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Lay it on me – completed book series you love?

Tiffany — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:29:33 +0000

I was talking with a friend through email a while ago about Urban Fantasy books and we were discussing how they are almost always a series and never a finished one! Sometimes an Urban Fantasy series goes on well past its’ prime (I’m looking at you Laurell K Hamilton) but mostly we celebrate not having to let go of our favorite characters and move on to something new. We UF lovers are all so dysfunctional that we love the torture of a good cliffhanger or a long drawn out plot line.

Yet, I can’t be alone in that sometimes I wish I had a series I could read start to finish and be done with it, completed. Right now to get that closure I have to jump genres to paranormal romance or contemporary romance, but why can’t we have that in Urban Fantasy? Surely there are some well written series that aren’t never ending? Looking through my Goodreads lists I did find three Urban Fantasy series that are finishing up this year.

Rachel Caine’s Weather Wardens

Book 9 is releasing on August 3rd and will be the last one. While I will miss Jo and David, it feels like the right time to say goodbye. Jo has been put through hell and back over and over again, she deserves a little quiet time

Keri Arthur’s Riley Jenson

Book 9, Moon Sworn, released May 25th and marked the end of Riley Jenson’s story. These are technically Urban Fantasy but they lean pretty heavily toward Paranormal Romance in my opinion, lots of explicit sex in many of them.

Jenna Black’s Morgan Kingsley

The last book, The Devil’s Playground, released March 23rd but I believe it was ended by the publisher, not because the author was finished with the series. Because of that I don’t know how much closure there is… I haven’t gotten around to reading the last book yet.

So, can you help me out? Do you know of any completed urban fantasy series we must read??

Contest Winner Posted – Ill Wind by Rachel Caine

Tiffany — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:47:13 +0000

I woke up this morning and wrote down all entries into the contest, giving each of you a number that coincided with your comment. There were 42 entries total. Then I headed over to Random.org and generated a random number between 0 and 42.

Here are your random numbers:

29
Timestamp: 2010-01-10 17:39:52 UTC

Commenter number #29 is……..Bethie who wrote:
I don’t make New Years resolutions. When I do, I would break them by January 2nd.

Congrats Bethie – I will email you so I can get your copy of Ill Wind on its way to you!
Thanks everyone for entering the contest! I will be running another one shortly so stayed tuned!

Contest: Win a copy of Ill Wind by Rachel Caine!

Tiffany — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:45:38 +0000

Well I love a good contest and I want to start the new year off with a bang! According to my poll, many of you have not experienced the wonder that is the Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine. So…. now you are going to get your chance! I am giving away one copy of book 1, Ill Wind. The Weather Warden series is packed with action and great characters. The stories are based on a supernatural concept unlike anything else I have read so far in urban fantasy. Not to mention the leading man, David, is big slice of sexy pie.

First in the new Weather Warden series… Joanne Baldwin is a Weather Warden. Usually, all it takes is a wave of her hand to tame the most violent weather. But now, she’s trying to outrun another kind of storm: accusations of corruption and murder. So, she’s resorting to the very human tactic of running for her life… Her only hope is Lewis, the most powerful warden known. Unfortunately, he’s stolen not one but three bottles of Djinn-making him the most wanted man on earth. Still, she’s racing hard to find him-before the bad weather closes in fast…

To get your chance to win, all you have to do is leave a comment and let me know what your resolution for the new year is! Contest ends Saturday Jan. 9th.

My new year’s resolution : plan my schedule and stick to it. I am great at organizing…. I just seem to lack the follow through. Taking 15 college credits this next semester on top of being a mom, president of a preschool co-op, and book blogging is going to be a challenge if I continue to run around with my head cut off!