Urban Fantasy

Urban fantasy is a subset of contemporary fantasy, consisting of novels and stories with supernatural and/or magical elements set in contemporary, real-world, urban settings--as opposed to 'traditional' fantasy set in imaginary locations. Many urban fantasy novels are told via a first-person narrative, and feature supernatural beings such as vampires, shapeshifters, fairies, witches, sorcerers, and demons. Urban fantasy stories tend to have a high amount of suspense and action, and sometimes include mystery, romance, humor and/or horror in the plotline.

The Rising (Darkness Rising, #3)
The Golem and the Jinni
The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden, #2)
The Rules (Project Paper Doll, #1)
Acid
Bronze Gods (Apparatus Infernum, #1)
Natural Born Angel (Immortal City, #2)
Rising Darkness (Game of Shadows, #1)
The Shadow Girl
The Stone Demon (The Iron Witch, #3)
Blood Trade (Jane Yellowrock, #6)
Immortal Eclipse
Oath Bound (Unbound, #3)
Breathless (Elemental, #2.5)
Vengeance Bound

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    Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse, #12)
    What Really Happened in Peru (The Bane Chronicles, #1)
    Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
    Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14)
    Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, #11)
    Invisibility
    Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)
    With All My Soul (Soul Screamers, #7)
    The Gathering (Darkness Rising, #1)
    The Lost Prince (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten, #1)
    Everneath (Everneath, #1)
    Girl of Nightmares (Anna, #2)
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    Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
    Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)
    Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, #1)
    Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2)
    Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
    Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3)
    Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, #4)
    Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
    Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows, #1)
    Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, #5)
    Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)
    Darkfever (Fever, #1)
    Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
    City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
    Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3)

    China Miéville
    China Miéville The City and the City
    I was interested in steeping myself in both Eastern and Mid-European writing, and classic crime fiction. I was focused a lot on fidelity to the paradigm, so no "cheating," no last-minute evidence, no characters appearing at the last second, and so on. I wanted a fan of the genre to feel I'd played fair.
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    Ilona Andrews
    Very well." He sat cross-legged on the floor of the cage. "You haven't run off so you want to talk. I will hear your explanation now." "Really, Your Majesty? So good of you to condescend. I'll try to use small words and go slow." "You're wasting my time. I know Jim betrayed me and you're covering for him. This is your chance to dazzle me wih your brillance or baffle me with your bullshit. You won't get another. When I get out, I won't be in the mood to listen.
    Ilona Andrews, Magic Strikes

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    When he kisses me again, the last part of me that could stand myself dies.
    Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever

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