Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Disappointing series ender.

Etched in Bone (The Others, #5) by Anne Bishop

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This series is such a mixed bag. I loved the first book. I found the whole world enchanting. And as the series went on, despite some hang-ups, I fell for the characters and the way they all pulled together gradually. But in the end, each book is just full of diminishing returns. Also, this is the end of the series. At least, the end of the stories about Meg and Simon and the Lakeside Courtyard . . . but I am left pretty unsatisfied by it. All of the things that annoyed me slightly (but not enough to really hamper […]

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8/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:51 |

Excellent book, God-awful cover. Seriously, Avon Marketing Department, WTF?

White Hot by Ilona Andrews

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This is book 2 in a trilogy and if you’ve not read Burn for Me yet, that’s where you really should begin. While you could begin the story with this one, you’ll get a better introduction to the story, characters and world-building if you start with book 1. It’s been a few months since the events of the first book, and Nevada has been practising her abilities, learning more about what she can do and how she can control them. She insists makes Augustine Montgomery agree to let her question a suspected serial killer of little girls, in order to […]

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6/25/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:58 |

“I would really like to know”, he said with genuine curiosity. “The next time I kill someone, I’d like to do it in a way that doesn’t freak you out.”

Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

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4.5 stars This book originally came out back in 2014, but was re-released earlier this year, after the two planned sequels took longer to produce than planned. The second book in the trilogy will now be out at the end of May, while the third and final book comes out in July. I’m giddy with anticipation and have already pre-ordered the sequels. My first review of the book can be found here. Spoiler warning! This review will mainly deal with my thoughts of re-reading it, and where I hope the authors will take the series in upcoming books. So if you […]

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5/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

Hello darkness, my old friend

White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison

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3.5 stars This is book seven in an ongoing series. Not the place to start. The review will also contain spoilers for earlier books in the series. Begin with Dead Witch Walking, if you’re interested. For someone who was really rather sceptical to anything but earth magic, considering even layline magic a bit suspect at the beginning of this series, independent runner (think supernatural private detective/bounty hunter) Rachel Morgan has sure come a long way. Now she’s not only a fairly adept layline witch, but her blood (thanks to a rare genetic abnormality) can kindle demon magic and because of […]

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5/17/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:47 |

In which Rachel discovers some truths about her family she wishes had remained buried

The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison

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This is book six in a series, it’s very much not the place to start reading. In fact, there’s a whole bunch of stuff revealed in this book that really requires prior knowledge to the books, so go start at the beginning with Dead Witch Walking. Rachel still has absolutely no idea who killed her boyfriend, and because of the memory potion she drank, her memories of the event are still very fuzzy. Someone is summoning Algaliarept, the demon whom she owes favours to out of the Ever After every evening, and he’s determined to cause trouble for Rachel until […]

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5/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:37 |

Rachel really makes for the most hilariously inappropriate bridesmaid ever

For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison

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4.5 stars This is book five in a series, and most definitely not the best place to start. Begin with Dead Witch Walking, and possibly skip this review if you don’t want spoilers for earlier books in the series. There are dead werewolf women turning up in the morgue, apparently having committed suicide. Someone else appears to be murdering werewolves after keeping them tied up, and after some investigation, independent runner and calamity-prone witch Rachel Morgan is pretty sure she knows what the connection between all the deaths is. During her last adventure, she retrieved an ancient and very powerful […]

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4/10/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:31 |

My least favourite book of the entire series

A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison

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Spoiler warning! This is the fourth book in an ongoing series, and not the place to start reading. Dead Witch Walking is where you want to begin. Also, there will be plot spoilers in this review, so if you want to avoid that sort of thing, don’t click the link to read the rest on my blog. Rachel Morgan, witch for hire, discovers that her ex-boyfriend Nick Sparagmos wasn’t just a part-time librarian with a knack for demon summoning, but in fact a thief, specialising in supernatural objects. Now Nick is in trouble, and her business partner, Jenks the pixy, […]

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4/9/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:30 |

Double-crossing demons is dangerous

Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

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4.5 stars This is book three in a series. This review will contain spoilers for previous books in the series, so if you mind that sort of thing, skip this, and start at the beginning, with Dead Witch Walking. Never one to live a quiet life, Rachel Morgan, independent witch for hire is in trouble. She successfully took down the master vampire who was summoning demons to murder leyline witches and lived to tell the tale. She had to bargain with a demon in order to do so, and he now wants to make her his familiar. She tricks Algaliarept, […]

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3/25/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:27 |

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