The Fantasy Review’s list of 9 Urban Fantasy Books with Clever and Witty Dialogue.
Grave Witch (Alex Craft, #1) by Kalayna Price
From the blurb:
As a private investigator and consultant for the police, Alex has seen a lot of dark magic. But even though she’s on good terms with Death himself, nothing has prepared her for her latest case. Alex is investigating a high-profile murder when she’s attacked by the ghost she is raising – which should be impossible. Then, someone makes a serious attempt on her life, thwarted only by Death’s intervention. You know you’re having a bad day when Death is saving your life…
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris
From the blurb:
Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She’s quiet, doesn’t get out much, and tends to mind her own business—except when it comes to her “disability.” Sookie can read minds. And that doesn’t make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill Compton. He’s tall, dark, handsome—and Sookie can’t hear a word he’s thinking. He’s exactly the type of guy she’s been waiting for all her life…
Full Moon Rising (Riley Jenson Guardian, #1) by Keri Arthur
From the blurb:
A rare hybrid of vampire & werewolf, Riley Jenson & her twin brother, Rhoan, work for Melbourne’s Directorate of Other Races, an organisation created to police the supernatural races. While Rhoan is an exalted guardian, aka assassin, Riley is merely an office worker – until her brother goes missing.
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
From the blurb:
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?…
Nice Dragons Finish Last (Heartstrikers, #1) by Rachel Aaron
From the blurb:
As the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius survives by a simple code: keep quiet, don’t cause trouble, and stay out of the way of bigger dragons. But this meek behavior doesn’t fly in a family of ambitious magical predators, and his mother, Bethesda the Heartstriker, has finally reached the end of her patience…
Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1) by Simon R. Green
From the blurb:
I left there a long time ago, with my skin and sanity barely intact. Now I make my living in the sunlit streets of London. But business has been slow lately, so when Joanna Barrett showed up at my door, reeking of wealth, asking me to find her runaway teenage daughter, I didn’t say no.
Then I found out exactly where the girl had gone…
Mind Games (The Disillusionists, #1) by Carolyn Crane
From the blurb:
Justine Jones has a secret. A hardcore hypochondriac, she’s convinced a blood vessel is about to burst in her brain. Then, out of the blue, a startlingly handsome man named Packard peers into Justine’s soul and invites her to join his private crime-fighting team. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime deal. With a little of Packard’s hands-on training, Justine can weaponize her neurosis, turning it outward on Midcity’s worst criminals, and finally get the freedom from fear she’s always craved. End of problem.
Dead Spots (Scarlett Bernard, #1) by Melissa F. Olson
From the blurb:
Scarlett Bernard knows about personal space: step within ten feet of her, and anything supernatural is instantly neutralized―vampires and werewolves become human again, and witches can’t cast the slightest spell. Scarlett uses her status as a null to cover up crime scenes for Los Angeles’s three most powerful magical communities, helping them keep humanity, and the LAPD, in the dark…
First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1) by Darynda Jones
From the blurb:
Private investigator Charlotte Davidson was born with three things: looks; a healthy respect for the male anatomy; and the rather odd job title of grim reaper. Since the age of five, she has been helping the departed solve the mysteries of their deaths so they can cross. Thus, when three lawyers from the same law firm are murdered, they come to her to find their killer…
