Been reading lots and lots of good books lately.

Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs – 5 stars

Briggs’ Mercy Thompson series remains excellent, and this 5th book has all of what makes the series great: dead-on pacing, intricate (though never confusing) plotting, and effortless character development. If you’ve never read these books, I don’t know what you’re waiting for.

Cast in Silence and Cast in Chaos by Michelle Sagara – both 5 stars

These are the 5th and 6th installments in Sagara’s Chronicles of Elantra series, which along with the Mercy Thompson series is one of my favorites. Sagara’s skill at world-building is among the best in the fantasy genre, and she effortlessly melds lyrical high fantasy with fast-paced adventure. Each book in this series has raised the stakes, and by the end of Cast in Chaos, the tension has risen to fever pitch—a reckoning is coming, and I can’t decide if I want it to come sooner, so I can find out what happens, or later, so that the end of the series remains far off. Great, great stuff.