The Everything Box got a lot of attention when it first came out, but I’ve only just now gotten to it. I don’t quite understand what all the hype was about. Yes this is an entertaining adventure story with amusing characters, but I didn’t love it. I enjoyed it, but it just wasn’t as awesome as I was hoping. 3.5 stars. First, it’s so strongly reminiscent of Good Omens (by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman) in terms of characters and plot that it comes off […]
The continuing adventures of the freakishly beautiful supernaturals
3.5 stars This is book 9 in a series. It’s really not the place to start. If you want to join in at the beginning, start with Angels’ Blood. Two years have passed since the last book in the series, and Elena is slowly growing stronger, even though she’s virtually a baby in angel terms. The Cascade seems to be on hold, and all the archangels are trying to investigate what exactly is going on in China in the murderous Lijuan’s territory. Has she gone […]
The Blandest of Ashes
This review is for the audiobook version of The Beautiful Ashes, by Jeaniene Frost. It’s the first in a series by the same author as The Night Huntress series, which was a fun read. The new one, not so much. The heroine is kind of blah. She’s really young, really inexperienced, and kind of wishy washy sometimes, which I guess I was too when I was 20. Following the disappearance of her younger sister and the sudden death of her parents, Ivy Jenkins goes searching […]
The stupidity we need right now, but maybe not the stupidity we deserve
So, arguably not the timeliest of reads, considering this is a Christmas-themed novel and it’s February. But there’s no way I’m going to remember to review this come December, and it’s not my fault I read it in February. I can only read what the audiobook people send to me when they do; and despite how I order my list, they seem determined to fulfill it on their own whim! However, despite it being unseasonable, this book is so great it doesn’t matter. If […]
I always feel like a chump for having zero magical powers when clearly the world is full of magicians and superpowered beings!
The Everything Box is superfun! I added it to my library queue after some happy Cannonball Read reviews, and am so glad I did. I read almost this entire book in one sitting. I would best describe this as Neil Gaiman Lite, which is NOT a criticism. There is a richness missing that would make it a full Gaiman experience, but sometimes you don’t need the bone marrow spread on top of the rib-eye on top of cheesy polenta. Sometimes you just want a salad […]
The Pros and Cons of Fillers
Charley Davidson has amnesia. She’s currently living in New York as a Jane Doe working in a bar/restaurant. She’s leaning things about herself (she see dead people, know multiple languages and can tell when people lie), but doesn’t feel she can talk to anyone about these things. Some people think she’s faking the amnesia and thus treat her like dirt. Other people seem to like her, but she’s not sure why. Life isn’t normal, but she’s getting by. This is the ninth book in the […]