Book Review: "The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 2"

The magazine Fantasy & Science Fiction continues to showcase some of the most famous authors writing in any genre. Now drawing upon F&SF’s impressive history of classic and contemporary tales, this extraordinary companion anthology revisits and expands upon sixty-five years’ worth of top-notch fiction. These broad-ranging, award-winning tales appeal to readers of genre fiction and beyond, exploring alternate history, time travel, urban fantasy, cyberpunk, modern myth, horror, interstellar travel, epic fantasy, mystery, space opera, and much more. - excerpt from Netgalley.com

A good collection of short stories from the magazine Fantasy & Science Fiction featuring a few from authors I have heard of before, and many I had not. As typical in any collection of shorts, there were stories I did not care for, and a few that I liked. Overall it was a nice collection through many years of publication that the magazine had been around.

Book Review: "Souls of the Damned" by E.S. Moore

Kat Redding would love to take a break from the gruesome, dangerous work of hunting down rogue vampires and werewolves, battling for innocent lives. But there's no peace for Lady Death. Until Kat's young charge, Sienna, appears on her doorstep, escaped from the shadow-paradise of Delai. Sienna is weak, confused, desperate--human in the utmost. If Kat is going to have any hope of breaking the hold of Delai, she'll have to infiltrate the walls around the false sanctuary. And the only way she can do that is to trade in her battle-hardened, bloodthirsty vampire's body--for Sienna's human form.

With no weapons but her wits, Kat has to trust a demon, defeat an angel, and wrestle with her own rebel soul--because with all the fear and death she's conquered, no one has ever offered her another day under a warm yellow sun. . . - from Amazon.com

I received an advanced reader copy from the publisher, Kensington Books, through NetGalley, for a review.

This is the fifth book in the Kat Redding series, and takes off pretty much right after book four. By now hopefully you have read the others and are aware that Kat is a vampire that hunts other vampires, and weres. She has a human room mate that summons a demon, has feelings for a werewolf leader, is oath-bound to another werewolf that wants her, and has so many "fingers in the pot" stuff going on, it makes her more human and likable.

Great continuation of the story line. I like how this one closes a few doors on some things that had happened before, and yet, leaves us hanging for another book to find out what happens next. The 'Supes' (vamps, weres, etc) are described realistically. Though I am not for the romance aspect in many of the paranormal/urban fantasy genres, the little love interests going on through this series is pretty dent, with out going overboard, jumping into some sex scene every page turn.

Time Waits For No One

I have been neglecting getting my crappy reviews up on here of late. Between work and family life, I have barely time enough to get some reading done, but I hope to have some of that fixed in a short while. Over the next few days I will try to get caught up.

Some good news ... I joined in a group for advance reading copies of some of Joseph Nassise's work! Also, several books by authors I enjoy have been released recently, and I hope to get started on them as well!

Thanks for stopping by for my badly worded opinions.