Chalice might be my favorite book by Robin McKinley. I say might because, generally speaking, I really love books by Robin McKinley. Sunshine is another contender for the favorite spot and Pegasus might be too, someday, if McKinley ever get around to finishing it*. What I’m saying it, Robin McKinley is a really good author and if you have not read anything by her, you can pretty much pick any book to start with because with the notable exception of Pegasus** all her her books […]
Don’t read the Apollo series before the Heroes
There are 2 problems with Rick Riordan’s latest: you have to be familiar with both of his previous Greek-myth based series for everything to make sense, and the narrative viewpoint of Apollo turned human gets annoying too often. I have only read the Percy Jackson series, not the Heroes of Olympus books, so there were a lot of references to previous events and character relationships that I’m pretty sure I was supposed to understand but did not. Making a god spend time as a mortal […]
Meh: The Book
Welcome to Night Vale the book is the same but different from its original medium (the podcast). There are 3 main perspectives that tell the story: Jackie the eternally 19-year old pawnshop owner, Diane, mother of shape-shifting Josh, and the local public radio host, Cecil. In addition to learning some of the ways in which Night Vale works (mostly from Cecil’s reports), there are way 3 mysteries/problems that Jackie and Diane eventually realize concerns them both. First, Josh wants to know who his father is; […]
Death doesn’t discriminate
I wish I’d written this review immediately after finishing the novel. Because I loved it. What a satisfying conclusion to a series I never imagined I’d get so damn attached to. Things are bleak for our heroes. People have died. Bad things are afoot. Cabeswater is in danger. Gansey is destined to die, and it’s surely going to break your damn heart into a billion tiny pieces. I started to get a bit panicky, honestly, that there was no way things were going to end […]
A satisfying end to the series.
Gonna keep this short because I feel like I’ve already said most of what I want to say about this series in the previous four reviews I’ve written for it. It’s fluffy. It’s fun. It’s got benevolent supernatural creatures in it who faff around being supernatural and adorable. It’s got puns. It’s got dirigibles. It’s got smoochies. And this one has pyramids and mummies in it. If you liked the first four books, you will probably like this one, too, although the ending was a […]
In Conclusion, Greg van Eekhout is one to watch
Dragon Coast satisfyingly concludes the Daniel Blackland trilogy by Greg van Eekhout. Reviews for the first two books in the series are here for book 1 and here for book 2. This entire trilogy was a joy from start to finish and as a result I look forward to what Greg has to write in the future. With each book he added depth to his magic systems, detail to the world and gave his characters room to grow. While I certainly hope Daniel get’s a much deserved rest […]