Laura Anne Gilman – Cannonball Read 17

Pro-tip: Don’t wait ten years to read an ARC.

Flesh and Fire (Vineart War, #1) by Laura Anne Gilman

February 7, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was interesting but not super compelling. I will probably finish the series? Another one from the TBR Jar. And this one really kicked me in the butt, because I’ve actually owned an ARC of this book since six months before it was originally published in September 2009. And I’ve had it in my small little pile of books that basically says to me every time I look at it, “Okay, really you need to read this.” And so I never look at that pile. […]

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Silver on the Road by Laura Anne Gilman

January 22, 2019 by sistercoyote Leave a Comment

The last two-book review I wrote was compare and contrast, because the material in each book related to the other book. This time, not so much: one is non-fiction, and one is fiction, and without performing some mental calisthenics at a level I’m not willing to do right now I don’t think I could write a unified review.

Where the Devil’s Always Watching

January 19, 2017 by Lipton 2 Comments

East of the Mississippi and as far west as they eye can see, right up until you hit the mountains themselves, is the Devil’s territory. And he protects his own.

The Wild Magical West

May 22, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

Silver on the Road is a fantasy set in an alternate version of the early western expansion, and is also the very first Laura Anne Gilman novel to completely work for me. I’ve read two others. The first, her urban fantasy, I absolutely hated and the second, the magical wine Renaissance fantasy, wasn’t quite really my cup of tea either, though I didn’t hate it. However, I feel like Gilman’s slow, meandering, detailed style fits perfectly with the western theme. The novel starts on Izzie’s […]

When making a deal with the Devil, be careful what you wish for

May 7, 2016 by Malin 13 Comments

Isobel has grown up in the town of Flood, in the saloon inhabited by the Old Man, the devil himself. It is known to all who live in the Territory, the area west of the Mississippi, that the devil always deals a fair hand. If you make a Bargain with him, he will give you exactly what you want, but you need to be careful you are sure exactly what you ask for. When Isobel turns sixteen, she is free to make her own way […]

I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even put a stopper on death.

January 29, 2016 by melanir 6 Comments

This is a well written fantasy novel, the world building is very well thought out and presented nicely, the characters are well rounded and interesting. This book should have been catnip for me, and yet it was a chore to read. I was stuck in a blizzard and I still had trouble forcing myself to read this one. I just found myself so bored by it. I’d be reading a passage and my mind would start to wander to other things. I had the same issue […]

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