Library Explorer Episode 3 | Paranormal Romances

[@alyssanicholson4312]

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[@tennille9dawn]

I have friends that keep recommending Magic Bites and Moon Called. I'm not an urban fantasy fan generally, so I'm pretty hesitant . . . Now I'm even more hesitant 😅. Although I do have the Moon Called audio on hold still.

[@TheHexedLibrary]

Moon called was pretty good. I think it's worth a try. I wouldn't bother with Magic Bites, but I still have so many people who recommend it to me so, what do I know?

[@tennille9dawn]

@@TheHexedLibrary At least they're library books, so minimal risk for me to try sometime

[@TheHexedLibrary]

@@tennille9dawn Definitely!

[@PagesandPens]

recently unhauled Magic Bites and never even tried it. It's an OG urban fantasy, and I picked it up when I thought A Curse in Ash would be in the same genre...and clearly never got to it. Glad you found one you like!! I adore the Rachel Morgan series...but you know this.

[@Jen-fantasyandfiction]

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[@mariclements]

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[@SDHegyes]

I like Magic Bites, but I don't love it. I think it's one of those where the books get better as the series continues. It's very obvious a first book. I love the Mercy Thompson series though. At least, the ones I've read so far, which I think is the first 4 or 5. If you like Mercy, try reading her other series Alpha and Omega, which deals with the werewolf enforcers, Anna and Charles. Anna is from an abusive pack, so if that's triggering, fair warning, but that series starts after their relationship has already started, and they are such a good pair. It's a completely different series in style and plot, but worth it. I read a lot of urban fantasy and paranormal romance, but I don't have a lot of recommendations off the top of my head because I've been on a historical romance/contemporary romance kick recently. You chose some good ones. Laurell K Hamilton is another people talk about, but I wasn't a huge fan of the Anita Blake, Vampire Slayer series. They were OK, but I wasn't in love with them.

[@TheHexedLibrary]

I've pretty consistently heard that the Magic Bites series gets better as it goes on but as I don't recall anything from the half of a book that I read, I didn't feel like it'd ever make it to another book hahaha. I will definitely check out more by Patricia Briggs once I'm fully into Mercy's series (I don't want to get them mixed up). I've read the Anita Blake series up to about book 9 or so but it got too *weird sex* for me so I bounced. The first couple of books that were more detective forward were really good but then it just kind of became "how many people can Anita have sex with in this book?" and that's just not my vibe.

[@SDHegyes]

@@TheHexedLibrary that was one of the reasons I didn't bother continuing the Anita Blake series. I heard it got that way. I was already a little pissy that she became such a hypocrite in the first book, adamant she'd never be in a relationship with a vampire and not even a single chapter later jumping the bones of one. If I think of any more really good paranormal romance, I'll add another comment. If you want urban fantasy with less romance and more magic, I highly recommend the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. They do build a romance over time but definitely don't start out that way.

[@TheBookHermie]

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