Ever wondered what a fantasy version of Pride and Prejudice would be like if the countryside was full of dangerous supernatural creatures like direwolves, gryphons, lamias and banshees? Where the most respected and revered members of society weren’t just idle nobles, but devoted themselves from youth to training hard and hunting down these dangerous monsters? Elle Katharine White clearly wondered the same thing, and before you think this is just another quick cash-grab like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, where the original story has pretty much been kept […]
So long and thanks for all the Fitz
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 […]
In which I try to start getting caught up on all my long overdue reviews… yikes…
Soooo yeah. It happened. I started this CBR knowing that I NEEDED to stay on top of the reviews. That lasted until April. <sigh> #thestruggleisreal I really HAVE read many books since then, but the problem was reading on vacation where there was limited internet access and the inability to post anything. Things have derailed since that point. So today, I am attempting to get back on track a bit. Hopefully. SO! My last review was for A Darker Shade of Magic, the first book […]
Father Earth is Angry
The Obelisk Gate picks up where The Fifth Season left off and continues the harrowing tale of survival in The Stillness when a fifth season (the season of death) is upon the land. Now we learn the stakes are higher than just survival. An ancient war has been brewing in the background for so long that not all the players are even aware one is occurring. The fifth season has fully gripped the land. Comms band together for mutual support and weaker comms fall, to […]
Black and White (and Red) all over
So…This book wasn’t what I expected, not really. And that’s not a bad thing at all.
“Every Age Must Come to an End” is an ominous beginning
A few years ago I came across an excellent review of N.K. Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, book one of the Inheritance trilogy, and was instantly intrigued. It was put on my “in case of birthday or Christmas, please buy me” list and fortunately I received it later that year. I was blown away by Jemisin’s incredibly creative world building and could not put the book down. The third book in the Inheritance trilogy did not hold up as well as the first two, but the […]
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