Brenda
Drake - Guardian of
Secrets (Library
Jumpers, #2):
I’m
such a fan of Urban Fantasy for many reasons, but mostly because
writers can take our normal world and, either secret or not, add a
dash of the fantastical to it. With mystical creatures hiding from
humans or living side by side with them, deliciously nefarious things
can happen. There’s just something extraordinary about urban
fantasy. It’s the ability of the writer to look at something normal
in the human world and mix it up. Changing a simple book into
something that can transport someone from library to library or
hiding a zoo of magical beasts in a common suitcase.
Book
Description:
Being
a Sentinel isn’t all fairytales and secret gardens. Sure, jumping
through books into the world’s most beautiful libraries to protect
humans from mystical creatures is awesome. No one knows that better
than Gia Kearns, but she could do without the part where people are
always trying to kill her. Oh, and the fact that Pop and her had to
move away from her friends and life as she knew it.
And
if that isn’t enough, her boyfriend, Arik, is acting strangely.
Like, maybe she should be calling him “ex,” since he’s so into
another girl. But she doesn’t have time to be mad or even jealous,
because someone has to save the world from the upcoming apocalypse,
and it looks like that’s going to be Gia.
Chris
Cannon - Fanning the
Flames (Going Down in
Flames, #4):
1.
There are no maidens
that need to be rescued in urban fantasy. More than likely the
females are the ones kicking ass.
2.
I love the snarky
banter that occurs when you throw modern day characters into
strange/magical/supernatural circumstances.
3.
Anything is possible
in urban fantasy. There are no rules about what types of paranormal
creatures you can have. If you want to create dragons that breathe
fire, ice, wind, sonic waves, and lightning, you can, just like I did
in Going Down In Flames *cough cough shameless self promotion
Book
Description:
She
isn't afraid of anything...except losing the knight she loves. Bryn
McKenna has it all, including her smoking-hot knight turned live-in
boyfriend, Valmont. Even though she’s a hybrid dragon, she’s
finally fitting into the new shape-shifting dragon world that’s
become her own. But her grandparents want to ruin everything by
making Bryn’s nightmare of an arranged marriage to Jaxon Westgate a
reality. It doesn’t help that Jaxon’s father is on a witch hunt
for Rebel sympathizers and Bryn finds herself in his line of fire.
If
she doesn’t say, “I do,” she’ll lose everything. Good-bye
flying. Good-bye best friends. Good-bye magic. But if she bends to
her grandparents’ will and agrees to marry Jaxon, she’ll lose the
love of her life—her knight.
Shonna
Slayton - Spindle:
Urban
fantasy reminds me that our own world is magical. We are so used to
the way our world works that we take for granted how incredible it is
that our heart beats, our brain imagines, that our eyes see color.
As
a writer, urban fantasy allows me to open up my imagination on
multiple planes. I still work with the real world, but I get to add
layers onto that. It’s like going from black and white TV to color.
Like Dorothy in dusty old Kansas stepping into the colorful land of
Oz.
Book
Description:
In
a world where fairies lurk and curses linger, love can bleed like the
prick of a finger…
Briar
Rose knows her life will never be a fairy tale. She’s raising her
siblings on her own, her wages at the spinning mill have been cut,
and the boy she thought she had a future with has eyes for someone
else. Most days it feels like her best friend, Henry Prince, is the
only one in her corner…though with his endless flirty jokes, how
can she ever take him seriously?
When
a mysterious peddler offers her a “magic” spindle that could make
her more money, sneaking it into the mill seems worth the risk. But
then one by one, her fellow spinner girls come down with the
mysterious sleeping sickness…and Briar’s not immune.
If
Briar wants to save the girls—and herself—she’ll have to start
believing in fairy tales…and in the power of a prince’s kiss.
Tara
Fuller - Inbetween
(Kissed by Death, #1):
Book
Description:
Death
doesn’t fall in love. Usually. Since the car crash that took her
father’s life three years ago, Emma’s life has been a freaky—and
unending—lesson in caution. Surviving “accidents” has taken
priority over being a normal seventeen-year-old, so Emma spends her
days taking pictures of life instead of living it. Falling in love
with a boy was never part of the plan. Falling for a reaper who makes
her chest ache and her head spin? Not an option.
It’s
not easy being dead, especially for a reaper in love with a girl fate
has put on his list not once, but twice. Finn’s fellow reapers give
him hell about spending time with Emma, but Finn couldn’t let her
die before, and he’s not about to let her die now. He will protect
the girl he loves from the evil he accidentally unleashed, even if it
means sacrificing the only thing he has left…his soul.
Danielle
Ellison - Salt
(Salt, #1):
Whether
it's witches, demons, ghosts or other types monsters, there's nothing
like escaping the sometimes mundane reality of our world, or giving
what we know every day a spice of fantasy. Filled with kick-ass
heroines who aren't afraid to fight for what they believe in (and
hot, just-as-fierce love interests) Urban Fantasy inspires you look
beyond what you see and be more than you think you can be. Plus, life
is more with some magic: more dangerous, more unpredictable, more
chaotic, more fun.
Book
Description:
Penelope
is a witch, part of a secret society protecting humans from demon
attacks. But when she was a child, a demon killed her parents—and
stole her magic. Since then, she’s been pretending to be something
she’s not, using her sister’s magic to hide her own loss, to
prevent being sent away.
When
she’s finally given the chance to join the elite demon-hunting
force, Penelope thinks that will finally change. With her sister’s
help, she can squeeze through the tests and get access to the
information she needs to find “her” demon. To take back what was
stolen.
Then
she meets Carter. He’s cute, smart, and she can borrow his magic,
too. He knows her secret—but he also has one of his own.
Suddenly,
Penelope’s impossible quest becomes far more complicated. Because
Carter’s not telling her everything, and it’s starting to seem
like the demons have their own agenda…and they’re far too
interested in her.
Rachel
Harris - My Super Sweet
Sixteenth Century (My
Super Sweet Sixteenth Century, #1):
Book
Description:
On
the precipice of her sixteenth birthday, the last thing lone wolf Cat
Crawford wants is an extravagant gala thrown by her bubbly stepmother
and well-meaning father. So even though Cat knows the family’s trip
to Florence, Italy, is a peace offering, she embraces the magical
city and all it offers. But when her curiosity leads her to an
unusual gypsy tent, she exits…right into Renaissance Firenze.
Thrust
into the sixteenth century armed with only a backpack full of
contraband future items, Cat joins up with her ancestors, the sweet
Alessandra and protective Cipriano, and soon falls for the gorgeous
aspiring artist Lorenzo. But when the much-older Niccolo starts
sniffing around, Cat realizes that an unwanted birthday party is
nothing compared to an unwanted suitor full of creeptastic amore.
Can she find her way back to modern times before her Italian
adventure turns into an Italian forever?
Gloria
Craw - Atlantis Rising
(Atlantis Rising, #1):
I
love Urban Fantasy because it infuses normal life with myth and
magic. It’s so exciting to have something in common with a
character who finds a magic object, special ability or a secret
origin. The possible ways her courage and passion might be tested are
endless. When she does triumph against fantastic odds, I’m left
feeling inspired and reassured that I can overcome great obstacles in
my everyday life too. Urban Fantasy reminds me that the ordinary in
us can sometimes be…extraordinary.
Book
Description:
We’ve
stayed hidden too long… I am different. I have always been
different, but no one can know or my life will be in danger. So I
hide in plain sight, wearing drab clothes and thick glasses and
trying to be invisible. I’m so good at hiding, no one has ever
noticed me. Until Ian…the mysterious and oh-so-cute boy I know I
need to avoid.
Now
I have been seen. And more terrifying still, I am wanted—by those
who would protect me and those who would destroy everything and
everyone I love. But if they’re all terrified about who I am, wait
until they see what I can do…
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