*Full reviews for Bone Crossed and Dream Warrior can be found at Otherwhere Book Reviews *
 
BONE CROSSED by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson series, book 4) - urban fantasy
  I liked this infinitely better than the last book in the series, Iron Kissed.  In fact, after that book I thought I was done with the series, but decided to give this book a try and hope for the best.  There is a lot more of Stefan in this book than previous books which I loved because he is my favorite character.  I still don't really like Adam and Mercy as a couple.  Adam is such a hollow sort of character in this series, we know more about almost all the secondary characters than we do about Adam.
 
DREAM WARRIOR by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Dream-Hunter, book 4) - paranormal romance
It's true this is a Dream-Hunter book, but this book introduces a lot of new characters and the start of a war for the second stage in the Dark-Hunter series so it's a pretty important read.  I liked the book, but all the new characters popping up in this one was very confusing.  All the gods and goddesses are also getting hard to keep track of, you have the Greek gods, the Atlantean gods, some Sumerian gods, Source gods (what exactly is the Source anyway?), and now you have demons from different Pantheons too.  Just when you think you're done you have to remember the Appolities, daimons, Dark-Hunters, and Were-Hunters too.  Is it nap time yet?  I need a notebook handy just to follow along with these books.  It's a good thing I like complicated series.
 
THE TAROT CAFE VOL. 5-7 by Park Sang-Sun - manhwa, dark fantasy
Pamela's (the tarot reader) story moves pretty fast in these last three volumes, in fact I don't think there's anymore tarot readings for customers at all.  A stranger gives her a box to put Belial's necklace in and tells her that each bead she puts in will unlock one of her lost memories.  As she remembers more and more Ash, who thought he was on top of things, is quickly brought low and Belus becomes more important to Pamela than ever.  I liked the ending and I liked the afterward even more.  I am now ready to read the Tarot Cafe novel and see what author, Chandra Rooney can bring to the series.
 
V.B. ROSE VOL. 5 by Banri Hidaka - manga, YA, romance
This is my fluff series I'm addicted to.  The covers are great and the story is funny and cute.  Ageha and Arisaka are on their first date, but they end up talking shop and arguing over designs so, the date could've gone better.  Ageha is convinced it wasn't a date because she's been told that as soon as a girl likes Arisaka they are transferred to V.B.'s sister shop, Rosa's.  While she's making sure her feelings don't show Arisaka is brooding because he does like her, but he has abondonment issues stemming from his childhood.  These two are just so cute to watch!
 
REVELATIONS by Melissa De La Cruz (Blue Bloods, book 3) - YA, urban fantasy
Schuyler is a homewrecking, slutpuppy in this book!  What happened to our heroine?  The Force twins also being soulmates still creeps me too although I understand they're these fallen angels that get reborn every cycle it's still a lot like incest.  Schuyler's grandfather is out of the picture again.  Why even bother writing him in?  I think he's had like maybe 10 lines since he showed up.  I was disappointed by this book since I liked the other two so much.  Just seeing Schuyler doing something that's more in line with Mimi Force's character was very off-putting and wrong.
 
UNDONE by Rachel Caine (Outcast Season, book 1) - urban fantasy
I loved this book!  Outcast Season is the spin-off of her much loved Weather Warden series.  Joanne, David, and Lewis briefly appear at the beginning of this book and they may pop up again in a future book, but I think this series can stand on its own without having to read the Weather Warden books first.  The heroine of this series is Cassiel, formerly a djinn now trapped in human flesh for denying Ashan's (leader of the Old Djinn) request.  She's never been around humans, nor has she ever wanted to, but it's pretty fun to watch her fumble through everyday human rituals early on in the book.  Ashan has cut her off from the aetheric plane, but she still needs that connection to survive so teaming up with a Warden is her only choice.  Throughout this book, and probably throughout the series, we see Cassiel grow.  When she was a djinn she hardly thought about humans and if she did she thought of them as a lower lifeform.  In her human skin it's children that first make her re-think her prejudices.  I highly recommend anything and everything by this author, she knows how to tell a damn good story no matter the genre or subject.