Dream Warrior – Sherrilyn Kenyon
Hachette Piatkus, 2009
314 pages
RRP: AU$19.99
ISBN:978-0-7499-0905-5

Reviewed by Kate Smith

Dream Warrior is a story set among the ancient pantheon of the Olympian Gods who still exist in the modern day.  With war breaking out, the ancient Greek gods have to look to an individual they exiled thousands of years ago, Cratus, for help.  It comes down to a defender of dreams, Delphine, to try to convince this god not to join the side of dark and to fight for those who have persecuted him for six thousand years.  In this process he learns to trust and she learns to embrace emotions she has never experienced before.

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Succubus in the City – Nina Harper
Hachette Livre Piatkus, 2009
392 pages
RRP: AU$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7499-2922-0

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Succubus in the City is an interesting take on the paranormal romance genre. As the title indicates, it’s a play on Sex and the City, but our four gal-pals are demons in the service of Herself, Satan. Lily, the protagonist, is a succubus whose job is to deliver men’s souls to the devil by having sex with them. In return, she has the perfect life: lots of money, great flat, and a fabulous face and figure that she won’t lose, no matter how many servings of dessert she indulges in. In this story though, she’s starting to feel lonely and wants more than the one night she has with the men she picks up before they turn into a pile of dust on the sheets.

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Sleeping with the Fishes – MaryJanice Davidson
Hachette Livre Piatkus, 2007
272 pages
RRP: AU$17.95
ISBN: 978-074-993801-7

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

After reading quite a few of Davidson’s Undead series, I’m quite a fan of her style of paranormal romance. Instead of vampires, Sleeping with the Fishes is about a mermaid – a geeky marine biologist mermaid who is out to fight those who are polluting the local harbour. Of course, because this is paranormal romance, there’s the love interest. Two of them! Frederika, our heroine, needs to choose between a mermaid-obsessed co-worker or Artur, apparently the High Prince of the Seas. What a choice!

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Greywalker – Kat Richardson
Hachette Livre Piatkus, 2008
341 pages
RRP: AU$22.99
ISBN: 978-0-74993-896-3

Reviewed by Kate Smith

Greywalker is a diverting story and an enjoyable way to kill a few hours. While the story begins slowly and the reader may be tempted to not continue, once Richardson has set the scene the novel picks up pace and more interest. By no means a classic tale and without any particularly innovative plot movements, Greywalker is an easy read that does not require huge amounts of mental effort. If taken in this way Greywalker will provide a pleasant interlude. If looking for more, the reader may find themselves disappointed with Richardson’s offering.

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Full Moon Rising – Keri Arthur
Hachette Livre Piatkus, 2007
357 pages
RRP: AU$19.95
ISBN: 978-074-993813-0

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Full Moon Rising almost sits in the paranormal romance genre, but leans a little too far into erotica for my taste. Keri Arthur categorises this series as “dark urban fantasy”, which almost fits, but really, it runs closer to “vampire porn”.

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