Urban Fantasy

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Elizabeth Phoenix once used her unique skills as a psychic to help in the Milwaukee Police Department’s fight against injustice. But when Liz’s foster mother is found viciously murdered—and Liz is discovered unconscious at the scene—her only memory of the crime comes in the form of terrifying dreams...of creatures more horrific than anything Liz has seen in real life. What do these visions mean? And what in the world do they have to do with her former lover, Jimmy Sanducci?

While the police question Jimmy in the murder, Jimmy opens Liz’s eyes to a supernatural war that has raged since the dawn of time in which innocent people are hunted by malevolent beings disguised as humans. Only a chosen few have the ability to fight their evil, and Jimmy believes Liz is among them. Now, with her senses heightened, new feelings are rising within Liz—ones that re-ignite her dangerous attraction to Jimmy. But Jimmy has a secret that will rock Liz to her core…and put the survival of the human race in peril.

Personal Demons
Author: Stacia Kane
Copyright: 2008 (Juno); pgs. 303
Series: Megan Chase #1
Sensuality: Warm
Who: Dr. Megan Chase and Greyson Dante

I love Catie's writing.  The characters, plots, storylines have such depth to them.   This is a fast paced series that caught my interest from page 1. 

This series might be reaching a point of saturation, with the world and characters starting to limit the way the stories can go.  That said, this book was as much fun and as fast of a read and a ride as the previous ones, with the heroine's former-or-current-husband dilemma as rich and painful as can be.

A very cool premise, with demon tattoos that make the heroine indestructible, and a wonderful story, but I kept feeling like I'd missed a previous book, with backstory referenced as if this was a sequel.

I missed New York and felt these books were more dynamic in that setting, but I did love the heroine's family and the effects magic had when it came to her thoroughly non-magical town.

I didn't like this as much as I liked Murphy's shaman series, but the worldbuilding is fabulous and the characters so intriguing, especially as "villain" and "hero" are ambiguous terms.

Harry Dresden is not your typical romance hero (and of course this book isn't a romance, though I always have hope--he deserves someone!).  But his heroism and honor and humor make every Dresden book an all-night read.