Bedlam Boyz

Not a good book, but no worse than most fantasy out there. A homeless teenager discovers that she has a magical talent for healing. Unfortunately, this makes her a valuable prize to the gangs of her city--and the fae that control them. Unimaginative in every possible way. Available at Baen's free li......more

I loved this fantasy novel about magic and elves in LA. Teen runaway Kayla and her friends are shoplifting in a convenience store when a nutcase with an Uzi walks in, kills two people, and fatally wounds her best friend. Kayla's desperation to save her friend makes her previously unknown magical hea......more

I have read all of the other books in this series, and found this one on my father's bookcase. It fills in the story of how Kayla discovered her powers and became Elizabet's students, using events referred to in other books to fill in details that were too lengthy for inclusion in other stories, whi......more

I read this as part of my Mercedes Lackey series of books, as it's a prequel to Knight of Ghosts and Shadows & Summoned to Tourney. I have these together in the book, Bedlam's Bard, so figured I might as well get Bedlam's Boyz, too. I couldn't put the book down - though that was through a mix of horr......more

Background radiation This seems like more of a prequel to the series than an element of the Eric Banyon sequence. Same setting, more or less, but different characters in lead roles. Well written, but the mobi text has occasional artifacts in it that look like XML. Still, readable and fast paced story......more