#74 Kitty Rocks the House by Carrie Vaughn

Kitty is back home and she is working with Rick to find more vampires up to fighting against the Long Game. Kitty is also approached by a lone wolf wanting to make himself part of the Denver pack. Some of the focus is on her night job as well. It was nice it wasn't a "big" action book. This one grounded Kitty more in her world and with her pack. A good solid read and I'm ready for the next one.

#75 Arrow Vol. 1 by Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Mike Grell

This is a dark story and Arrow isn't always a nice guy. Spoiled rich guy survives near death and returns seeking vengeance and to rid his city of crime. Several issues in the collection introduce characters that I'm sure will have more to say later on in the series. A dark and gritty hero that I'll be interested in reading more.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss

#76 Glitter and Mayhem by Lynne M. Thomas (Editor), John Klima (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas

Up front I supported the Kickstarter for this book and I also happened to win a review copy off of Goodreads.  I was sold on this anthology mostly because of Seanan McGuire was in it and I enjoy her stuff. What I got was a great story by her and several other stories that were great and at least one I know will be on my Hugo ballot for short story next year. There were a few stories that didn't kick with me but that seems to happen in every theme anthology that read. As much as I thought all the stories would be about roller derby there were some that were more clubbing than skating but that would work with the glitter part of the title. I probably would have rated it higher on Goodreads if I hadn't hit several stories that just didn't click with me at all.

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#77 A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway

Our heroine is the niece of Sherlock Holmes. Her mother eloped with an army officer that died before she was born and her mother died soon after leaving her to be raised by her paternal grandmother in a circus. Her maternal grandmother comes for her and sends her to finishing school where she befriends the sickly daughter of a British ambassador. The setting still has Sherlock and he does feature in the story later on. There are Steam Barons that are quickly carving up the country and they are eyeing the rest of the world. They do all they can to stifle mechanical innovation unless they control it and work hard at stamping out magic. Magic users are burned at the stake. Turns out that Evelina is a magic user and because of her friend's father's scheming is also trying to find out who killed a serving girl in the house when the rest of the family wants to ignore it and concentrate on her friend's debut Season. To manipulate her uncle she is allowed to be presented to the Queen and have a Season of her own. All while trying to solve the mystery. All the players seem to have a long history with one another and the main threads of the mystery don't wrap up until the very end of the book. It was enjoyable and I plan on reading the next one.

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