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Urban Fantasy Authors

Urban Fantasy is a subgenre of Fantasy, where the stories are based in contemporary real-world urban settings instead of traditional fantasy settings of mythical cities/worlds/lands. Below is a list of authors who are popular in this genre.

Cat Adams

C.T. Adams

Ilona Andrews

Jennifer Armintrout

Kelley Armstrong

Keri Arthur

Jenna Black

Francesca Lia Block

Patricia Briggs

Emma Bull

Jim Butcher

Rachel Caine

Jonathan Carroll

Mike Carey

Karen Chance

Cathy Clamp

Cassandra Clare

Shirley Damsgaard

Sylvia J. Day

Carole Nelson Douglas

Jeaniene Frost

Neil Gaiman

Laura Anne Gilman

Simon R. Green

Justin Gustainis

Laurell K. Hamilton

Charlaine Harris

Kim Harrison

J.C. Hutchins

Chris Lester

Charles de Lint

Sergey Lukyanenko

China Mieville

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C.E. Murphy

Tim Powers

Tim Pratt

Kat Richardson

Rick Riordan

Matt Ruff

Jeanne C. Stein

Rachel Vincent

Terri Windling

This list is by no means complete so if I have missed off any you feel should be included, please let me know.

 

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews


Blurb

Mercenary Kate Daniels cleans up urban problems of a paranormal kind. But her latest prey, a pack of undead warriors, presents her greatest challenge.

This one got off to a slow start and I did keep putting it back down for a while, but after a few stops and starts I finally settled into the book. One criticism is the oblique references to Kate’s own blood and no explanations of why it’s so important, although you will get some suspicions nearer to the end of the novel. The blood issue is something, I’m guessing, the autor is building up to in the next book (or three).

Overall not a bad opening book, if you can stick with it beyond the first couple of chapters. Once it gets going, it’s a good read.

Book Details

  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (9 Sep 2010)
  • ISBN-10: 0575093935
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575093935

 

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