I just barely got all of my planned books for July read. I started the month with three books I was still reading from June, so that put me about a week late on starting my July list. Plus I added in two that weren't planned, but I did it! And I'm looking forward to mostly spontaneous reads in August. Here are my ratings for the July books. I'll put the two unplanned ones at the end.
Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years #2) by Ilona Andrews
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Content: Strong Language, Sex
Dragon and Herdsman (Dragonback #4) by Timothy Zahn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera
Content: Clean
The Shadow Casket (The Darkwater Legacy #2) by Chris Wooding
See my review here.
Sweeping S' Ride (Space Janitor #4) by Julia Huni
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Sci-fi
Content: Clean
This series started out strong but ended up disappointing me a bit in the end. I really enjoyed the murder mystery on the space station theme of the first book, and the romance was a nice touch as well. But the rest of the books were set on different planets and just weren't as compelling to me. Also, the romance became annoying because the main character kept running away from it and acting like a teenager about it. Another negative for me were the narrators. There were two and I liked the second one better than the first, but they both kind of grated on my nerves with the squeaky high-pitched tones, and the just the way the books were narrated in general. Although I liked book one enough to give it 4 stars and the novella The Trouble with Tinsel was really cute and I gave it 4 stars too, everthing else was 3 stars.
Secrets in the Mist (Gothic Myths #1) by Anna Lee Huber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Clean
After reading her Lady Darby Series and her Verity Kent Series, Ann Lee Huber has become a favorite author. So far I've loved everything I've read by her and this book was no exception. I'm looking forward to more books in this series.
An Evil Heart (Kate Burkholder #15) by Linda Castillo
See my review here.
What Mad Universe by Fredric Brown
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I'll post a separate review of this one later since it was our book club read.
A Fatal Illusion (Lady Darby #11) by Anna Lee Huber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Clean
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot #24) by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Clean
Daughter of Ancients (The Bridge of D'Arnath #4) by Carol Berg
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Content: This book was clean. Previous books in the series dealt with torture, horrible deaths, slavery, and the loss of a child.
This was a wonderful conclusion to this series. I've thoroughly enjoyed it and the buddy read we did with the author over at Fantasy Buddy Reads. Now I need to buy myself physical copies for my book shelf. There's a lot of tragedy in this series, but also wonderful triumph. It had me feeling all the emotions.Carol Berg has now made my favorite authors list.
A Dangerous Ruse (Tournament of Shadows #2) by Tilly Wallace
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: AdultGenre: Fantasy, Mystery
Content: Clean
So far I'm enjoying this series, but not as much as Manners and Monsters. This book in particular I felt like the solution just fell into their laps.
Dragon and Judge (Dragonback #5) by Timothy Zahn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Young AdultGenre: Sci-fi, Space Opera
Content: Clean
In my opinion this is one of the best books in the series.
The Relationtrip by Elana Johnson
See my review here.
Hallowed Ground (Kate Burkholder 14.5) by Linda Castillo
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
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