Dark and/or Urban Fantasy Reviews
Occasionally there are books reviewed on Sci-Fi & Scary that have a heavy fantasy element to them. While we do not accept outright epic/typical fantasy submissions any, occasionally a book will find its way onto our pile that intrigues us. These are typically dark and/or urban fantasy books.
For convenience’s sake, there’s a list of all fantasy reviews still at the bottom of this list, in alphabetical order, but only the qualifying dark fantasy or urban fantasy books will be tracked by ranking.
Top-Rated Dark and/or Urban Fantasy Books
- Alice by Christina Henry
- Flex by Ferrett Steinmetz
- The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky
- Magonia by Maria Devanah Headley
- Phaethon by Rachel Sharp
- Stone Cold Bastards by Jake Bible
4 Rated Dark and/or Urban Fantasy Books
- Afterlife by Marcus Sakey
- City of Ghosts by J.H. Moncrieff
- Cold Shadows (Ghost Trapper #2) by J.L. Bryan
- Dr. Oz of Z-Industries by Jay Wilson
- Graveyard Shift by Michael F. Haspil
- Hell Bound by Andrew P. Weston
- Malus Domestica by S.A. Hunt
- Melancholy Ghost by Kat Mayor
- Monsters in Our Wake by J.H. Moncrieff
- Shutter: Vol 1 by Joe Keatinge
- Sorrow’s Edge by Danielle DeVor
- Sorrow’s Turn by Danielle DeVor
- Storm Front (Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
- The Devil You Know by Mike Carey
- The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
- Year One by Nora Roberts
- Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, et al.
3 Rated Dark and/or Urban Fantasy Books
- A Time of Demons and Angels by Kathryn Meyer Griffith
- The Ables by Jeremy Scott
- Bound by Alan Baxter
- Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love by Sara Vaughn
- Doorways by Robert Enright
- The Felix Chronicles by R.T. Lowe
- Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
- The Last City by Logan Keys
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- More Than This by Patrick Ness
- The Shiva Syndrome by Alan Joshua
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
2 Rated Dark and/or Urban Fantasy Books
Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault by Candace Robinson
1 Rated Dark and/or Urban Fantasy Books
None at this time!
Archived Fantasy Reviews:
- Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
- Angelfall by Susan Ee
- Cress by Marissa Meyer
- Critical Failures by Robert Bevan
- Cry of the Sea by D.G. Driver
- Demonkin by T. Eric Bakutis
- Dreams of Beautiful Whisper by Tanya Jones
- Gaia’s Majesty: Discovery by Roger B. Burt
- Glyphbinder by Eric Bakutis
- Knight of a Trillion Stars by Dara Joy
- Minotaur by J.A. Rock
- Pretty, Pretty Princess by Shane McKenzie
- Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
- Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- Sky Ghosts: All for One by Alexandra Engellmann
- The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
- The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
- The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
- The Secrets of Blood and Bone by Rebecca Alexander
- The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine
- Wave Mandateby A.C. Schneider
- Whisper of the Woods by D.G. Driver
- Writer’s Retweet by Piers Anthony
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