Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Sorry Kell, I’m all about Lila

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

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It’s been a few months since the events at the climax of A Darker Shade of Magic, and Kell is back in Red London. Having saved his ‘brother’ by binding Rhy’s life to his own, Kell is now finding that his adopted ma and pa, the King and Queen of Red London, are loathe to let him out of their sight lest harm come to him, though not for his own sake but that of their heir. And so Rhy comes up with a scheme to let him blow off some steam – entering The Element Games, a spectacular tournament […]

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8/20/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:50 |

To catch a killer…

Whoever Fights Monsters by Robert K Ressler

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I don’t know how I’d never heard of this book before. First hearing about it on My Favourite Murder, I’d already read and loved Mindhunter, by Robert K Ressler’s sometime partner John Douglas. Having loved that, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Whoever Fights Monsters was even better. Robert K Ressler was the FBI agent who pretty much started the whole profiling ball rolling, when he took it upon himself to start interviewing some of the worst serial murderers the American justice system has ever caught and incarcerated. If you’ve heard of them, he’s interviewed them – including Charles […]

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8/12/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

Kell yeah!

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

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I keep seeing this pop up everywhere, with everyone pretty much wibbling over it and so, on taking a rare break from reading of real world murder and misdeeds, I thought I’d give it a punt. I’m glad I did, as it turns out that it’s fantasy brain candy of the highest order. A Darker Shade of Magic introduces us to parallel Londons. There’s Grey London – our own in the time of George III, magic-less and crime-ridden. There’s Red London, a prosperous kingdom where magic permeates everything, White London, ruled by ruthless tyrants where everyone hungers for magic, and […]

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8/12/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:48 |

Lizzie Borden took an axe…

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

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“Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one.” Although I love history and true crime, the above summed up all I knew about Lizzie Borden before reading this book. See What I Have Done attempts to put some flesh on the story, by imagining what may have happened in the Borden household up to and around the killings. The Borden household is a pretty dysfunctional one, much to the dismay of their maid, Bridget. Mr Borden is controlling and abusive, Mrs Borden highly strung and […]

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8/11/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:47 |

You’re in a cult, call your dad

The Girls by Emma Cline

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Evie Boyd is the 14 year old daughter of separated and uninterested parents, whose imagination is caught one day by the sight of three girls – carefree and unselfconsciously different to everyone that surrounds her – walking through her boring, suburban life and, through a chance encounter, is slowly drawn onto the periphery of life at The Ranch, with its supposedly freewheeling lifestyle and charismatic leader, Russell. Drawn especially to Suzanne, one of The Girls that surrounds Russell, Evie watches from the sidelines as things start to turn sour, and is left wondering if she could have been one of […]

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7/30/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:46 |

Why I’ll never help anyone with a broken limb

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

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I was about 8 or 9 years old when I first stumbled upon a book of my dad’s – an encyclopaedia of serial killers. Up until that point, I’d known that people died, whether that be through accident, illness, war or whatever, but it was this book that informed me that sometimes people died because someone enjoyed hurting them. Given that I’ve been reading about murder ever since, I’m amazed that thirty years later I’d still somehow never got around to reading The Stranger Beside Me – a giant in the true crime genre thanks to the unusual circumstances that […]

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7/21/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:45 |

So long and thanks for all the Fitz

Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb

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I don’t know whether it was the fault of the book, or because I’ve read this entire series back-to-back and fatigue has set in, but Assassin’s Fate really dragged for me. It’s taken me a full three weeks to finish this one, whereas it’s predecessors were devoured within days – some of this was due to being back at work which is seriously impinging on my reading time, but mostly it was down to becoming bored with what felt like the same bloody conversation being had over and over and over…. Fitz is finally setting off to take vengeance against […]

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7/11/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:44 |

Get it together, Fitz

Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb

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Fool’s Quest is the second book in the Fitz and the Fool trilogy, having left Fool’s Assassin with Bee (and Shun) having been kidnapped by the Servants and a group of Chalcedean mercenaries. Here we catch up with Fitz….not hot on their heels, as he’s instead consumed by caring for the Fool, who’s been returned to him a broken man but one intent on having Fitz wreak vengeance upon those who harmed him. The Witmaster is on at Fitz to take a new partner, and to top it all off he’s also been outed at court as Prince FitzChivalry Farseer, […]

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6/23/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:43 |

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