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So many different things that can petrify you

Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire

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This is book 3 in a series. If you want to start at the beginning, check out Discount Armageddon. From Goodreads: When Alex Price agreed to go to Ohio to oversee a basilisk breeding program and assist in the recovery of his psychic cousin, he didn’t expect people to start dropping dead. But bodies are cropping up at the zoo where he works, and his girlfriend – Shelby Tanner, an Australian zoologist with a fondness for big cats – is starting to get suspicious.  Worse yet, the bodies have all been turned partially to stone… The third book in the InCryptid series takes us […]

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4/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:35 |

Catching up with Adam and Ronan

Opal by Maggie Stiefvater

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This is a short story set after the events of The Raven King, the fourth and final novel in The Raven Cycle.There will be spoilers for some of the plot in those books, so if you want to remain entirely unspoiled and haven’t yet read these excellent books, come back after you’ve caught up. Told in a somewhat disjointed and sometimes confusing way by Opal, the little dream creature created by Ronan, the readers get to see some of what is happening in the lives of Ronan and Adam after the events of The Raven King. As Opal is not really from our world, […]

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4/19/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:32 |

The Covenant comes to New York

Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire

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This is the second book in the series. There may be some mild spoilers for the first book, Discount Armageddon, in this review. Set a few months after the events in the previous book, Verity Price is still trying to make it as a ballroom dancer, while also trying to study all manner of supernatural beings, all while keeping humanity in general from finding out about them. After her former boss’ niece took over the club where she worked as a waitress, turning it into more of a burlesque than a strip club, Verity also gets to dance more. Then Dominic de […]

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4/19/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:30 |

Paranormal fantasy that should appeal to Supernatural fans

Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire

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From Goodreads, because I’m really far behind on my reviews, and it’s a good summary of the book: Ghoulies. Ghosties. Long-legged beasties. Things that go bump in the night…the Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity – and humanity from them. Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cryptozoologist, she’d rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and is spending a year in Manhattan while she pursues her career in professional ballroom dance. Sounds pretty simple, right? It would be, if it weren’t for the […]

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4/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:29 |

I’d love to be a Fairy’s Child

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

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When Jude was seven years old, her life and those of her sisters, were irrevocably changed. Lord Madoc, the Faerie King’s general, showed up on their doorstep, intent on claiming back his long-lost heir and Jude and Taryn’s parents were murdered as a result. Madoc took them and his daughter Vivienne to Elfhame, where they were all raised as part of his household. Most humans in Elfhame are servants (or even slaves) be-glamoured not to realise that they’re trapped in a magical realm. That Madoc has demanded that Jude and Taryn be raised alongside the children of the Fae, and […]

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1/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

“Football is a wargame of land acquisition.”

Sweep in Peace (Innkeeper Chronicles #2) by Ilona Andrews

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In previous reviews of Ilona Andrews books, I’ve commented on the general superiority of both their world- and character-building. I am more impressed with their skill in this than ever upon finishing Sweep in Peace, which cleverly crosses over the Innkeeper universe with that of their Edge series. With one neat trick and a handful of universe-hopping characters, Andrews teases the insinuation that all of their series might plausibly be connected. It’s not enough for them to have those three other established series, each with their own detailed and unique systems of magic; no, they have to go all string […]

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1/24/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

Every ninety years, twelve gods are reincarnated as humans. Two years later, they are all dead…

The Wicked + the Divine: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie

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Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They appear as rock stars and are loved and hated in equal measure. In two years, they are all dead. The lesson they need to learn is: just because you’re immortal, doesn’t mean you’re going to live forever. In the first volume of The Wicked + The Divine we are introduced to Laura, a seventeen-year-old from London who is utterly devoted to the various recently incarnated gods, who appear as rock stars of various genres all over the city. After she passes out at one of Amaterasu’s concerts, she is introduced to “Luci”, the current […]

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12/31/2017 's CBR9 Review No:128 |

Not exactly like the TV show, but still very good

Jessica Jones: Alias, vol 1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos

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From the blurb: Meet Jessica Jones. Once upon a time, she was a costumed superhero…but not a very good one. Her powers were unremarkable compared to the costumed icons that populate the Marvel Universe. In a city of Marvels, Jessica Jones never found her niche. Now a chain-smoking, self-destructive alcoholic with a mean inferiority complex, Jones is the owner and sole employee of Alias Investigations – a small, private-investigative firm specialising in superhuman cases. When she uncovers the potentially explosive secret of one hero’s true identity, Jessica’s life immediately becomes expendable. But her wit, charm and intelligence may just help […]

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12/30/2017 's CBR9 Review No:124 |


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