I needed to write one more review to reach my goal of a half-cannonball, so here’s a roundup of the books I read and didn’t review this year. Does this still count? Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. 3 stars. I enjoyed this one, reading it on a 7 hour plane journey. The love triangle was a bit irritating in that the end took a bit of a cop out so that it could be an element in later books, but overall it was still interesting. I’ve heard mixed reviews about the author’s books but I’ll probably get the […]
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Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
More, please. More, more, more. I just love me some Peter Grant. And fair warning to the reader who may be interested in this series: this book, Broken Homes, which is Book 4 of the “Rivers of London” series, isn’t the strongest of the bunch. But it’s still a delight and a treat, and I will fight anyone who isn’t a fan. Listen, I have five more “Dark Tower” books to read in the next five weeks, but I still just checked out Foxglove Summer (Book 5 of “Rivers of London”) from the library, and investigated the graphic novel series […]
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6/30/2017 's CBR9 Review No:26 | 
| Tags: aaronovitch, architecture, Ben Aaronovitch, chimeras, faceless man, gods, half-cannonball, industry, London, magic, met police, night witches, pc peter grant, Peter Grant, river spirits, rivers, Rivers of London, technology, Urban Fantasy, witch, witches | Category: Fantasy, Fiction | 0 Comments
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Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire by Naomi Novik
(note before I start this review: HALF CANNONBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!) At this point, Blood of Tyrants being the eighth book in the Temeraire series, I am still very much on board the Temeraire train, but reading all of them in a row without the benefit of waiting between books (other than brief stints when the library is out of copies of whatever’s next) has meant that a certain fatigue has set in. I think I said in an earlier review that Novik has an incredible way of surprising me just when I think I can’t be surprised anymore, and that is absolutely […]
7/5/2016 's CBR8 Review No:26 | | Tags: CBR8, China, dragons, fantasy, half-cannonball, historical fiction, history, mary sue, Naomi novik, napoleon, Novik, Russia, Temeraire | Category: Fantasy, History | 3 Comments