This was pretty good for an anthology, but I really prefer longer stories, as it really takes a talented author to make me care for characters in such a short period of time, or to have a plot immediately interesting enough to trump my interest in the characters. Short stories also tend more towards the self-important and annoying. Anyway, this was worth it just for the Martin and Sanderson stories alone, and there were several others I really enjoyed as well including ones from Robin […]
Our heroine continues to show extremely questionable taste in menfolk
This is book two in The Arcana Chronicles and as such not the best place to start. This review will contain spoilers for book one in the series, Poison Princess, which is also where you want to begin, if you’re interested in the series. Although if you read my review of that book, why would you actually want to read the books at all? Still, Kiala over on Vaginal Fantasy Hangout seems to love them, so what do I know? At the end of Poison Princess, Evangeline, or Evie, or the […]
Harry fights a lot of billy goats and tries to rescue a mobster from a bunch of demons
Harry Dresden still owes Queen Mab of the Winter Court two favours, and now she’s come to collect one. “Gentleman” Johnny Marcone, head of the Chicago underworld and newly a baron in the terms of the Unseelie Accords, has been kidnapped by forces unknown. Mab demands that Harry act as Winter’s Envoy in the matter and find him. To complicate matters, the Summer Queen is sending warriors to challenge Harry. The Gruffs (yup, like the Billy Goats of the stories) keep showing up, each bigger […]
Cress’ tower is a satellite. She has no way to let down her hair.
4.5 stars This is the third book in a series, and I would strongly recommend you don’t start with this one. This review will contain minor spoilers for Cinder, the first book in the series and Scarlet, the second book, so if you’ve not read them, go read them first. This review will be here when you’re done. Crescent Moon, or Cress, as she’d prefer to be called, has spent the last seven years all alone on a satellite orbiting Earth, monitoring communications for the Lunar government and […]
A girl in a red hoodie and a tall, dark stranger go on a quest to find grandma
This is the second book in the Lunar Chronicles, and won’t really work so well if you haven’t read the first one. Start with Cinder, then come back and read this review when you’ve caught up. Really, you don’t want to be reading this review – it’s going to contain spoilers about the first book. Continue reading if you don’t mind, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. Scarlet Benoit needs to find her grandmother, who disappeared without a trace a few weeks ago. Her ID chip […]
Trilogy Tour #2: The Powder Mage Trilogy #1
My first stop on the Trilogy Tour turned out to be somewhat of a dud, and even though all of the books in The Long Price Quartet were already published, I decided to abandon that series and start fresh. Promise of Blood wastes no time in getting right to the action – the king is overthrown in the very first chapter by Field Marshal Tamas, the head of the Adran army and a powder mage. Powder mages fall in the middle of the magical hierarchy […]