fantasy/romance crossovers

[snugglekitty]

Star of the Morning by Lynn Kurland was my first book of 2007. Kurland is mostly a writer of romance novels; however, she wrote a wonderful fantasy novella called "A Tale of Two Swords," published in the fantasy/romance crossover To Weave a Web of Magic. (I never reviewed that book here, because I couldn't finish the last novella to save my life. Dull as ditchwater, even though the other three were great.) Star of the Morning is set in the same country, some generations later. I liked it a lot, although I'll warn you now, it does have a cliffhanger ending. I didn't like that, although I do like the implication of sequels. Four stars - really hard to put down, and quite original.

Enchanted, Inc by Shanna Swendson is half urban fantasy, half chicklit. Anyone who likes both of those genres would probably like it. Yup, it had some cliches in it, but it was funny and fast-paced. Also, the heroine doesn't do incredibly stupid things, which wins points in my book. Three stars, and I'm definitely going to read the two sequels.

Going back to the library: At All Costs by David Weber, the length of which I still find incredibly intimidating, and The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson, the cover of which just put me off. If I ever try to read the latter again, maybe I'll put a brown paper bag over it.