Target: L. E. Modesitt, Jr.’s Antiagon Fire (Imager Portfolio #7) Profile: Fantasy, Political Fiction, Military Two things struck me as I was preparing for this review: First, I somehow managed to skip Imager’s Battalion during my utter failure of a Cannonball Read 5. I read the book, but I never got a review up. Second, I think I ran out of useful things to say about the series back at book five. The things that I liked are still good, and the elements that are weaker don’t seem to […]
Trilogy Tour #2: The Powder Mage Trilogy #2
Field Marshal Tamas hopes to take the fight to the Kez but is cut off behind enemy lines and presumed dead. Without his father’s backing, Taniel, who has joined the fight at the southern front, clashes with the corrupt military leadership. Back in the capital, former police inspector Adamat continues his desperate search for his wife and oldest son, who are being held prisoner by the henchmen of Lord Claremonte, a nebulous figure with his eyes on control of Adro. Finally, Nila, formerly a laundress […]
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
“It was the best first kiss in the history of first kisses. It was as sweet as sugar. And it was warm, as warm as pie. The whole world opened up and I fell inside. I don’t know where I was, but I didn’t care. I didn’t care because the only person who mattered was there with me.” The Sugar Queen was everything its name implies: fluffy, wholly without substance but also tasty and sweet. It’s probably not everyone’s cup of tea, but if, like […]
From Never Sky to Ever Night
If you read my review of Under the Never Sky, you know that I said it took me a little while to get into the story. Well, that was not the case with this installment of the series. I finished Through the Ever Night in two days, and am extremely sad that my Nook and Kindle are not working, my local library doesn’t have the third book, and the closest book store is an hour away (and I don’t have two hours free this week […]
The Book About Basically the Same Thing as The Invention of Hugo Cabret, But This Is a Very Bad Book
You know Brian Selznick as the person who wrote The Invention of Hugo Cabret, but this is his less famous book. It’s the same basic idea as The Invention of Hugo Cabret, except it’s a brother and a sister who are orphans, and instead a train station, they are living in their parents’ old house. They make a machine which can pull part of itself off to make an object float in the air. Pretty great idea, right?, but poor execution. When I read the book […]
The Fox, the Crow, and the Shadow
Set in 17th century London, I, Coriander is the story of a girl who finds things very strange. Things go on around her that she doesn’t understand like her father is constantly saying, “Don’t touch these, don’t touch those,” especially with these silver shoes that she found with the letter “C” for Coriander, but apparently she can’t have them. And then things get much more complicated. Her mom dies at the sight of a crow, her dad marries a woman who is way too religious, […]