Circe by Madeline Miller
I bought Circe last year after it won a few awards. I finally read it because a friend from work read it and recommended it to me. We were both changing jobs so I wanted to read it while we still worked together so that we could discuss it. It was fantastic. It reminded me, thematically, of Grendel by John Gardner in that the premise is the book is the POV from a character that is considered an antagonist in a different, famous story. Like […]
Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel M. Lavery
While explaining to a group of medievalists his feelings on reading pieces that are older than a hundred years old, Daniel states ‘ I feel a profound sense of triumph and superiority over the author’ I said, ‘because they are foolish enough to be dead, while I am young and gloriously alive. Not because I think their ideas are outdated or anything like that. It has nothing to do with how they think, or how we see the world differently. It is visceral, it is […]
The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston
The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston
The Unleashing is a raunchy paranormal romance with a healthy dash of Viking mythology and Malibu soap opera. It was such an easy read, I thought I’d give the full Call of Crows trilogy a whirl. All the books follow a different female warrior in Los Angeles who has been resurrected by the goddess Skuld. These fighters are called Crows. Their clan is notorious for being vicious due to their vengeful roots. The other clans and even most of the gods don’t like to mess […]
Shattered (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #7) by Kevin Hearne
This was my favorite of the series so far, but the ending makes me nervous for how the series is going to wrap up. Spoilers for the previous six books in the series. Shattered picks up right where we left off. Atticus’s archdruid Owen has been pulled from the Time Islands, his language and mentality still stuck in the time before Jesus Christ was born. Atticus quickly has to bring him up to speed so he doesn’t get himself in trouble, all while still trying […]
The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4) by Rick Riordan
And we’re back down to being pretty mediocre. It was much, much better in the second half, but I just really think this entire premise is both tired and flawed. In fact, that’s mostly what I want to talk about in this review, the overall series premise and style, but I do want to talk a little about this actual installment first. So, this is the fourth and penultimate book in this series. Apollo and Meg have arrived at the Roman camp, and it turns […]
The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
The Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
The Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
The Heroes of Olympus: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
The Heroes of Olympus: The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
The Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan
The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan:
The Trials of Apollo: The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan
Hoo, boy am I behind in reviews. Here’s to a rapid catch up before year-end! The Heroes of Olympus series is a follow-up to Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books. Book 1, The Lost Hero, introduces three new characters in to the world of modern-day demigods. The twist is that the main character, Jason Grace, doesn’t seem quite Greek. He has no memory before he wakes up on a school bus for a field trip the Grand Canyon, but fleeting snatches of memory come to him […]
