was read or not already?"

I just started the series and finished #4. I am glad I found this series ... I love it! For those that haven't read it I highly recommend it.

Carolyn F. wrote: "Is consider UF? If so, that's my pick because I should be picking it up next week from library :)"


Love, love, love that series! Angel is my new book BFF.

I was surprised how much I liked it. It took it being a buddy read before I would pick it up. I even wrote to my library because they didn't have the 2nd book asking if they'd order it (which they did). They had already ordered the 3rd and there's no queue - whoo hoo!