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Superficially, it’s a comedy fantasy with pirates and otters but underneath is so much more

The Princess Beard by Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne

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The Princess Beard is the third book in Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne’s “Tales of Pell” series.  Once again they have me nearly doubled over with laughter while also appreciating their pro LGBTQ+, feminist, socially conscious agenda and sly pokes at the establishment.  Each of the three books this duo have written together can stand alone and be read individually.  However, the world is much richer if you have read the other books.  And as they are hysterically funny, I highly suggest reading all […]

“I am the bringer of beef and the singer of sweet suppertime! Mine is the chicken and the gravy forever, nom nom!”

Shattered (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #7) by Kevin Hearne

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This was my favorite of the series so far, but the ending makes me nervous for how the series is going to wrap up. Spoilers for the previous six books in the series. Shattered picks up right where we left off. Atticus’s archdruid Owen has been pulled from the Time Islands, his language and mentality still stuck in the time before Jesus Christ was born. Atticus quickly has to bring him up to speed so he doesn’t get himself in trouble, all while still trying […]

Two humans and a talking dog are chased around Europe for three months, intermittently pausing to give one of them tattoos.

Trapped (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #5) by Kevin Hearne

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Protagonists being chased from place to place while antagonist nearly always has one-up on them has never been a favorite plot of mine, so this book wasn’t ever going to be my favorite in the series, but surprisingly it does work better than I thought it would. Maybe because it’s so short, less than 300 pages, or maybe because I’m already invested in the characters. The central plot here is that after twelve years of secret training, because everyone (mostly everyone) believed the druid Atticus […]

FYI no idea how it happened that I’m reviewing #6 before #5. Goodreads says I read them in that order, too, but I! Did! Not! I! Would! Never!

Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6) by Kevin Hearne

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This series is still fun, but it’s not my favorite. The last three books especially have been mostly action, with Atticus, Granuaile, and Oberon on the run from the Greek and Roman pantheons. They have to stay alive while trying to figure out how to reach safety, who is passing information from their side to the Olympians, and how they can make peace so they can all just be left alone. A couple of things have me rounding this up from 3.5 stars, even though […]

If you want to scare me, just put a skinwalker in your book.

Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4) by Kevin Hearne

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I’m happy to say this was the best of these books yet. Makes sense. The urban fantasy I’ve read all start to crystallize around books three and four. That’s usually when you’ve got enough set-up and characters that you can start moving the pieces around in more interesting ways, and building on what you’ve already laid out. Here, we’ve got Atticus and his apprentice Granuaile on the run, both of them having newly faked their deaths (well, Atticus fakes his death starting on page one, […]



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