SHADOWED SOULS The Dresden Files, Book 14.5

The award-winning Julia Whelan and Emily Rankin bring a youthful assuredness and brightness to this stellar collection of 11 urban fantasy tales. The pair lead a talented group of narrators into an edgy, gray otherworld of demons, healers, and zombies. These are not your grandpa's nineteenth-century "castle-on-a-hill" horror stories. In these, a half-succubus comes to the rescue at the local mall. A group of fairies must somehow pay tribute to the Lady of Winter. A demon visits an evil influence from his past. There's a just-around-corner closeness and humor in each story, and the narrators deftly bring that intimacy and ease to their readings. But listen carefully. These strange beings are among us . . . B.P. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2017]