In the bustling city of Ketterdam, thief Kaz Brekker is a leading member of the street gang, the Dregs. He has a talent for scheming and coming out of close calls, and when a wealthy merchant asks him to do the seemingly impossible, he can’t say no. The task is breaking into the Ice Court, an impenetrable fortress, to retrieve a valuable asset. The score is the millions Kaz is offered if he succeeds. And survives. To pull off the heist, Kaz assembles his crew: […]
An April Fool’s Joke come true
4.5 stars While this is technically the first book in a new series, which can be read on its own, this book fits into the larger framework of the Kate Daniels universe (where this book is book 9.5 out of 10). So there’s quite a bit of back story you’re missing out on if you’ve not read the other books first. While the first book is rough, the series as a whole is my favourite paranormal/urban fantasy series, probably ever, so if you like the genre and […]
There are monsters in the sea
I was going to start this review the way I normally do, with a few paragraphs trying to sum up the story of the book. But having written nearly two whole paragraphs, I went back and deleted them, because I don’t really want to say too much about the plot of the book. I didn’t know a whole lot going into the book, and I think my reading experience was better for it. Very short summary: Eliza Mirk is a teenager soon to graduate high […]
How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read?
The dinosaurs of yore are back again with Jane Yolen’s and Mark Teague’s newest collaboration. How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read? is much of what we have seen before, but this time about reading. Therefore, if you child likes the others, you will like this too! We will jump and roar and soar and soak and throw and chew and even read books with our dinosaur friends. We will learn the proper and improper ways to handle […]
Find Yourself in Architecture and other places!
While the story of Brick herself is a little odd in the way it is presented with its minimal colors (a few pages are almost “coloring book-like”) and the story told by Brick in her own voice (young, bit naïve and always curious) the showing of real architectural sites is a great touch. That hits the mark perfectly. Brick: Who Found Herself in Architecture by Joshua David Stien has this fun story of a young brick who wants to find their place in the world […]
Have a Night In with Night Out
Night Out by Daniel Miyares has great, lovely illustrations but what is needed is more story. The boy of our story is an outcast orphan (from what you can tell from the illustrations). But after an amazing, quirky, bizarre and fun dream (or is it?) where the boy makes many new friends, he is able to tell a story (the dream) to the other boys. And now, he has found a way to make friends and no longer sits alone at the end of table. […]
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