Full reviews of A Rush of Wings and The Awakening can be found on Otherwhere Book Reviews.
THE AWAKENING by Kelley Armstrong (Darkest Powers, book 2) - YA, urban fantasy
I seem to fly through most of Kelley's books and her YA trilogy is no exception. I can hardly wait for the third book to come out. If you love her
Women of the Otherworld series you will have no problem getting into the
Darkest Powers trilogy since it's set in the same world.
A RUSH OF WINGS by Adrian Phoenix (The Maker's Song, book 1) - dark fantasy, urban fantasy
What could be better than vampires in goth gear and fallen angels in New Orleans? Well ok, for you thriller and horror readers there's also a government conspiracy and a sociopath on the loose. If you like your tortured heroes really tortured like Acheron then Dante is your man.
SLAVE TO SENSATION by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changelings, book 1) - paranormal romance
A paranormal romance series with good world-building and a very interesting storyline, so far anyway. The Psy are human as far as I can tell, except for their mental facilties. There are weaker Psy, but most of them seem to be strong in at least one skill whether it be telepathy, foresight, telekinesis, or something else. The other thing that makes them different is they are all connected through the PsyNet which sounds similar to the internet if it was directly hooked up to your brain. The changelings sound pretty much the same as shifters or weres in other books.
MAGIC STRIKES by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels, book 3) - urban fantasy
Curran and Kate are so cute in this book! She's convinced he keeps coming after her simply because he likes a challenge, but once she picks up information about were mating rituals she knows she's in trouble. She and the were community soon have bigger problems when dead weres are suddenly being left all over the city. Curran has forbid any of his weres from the underground fights, but since that seems to be the only clue to all this trouble Kate rushes in with Curran right behind her whether she wants him there or not.