 | Moon Called (Mercy Thompson) by Patricia Briggs
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £1.83 Murder and mayhem! Features a shapeshifting mechanic named Mercy. These books are excellent, with layered characters and dark subversive plots. I love Stefan and his Scooby-Doo bus!
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 | Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Buy used from: £5.75 Darkly original with complex characters and black humour. Kate is drafted by the Order of Merciful Aid to investigate the knight-diviners death. Necromancy, magic waves and shapeshifters. Fantastic!
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 | Dead Witch Walking (Rachel Morgan 1) by Kim Harrison
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £2.20 A comic book-esque series currently at seven books. With a unique depiction of demons and its elves neck deep in genetics this intricate series is excellent. Funny and quirky with vibrant characters.
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 | Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Buy new: £4.38 / Used from: £2.10 1-9 Anita Blake novels are worth reading, with their exciting plots and grey characters. Follow Anita as she faces the monster in the mirror and those down the barrell of her gun. It all starts here!
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 | Dead Until Dark: A True Blood Novel by Charlaine Harris
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £1.25 A very fine mystery series currently at nine books. Sookie Stackhouse can hear peoples thoughts which comes in handy when she trips head first into the supernatural world of Louisiana.
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 | Rosemary and Rue (Toby Daye) by Seanan McGuire
Buy new: £5.07 / Used from: £3.72 A well written new series in a world based upon Grimm's Fairytales and folklore. Fast paced, with complex-interesting characters, plus imaginative world building.
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 | Nightlife (Roc Fantasy) by Rob Thurman
Buy new: £4.69 / Used from: £1.13 A darkly witty series set in New York that follows brothers Cal and Niko, as they fend off the on-coming hoards of Auphe. Fantastic! Cal is a very funny narrator.
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 | Touch the Dark by Karen Chance
Buy new: £4.04 / Used from: £0.20 This book comes off like a vampire romance in this first novel. But it's actually an incredibly character driven fast paced series with humourous and zany characters. There's great history in it too!
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 | Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £1.94 This is the spin-off book from the Cassie Palmer series featuring Dory, Mircea's half-vampire daughter. There's a familiar face or two along with new characters. Funny and dark as all get out!
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 | Bitter Night: A Horngate Witches Book by Diana Pharaoh Francis
Buy new: £4.74 / Used from: £3.72 Immersive new series centered around witches and an end of the world that actually happens! Tightly written, with well drawn characters and worldbuilding. I can't wait to see where this series goes!
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 | Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock Novels) by Faith Hunter
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £2.09 A well written urban fantasy featuring a shapeshifting vampire hunter with a mysterious past and an inner Beast. Ambiguous characters and a tense gritty atmosphere. Highly recommended.
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 | Mark of the Demon by Diana Rowland
Buy new: £4.71 / Used from: £2.27 A new series focusing on a newly promoted homocide detective -- Kara is also a summoner of demons and her first murder case seems to be demon-related. A well constructed paranormal police procedural.
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