Anne Bishop returns to the fascinating world of the Others in Wild Country, a largely standalone outing set within the confines of her popular urban fantasy series, which rests upon a profound alternate history. Unfortunately, through the five-novel plot arc that began with Written in Red and culminated in Etched in Bone, humanity did exactly […]
Anne Bishop blazed onto the genre scene in the late 1990s with the Black Jewels Trilogy, a fantasy epic filled with violence, blood, and revenge that somehow mostly leaves readers with lingering impressions of its beautiful empathy, kindness, and impish sense of humor. This deeply affecting mixture won the hearts of many fans then (including […]
I have a friend who refuses even to start reading a series that hasn’t wrapped up. I get it. Lo, how many hearts have been broken by the long publishing schedules of, say, A Song of Ice and Fire, or the untimely death of a talent like Robert Jordan, hip-deep in Wheel of Time. My […]
First, a confession: I haven’t read the previous books in Anne Bishop’s Others series. Because of that, I went into Etched in Bone with certain assumptions*. One, that it would be one of those tense urban fantasies featuring all sorts of angry confrontations between the characters. Two, that it would be, well, urban. And three, there would […]
By now. you’ve probably finished your Netflix Luke Cage binge. Undoubtedly you feel bereft, adrift, and without anything new to fill your brainspace. If so, then well, have I got a list for you, friend: this weekend, it’s time to hunker down and binge read the absolute best ongoing urban fantasy series. It’s a fascinating, sometimes misunderstood genre. It mostly involves paranormal […]