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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
Well, considering I've read 'em all - except that new one - and still remember picking the first one up back in my pre-ebook days... 
The series does get romancy as it progresses, but there's always a big dose of action with high stakes to accompany it. I found it very well done, overall. If you like it, you might also try C.E. Murphy's "Walker Papers" (also complete, starts with Urban Shaman) and Jennifer Estep's "Elemental Assassin" series (sixteen volumes and counting, plus novellas, starts with Spider's Bite). The first is about a cop who is suddenly endowed with powers related to her Native American heritage, and the second deals with a magic-using assassin who can't retire in peace. Both are set in modern-day America, but with EA, the fact that magic (and magical beings, like vampires and giants) exists is general knowledge.
In fact, Estep's done several good series that mix a dose of romance in with some form of supernatural abilities. "Mythos Academy" (aka "the Frost books") is a completed YA series set at a school, and "Bigtime" is superhero romance. A neat touch is that she puts Easter eggs in across the series, although they're not really a shared universe. Bigtime fashion designer Fiona Fine is name-checked in the EA books as a prestigious designer, and the Mythos teens make frequent runs to the Pork Pit, the BBQ joint run by the heroine in the EA books.
For something completely different, if you want light and funny paranormal romance, try Dakota Cassidy's "Accidentals" series. Each embraces the same unlikely trope - that someone becomes a paranormal being through an insanely unlikely accident, upon which their "creator" must show them the ropes and they fall for each other - but the fun is in the telling. I think she's up to fifteen or sixteen books now, starting with The Accidental Werewolf. |
It seems you're very passionate about the genre, Rev. Bob. Thanks for the recommendations. I'm sure you put quite some thought into them. I don't know what I'll read in the following weeks, but you might have influenced me. For the better.